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 Dewey, with 131 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
401	Dewey	131	0.050%	11.99x
402	Greenman	131	0.050%	57.74x
403	Grey	131	0.050%	2.34x
404	Judd	131	0.050%	3.90x
405	Skull	131	0.050%	60.02x
406	Stephens	131	0.050%	0.91x
407	Everett	130	0.050%	2.80x
408	Gibbons	130	0.050%	1.57x
409	Batchelor	129	0.050%	2.94x
410	Eyles	129	0.050%	10.82x
411	Furnell	129	0.050%	29.26x
412	Leighfield	129	0.050%	95.25x
413	Ovens	129	0.050%	19.57x
414	Titcomb	129	0.050%	45.73x
415	Davies	128	0.050%	0.10x
416	Hand	128	0.050%	4.13x
417	Jeffries	128	0.050%	3.95x
418	Tayler	128	0.050%	9.00x
419	Blanchard	127	0.050%	6.00x
420	Hatter	127	0.050%	40.00x
421	Horton	127	0.050%	1.32x
422	Wallis	127	0.050%	1.45x
423	Witts	127	0.050%	16.21x
424	Butt	126	0.050%	3.78x
425	Gee	126	0.050%	1.91x
426	Haddrell	126	0.050%	68.26x
427	House	126	0.050%	3.75x
428	Neale	126	0.050%	2.05x
429	Kite	125	0.050%	8.51x
430	Rumming	125	0.050%	85.74x
431	Targett	125	0.050%	24.77x
432	Fulford	124	0.050%	14.37x
433	Minty	124	0.050%	24.12x
434	Redman	124	0.050%	3.65x
435	Banks	123	0.050%	0.93x
436	Bigwood	123	0.050%	32.63x
437	Hardiman	123	0.050%	16.18x
438	Stratford	123	0.050%	6.94x
439	Whitlock	123	0.050%	7.99x
440	Eyres	122	0.050%	15.47x
441	Gardiner	122	0.050%	1.64x
442	Gunstone	122	0.050%	46.06x
443	Hood	122	0.050%	1.71x
444	Huntley	122	0.050%	6.70x
445	Milsom	122	0.050%	13.81x
446	Staples	122	0.050%	4.94x
447	Cottle	121	0.050%	9.52x
448	Hillman	121	0.050%	5.44x
449	Nicholas	121	0.050%	2.40x
450	Gurd	120	0.050%	41.28x
451	Stiles	120	0.050%	8.39x
452	Waldron	120	0.050%	5.27x
453	Aust	119	0.050%	41.05x
454	Bolwell	119	0.050%	31.21x
455	Pollard	119	0.050%	1.26x
456	Robins	119	0.050%	2.17x
457	Shore	119	0.050%	4.28x
458	Thorn	119	0.050%	3.08x
459	Baily	118	0.050%	7.22x
460	Fricker	118	0.050%	13.76x
461	Hanks	118	0.050%	9.37x
462	Packer	118	0.050%	4.34x
463	Perkins	118	0.050%	1.02x
464	Pitt	118	0.050%	2.14x
465	Greenland	117	0.050%	14.38x
466	Grist	117	0.050%	9.35x
467	Jay	117	0.050%	5.18x
468	Jordan	117	0.050%	1.02x
469	Leonard	117	0.050%	2.09x
470	Lloyd	117	0.050%	0.39x
471	Tilley	117	0.050%	3.45x
472	Couzens	116	0.040%	18.02x
473	Marshman	116	0.040%	33.20x
474	Sharp	116	0.040%	0.54x
475	Annetts	115	0.040%	32.59x
476	Gaisford	115	0.040%	44.58x
477	Glass	115	0.040%	4.30x
478	Lush	115	0.040%	11.09x
479	Parfitt	115	0.040%	6.10x
480	Reed	115	0.040%	0.61x
481	Thorne	115	0.040%	2.11x
482	Trueman	115	0.040%	6.47x
483	Watkins	115	0.040%	0.73x
484	Gardner	114	0.040%	0.65x
485	Gould	114	0.040%	1.22x
486	Moxham	114	0.040%	24.47x
487	Peck	114	0.040%	2.61x
488	Welch	114	0.040%	1.25x
489	Wort	114	0.040%	25.66x
490	Mussell	113	0.040%	32.11x
491	Batten	112	0.040%	4.70x
492	Richardson	112	0.040%	0.25x
493	Ricks	112	0.040%	34.53x
494	Withers	112	0.040%	2.64x
495	Bodman	111	0.040%	29.31x
496	Bradfield	111	0.040%	13.54x
497	Chappell	111	0.040%	2.55x
498	Field	111	0.040%	0.86x
499	Foreman	111	0.040%	3.29x
500	Selwood	111	0.040%	15.96x