1881 census place

Trowbridge surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Trowbridge, 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

475 surnames are listed for Trowbridge, Wiltshire, covering 6,354 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Randall, with 159 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Trowbridge

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	Randall	159	1.39%	44.45x
2	Davis	142	1.24%	5.66x
3	Rawlings	98	0.860%	58.69x
4	Webb	87	0.760%	5.62x
5	Stevens	83	0.730%	6.96x
6	Reynolds	82	0.720%	8.29x
7	Purnell	81	0.710%	135.20x
8	Wilkins	74	0.650%	14.66x
9	Doel	72	0.630%	332.41x
10	Long	72	0.630%	9.72x
11	Chapman	71	0.620%	4.38x
12	Hulbert	71	0.620%	113.26x
13	Harding	67	0.590%	8.11x
14	Beaven	61	0.530%	183.85x
15	Hayward	61	0.530%	12.53x
16	Porter	61	0.530%	7.12x
17	Slade	60	0.530%	26.34x
18	Pike	58	0.510%	17.47x
19	Gay	54	0.470%	35.48x
20	Stokes	53	0.460%	10.99x
21	Usher	53	0.460%	42.07x
22	Mortimer	52	0.460%	21.78x
23	Sims	52	0.460%	15.19x
24	Knowles	51	0.450%	8.36x
25	Willis	51	0.450%	8.40x
26	Bray	50	0.440%	13.02x
27	Dyer	49	0.430%	11.08x
28	Watts	49	0.430%	5.12x
29	Gardiner	46	0.400%	14.02x
30	Millard	46	0.400%	24.33x
31	Rose	45	0.390%	5.31x
32	Silcocks	45	0.390%	937.50x
33	Tucker	44	0.390%	6.96x
34	Elkins	43	0.380%	96.80x
35	Pollard	43	0.380%	10.33x
36	Richmond	43	0.380%	17.19x
37	Little	42	0.370%	7.78x
38	Dicks	41	0.360%	73.54x
39	Fryer	41	0.360%	19.35x
40	Kemp	41	0.360%	6.47x
41	Mead	41	0.360%	15.40x
42	Deacon	40	0.350%	20.62x
43	Hillman	39	0.340%	39.66x
44	Norris	39	0.340%	7.95x
45	Angell	38	0.330%	85.03x
46	Farr	38	0.330%	22.41x
47	Lindsey	37	0.320%	63.67x
48	Woodward	36	0.320%	6.39x
49	Butcher	35	0.310%	7.27x
50	Silcox	35	0.310%	243.39x
51	Merrett	34	0.300%	48.75x
52	Moon	34	0.300%	14.11x
53	Gerrish	33	0.290%	135.02x
54	Batchelor	32	0.280%	16.52x
55	Keates	32	0.280%	86.07x
56	Bath	31	0.270%	36.18x
57	Gingell	31	0.270%	92.90x
58	Barnett	30	0.260%	5.82x
59	Ferris	30	0.260%	26.58x
60	Sainsbury	30	0.260%	50.66x
61	Saxty	30	0.260%	735.29x
62	Wicks	30	0.260%	18.66x
63	Applegate	29	0.250%	137.31x
64	Gowen	28	0.250%	130.90x
65	Harford	28	0.250%	75.31x
66	Pickard	28	0.250%	17.58x
67	Sheppard	28	0.250%	7.08x
68	Cogswell	27	0.240%	298.67x
69	Gauntlett	27	0.240%	126.23x
70	Brookman	26	0.230%	92.13x
71	Clift	26	0.230%	41.63x
72	Earle	26	0.230%	36.66x
73	Griffen	26	0.230%	69.72x
74	Richman	26	0.230%	254.40x
75	Stowe	26	0.230%	77.57x
76	Vince	26	0.230%	37.63x
77	Waite	26	0.230%	10.97x
78	Dallimore	25	0.220%	141.56x
79	Hibberd	24	0.210%	34.17x
80	Say	24	0.210%	86.58x
81	Brunker	22	0.190%	374.79x
82	Hillier	22	0.190%	14.29x
83	Mattock	22	0.190%	74.25x
84	Winslow	22	0.190%	158.05x
85	Culverhouse	21	0.180%	131.74x
86	Giddings	21	0.180%	40.38x
87	Greenland	21	0.180%	58.40x
88	Loxley	21	0.180%	99.95x
89	Whatley	21	0.180%	47.55x
90	Wise	21	0.180%	8.82x
91	Baily	20	0.180%	27.68x
92	Bigwood	20	0.180%	120.05x
93	Feltham	20	0.180%	39.76x
94	Huntley	20	0.180%	24.84x
95	Moody	20	0.180%	6.71x
96	Morrell	20	0.180%	18.63x
97	Mundy	20	0.180%	23.62x
98	Underwood	20	0.180%	6.49x
99	Cave	19	0.170%	11.60x
100	Dowding	19	0.170%	38.93x