1881 census place

Swindon surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Swindon, 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

1,032 surnames are listed for Swindon, Wiltshire, covering 8,899 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Laverick, with 20 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Swindon

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
101	Laverick	20	0.100%	27.34x
102	Marchant	20	0.100%	6.44x
103	Wilkes	20	0.100%	5.76x
104	Witts	20	0.100%	32.92x
105	Bown	19	0.090%	17.15x
106	Ireland	19	0.090%	4.08x
107	Large	19	0.090%	9.20x
108	Baden	18	0.090%	126.85x
109	Keene	18	0.090%	15.22x
110	Weeks	18	0.090%	4.20x
111	Alley	17	0.080%	62.43x
112	Brine	17	0.080%	27.83x
113	Cavill	17	0.080%	26.58x
114	Cottrell	17	0.080%	9.53x
115	Habgood	17	0.080%	43.20x
116	Neville	17	0.080%	7.14x
117	Phelps	17	0.080%	8.54x
118	Reason	17	0.080%	29.10x
119	Ricks	17	0.080%	67.57x
120	Swatton	17	0.080%	90.09x
121	Thatcher	17	0.080%	9.23x
122	Turk	17	0.080%	33.87x
123	Wakley	17	0.080%	101.19x
124	Axford	16	0.080%	32.62x
125	Beasant	16	0.080%	69.93x
126	Clapham	16	0.080%	9.26x
127	Dawe	16	0.080%	9.18x
128	Gosling	16	0.080%	5.10x
129	Goudge	16	0.080%	97.62x
130	Hardiman	16	0.080%	27.14x
131	Hillier	16	0.080%	5.92x
132	Jeffries	16	0.080%	6.36x
133	Leighfield	16	0.080%	152.38x
134	Plaister	16	0.080%	161.62x
135	Selwood	16	0.080%	29.67x
136	Batt	15	0.070%	11.06x
137	Blackford	15	0.070%	20.79x
138	Bridgeman	15	0.070%	20.38x
139	Chappell	15	0.070%	4.44x
140	Clack	15	0.070%	18.82x
141	Coole	15	0.070%	52.01x
142	Farr	15	0.070%	5.04x
143	Frewin	15	0.070%	48.31x
144	Hedges	15	0.070%	6.54x
145	Hiscocks	15	0.070%	58.23x
146	Jobbins	15	0.070%	76.26x
147	Panting	15	0.070%	44.66x
148	Shail	15	0.070%	139.28x
149	Titcombe	15	0.070%	65.56x
150	Amor	14	0.070%	29.18x
151	Hazell	14	0.070%	8.99x
152	Herring	14	0.070%	6.81x
153	Marshman	14	0.070%	51.66x
154	Money	14	0.070%	11.69x
155	Pagett	14	0.070%	27.60x
156	Sheldon	14	0.070%	4.59x
157	Vines	14	0.070%	20.96x
158	Weight	14	0.070%	30.77x
159	Westlake	14	0.070%	9.65x
160	Westmacott	14	0.070%	70.92x
161	Barefoot	13	0.060%	93.39x
162	Bigley	13	0.060%	67.92x
163	Brittain	13	0.060%	8.40x
164	Cave	13	0.060%	4.52x
165	Duck	13	0.060%	12.08x
166	Hanks	13	0.060%	13.32x
167	Henley	13	0.060%	8.48x
168	Keel	13	0.060%	32.82x
169	Mace	13	0.060%	7.36x
170	Mayell	13	0.060%	75.32x
171	Merritt	13	0.060%	9.23x
172	Noad	13	0.060%	44.97x
173	Osland	13	0.060%	255.91x
174	Sayer	13	0.060%	4.95x
175	Shipway	13	0.060%	35.07x
176	Tayler	13	0.060%	11.79x
177	Voisey	13	0.060%	62.47x
178	Whale	13	0.060%	11.56x
179	Broad	12	0.060%	4.71x
180	Cheesley	12	0.060%	221.40x
181	Chequer	12	0.060%	163.04x
182	Cockbill	12	0.060%	61.86x
183	Crew	12	0.060%	9.48x
184	Eacott	12	0.060%	55.87x
185	Foss	12	0.060%	30.55x
186	Froud	12	0.060%	21.58x
187	Hollister	12	0.060%	46.82x
188	Kemble	12	0.060%	36.16x
189	Keylock	12	0.060%	113.53x
190	Kilby	12	0.060%	10.64x
191	Liddiard	12	0.060%	26.10x
192	Lovelock	12	0.060%	13.83x
193	Pain	12	0.060%	6.66x
194	Povey	12	0.060%	9.89x
195	Raven	12	0.060%	7.13x
196	Stratford	12	0.060%	8.73x
197	Stroud	12	0.060%	5.79x
198	Swinhoe	12	0.060%	85.84x
199	Vickery	12	0.060%	8.25x
200	Voules	12	0.060%	263.74x