Top surnames from the 1881 census in Latton, Wiltshire

Latton 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
HOWSE228.36502,156.86
BARTLETT145.3232121.53
DAY114.182544.43
ALLOWAY103.80234,761.90
SANDELL103.80232,083.33
COMPTON83.0418316.21
ILES83.0418394.09
RADWAY83.04186,666.67
CHIVERS83.0418344.83
MILES72.661645.10
MAY72.661641.82
CLARK62.28147.59
STRONG51.9011127.23
BERRY51.901123.96
MESSENGER51.9011246.31
WILLIS41.520928.61
CHALLIS41.5209240.96
WHEELER41.520925.19
LANE41.520922.08
WAIN31.1407135.75
RICHENS31.1407588.24
HAINES31.140749.26
DURHAM31.1407132.74
BURGESS20.760510.95
STONE20.760510.52
MORSE20.760582.99
SMITH20.76050.54
WOODGATE10.380280.65
REYNOLDS10.38024.39
GILES10.38029.98
MANTELL10.3802384.62
SMART10.38028.35
CHAPMAN10.38022.68
RUSSELL10.38023.11
HASTINGS10.380229.85
GARDINER10.380213.23
TURNER10.38021.37
CURTIS10.38026.70
LEACH10.38029.22
SIMPSON10.38022.17
SUTTON10.38025.97
COX10.38022.51
HERBERT10.380210.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RADWAY6,666.6783.0418
ALLOWAY4,761.90103.8023
HOWSE2,156.86228.3650
SANDELL2,083.33103.8023
RICHENS588.2431.1407
ILES394.0983.0418
MANTELL384.6210.3802
CHIVERS344.8383.0418
COMPTON316.2183.0418
MESSENGER246.3151.9011
CHALLIS240.9641.5209
WAIN135.7531.1407
DURHAM132.7431.1407
STRONG127.2351.9011
BARTLETT121.53145.3232
MORSE82.9920.7605
WOODGATE80.6510.3802
HAINES49.2631.1407
MILES45.1072.6616
DAY44.43114.1825
MAY41.8272.6616
HASTINGS29.8510.3802
WILLIS28.6141.5209
WHEELER25.1941.5209
BERRY23.9651.9011
LANE22.0841.5209
GARDINER13.2310.3802
BURGESS10.9520.7605
STONE10.5220.7605
HERBERT10.1710.3802
GILES9.9810.3802
LEACH9.2210.3802
SMART8.3510.3802
CLARK7.5962.2814
CURTIS6.7010.3802
SUTTON5.9710.3802
REYNOLDS4.3910.3802
RUSSELL3.1110.3802
CHAPMAN2.6810.3802
COX2.5110.3802
SIMPSON2.1710.3802
TURNER1.3710.3802
SMITH0.5420.7605

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called RADWAY in Latton 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 3.0418 in Latton means that 3.0418% of the people in Latton on census day were called RADWAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RADWAY 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 RADWAY 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 RADWAY 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 RADWAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,666.67 in Latton means that you are 6,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RADWAY in Latton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Latton in 1881

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

ACOTT (1)  ALLOWAY (10)  BARTLETT (14)  BEADON (6)  BERRY (5)  BLISSARD (6)  BURGESS (2)  BUTLIN (1)  CHALLIS (4)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHIVERS (8)  CLARK (6)  COMPTON (8)  COX (1)  CURTIS (1)  CUSS (7)  DAY (11)  DURHAM (3)  GARDINER (1)  GILES (1)  HASTINGS (1)  HAINES (3)  HERBERT (1)  HEWER (4)  HABGOOD (4)  HOWSE (22)  ILES (8)  KEYLOCK (11)  LAFFORD (4)  LANE (4)  LEACH (1)  MABBATT (2)  MANTELL (1)  MAY (7)  MESSENGER (5)  MILES (7)  MORSE (2)  PAISH (4)  PEWSEY (1)  RADWAY (8)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHENS (3)  ROSEBLADE (13)  RUSSELL (1)  SANDELL (10)  SHURMER (5)  SIMPSON (1)  SMART (1)  SMITH (2)  STONE (2)  STRONG (5)  SUTTON (1)  TELLING (6)  TURNER (1)  WAINE (2)  WAIN (3)  WHEELER (4)  WILLIS (4)  WOODGATE (1) 

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