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 Ploughman, with 2 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
5301	Ploughman	2	0.000%	1.73x
5302	Pockett	2	0.000%	0.94x
5303	Pointon	2	0.000%	0.18x
5304	Polton	2	0.000%	2.25x
5305	Port	2	0.000%	0.28x
5306	Porteous	2	0.000%	0.12x
5307	Powys	2	0.000%	2.30x
5308	Prescot	2	0.000%	0.62x
5309	Prickett	2	0.000%	0.28x
5310	Priddle	2	0.000%	0.47x
5311	Prier	2	0.000%	2.55x
5312	Probert	2	0.000%	0.10x
5313	Probyn	2	0.000%	0.86x
5314	Prouse	2	0.000%	0.46x
5315	Pullar	2	0.000%	0.60x
5316	Pullinger	2	0.000%	0.46x
5317	Purdey	2	0.000%	1.48x
5318	Purse	2	0.000%	0.70x
5319	Purser	2	0.000%	0.21x
5320	Purves	2	0.000%	0.12x
5321	Puttick	2	0.000%	0.39x
5322	Radburn	2	0.000%	0.78x
5323	Rainbow	2	0.000%	0.19x
5324	Rains	2	0.000%	0.46x
5325	Ralfe	2	0.000%	2.13x
5326	Rampling	2	0.000%	0.76x
5327	Rance	2	0.000%	0.21x
5328	Rankin	2	0.000%	0.05x
5329	Ransford	2	0.000%	1.50x
5330	Rapley	2	0.000%	0.25x
5331	Ratcliff	2	0.000%	0.12x
5332	Rattenbury	2	0.000%	0.54x
5333	Rayner	2	0.000%	0.03x
5334	Readhead	2	0.000%	1.28x
5335	Relley	2	0.000%	8.29x
5336	Remington	2	0.000%	0.55x
5337	Rendal	2	0.000%	3.80x
5338	Rennie	2	0.000%	0.04x
5339	Rickell	2	0.000%	2.49x
5340	Ridgwell	2	0.000%	0.59x
5341	Right	2	0.000%	1.24x
5342	Rilley	2	0.000%	0.67x
5343	Rimes	2	0.000%	1.25x
5344	Ringham	2	0.000%	0.83x
5345	Ritchie	2	0.000%	0.02x
5346	Robert	2	0.000%	0.16x
5347	Romaine	2	0.000%	2.00x
5348	Roman	2	0.000%	2.66x
5349	Rook	2	0.000%	0.11x
5350	Rowlings	2	0.000%	1.76x
5351	Roxby	2	0.000%	0.93x
5352	Rudgley	2	0.000%	5.65x
5353	Rule	2	0.000%	0.11x
5354	Sambrook	2	0.000%	0.38x
5355	Sanctuary	2	0.000%	4.00x
5356	Sandom	2	0.000%	2.23x
5357	Sarah	2	0.000%	1.16x
5358	Sargant	2	0.000%	0.51x
5359	Saunderson	2	0.000%	0.33x
5360	Saxby	2	0.000%	0.16x
5361	Scadden	2	0.000%	1.32x
5362	Scarf	2	0.000%	0.88x
5363	Schofield	2	0.000%	0.01x
5364	Schumann	2	0.000%	4.00x
5365	Schwarz	2	0.000%	2.17x
5366	Scrivener	2	0.000%	0.18x
5367	Scruby	2	0.000%	0.99x
5368	Seale	2	0.000%	0.44x
5369	Seargeant	2	0.000%	2.90x
5370	Sellers	2	0.000%	0.10x
5371	Sendell	2	0.000%	2.73x
5372	Share	2	0.000%	0.91x
5373	Shearn	2	0.000%	0.67x
5374	Shepard	2	0.000%	0.27x
5375	Shere	2	0.000%	4.22x
5376	Sherry	2	0.000%	0.22x
5377	Sheward	2	0.000%	0.60x
5378	Shier	2	0.000%	1.50x
5379	Shrimpton	2	0.000%	0.18x
5380	Silcock	2	0.000%	0.18x
5381	Sinnock	2	0.000%	2.37x
5382	Sivell	2	0.000%	1.76x
5383	Sketchley	2	0.000%	0.77x
5384	Skidmore	2	0.000%	0.11x
5385	Skillen	2	0.000%	1.14x
5386	Slaven	2	0.000%	0.53x
5387	Smale	2	0.000%	0.12x
5388	Smelt	2	0.000%	0.84x
5389	Smyth	2	0.000%	0.08x
5390	Soule	2	0.000%	3.05x
5391	Soundy	2	0.000%	1.54x
5392	Southam	2	0.000%	0.19x
5393	Southgate	2	0.000%	0.10x
5394	Southon	2	0.000%	0.64x
5395	Southway	2	0.000%	3.13x
5396	Spalding	2	0.000%	0.11x
5397	Speare	2	0.000%	1.74x
5398	Spence	2	0.000%	0.02x
5399	Spire	2	0.000%	2.94x
5400	Stainton	2	0.000%	0.24x