1881 census place

Colerne surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Colerne, 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

47 surnames are listed for Colerne, Wiltshire, covering 468 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Weeks, with 54 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Colerne

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	Weeks	54	5.10%	238.20x
2	Tiley	45	4.25%	1730.77x
3	Aust	43	4.06%	3613.45x
4	Holder	26	2.46%	182.58x
5	Beer	25	2.36%	147.49x
6	Tidmarsh	25	2.36%	1184.83x
7	Gibbons	22	2.08%	64.63x
8	Wicks	21	1.98%	140.94x
9	Bence	15	1.42%	961.54x
10	Gaisford	13	1.23%	1226.42x
11	Sumsion	12	1.13%	2264.15x
12	Mullins	10	0.940%	98.72x
13	Box	9	0.850%	104.90x
14	Hending	9	0.850%	8181.82x
15	Hulbert	9	0.850%	154.91x
16	Moules	9	0.850%	947.37x
17	Woodham	9	0.850%	253.52x
18	Wooton	9	0.850%	320.28x
19	Wheatly	8	0.760%	459.77x
20	Dowding	7	0.660%	154.53x
21	Perren	7	0.660%	476.19x
22	Putman	7	0.660%	374.33x
23	Whale	7	0.660%	117.85x
24	Pullin	6	0.570%	159.57x
25	Beyer	5	0.470%	1351.35x
26	Blizzard	5	0.470%	462.96x
27	Hemmins	5	0.470%	2380.95x
28	Ings	5	0.470%	274.73x
29	Mullings	5	0.470%	505.05x
30	Lathan	4	0.380%	952.38x
31	Poulsom	4	0.380%	1142.86x
32	Rodway	4	0.380%	120.12x
33	Shailes	4	0.380%	2105.26x
34	Pinchin	3	0.280%	206.90x
35	Gerrish	2	0.190%	88.11x
36	Gum	2	0.190%	487.80x
37	Neat	2	0.190%	165.29x
38	Tyley	2	0.190%	344.83x
39	Dubery	1	0.090%	238.10x
40	Hendon	1	0.090%	114.94x
41	Leighfield	1	0.090%	178.57x
42	Moloney	1	0.090%	87.72x
43	Noad	1	0.090%	65.36x
44	Sprules	1	0.090%	129.87x
45	Tylee	1	0.090%	294.12x
46	Veness	1	0.090%	67.57x
47	Wheatland	1	0.090%	108.70x