Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tockenham, Wiltshire

Tockenham 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
GOUGH2315.4362526.32
HUNT2114.0940106.11
WHITE1812.080537.59
SMITH1610.73837.61
CLARK64.026813.40
BRYANT64.026894.19
PICKETT64.0268500.00
BLACKMAN64.0268331.49
TAYLOR53.35575.25
SIMPKINS42.6846597.01
MERRETT42.6846439.56
WOODWARD42.684654.42
JERVIS42.6846350.88
MATTHEWS42.684630.77
MEADE32.0134697.67
SPACKMAN32.0134681.82
HATHWAY21.3423909.09
WILLIAMS21.34231.87
BATCHELOR10.671139.53
LEWIS10.67112.55
SUTTON10.671110.54
SKINNER10.671113.23
MOORE10.67113.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HATHWAY909.0921.3423
MEADE697.6732.0134
SPACKMAN681.8232.0134
SIMPKINS597.0142.6846
GOUGH526.322315.4362
PICKETT500.0064.0268
MERRETT439.5642.6846
JERVIS350.8842.6846
BLACKMAN331.4964.0268
HUNT106.112114.0940
BRYANT94.1964.0268
WOODWARD54.4242.6846
BATCHELOR39.5310.6711
WHITE37.591812.0805
MATTHEWS30.7742.6846
CLARK13.4064.0268
SKINNER13.2310.6711
SUTTON10.5410.6711
SMITH7.611610.7383
TAYLOR5.2553.3557
MOORE3.3610.6711
LEWIS2.5510.6711
WILLIAMS1.8721.3423

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called HATHWAY in Tockenham 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 1.3423 in Tockenham means that 1.3423% of the people in Tockenham on census day were called HATHWAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HATHWAY 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 HATHWAY 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 HATHWAY 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 HATHWAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 909.09 in Tockenham means that you are 909.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HATHWAY in Tockenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tockenham in 1881

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

BATCHELOR (1)  BLACKMAN (6)  BRYANT (6)  CLARK (6)  CUSS (4)  GOUGH (23)  HATHWAY (2)  HUNT (21)  JERVIS (4)  CAINEY (2)  LAVENTY (1)  LEWIS (1)  MERRETT (4)  MATTHEWS (4)  MEADE (3)  MOORE (1)  PICKETT (6)  SIMPKINS (4)  SKINNER (1)  SMITH (16)  SPACKMAN (3)  SUTTON (1)  TAYLOR (5)  WHITE (18)  WILLIAMS (2)  WOODWARD (4) 

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