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 Bullock, with 175 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
301	Bullock	175	0.070%	2.08x
302	Light	175	0.070%	7.34x
303	Offer	173	0.070%	29.45x
304	Strong	173	0.070%	4.49x
305	Naish	172	0.070%	18.62x
306	Burbidge	170	0.070%	19.34x
307	Merritt	170	0.070%	9.37x
308	Richens	170	0.070%	33.86x
309	Carr	168	0.070%	0.90x
310	Dew	168	0.070%	11.17x
311	Prince	168	0.070%	2.88x
312	Fishlock	167	0.060%	43.21x
313	Lee	167	0.060%	0.40x
314	Ward	167	0.060%	0.30x
315	Pocock	164	0.060%	6.03x
316	Shepherd	164	0.060%	0.87x
317	North	163	0.060%	1.90x
318	Skinner	162	0.060%	1.24x
319	Tyler	162	0.060%	2.12x
320	Vines	162	0.060%	18.82x
321	Dunford	161	0.060%	10.30x
322	Trollope	161	0.060%	29.62x
323	George	160	0.060%	1.06x
324	Pullen	160	0.060%	4.70x
325	Woods	160	0.060%	0.98x
326	Freegard	159	0.060%	83.03x
327	Dear	158	0.060%	8.27x
328	Noyce	158	0.060%	27.25x
329	Purnell	158	0.060%	11.66x
330	Love	157	0.060%	2.56x
331	Austin	156	0.060%	1.24x
332	Cannings	156	0.060%	38.31x
333	Selman	156	0.060%	35.04x
334	Yates	156	0.060%	0.88x
335	Rudman	155	0.060%	29.85x
336	Bath	154	0.060%	7.94x
337	Dredge	154	0.060%	22.97x
338	Swatton	154	0.060%	63.30x
339	Viney	154	0.060%	15.71x
340	Beasant	153	0.060%	51.86x
341	Duck	153	0.060%	11.03x
342	Bunce	152	0.060%	7.90x
343	Marks	152	0.060%	2.88x
344	Scammell	152	0.060%	21.78x
345	Eatwell	150	0.060%	43.58x
346	Foot	150	0.060%	5.86x
347	Lodge	149	0.060%	3.17x
348	Goodfellow	148	0.060%	6.48x
349	Knee	148	0.060%	37.05x
350	Jennings	147	0.060%	1.12x
351	Mizen	147	0.060%	39.35x
352	Underwood	147	0.060%	2.11x
353	Arnold	146	0.060%	1.05x
354	Rich	146	0.060%	4.51x
355	Wootten	146	0.060%	23.90x
356	Barter	145	0.060%	10.24x
357	Legg	145	0.060%	3.40x
358	Wood	145	0.060%	0.18x
359	Wyatt	145	0.060%	1.91x
360	Cripps	144	0.060%	5.73x
361	Freeth	144	0.060%	25.92x
362	Pope	144	0.060%	1.62x
363	Sloper	144	0.060%	30.91x
364	Church	143	0.060%	2.54x
365	Dowding	143	0.060%	12.95x
366	England	143	0.060%	2.69x
367	Nicholls	143	0.060%	1.06x
368	Sly	143	0.060%	14.63x
369	Usher	143	0.060%	5.02x
370	Wise	142	0.060%	2.64x
371	Higgins	141	0.050%	1.08x
372	Hiscocks	141	0.050%	42.45x
373	Wilcox	141	0.050%	2.90x
374	Burchell	139	0.050%	12.09x
375	Dean	139	0.050%	0.78x
376	Knapp	139	0.050%	7.89x
377	Loveday	139	0.050%	8.81x
378	Watson	139	0.050%	0.23x
379	Comley	138	0.050%	24.39x
380	Russ	138	0.050%	19.80x
381	Bathe	136	0.050%	39.02x
382	Wakefield	136	0.050%	2.94x
383	Dunn	135	0.050%	0.63x
384	Farley	135	0.050%	4.16x
385	Large	135	0.050%	5.07x
386	Liddiard	135	0.050%	22.78x
387	Wait	135	0.050%	10.35x
388	Mundy	134	0.050%	6.99x
389	Phelps	134	0.050%	5.22x
390	Poolman	134	0.050%	75.04x
391	Hull	133	0.050%	2.46x
392	Osborne	133	0.050%	1.08x
393	Ruddle	133	0.050%	32.12x
394	Selby	133	0.050%	4.31x
395	Simmonds	133	0.050%	1.93x
396	Trowbridge	133	0.050%	19.32x
397	Eyers	132	0.050%	26.43x
398	Sturgess	132	0.050%	8.91x
399	Barber	131	0.050%	0.84x
400	Blackmore	131	0.050%	3.52x