Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upavon, Wiltshire

Upavon 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
POTTER295.979492.21
SMITH234.74233.36
DAVIS173.505215.95
POOLE153.092864.18
CHAMBERLAIN132.680498.48
GARDINER112.268078.91
DAY112.268024.09
EDWARDS91.85576.66
BAILEY91.855712.32
KING81.64957.57
MEADE81.6495575.54
CHANDLER81.649551.35
KNIGHT81.649513.38
PERRY81.649522.43
RIDGLEY71.44331,147.54
KENT71.443334.26
LAWRENCE61.237119.05
WILMOT61.2371185.19
NASH61.237126.83
HAILSTONE61.2371689.66
STRONG61.237182.87
HAWKINS61.237117.09
WILTSHIRE61.237192.74
NEWMAN61.237116.64
BURTON61.237114.52
DEWEY51.0309243.90
SWEETMAN51.0309289.02
LEWIS51.03093.92
BONNER51.0309117.37
SPENCER40.82479.03
BRIANT40.8247303.03
FULLER40.824720.39
ROWDEN40.8247344.83
BUCKLAND40.824777.82
GIDDINGS40.8247181.00
SMALL40.824732.52
ROBINSON40.82472.59
MOULD40.824796.15
HANK40.824713,333.33
COOK40.82474.15
CHISMAN30.6186967.74
CARTER30.61863.69
BURDEN30.618648.31
LYE30.6186229.01
GILBERT30.618610.86
WINDLE30.6186109.09
PRATT30.618610.77
PEARCE30.61866.73
CLEMENTS30.618618.65
ANDREWS30.61866.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HANK13,333.3340.8247
RIDGLEY1,147.5471.4433
CHISMAN967.7430.6186
HAILSTONE689.6661.2371
MEADE575.5481.6495
ROWDEN344.8340.8247
BRIANT303.0340.8247
SWEETMAN289.0251.0309
DEWEY243.9051.0309
PLANK235.2920.4124
LYE229.0130.6186
MACKLIN220.5930.6186
BUSSELL186.9220.4124
WILMOT185.1961.2371
GIDDINGS181.0040.8247
BONNER117.3751.0309
YEATES111.9430.6186
WINDLE109.0930.6186
CHAMBERLAIN98.48132.6804
MASTERSON98.0410.2062
MOULD96.1540.8247
WILTSHIRE92.7461.2371
POTTER92.21295.9794
STRONG82.8761.2371
DREDGE79.3710.2062
GARDINER78.91112.2680
BUCKLAND77.8240.8247
POOLE64.18153.0928
TAPLIN59.1710.2062
CHANDLER51.3581.6495
CULLEY48.5410.2062
BURDEN48.3130.6186
LAWES47.3910.2062
PERRETT41.3210.2062
KENT34.2671.4433
HIBBERD33.5610.2062
GREENAWAY32.8910.2062
SMALL32.5240.8247
NASH26.8361.2371
ORAM26.4610.2062
DAY24.09112.2680
STRATTON23.8110.2062
PERRY22.4381.6495
COMPTON21.4110.2062
DRAKE21.2330.6186
FULLER20.3940.8247
LAWRENCE19.0561.2371
CLEMENTS18.6530.6186
MUNDAY17.6410.2062
HAWKINS17.0961.2371

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called HANK in Upavon 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 0.8247 in Upavon means that 0.8247% of the people in Upavon on census day were called HANK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HANK 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 HANK 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 HANK 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 HANK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 13,333.33 in Upavon means that you are 13,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HANK in Upavon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upavon in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ANDREWS (3)  ASHDREWS (1)  BAILEY (9)  BURFITT (4)  BEASANT (14)  BIRCH (1)  BONNER (5)  BURDEN (3)  BROOKS (3)  BRIANT (4)  BUCKLAND (4)  BURTON (6)  BUSSELL (2)  CARTER (3)  CHAMBERLAIN (13)  CHANDLER (8)  CHISMAN (3)  CLEMENTS (3)  COMPTON (1)  COOK (4)  CULLEY (1)  DAVIS (17)  DAY (11)  DEAN (1)  DEWEY (5)  DRAKE (3)  DREDGE (1)  EDWARDS (9)  EYRES (6)  FAGGETTER (5)  FULLER (4)  FREEMAN (1)  GARDINER (11)  GILBERT (3)  GIDDINGS (4)  GREEN (1)  GREENAWAY (1)  HAILSTONE (6)  HANK (4)  HAWKINS (6)  HAYWARD (1)  HIBBERD (1)  HURKETT (1)  KENT (7)  KING (8)  KNIGHT (8)  LAWES (1)  LAWRENCE (6)  LYE (3)  LEWIS (5)  LITTLEALES (1)  LLOPER (1)  MARCHMENT (6)  MASTERSON (1)  MACKLIN (3)  MEADE (8)  MEEDHAM (3)  MILSOM (1)  MOULD (4)  MUNDAY (1)  NASH (6)  NEATE (2)  NEWMAN (6)  NORMAN (1)  ORAM (1)  PARRITT (1)  PERRETT (1)  PEARCE (3)  PERRY (8)  PINCHIN (20)  PLANK (2)  POOLE (15)  POTTER (29)  PRATT (3)  RIDGLEY (7)  ROBINSON (4)  ROWDEN (4)  SANDERSON (2)  SELWOOD (2)  SMALL (4)  SMITH (23)  SPENCER (4)  SPREADBURY (5)  STRATTON (1)  STRONG (6)  SUTTON (2)  SWANBOROUGH (3)  SWEETMAN (5)  TAPLIN (1)  TILLEY (1)  WARREN (2)  WHEELER (1)  WHITE (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILMOT (6)  WILTSHIRE (6)  WINDLE (3)  WOODROFFE (21)  WORT (3)  YEATES (3) 

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