Top surnames from the 1881 census in Homington, Wiltshire

Homington 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
STREET137.2626311.00
NEWTON126.703987.46
LAWES126.70391,538.46
FARRIS126.703910,000.00
HEWLETT116.1453982.14
PENNY95.0279282.13
ASHFORD84.4693451.98
BEST73.9106145.23
FOSTER73.910629.25
COMPTON63.3520348.84
ALLEN52.793314.79
CASE52.7933279.33
BLAKE52.793357.67
SPICER42.2346165.98
MITCHEL42.2346228.57
BAKER31.67607.65
RUMBOLD31.6760769.23
PALMER31.676014.22
READ31.676026.00
COOK21.11735.62
CARLIN21.1173219.78
GRAY21.11737.82
MUSSELWHITE21.1173689.66
WELLS21.117313.43
KIMBER21.1173117.65
TOOMER21.1173714.29
BOWLES21.117368.26
FURBER21.1173434.78
BECKWITH10.558795.24
ENGLAND10.558727.10
WHITLOCK10.558793.46
TROWBRIDGE10.5587208.33
HILL10.55872.19
DOWDING10.5587129.87
GOSNEY10.5587294.12
BELL10.55872.97
DEAR10.558775.76
WATERS10.558713.91
HOPKINS10.55879.28
HARWOOD10.558720.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FARRIS10,000.00126.7039
LAWES1,538.46126.7039
HEWLETT982.14116.1453
RUMBOLD769.2331.6760
TOOMER714.2921.1173
MUSSELWHITE689.6621.1173
ASHFORD451.9884.4693
FURBER434.7821.1173
COMPTON348.8463.3520
STREET311.00137.2626
GOSNEY294.1210.5587
PENNY282.1395.0279
CASE279.3352.7933
MITCHEL228.5742.2346
CARLIN219.7821.1173
TROWBRIDGE208.3310.5587
SPICER165.9842.2346
BEST145.2373.9106
DOWDING129.8710.5587
KIMBER117.6521.1173
BECKWITH95.2410.5587
WHITLOCK93.4610.5587
NEWTON87.46126.7039
DEAR75.7610.5587
BOWLES68.2621.1173
BLAKE57.6752.7933
FOSTER29.2573.9106
ENGLAND27.1010.5587
READ26.0031.6760
HARWOOD20.8810.5587
ALLEN14.7952.7933
PALMER14.2231.6760
WATERS13.9110.5587
WELLS13.4321.1173
HOPKINS9.2810.5587
GRAY7.8221.1173
BAKER7.6531.6760
COOK5.6221.1173
BELL2.9710.5587
HILL2.1910.5587

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 12 people called FARRIS in Homington 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 6.7039 in Homington means that 6.7039% of the people in Homington on census day were called FARRIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FARRIS 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 FARRIS 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 FARRIS 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 FARRIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10,000.00 in Homington means that you are 10,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FARRIS in Homington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Homington in 1881

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

ALLEN (5)  ASHFORD (8)  BAKER (3)  BECKWITH (1)  BELL (1)  BEST (7)  BLAKE (5)  BOWLES (2)  CARLIN (2)  COMPTON (6)  COOK (2)  DOWDING (1)  DEAR (1)  ENGLAND (1)  FARRIS (12)  FOSTER (7)  FURBER (2)  FUTCHER (6)  GOSNEY (1)  GRAY (2)  HARWOOD (1)  HAYLAR (3)  HEWLETT (11)  HILL (1)  HOPKINS (1)  CASE (5)  KIMBER (2)  NOTTEY (1)  LAWES (12)  MITCHEL (4)  MOULAND (1)  MUSSELWHITE (2)  NEWTON (12)  PALMER (3)  PENNY (9)  PETHEN (1)  POYLE (3)  READ (3)  RUMBOLD (3)  SPICER (4)  STREET (13)  TITFORD (2)  TOOMER (2)  TROWBRIDGE (1)  WATERS (1)  WELLS (2)  WHITLOCK (1) 

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