Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sherston Magna, Wiltshire

Sherston Magna 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
NEAL19212.3314416.76
BERRY654.174752.61
EVANS543.46827.94
WILCOX462.9544156.84
RICE432.761788.95
THOMPSON372.37647.93
PURNELL261.6699318.24
MATHEWS261.669945.22
STICKLER261.66992,031.25
SMITH251.60571.14
NEALE241.541464.95
SAUNDERS241.541416.81
BISHOP231.477221.14
HARRIS171.09184.30
CLARK150.96343.21
GOULDING150.963498.62
NIBLETT140.8992302.38
SHERWOOD140.899270.56
CHAPPEL140.8992204.38
KINGTON140.8992823.53
BOX130.8349103.01
DICKSON130.834922.55
HILL130.83493.28
GREGORY120.770710.99
WATTS120.77079.19
BOULTON120.770742.77
NICHOLS120.770723.65
WOOLFORD110.7065196.08
PRITCHARD110.706513.12
PUGH100.642316.81
JONES100.64230.57
STILES100.6423116.01
UNDERWOOD100.642323.80
PALMER100.64235.45
WALLACE100.64239.38
BALL90.57807.00
BROOK90.578014.99
WEEKS90.578027.00
HILLIER90.578042.88
DICKENSON90.578038.14
ILES80.513866.67
ANDREWS80.51385.36
WALLIS80.513815.17
LONGFORD80.5138306.51
WEAVER80.513819.75
RICH80.513841.00
YOUNG80.51382.39
MERCHANT70.449666.86
MANNING70.449614.14
CARTER70.44962.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STICKLER2,031.25261.6699
KINGTON823.53140.8992
NEAL416.7619212.3314
CAM400.0050.3211
OUTLAW384.6240.2569
PURNELL318.24261.6699
LONGFORD306.5180.5138
NIBLETT302.38140.8992
GOODFIELD294.1220.1285
CHAPPEL204.38140.8992
SPIER198.0220.1285
WOOLFORD196.08110.7065
SARAH192.3120.1285
PINNELL173.9140.2569
WILCOX156.84462.9544
HURN148.8860.3854
GREENMAN145.9920.1285
PLAYER116.8670.4496
STILES116.01100.6423
PONTING109.1750.3211
ELFORD105.4950.3211
BOX103.01130.8349
GOULDING98.62150.9634
DREWETT94.5640.2569
PARSLOW89.2930.1927
RICE88.95432.7617
DICKERSON78.7450.3211
TIMBRELL77.8220.1285
VINES77.0740.2569
GOMM73.1730.1927
SHERWOOD70.56140.8992
BRIDGEMAN69.9340.2569
MERCHANT66.8670.4496
ILES66.6780.5138
HANKS65.8850.3211
NEALE64.95241.5414
LEGGE57.4740.2569
BERRY52.61654.1747
MORETON51.5060.3854
MATHEWS45.22261.6699
ALSOP43.2330.1927
HILLIER42.8890.5780
BOULTON42.77120.7707
KINGSTON41.2960.3854
RICH41.0080.5138
CAMM40.0820.1285
DICKENSON38.1490.5780
BLACKFORD35.7120.1285
BLACKMORE31.2270.4496
BRAIN29.9450.3211

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 26 people called STICKLER in Sherston Magna 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 1.6699 in Sherston Magna means that 1.6699% of the people in Sherston Magna on census day were called STICKLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STICKLER 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 STICKLER 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 STICKLER 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 STICKLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,031.25 in Sherston Magna means that you are 2,031.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STICKLER in Sherston Magna than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sherston Magna in 1881

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

ALSOP (3)  AMOS (3)  ANDREWS (8)  AUSTIN (3)  BEAK (2)  BALL (9)  BARTELMORE (7)  BARTLEMOORE (2)  BERRY (65)  BISHOP (23)  BLACKFORD (2)  BLACKMORE (7)  BOULTON (12)  BOWLEY (2)  BOWYER (1)  BOX (13)  BRAIN (5)  BRIDGEMAN (4)  BROOK (9)  BUTLER (7)  BUTTLER (1)  BUTT (3)  CAMM (2)  CAM (5)  CARTER (7)  CHAPPEL (14)  CLARK (15)  CLEMENTS (3)  CLUTTERBUCK (1)  COLEMAN (1)  COOK (1)  CAUSTON (4)  CAUSON (7)  CUTTS (1)  DAVIS (3)  DAY (1)  DICKS (2)  DICKERSON (5)  DICKENSON (9)  DICKENSEN (1)  DICKSON (13)  DORE (1)  DREWETT (4)  ELFORD (5)  ELLIOTT (2)  ELSOM (1)  ELSIP (10)  EVANS (54)  EYERS (4)  EYRES (2)  AYRES (4)  FORD (4)  FRANCES (1)  FRANKCOM (4)  FRANKOM (1)  FRUEN (6)  GAZE (2)  GIBBS (1)  GLEED (3)  GOULDING (15)  GOMM (3)  GOODFIELD (2)  GREENMAN (2)  GREGORY (12)  GRIFFIN (1)  HALL (2)  HANKS (5)  HARRIS (17)  HARRY (2)  HAYES (3)  HAYLIFFE (3)  HURN (6)  HEIERLI (2)  HELPS (1)  HEWITSON (1)  HEDGES (1)  HIGGS (1)  HILL (13)  HILLIER (9)  HOBBS (1)  HOLBOROW (25)  HUNT (1)  ILES (8)  AYLIFFE (5)  JACOB OR JACOT (2)  JAMES (4)  JEFFERIES (4)  JENKINS (4)  JENNER (1)  JOBBINS (28)  JONES (10)  KEEN (5)  KING (1)  KINGSTON (6)  KINGTON (14)  LEGGE (4)  LEWIS (7)  LYDIARD (16)  LIDYARD (3)  LONGFORD (8)  LYNCH (1)  MANNING (7)  MERCHANT (7)  MATHEWS (26)  MATTHEWS (3)  MILES (4)  MILLS (1)  MINNUITS (1)  MOFFATT (1)  MORGAN (6)  MORRIS (6)  MORETON (6)  MORTON (2)  MURPHY (1)  NEAL (192)  NEALE (24)  NEEMS (9)  NEWTH (3)  NIBLETT (14)  NICHOLS (12)  ORCHARD (1)  OUTLAW (4)  PALMER (10)  PALSER (5)  PARSLOW (3)  PEARCE (1)  PETERS (6)  PHILLIPS (1)  PICK (1)  PINNELL (4)  PITT (2)  PLAYER (7)  PONTING (5)  POOLE (1)  POWER (2)  PRITCHARD (11)  PUGH (10)  PURNELL (26)  RICE (43)  RICH (8)  RICHINGS (8)  RAINGER (1)  RODWAY (7)  ROGERS (1)  SAINSBURY (21)  SALTER (5)  SARAH (2)  SATTELY (6)  SAUNDERS (24)  SELDEN (1)  SHARPE (1)  SHERBOURNE (1)  SHERWOOD (14)  SHEUREN (1)  SHEWRING (29)  SKINNER (3)  SMART (1)  SMITH (25)  SNELL (1)  SPIER (2)  STARKEY (1)  STICKLER (26)  STINCHCOMB (1)  STRONG (6)  STUBBINGS (8)  STILES (10)  SUMMERS (4)  SWANBOROUGH (8)  TAYLER (1)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMPSON (37)  TIMBRELL (2)  TOLERTON (5)  TRINDER (10)  UNDERWOOD (10)  VINES (4)  WHALE (6)  WALLACE (10)  WALLIS (8)  WATTS (12)  WEAVER (8)  WEEKS (9)  WEST (1)  WHEELER (3)  WHITCOMBE (1)  WITTON (2)  WICKS (3)  WILCOX (46)  WILLIS (7)  WOOLFORD (11)  YOUNG (8) 

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