1881 census place

Mere surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Mere, 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

109 surnames are listed for Mere, Wiltshire, covering 1,682 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Gray, with 123 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Mere

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	Gray	123	4.19%	29.35x
2	Norris	104	3.54%	82.50x
3	Mills	102	3.48%	26.80x
4	Coward	69	2.35%	205.11x
5	Maidment	63	2.15%	389.37x
6	Hooper	62	2.11%	49.88x
7	Cowley	61	2.08%	113.00x
8	Bristow	56	1.91%	141.02x
9	Ford	56	1.91%	19.59x
10	Alford	53	1.81%	212.08x
11	Farthing	46	1.57%	297.54x
12	Welch	46	1.57%	44.57x
13	Foot	41	1.40%	140.94x
14	Fricker	38	1.29%	390.14x
15	Gatehouse	38	1.29%	583.72x
16	Sheppard	37	1.26%	36.40x
17	Avery	32	1.09%	64.99x
18	Meatyard	27	0.920%	1310.68x
19	Grey	24	0.820%	37.72x
20	Herridge	24	0.820%	290.21x
21	Down	23	0.780%	65.27x
22	Lander	23	0.780%	114.43x
23	Markey	22	0.750%	419.85x
24	Baverstock	21	0.720%	310.19x
25	Dowding	21	0.720%	167.46x
26	Deverill	19	0.650%	798.32x
27	Chalk	18	0.610%	92.98x
28	Jupe	18	0.610%	629.37x
29	Parfitt	18	0.610%	83.99x
30	Burfitt	17	0.580%	845.77x
31	Harcourt	15	0.510%	231.84x
32	Toogood	15	0.510%	110.21x
33	Doddington	14	0.480%	1085.27x
34	Forward	14	0.480%	170.32x
35	Wickham	14	0.480%	70.53x
36	Clothier	12	0.410%	196.40x
37	Hallett	12	0.410%	33.23x
38	Jukes	11	0.370%	62.22x
39	Perrett	11	0.370%	75.03x
40	Ryall	11	0.370%	110.89x
41	Topp	11	0.370%	164.18x
42	Lapham	10	0.340%	332.23x
43	Dore	9	0.310%	58.44x
44	Card	8	0.270%	46.48x
45	Chislett	8	0.270%	246.91x
46	Lampard	8	0.270%	112.84x
47	Rodman	8	0.270%	261.44x
48	Wilcot	8	0.270%	1860.47x
49	Bealing	7	0.240%	366.49x
50	Bourton	7	0.240%	199.43x
51	Brimble	7	0.240%	139.72x
52	Candy	7	0.240%	66.92x
53	Doddrell	7	0.240%	760.87x
54	Jeans	7	0.240%	70.92x
55	Riddick	7	0.240%	145.83x
56	Suter	7	0.240%	79.91x
57	Harrold	6	0.200%	45.32x
58	Ings	6	0.200%	118.58x
59	Shergold	6	0.200%	82.08x
60	Chipp	5	0.170%	228.31x
61	Dismore	5	0.170%	505.05x
62	Doman	5	0.170%	183.82x
63	Viner	5	0.170%	52.41x
64	Arney	4	0.140%	158.10x
65	Chancellor	4	0.140%	183.49x
66	Gover	4	0.140%	52.98x
67	Hilliar	4	0.140%	126.18x
68	Humby	4	0.140%	72.46x
69	Mees	4	0.140%	103.90x
70	Tudgay	4	0.140%	380.95x
71	Chaplain	3	0.100%	140.85x
72	Cheel	3	0.100%	340.91x
73	Goldsbrough	3	0.100%	78.95x
74	Harold	3	0.100%	47.10x
75	Hurden	3	0.100%	263.16x
76	Standerwick	3	0.100%	322.58x
77	Belbin	2	0.070%	81.30x
78	Biggin	2	0.070%	26.99x
79	Brasher	2	0.070%	127.39x
80	Herne	2	0.070%	57.14x
81	Mounty	2	0.070%	235.29x
82	Moxham	2	0.070%	37.81x
83	Ploughman	2	0.070%	152.67x
84	Swaisland	2	0.070%	178.57x
85	Auston	1	0.030%	67.11x
86	Bazeley	1	0.030%	34.13x
87	Bellows	1	0.030%	81.30x
88	Benjafield	1	0.030%	66.67x
89	Bibbings	1	0.030%	106.38x
90	Buckerfield	1	0.030%	103.09x
91	Cord	1	0.030%	101.01x
92	Coxhill	1	0.030%	55.56x
93	Dodridge	1	0.030%	71.43x
94	Dyne	1	0.030%	86.21x
95	Garde	1	0.030%	131.58x
96	Hazzard	1	0.030%	30.12x
97	Larkham	1	0.030%	90.09x
98	Night	1	0.030%	68.03x
99	Ridgley	1	0.030%	27.17x
100	Screen	1	0.030%	24.10x