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 Musgrove, with 15 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
2101	Musgrove	15	0.010%	1.20x
2102	Paice	15	0.010%	1.86x
2103	Pembroke	15	0.010%	6.21x
2104	Penn	15	0.010%	0.64x
2105	Pipkin	15	0.010%	8.61x
2106	Ponton	15	0.010%	4.56x
2107	Pyle	15	0.010%	1.42x
2108	Seviour	15	0.010%	14.25x
2109	Shakespeare	15	0.010%	1.59x
2110	Sheen	15	0.010%	0.87x
2111	Silverthorn	15	0.010%	18.12x
2112	Sopp	15	0.010%	5.91x
2113	Southby	15	0.010%	9.30x
2114	Southwell	15	0.010%	0.93x
2115	Stoodley	15	0.010%	4.64x
2116	Stump	15	0.010%	9.20x
2117	Sugg	15	0.010%	6.04x
2118	Todd	15	0.010%	0.11x
2119	Tudgay	15	0.010%	16.25x
2120	Vick	15	0.010%	2.52x
2121	Wager	15	0.010%	2.16x
2122	Wallen	15	0.010%	4.93x
2123	Weight	15	0.010%	2.56x
2124	Welsh	15	0.010%	0.15x
2125	Wheatley	15	0.010%	0.29x
2126	Wiggins	15	0.010%	0.54x
2127	Workman	15	0.010%	0.88x
2128	Allaway	14	0.010%	3.03x
2129	Alner	14	0.010%	12.78x
2130	Alsopp	14	0.010%	7.88x
2131	Anstey	14	0.010%	1.90x
2132	Armstrong	14	0.010%	0.07x
2133	Baber	14	0.010%	2.64x
2134	Bartley	14	0.010%	1.13x
2135	Bernard	14	0.010%	1.31x
2136	Biddiscombe	14	0.010%	14.89x
2137	Bigley	14	0.010%	5.67x
2138	Blanchett	14	0.010%	11.76x
2139	Bound	14	0.010%	2.99x
2140	Bridge	14	0.010%	0.27x
2141	Bungey	14	0.010%	13.41x
2142	Chick	14	0.010%	0.99x
2143	Chown	14	0.010%	1.73x
2144	Christopher	14	0.010%	0.92x
2145	Clinch	14	0.010%	1.88x
2146	Cockrell	14	0.010%	5.20x
2147	Comber	14	0.010%	1.61x
2148	Cullen	14	0.010%	0.31x
2149	Cundell	14	0.010%	6.31x
2150	Damen	14	0.010%	11.85x
2151	Dodge	14	0.010%	1.38x
2152	Douglas	14	0.010%	0.11x
2153	Drayton	14	0.010%	1.54x
2154	Dyson	14	0.010%	0.17x
2155	Emerson	14	0.010%	0.78x
2156	Ettles	14	0.010%	20.81x
2157	Fergusson	14	0.010%	1.07x
2158	Fillis	14	0.010%	20.29x
2159	Forsyth	14	0.010%	0.25x
2160	Frankis	14	0.010%	27.99x
2161	Galpin	14	0.010%	2.36x
2162	Goss	14	0.010%	0.62x
2163	Habberfield	14	0.010%	18.65x
2164	Haime	14	0.010%	24.22x
2165	Hales	14	0.010%	0.38x
2166	Holbrook	14	0.010%	0.75x
2167	Honeybone	14	0.010%	9.49x
2168	Hulme	14	0.010%	0.25x
2169	Jameson	14	0.010%	0.49x
2170	Jaques	14	0.010%	0.73x
2171	Jenning	14	0.010%	5.24x
2172	Jesse	14	0.010%	8.50x
2173	Kearton	14	0.010%	5.52x
2174	Kettley	14	0.010%	9.07x
2175	Kirton	14	0.010%	1.19x
2176	Larkham	14	0.010%	14.36x
2177	Line	14	0.010%	1.14x
2178	Lockwood	14	0.010%	0.25x
2179	Lodder	14	0.010%	6.71x
2180	Matravers	14	0.010%	16.07x
2181	Mees	14	0.010%	4.13x
2182	Merrick	14	0.010%	0.73x
2183	Neil	14	0.010%	0.41x
2184	Oatridge	14	0.010%	26.18x
2185	Olden	14	0.010%	6.76x
2186	Olivier	14	0.010%	21.94x
2187	Pagett	14	0.010%	2.14x
2188	Phipps	14	0.010%	0.37x
2189	Pinker	14	0.010%	12.30x
2190	Presley	14	0.010%	7.34x
2191	Quick	14	0.010%	0.48x
2192	Rabbits	14	0.010%	6.52x
2193	Rolls	14	0.010%	1.22x
2194	Salvidge	14	0.010%	12.99x
2195	Sawtell	14	0.010%	7.34x
2196	Shewry	14	0.010%	18.44x
2197	Skeats	14	0.010%	4.80x
2198	Skittrall	14	0.010%	73.84x
2199	Slater	14	0.010%	0.09x
2200	Stock	14	0.010%	0.44x