1881 census place

Chippenham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Chippenham, Wiltshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

276 surnames are listed for Chippenham, Wiltshire, covering 2,158 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wheeler, with 78 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Chippenham

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Wheeler	78	1.44%	23.84x
2	Tanner	61	1.13%	50.18x
3	Fry	49	0.900%	28.23x
4	Hulbert	49	0.900%	164.76x
5	Strange	32	0.590%	55.07x
6	Chivers	31	0.570%	64.85x
7	Weston	31	0.570%	14.03x
8	Gough	27	0.500%	17.00x
9	Ashe	25	0.460%	490.20x
10	Humphries	25	0.460%	20.48x
11	Summers	25	0.460%	16.45x
12	Britten	23	0.420%	106.58x
13	Clifford	23	0.420%	20.65x
14	Comley	23	0.420%	193.77x
15	Couzens	23	0.420%	170.37x
16	Crofts	23	0.420%	52.54x
17	Pike	23	0.420%	14.60x
18	Rich	23	0.420%	33.87x
19	Robbins	23	0.420%	27.13x
20	Slade	23	0.420%	21.28x
21	Tinson	23	0.420%	277.11x
22	Brinkworth	22	0.410%	191.47x
23	Hatherell	22	0.410%	750.85x
24	Pinniger	22	0.410%	756.01x
25	Bristow	21	0.390%	28.65x
26	Salter	20	0.370%	16.14x
27	Sartain	20	0.370%	526.32x
28	Elms	19	0.350%	92.14x
29	Hibberd	19	0.350%	57.02x
30	Mortimore	19	0.350%	93.00x
31	Hudd	18	0.330%	151.26x
32	Salway	18	0.330%	209.06x
33	Walkley	18	0.330%	204.78x
34	Fortune	17	0.310%	60.05x
35	Turk	17	0.310%	125.28x
36	Archard	16	0.300%	293.58x
37	Beaven	16	0.300%	101.65x
38	Ruddle	16	0.300%	184.33x
39	Rudman	16	0.300%	146.92x
40	Savin	16	0.300%	237.74x
41	Beszant	15	0.280%	847.46x
42	Dolman	15	0.280%	64.57x
43	Dummer	15	0.280%	269.30x
44	Blackford	14	0.260%	71.79x
45	Vizor	14	0.260%	1093.75x
46	Ballinger	13	0.240%	75.71x
47	Bradfield	13	0.240%	75.63x
48	Cleverly	13	0.240%	109.52x
49	Fields	13	0.240%	49.94x
50	Hillier	13	0.240%	17.80x
51	Morrell	13	0.240%	25.53x
52	Russ	13	0.240%	88.92x
53	Taviner	13	0.240%	726.26x
54	Uncles	13	0.240%	481.48x
55	Wootten	13	0.240%	101.48x
56	Bowsher	12	0.220%	209.79x
57	Dowding	12	0.220%	51.81x
58	Greenway	12	0.220%	29.78x
59	Haddrell	12	0.220%	310.08x
60	Hillman	12	0.220%	25.72x
61	Mattingley	12	0.220%	319.15x
62	Escott	11	0.200%	72.75x
63	Freeth	11	0.200%	94.42x
64	Henly	11	0.200%	147.26x
65	Holly	11	0.200%	81.06x
66	Jefferies	11	0.200%	18.34x
67	Leaver	11	0.200%	31.49x
68	Merchant	11	0.200%	30.19x
69	Witts	11	0.200%	66.95x
70	Bodman	10	0.180%	125.94x
71	Boulter	10	0.180%	36.46x
72	Boyes	10	0.180%	17.66x
73	Denning	10	0.180%	48.10x
74	Lawes	10	0.180%	42.35x
75	Light	10	0.180%	20.00x
76	Maloney	10	0.180%	22.37x
77	Pinnell	10	0.180%	125.00x
78	Sidnell	10	0.180%	970.87x
79	Tayler	10	0.180%	33.55x
80	Billett	9	0.170%	77.12x
81	Hatter	9	0.170%	135.14x
82	Holley	9	0.170%	45.11x
83	Scammell	9	0.170%	61.48x
84	Shipp	9	0.170%	53.19x
85	Cuzner	8	0.150%	476.19x
86	Derrick	8	0.150%	26.35x
87	Leavey	8	0.150%	410.26x
88	Shapley	8	0.150%	187.35x
89	Willcox	8	0.150%	27.38x
90	Amor	7	0.130%	53.97x
91	Balch	7	0.130%	102.64x
92	Bence	7	0.130%	87.94x
93	Cape	7	0.130%	50.65x
94	Coals	7	0.130%	642.20x
95	Collen	7	0.130%	137.80x
96	Cowdry	7	0.130%	132.08x
97	Croker	7	0.130%	43.29x
98	Dancey	7	0.130%	119.05x
99	Drewett	7	0.130%	47.59x
100	Harford	7	0.130%	39.68x