Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fovant, Wiltshire

Fovant is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Wiltshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
READ417.3214113.57
GOODFELLOW295.1786585.86
COOMBS285.0000295.67
LEVER264.6429514.85
STACEY223.9286175.02
HARDIMAN213.75001,272.73
TURNER203.571412.83
SANGER193.39291,275.17
STRONG132.3214155.50
JARVIS122.142947.75
SIMPER122.14291,967.21
RAYMOND91.6071278.64
MOREY91.6071489.13
WITT91.6071403.59
JOHNSON81.42864.25
GOODRIDGE71.2500374.33
JAY71.2500142.86
PERRETT71.2500250.00
GRAY71.25008.76
VINEY71.2500330.19
YEATS71.2500451.61
GREEN61.07143.80
BRACHER61.0714740.74
LAWS61.071496.31
BROWN61.07141.63
SMART61.071423.53
FULCHER50.8929176.68
HIBBERD50.8929145.35
ARNOLD50.892916.56
BURTON50.892910.48
EDWARDS50.89293.20
SNOOK50.8929126.58
WYATT50.892930.43
CLAY50.892943.52
PHILLIPS50.89294.99
FORD50.89299.17
BURROUGH50.8929413.22
LUSH40.7143177.78
PALMER40.71436.06
SMALL40.714328.15
FRANCIS40.714311.99
SINGLETON40.714336.13
CARTER40.71434.26
TARGETT40.7143366.97
MATHEWS40.714319.34
EARLE40.7143114.94
BENDALL40.7143196.08
ANDREW30.535716.90
ANDREWS30.53575.59
GOSNEY30.5357285.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURCHARD5,000.0010.1786
SIMPER1,967.21122.1429
SANGER1,275.17193.3929
HARDIMAN1,272.73213.7500
BRACHER740.7461.0714
MATKIN625.0020.3571
GOODFELLOW585.86295.1786
LEVER514.85264.6429
MOREY489.1391.6071
YEATS451.6171.2500
BURROUGH413.2250.8929
WITT403.5991.6071
GOODRIDGE374.3371.2500
TARGETT366.9740.7143
VINEY330.1971.2500
COOMBS295.67285.0000
GOSNEY285.7130.5357
RAYMOND278.6491.6071
PERRETT250.0071.2500
YEATMAN238.1020.3571
MUSSELWHITE222.2220.3571
BENDALL196.0840.7143
FUSSELL190.4820.3571
LUSH177.7840.7143
FULCHER176.6850.8929
STACEY175.02223.9286
STRONG155.50132.3214
HIBBERD145.3550.8929
JAY142.8671.2500
HAINE126.5810.1786
SNOOK126.5850.8929
EARLE114.9440.7143
TOOMER113.6410.1786
READ113.57417.3214
STRIDE101.5220.3571
LAWS96.3161.0714
BANISTER85.8420.3571
CHARD63.2920.3571
MOULD62.5030.5357
BUNDY55.8710.1786
JARVIS47.75122.1429
CLAY43.5250.8929
DEWEY42.1910.1786
DOWDING41.8410.1786
SINGLETON36.1340.7143
FOOT36.0420.3571
BARTER32.5710.1786
WYATT30.4350.8929
SMALL28.1540.7143
CHALK27.1010.1786

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called BURCHARD in Fovant at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 0.1786 in Fovant means that 0.1786% of the people in Fovant on census day were called BURCHARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURCHARD in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called BURCHARD as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called BURCHARD here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called BURCHARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Fovant means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURCHARD in Fovant than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fovant in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ANDREWS (3)  ANDREW (3)  ARNOLD (5)  ATTWOOD (1)  BANISTER (2)  BARTER (1)  BENDALL (4)  BRACHER (6)  BRAZER (1)  BRITTON (1)  BROWN (6)  BUNDY (1)  BURCHARD (1)  BURROUGH (5)  BURTON (5)  CARPENTER (1)  CARTER (4)  CHALK (1)  CHARD (2)  CLAY (5)  COOMBS (28)  COOPER (1)  COWDRY (6)  DEWEY (1)  DOWDING (1)  DURRINGTON (5)  EARLE (4)  EDWARDS (5)  FAIRLAND (1)  FOOT (2)  FORD (5)  FOYLE (13)  FRANCIS (4)  FULCHER (5)  FURNELL (4)  FUSSELL (2)  FUTCHER (2)  GARRETT (1)  JAY (7)  GOODFELLOW (29)  GOODRIDGE (7)  GODWIN (1)  GOSNEY (3)  GRAY (7)  GREEN (6)  HARDIMAN (21)  HAINE (1)  HIBBERD (5)  HILLIER (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HUGHES (2)  JARVIS (12)  JENKINS (3)  JOHNSON (8)  KANDSOM (1)  LANE (1)  LAWS (6)  LEVER (26)  LUSH (4)  MATKIN (2)  MATHEWS (4)  MEAD (1)  MOREY (9)  MORGAN (1)  MOULAND (2)  MOULD (3)  MUSSELWHITE (2)  NASH (1)  NEWMAN (3)  NIGHTINGALE (2)  OBORN (4)  OTTERWAY (1)  PALMER (4)  PERRETT (7)  PARSONS (1)  PHELPS (1)  PHILLIPS (5)  RAYMOND (9)  READ (41)  ROWLAND (1)  SANGER (19)  SHERGOLD (8)  SIMPER (12)  SINGLETON (4)  SMALL (4)  SMART (6)  SNOOK (5)  STACEY (22)  STEVENS (1)  STRIDE (2)  STRONG (13)  TARGETT (4)  THICK (3)  TOOMER (1)  TURNER (20)  UPHILL (1)  VINEY (7)  WARNER (1)  WITT (9)  WYATT (5)  YEATS (7)  YEATMAN (2) 

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