Top surnames from the 1881 census in Orcheston St Mary, Wiltshire

Orcheston St Mary 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
HIBBERD127.36201,200.00
FORD84.908050.38
WILLIAMS84.90806.83
MAYNARD84.9080320.00
ALLEN63.681019.49
ROBERTS63.68109.78
HAWKINS63.681050.85
FARLEY63.6810292.68
HUTCHINGS63.6810196.08
GAGG53.06755,000.00
SMITH42.45401.74
CLARKE42.454012.11
BEDFORD42.4540103.36
MILLS31.840514.19
BARLOW31.840534.09
TALBOT31.840573.89
ALEXANDER31.840534.76
CARTER31.840510.96
DEWEY21.2270289.86
WEST21.227012.75
MILLER21.22706.86
GODDARD21.227030.53
WHATLEY21.2270317.46
BAGSHAW10.613576.92
ALEXADER10.6135
LANE10.61358.90
CANNON10.613533.90
WILLIAMSON10.61356.84
BARTER10.6135112.36
GRAY10.61354.30
YOUNG10.61352.86
JOHNSON10.61351.83
BROAD10.613548.31
POTTER10.61359.46
WILSHIRE10.6135312.50
HACKER10.6135163.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GAGG5,000.0053.0675
HIBBERD1,200.00127.3620
MAYNARD320.0084.9080
WHATLEY317.4621.2270
WILSHIRE312.5010.6135
FARLEY292.6863.6810
DEWEY289.8621.2270
HUTCHINGS196.0863.6810
HACKER163.9310.6135
BARTER112.3610.6135
BEDFORD103.3642.4540
BAGSHAW76.9210.6135
TALBOT73.8931.8405
HAWKINS50.8563.6810
FORD50.3884.9080
BROAD48.3110.6135
ALEXANDER34.7631.8405
BARLOW34.0931.8405
CANNON33.9010.6135
GODDARD30.5321.2270
ALLEN19.4963.6810
MILLS14.1931.8405
WEST12.7521.2270
CLARKE12.1142.4540
CARTER10.9631.8405
ROBERTS9.7863.6810
POTTER9.4610.6135
LANE8.9010.6135
MILLER6.8621.2270
WILLIAMSON6.8410.6135
WILLIAMS6.8384.9080
GRAY4.3010.6135
YOUNG2.8610.6135
JOHNSON1.8310.6135
SMITH1.7442.4540
ALEXADER10.6135

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called GAGG in Orcheston St Mary 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 3.0675 in Orcheston St Mary means that 3.0675% of the people in Orcheston St Mary on census day were called GAGG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GAGG 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 GAGG 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 GAGG 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 GAGG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Orcheston St Mary means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GAGG in Orcheston St Mary than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Orcheston St Mary in 1881

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

ALEXADER (1)  ALEXANDER (3)  ALLEN (6)  BAGSHAW (1)  BARLOW (3)  BARTER (1)  BEDFORD (4)  BROAD (1)  CANNON (1)  CANNINGS (1)  CARTER (3)  CLARKE (4)  DEWEY (2)  ETWELL (1)  FARLEY (6)  FISHLOCK (7)  FORD (8)  GAGG (5)  GODDARD (2)  GRAY (1)  HACKER (1)  HAMLEN (10)  HAWKINS (6)  HIBBERD (12)  HUTCHINGS (6)  JOHNSON (1)  KILFORD (4)  LANE (1)  MAYNARD (8)  MILLER (2)  MILLS (3)  MORTIMOR (1)  POTTER (1)  PRANGLES (1)  ROBERTS (6)  SAINSBURY (6)  SERUSE (3)  SMITH (4)  TALBOT (3)  VALLIS (8)  WEST (2)  WHATLEY (2)  WILLIAMS (8)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSHIRE (1)  YOUNG (1) 

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