Top surnames from the 1881 census in Semington, Wiltshire

Semington 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
GAISFORD348.03788,095.24
GULLIVER204.72811,388.89
HAWKINS174.018955.52
HANCOCK122.836962.37
BURBAGE112.60051,617.65
WATTS112.600531.01
GLASS92.1277205.48
JEFFERYS92.12771,125.00
BAILEY81.891312.56
BUTCHER81.891344.87
LITTLE71.654835.00
SMITH61.41841.00
KING51.18205.42
WHITE51.18203.68
MASLEN51.1820561.80
MILES40.945616.03
HAYWARD40.945622.17
KEENE40.9456160.00
SUMSION40.94561,904.76
CRAWLEY40.945672.73
NICHOLLS40.945618.11
TAYLER40.9456171.67
DICKS40.9456193.24
GARRATT30.709269.93
HARDING30.70929.80
JARVIS30.709215.81
PINNELL30.7092483.87
WILLIAMS30.70920.99
DAVIS30.70923.23
BIGWOOD30.7092483.87
HILL30.70922.78
CULLEY30.7092167.60
SWAIN30.709236.81
HURD20.4728105.26
WITTS20.4728156.25
BERRETT20.4728714.29
MATHEWS20.472812.80
CROOK20.472816.46
MANNERS20.472895.69
PURNELL20.472890.09
BIRD20.47286.19
WESTON20.472811.59
BARRETT20.47287.04
BROWN20.47280.72
GRANT20.47284.76
WICKES20.4728370.37
MAY20.47287.43
PEARCE20.47285.15
WEBB20.47283.49
BULL20.472811.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GAISFORD8,095.24348.0378
SUMSION1,904.7640.9456
BURBAGE1,617.65112.6005
BASCOMB1,428.5710.2364
GULLIVER1,388.89204.7281
JEFFERYS1,125.0092.1277
BERRETT714.2920.4728
LOWELL588.2420.4728
MASLEN561.8051.1820
BIGWOOD483.8730.7092
PINNELL483.8730.7092
DOWLAND434.7810.2364
BULGIN400.0010.2364
WICKES370.3720.4728
SARTAIN333.3310.2364
OBORNE333.3310.2364
COGSWELL303.0310.2364
LINSEY263.1610.2364
GLASS205.4892.1277
DICKS193.2440.9456
ALLEY175.4410.2364
TAYLER171.6740.9456
CULLEY167.6030.7092
BLICK161.2910.2364
KEENE160.0040.9456
WITTS156.2520.4728
RUDMAN117.6510.2364
GERRISH109.8910.2364
HURD105.2620.4728
PRIDE96.1510.2364
MANNERS95.6920.4728
PURNELL90.0920.4728
BATTLE76.9210.2364
GREENLAND75.1910.2364
PINNOCK75.1910.2364
CRAWLEY72.7340.9456
GARRATT69.9330.7092
BLACKFORD65.7910.2364
NUTT65.3620.4728
HANCOCK62.37122.8369
ANGELL60.2410.2364
SINGER58.8210.2364
ASHER55.8710.2364
HAWKINS55.52174.0189
FREESTONE54.9510.2364
FELTHAM53.7610.2364
KIRTON51.8110.2364
PILE51.2810.2364
GRIST48.7810.2364
COTTLE48.0810.2364

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 34 people called GAISFORD in Semington 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 8.0378 in Semington means that 8.0378% of the people in Semington on census day were called GAISFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GAISFORD 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 GAISFORD 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 GAISFORD 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 GAISFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,095.24 in Semington means that you are 8,095.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GAISFORD in Semington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Semington in 1881

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

ALDER (1)  ALEXANDER (1)  ALLEY (1)  ANGELL (1)  ASHER (1)  BAILEY (8)  BAILY (1)  BANCROFT (1)  BARBER (1)  BARNES (1)  BARRETT (2)  BASCOMB (1)  BEDEWOOD (3)  BENNETT (1)  BERRETT (2)  BATTLE (1)  BIGWOOD (3)  BIRD (2)  BLACKFORD (1)  BLICK (1)  BREEDS (1)  BRETT (1)  BROWN (2)  BRUGES (5)  BRINSDEN (1)  BULGIN (1)  BULL (2)  BULLOCK (1)  BURBAGE (11)  BUTCHER (8)  BOUCHER (1)  CARSON (1)  CHAPPELL (1)  CHILDE (8)  CHIVERS (1)  CLARKE (1)  COGSWELL (1)  COLLETT (1)  COOMBS (1)  COTTLE (1)  CRAWLEY (4)  CROOK (2)  CULLEY (3)  DALLIMORE (5)  DAVIS (3)  DEAN (1)  DEVERIL (1)  DICKS (4)  DOWLAND (1)  DREW (1)  FELTHAM (1)  FISHER (1)  FLOWER (1)  FRANCIS (1)  FRANKLIN (1)  FREESTONE (1)  GAISFORD (34)  GARRATT (3)  GHEY (2)  GAY (1)  GERRISH (1)  GLASS (9)  GRANT (2)  GREENLAND (1)  GREENWOOD (2)  GREGORY (1)  GRIST (1)  GULLIVER (20)  GUNSTONE (1)  GYE (1)  HANCOCK (12)  HARDING (3)  HARRIS (1)  HAWKINS (17)  HAYWARD (4)  HURD (2)  HILL (3)  HISCOCKS (2)  HOOPER (1)  HUTTON (1)  ISGROVE (1)  JARVIS (3)  JEFFERYS (9)  JELF (1)  JENKINS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (1)  JOYCE (1)  KEENE (4)  KEEVIL (1)  KEMP (1)  KENT (1)  KING (5)  KIRTON (1)  NUTT (2)  LANE (1)  LAURENCE (1)  LINSEY (1)  LITTLE (7)  LOWELL (2)  LOCKSLEY (3)  LUCAS (1)  MALTMAN (1)  MARCHANT (1)  MASLEN (5)  MATHEWS (2)  MAY (2)  MANNERS (2)  MEAD (1)  MESSITER (2)  MILES (4)  MUNDAY (1)  NASH (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NICHOLLS (4)  NOAD (5)  NORTON (1)  OBORNE (1)  PARFITT (1)  PERRETT (1)  PEARCE (2)  PEPLAR (2)  PERRY (1)  PILE (1)  PINNELL (3)  PINNOCK (1)  PRIDE (1)  PURNELL (2)  RAGBOURNE (1)  RENDALL (1)  RITCHENS (10)  ROBBINS (1)  ROGERS (1)  RUDMAN (1)  SARTAIN (1)  SIMS (1)  SINGER (1)  SMART (1)  SMITH (6)  STAPLES (1)  SUMSION (4)  SWAIN (3)  TAYLER (4)  TERRY (1)  TUCKER (1)  WARD (1)  WATTS (11)  WEBB (2)  WESTON (2)  WHITE (5)  WITTS (2)  WICKES (2)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILSHERE (18) 

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