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 Waylen, with 42 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
1101	Waylen	42	0.020%	54.10x
1102	Westlake	42	0.020%	2.24x
1103	Westmacott	42	0.020%	16.50x
1104	Windsor	42	0.020%	1.95x
1105	Chequer	41	0.020%	43.20x
1106	Cookman	41	0.020%	19.80x
1107	Fields	41	0.020%	3.30x
1108	Flay	41	0.020%	21.60x
1109	Flemington	41	0.020%	33.01x
1110	Fowle	41	0.020%	6.41x
1111	Gosling	41	0.020%	1.01x
1112	Gowen	41	0.020%	8.47x
1113	Lovell	41	0.020%	0.76x
1114	Moulden	41	0.020%	12.78x
1115	Poulsom	41	0.020%	48.02x
1116	Preston	41	0.020%	0.32x
1117	Pyke	41	0.020%	4.60x
1118	Thornton	41	0.020%	0.32x
1119	Tryhorn	41	0.020%	76.66x
1120	Wallace	41	0.020%	0.23x
1121	Wilmot	41	0.020%	2.38x
1122	Bateman	40	0.020%	0.60x
1123	Bendall	40	0.020%	4.25x
1124	Brine	40	0.020%	5.08x
1125	Burfitt	40	0.020%	22.62x
1126	Cable	40	0.020%	3.08x
1127	Clift	40	0.020%	2.83x
1128	Deadman	40	0.020%	3.96x
1129	Dore	40	0.020%	2.95x
1130	Found	40	0.020%	13.88x
1131	Gordon	40	0.020%	0.25x
1132	Hains	40	0.020%	9.11x
1133	Halliday	40	0.020%	0.75x
1134	Hudson	40	0.020%	0.19x
1135	Lansdown	40	0.020%	8.28x
1136	Lidbury	40	0.020%	41.41x
1137	Prictor	40	0.020%	96.64x
1138	Salisbury	40	0.020%	1.56x
1139	Wilton	40	0.020%	1.61x
1140	Adye	39	0.020%	54.48x
1141	Akerman	39	0.020%	10.39x
1142	Combes	39	0.020%	7.14x
1143	Dunning	39	0.020%	1.78x
1144	Gum	39	0.020%	38.98x
1145	Hemmings	39	0.020%	1.77x
1146	Lamb	39	0.020%	0.29x
1147	Loader	39	0.020%	2.72x
1148	Mabbett	39	0.020%	16.99x
1149	Maxfield	39	0.020%	5.71x
1150	Philpott	39	0.020%	1.97x
1151	Richman	39	0.020%	16.87x
1152	Rowles	39	0.020%	3.42x
1153	Rumble	39	0.020%	4.05x
1154	Rutty	39	0.020%	31.40x
1155	Sealey	39	0.020%	4.61x
1156	Singer	39	0.020%	3.75x
1157	Tanswell	39	0.020%	22.27x
1158	Beavis	38	0.010%	3.59x
1159	Bolton	38	0.010%	0.34x
1160	Bridgman	38	0.010%	4.29x
1161	Burch	38	0.010%	1.95x
1162	Button	38	0.010%	1.24x
1163	Carrier	38	0.010%	9.12x
1164	Coster	38	0.010%	4.99x
1165	Crofts	38	0.010%	1.82x
1166	Davidge	38	0.010%	8.52x
1167	Dibben	38	0.010%	8.59x
1168	Dutch	38	0.010%	12.73x
1169	Goodship	38	0.010%	18.99x
1170	Isaacs	38	0.010%	1.71x
1171	Kane	38	0.010%	1.83x
1172	Lander	38	0.010%	2.15x
1173	Loder	38	0.010%	7.92x
1174	Oborne	38	0.010%	20.78x
1175	Prewett	38	0.010%	16.75x
1176	Rasey	38	0.010%	50.63x
1177	Shefford	38	0.010%	33.37x
1178	Vennell	38	0.010%	24.75x
1179	Waight	38	0.010%	9.39x
1180	Whiteman	38	0.010%	2.28x
1181	Wingrove	38	0.010%	5.02x
1182	Woodham	38	0.010%	4.38x
1183	Wyld	38	0.010%	7.69x
1184	Baish	37	0.010%	60.43x
1185	Clement	37	0.010%	1.42x
1186	Crisp	37	0.010%	1.03x
1187	Eastman	37	0.010%	5.24x
1188	Freeman	37	0.010%	0.22x
1189	Greenway	37	0.010%	1.93x
1190	Harraway	37	0.010%	42.89x
1191	Hinwood	37	0.010%	42.89x
1192	Porton	37	0.010%	29.18x
1193	Rumbold	37	0.010%	6.54x
1194	Shaw	37	0.010%	0.08x
1195	Snow	37	0.010%	1.06x
1196	Swanborough	37	0.010%	42.06x
1197	Bollen	36	0.010%	12.13x
1198	Breach	36	0.010%	7.01x
1199	Britton	36	0.010%	0.79x
1200	Cassey	36	0.010%	14.80x