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 Ashley, with 110 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
501	Ashley	110	0.040%	2.54x
502	Biggs	110	0.040%	2.26x
503	Cuss	110	0.040%	35.72x
504	Gore	110	0.040%	3.77x
505	Newbury	110	0.040%	7.00x
506	Noble	110	0.040%	1.03x
507	Ockwell	110	0.040%	62.51x
508	Box	109	0.040%	5.21x
509	Carey	109	0.040%	2.24x
510	Stacey	109	0.040%	1.88x
511	Bainton	108	0.040%	32.10x
512	Blandford	108	0.040%	12.79x
513	Brinkworth	108	0.040%	19.72x
514	Chamberlain	108	0.040%	1.54x
515	Dolman	108	0.040%	9.75x
516	Haskell	108	0.040%	16.34x
517	Sparey	108	0.040%	59.33x
518	Fortune	107	0.040%	7.93x
519	Goodridge	107	0.040%	12.42x
520	Blackman	106	0.040%	3.37x
521	Crouch	106	0.040%	3.06x
522	Holton	106	0.040%	7.93x
523	Lay	106	0.040%	5.51x
524	Pinchin	106	0.040%	30.04x
525	Dance	105	0.040%	5.08x
526	Fennell	105	0.040%	8.68x
527	Harford	105	0.040%	12.48x
528	Horsell	105	0.040%	63.07x
529	Pepler	105	0.040%	41.12x
530	Ricketts	105	0.040%	4.19x
531	Wild	105	0.040%	1.00x
532	Garlick	104	0.040%	4.57x
533	Hinder	104	0.040%	35.56x
534	Pinnell	104	0.040%	27.27x
535	Richmond	104	0.040%	1.84x
536	Dowse	103	0.040%	11.61x
537	Pontin	103	0.040%	33.73x
538	Ash	102	0.040%	2.39x
539	Coombes	102	0.040%	3.69x
540	Gulliver	102	0.040%	11.64x
541	Jacobs	102	0.040%	1.65x
542	Brain	101	0.040%	3.64x
543	Brockway	101	0.040%	27.16x
544	Churchill	101	0.040%	3.30x
545	Dowling	101	0.040%	3.53x
546	Few	101	0.040%	17.19x
547	Hudd	101	0.040%	17.79x
548	Langley	101	0.040%	1.78x
549	Looker	101	0.040%	13.21x
550	Marchant	101	0.040%	2.52x
551	Archard	100	0.040%	38.51x
552	Beauchamp	100	0.040%	11.36x
553	Barton	99	0.040%	0.71x
554	Beard	99	0.040%	1.46x
555	Howard	99	0.040%	0.39x
556	Keel	99	0.040%	19.39x
557	Maton	99	0.040%	30.68x
558	Ranger	99	0.040%	11.77x
559	Elms	98	0.040%	9.96x
560	Hitchcock	98	0.040%	3.29x
561	Hodges	98	0.040%	1.29x
562	Maggs	98	0.040%	5.66x
563	Guy	97	0.040%	1.71x
564	Holder	97	0.040%	2.79x
565	Moon	97	0.040%	1.78x
566	Newton	97	0.040%	0.49x
567	Sargent	97	0.040%	2.44x
568	Ellison	96	0.040%	1.76x
569	Goodman	96	0.040%	1.27x
570	Keene	96	0.040%	6.30x
571	Leach	96	0.040%	0.90x
572	Spicer	96	0.040%	2.76x
573	Toogood	96	0.040%	8.01x
574	Whittle	96	0.040%	1.71x
575	Bracher	95	0.040%	25.55x
576	Burrough	95	0.040%	16.99x
577	Clack	95	0.040%	9.25x
578	Doughty	95	0.040%	2.89x
579	Golding	95	0.040%	2.09x
580	Higgs	95	0.040%	2.02x
581	Rice	95	0.040%	1.18x
582	Aldridge	94	0.040%	1.88x
583	Hutchins	94	0.040%	3.60x
584	Sartain	94	0.040%	51.89x
585	Henly	93	0.040%	26.10x
586	Manners	93	0.040%	7.28x
587	Noyes	93	0.040%	15.53x
588	Whitmarsh	93	0.040%	17.03x
589	Applegate	92	0.040%	19.25x
590	Bolter	92	0.040%	29.22x
591	Cooke	92	0.040%	0.65x
592	Cornish	92	0.040%	2.47x
593	Best	91	0.040%	1.31x
594	Blackford	91	0.040%	9.78x
595	Boulter	91	0.040%	6.96x
596	Paginton	91	0.040%	104.45x
597	Pullin	91	0.040%	9.91x
598	Small	91	0.040%	1.39x
599	Sprules	91	0.040%	48.17x
600	Laurence	90	0.030%	2.45x