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 Cruse, with 75 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
701	Cruse	75	0.030%	10.03x
702	Cundick	75	0.030%	81.27x
703	Dainton	75	0.030%	24.70x
704	Hailstone	75	0.030%	16.25x
705	Kyte	75	0.030%	17.08x
706	Rivers	75	0.030%	4.68x
707	Titcombe	75	0.030%	25.42x
708	Whiting	75	0.030%	1.51x
709	Bowley	74	0.030%	5.22x
710	Bridewell	74	0.030%	90.30x
711	Hyde	74	0.030%	0.93x
712	Kibblewhite	74	0.030%	54.99x
713	Norton	74	0.030%	0.86x
714	Philpot	74	0.030%	4.27x
715	Beckingham	73	0.030%	19.10x
716	Berrett	73	0.030%	43.18x
717	Griffiths	73	0.030%	0.17x
718	Hammond	73	0.030%	0.50x
719	Lake	73	0.030%	1.27x
720	Randell	73	0.030%	4.53x
721	Teagle	73	0.030%	24.39x
722	Wickham	73	0.030%	4.18x
723	Barlow	72	0.030%	0.52x
724	Caswell	72	0.030%	5.75x
725	Cowdry	72	0.030%	28.49x
726	Eacott	72	0.030%	26.00x
727	Fell	72	0.030%	1.98x
728	Fryer	72	0.030%	1.50x
729	Hazell	72	0.030%	3.59x
730	Hewlett	72	0.030%	4.46x
731	Lock	72	0.030%	0.98x
732	Maynard	72	0.030%	1.81x
733	Norman	72	0.030%	0.60x
734	Player	72	0.030%	7.24x
735	Shears	72	0.030%	6.34x
736	Winter	72	0.030%	0.79x
737	Culverhouse	71	0.030%	19.69x
738	Maslin	71	0.030%	12.98x
739	Newth	71	0.030%	27.71x
740	Parham	71	0.030%	18.17x
741	Polden	71	0.030%	26.55x
742	Poulton	71	0.030%	3.42x
743	Sadler	71	0.030%	1.17x
744	Vallis	71	0.030%	23.58x
745	Abbott	70	0.030%	0.61x
746	Cave	70	0.030%	1.89x
747	Gatehouse	70	0.030%	12.22x
748	Greenhill	70	0.030%	6.27x
749	Griffen	70	0.030%	8.30x
750	Habgood	70	0.030%	13.80x
751	Hopgood	70	0.030%	10.35x
752	Isaac	70	0.030%	2.16x
753	Kelly	70	0.030%	0.25x
754	Mayell	70	0.030%	31.45x
755	Merchant	70	0.030%	4.03x
756	Trotman	70	0.030%	6.45x
757	Fidler	69	0.030%	4.17x
758	Hutchings	69	0.030%	1.42x
759	Pretty	69	0.030%	7.52x
760	Raymond	69	0.030%	4.63x
761	Romain	69	0.030%	50.95x
762	Skuse	69	0.030%	15.26x
763	Spanswick	69	0.030%	30.07x
764	Winslow	69	0.030%	21.91x
765	Bowden	68	0.030%	0.91x
766	Bowsher	68	0.030%	24.95x
767	Bowyer	68	0.030%	2.41x
768	Burrows	68	0.030%	0.60x
769	Hunter	68	0.030%	0.26x
770	Hussey	68	0.030%	2.61x
771	Knott	68	0.030%	1.33x
772	Plummer	68	0.030%	1.97x
773	Scamell	68	0.030%	59.26x
774	Stanley	68	0.030%	0.68x
775	Whitbread	68	0.030%	6.59x
776	Alley	67	0.030%	19.08x
777	Beckett	67	0.030%	1.30x
778	Bye	67	0.030%	5.16x
779	Chalke	67	0.030%	55.88x
780	Conduit	67	0.030%	35.14x
781	Dawkins	67	0.030%	3.58x
782	Dowdell	67	0.030%	32.23x
783	Emery	67	0.030%	1.19x
784	Grace	67	0.030%	1.94x
785	Macklin	67	0.030%	9.25x
786	Mercer	67	0.030%	0.99x
787	Neat	67	0.030%	22.64x
788	Nutland	67	0.030%	63.67x
789	Bridle	66	0.030%	5.90x
790	Earle	66	0.030%	4.11x
791	Eldridge	66	0.030%	2.34x
792	Gainey	66	0.030%	47.23x
793	Gane	66	0.030%	9.02x
794	Herrington	66	0.030%	6.79x
795	Nichols	66	0.030%	0.78x
796	Phillimore	66	0.030%	20.62x
797	Timbrell	66	0.030%	15.46x
798	Batt	65	0.030%	3.72x
799	Bown	65	0.030%	4.55x
800	Durnford	65	0.030%	23.26x