Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woodborough, Wiltshire

Woodborough 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
STRATTON235.7935668.60
SMITH225.54163.92
GIDDINGS184.5340994.48
MORTIMER164.0302192.77
MASLEN143.52641,686.75
MARSHALL133.274619.52
BRIDGMAN133.2746955.88
HISCOCK123.0227410.96
ORAM112.7708354.84
FOWLE112.77081,122.45
KEW82.0151683.76
GODDARD82.015150.13
BAKER82.01519.20
SANDFORD82.0151282.69
HAMS82.01513,478.26
GREEN82.01517.16
HIBBERD82.0151327.87
WAITE82.015197.09
BAILEY71.763211.71
HARRIS71.76326.94
WELLS61.511318.17
BRISTOW61.5113111.73
SANFORD51.2594675.68
POWELL51.259410.09
BIGGS51.259466.84
HILLIER51.259493.46
LANE51.259418.27
WILTSHIRE41.007675.47
THOMPSON41.00763.36
GRIFFIN41.007621.41
HOOPER41.007623.80
MEAD41.007643.24
HARVEY41.00769.44
RUTTER41.007666.12
RUDMAN30.7557375.00
POTTINGER30.7557288.46
BEAVEN30.7557260.87
FIDLER30.7557118.11
GRACE30.755756.39
PAGE20.50386.30
GALE20.503816.82
WILLS20.503816.85
MUNDAY20.503843.01
ROBBINS20.503832.21
GRIMES20.503843.57
PINK20.503876.63
BARTLETT10.25195.75
ADEY10.251978.13
HAWKINS10.25193.48
ELKINS10.251964.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAMS3,478.2682.0151
MASLEN1,686.75143.5264
FOWLE1,122.45112.7708
GIDDINGS994.48184.5340
BRIDGMAN955.88133.2746
KALE769.2310.2519
KEW683.7682.0151
SANFORD675.6851.2594
STRATTON668.60235.7935
HISCOCK410.96123.0227
RUDMAN375.0030.7557
ORAM354.84112.7708
HIBBERD327.8782.0151
POTTINGER288.4630.7557
SANDFORD282.6982.0151
BEAVEN260.8730.7557
MORTIMER192.77164.0302
FIDLER118.1130.7557
BRISTOW111.7361.5113
WAITE97.0982.0151
HILLIER93.4651.2594
ADEY78.1310.2519
PINK76.6320.5038
WILTSHIRE75.4741.0076
BIGGS66.8451.2594
RUTTER66.1241.0076
ELKINS64.9410.2519
GRACE56.3930.7557
WARMAN53.7610.2519
GODDARD50.1382.0151
GRIMES43.5720.5038
MEAD43.2441.0076
MUNDAY43.0120.5038
ROBBINS32.2120.5038
STANFORD30.3010.2519
HOOPER23.8041.0076
GRIFFIN21.4141.0076
MARSHALL19.52133.2746
LANE18.2751.2594
WELLS18.1761.5113
PIERCE17.1510.2519
WILLS16.8520.5038
GALE16.8220.5038
WISE12.0910.2519
BAILEY11.7171.7632
POWELL10.0951.2594
DREW9.5310.2519
HARVEY9.4441.0076
BAKER9.2082.0151
HOLLOWAY8.2210.2519

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called HAMS in Woodborough 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 2.0151 in Woodborough means that 2.0151% of the people in Woodborough on census day were called HAMS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAMS 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 HAMS 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 HAMS 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 HAMS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,478.26 in Woodborough means that you are 3,478.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAMS in Woodborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woodborough in 1881

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

BAILEY (7)  BAKER (8)  BARTLETT (1)  BENGER (3)  BEAVEN (3)  BIGGS (5)  BOZON (2)  BRATCHELL (1)  BRIDGMAN (13)  BRISTOW (6)  BROOKS (1)  CLEMENTS (1)  KEW (8)  COTTERILL (2)  COURVOISIER (1)  DOUST (1)  DREW (1)  DRING (2)  ADEY (1)  ELKINS (1)  YOUENS (1)  FIDLER (3)  FOWLE (11)  GALE (2)  GIDDINGS (18)  GODDARD (8)  GRACE (3)  GREEN (8)  GRIFFIN (4)  GRIMES (2)  GUNSDON (1)  HAMS (8)  HARDING (1)  HARRIS (7)  HARVEY (4)  HAWKINS (1)  HIBBERD (8)  HILLIER (5)  HINKETT (6)  HISCOCK (12)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HOOPER (4)  HUNT (1)  INGPEN (1)  KEEPENCE (4)  KALE (1)  KETLEY (2)  LANE (5)  MARSHMENT (1)  MARSHALL (13)  MASLEN (14)  MAY (1)  MEAD (4)  MINETT (1)  MORTIMER (16)  MUNDAY (2)  NEATE (1)  ORAM (11)  PAGE (2)  PIERCE (1)  PEARCE (1)  PINCHIN (4)  PINCHEN (1)  PINK (2)  POTTINGER (3)  POWELL (5)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBBINS (2)  RUDMAN (3)  RUTTER (4)  SANFORD (5)  SANDFORD (8)  SLOPER (1)  SMITH (22)  SPRINGFORD (2)  STANFORD (1)  STRATTON (23)  SWANBORO (9)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (4)  WARMAN (1)  WELLS (6)  WHITE (1)  WYLD (5)  WILLS (2)  WILTSHIRE (4)  WISE (1)  WAITE (8) 

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