1881 census county

Wiltshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wiltshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

7,261 surnames are listed for Wiltshire, covering 239,038 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 4,238 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wiltshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	4,238	1.64%	1.16x
2	Brown	1,652	0.640%	0.97x
3	White	1,529	0.590%	1.84x
4	Jones	1,469	0.570%	0.50x
5	Davis	1,411	0.550%	2.49x
6	King	1,389	0.540%	2.47x
7	Pearce	1,351	0.520%	5.69x
8	Bailey	1,216	0.470%	3.12x
9	Taylor	1,206	0.470%	0.73x
10	Hunt	1,156	0.450%	3.37x
11	Webb	1,156	0.450%	3.30x
12	Newman	991	0.380%	5.16x
13	Cook	990	0.380%	1.93x
14	Wheeler	982	0.380%	6.30x
15	Harris	974	0.380%	1.48x
16	Carter	968	0.370%	2.23x
17	Williams	955	0.370%	0.51x
18	Baker	887	0.340%	1.57x
19	Sheppard	859	0.330%	9.60x
20	Matthews	853	0.330%	3.79x
21	Stevens	850	0.330%	3.15x
22	Hillier	821	0.320%	23.57x
23	Ford	816	0.320%	3.24x
24	Watts	815	0.320%	3.76x
25	Edwards	808	0.310%	1.12x
26	Barnes	805	0.310%	2.59x
27	Young	794	0.310%	1.43x
28	Miles	793	0.310%	5.20x
29	Hill	790	0.310%	1.20x
30	Gray	761	0.290%	2.06x
31	Lewis	758	0.290%	1.12x
32	Green	750	0.290%	1.03x
33	Andrews	743	0.290%	3.00x
34	Clark	730	0.280%	0.94x
35	Fry	728	0.280%	8.79x
36	Parsons	713	0.280%	3.63x
37	Hayward	707	0.270%	6.42x
38	Harding	679	0.260%	3.63x
39	Moore	678	0.260%	1.31x
40	Hawkins	677	0.260%	3.62x
41	Curtis	659	0.260%	4.49x
42	Wilkins	655	0.250%	5.74x
43	Martin	648	0.250%	1.02x
44	Long	634	0.250%	3.78x
45	Gale	632	0.240%	8.16x
46	Wiltshire	621	0.240%	18.01x
47	Cox	615	0.240%	1.57x
48	Turner	609	0.240%	0.85x
49	Tucker	604	0.230%	4.22x
50	Stone	579	0.220%	3.10x
51	Collins	574	0.220%	1.55x
52	Cole	570	0.220%	2.42x
53	Cooper	566	0.220%	0.90x
54	Read	556	0.220%	3.34x
55	Pike	551	0.210%	7.34x
56	Carpenter	532	0.210%	6.00x
57	Reeves	512	0.200%	4.84x
58	Goddard	510	0.200%	4.91x
59	Hall	501	0.190%	0.66x
60	Bennett	500	0.190%	1.18x
61	Saunders	500	0.190%	2.11x
62	Scott	500	0.190%	0.76x
63	Hibberd	498	0.190%	31.34x
64	Rogers	498	0.190%	1.48x
65	Tanner	498	0.190%	8.59x
66	Butler	491	0.190%	1.95x
67	Payne	483	0.190%	2.08x
68	Norris	482	0.190%	4.34x
69	Weston	479	0.190%	4.55x
70	Mills	476	0.180%	1.42x
71	Ferris	472	0.180%	18.48x
72	Palmer	472	0.180%	1.55x
73	Smart	467	0.180%	3.97x
74	Thomas	465	0.180%	0.44x
75	Bishop	462	0.180%	2.56x
76	Hughes	460	0.180%	0.64x
77	Chivers	457	0.180%	20.05x
78	West	452	0.170%	1.82x
79	Ball	450	0.170%	2.11x
80	Fisher	450	0.170%	1.49x
81	Day	441	0.170%	1.81x
82	Hale	434	0.170%	4.68x
83	Penny	434	0.170%	9.44x
84	Rose	429	0.170%	2.24x
85	Sims	426	0.160%	5.50x
86	Whatley	424	0.160%	42.44x
87	Jefferies	423	0.160%	14.79x
88	Hobbs	422	0.160%	4.48x
89	Lawrence	422	0.160%	2.52x
90	Giles	421	0.160%	4.28x
91	Sainsbury	421	0.160%	31.42x
92	Willis	412	0.160%	3.00x
93	Johnson	411	0.160%	0.47x
94	Adams	410	0.160%	1.08x
95	Rawlings	408	0.160%	10.80x
96	Humphries	406	0.160%	6.98x
97	Chapman	402	0.160%	1.10x
98	Phillips	401	0.160%	0.87x
99	Drew	399	0.150%	5.85x
100	Godwin	398	0.150%	11.91x