1881 census place

Warminster surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Warminster, 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

266 surnames are listed for Warminster, Wiltshire, covering 2,481 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Curtis, with 174 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Warminster

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	Curtis	174	3.07%	54.16x
2	Pearce	85	1.50%	16.35x
3	Payne	68	1.20%	13.35x
4	Cundick	63	1.11%	3118.81x
5	Foreman	62	1.10%	83.77x
6	Whatley	61	1.08%	278.67x
7	Adlam	53	0.940%	362.77x
8	Holton	48	0.850%	163.93x
9	Prince	48	0.850%	37.50x
10	Elloway	45	0.790%	2866.24x
11	Bush	44	0.780%	31.48x
12	Trollope	40	0.710%	335.85x
13	Pinnell	35	0.620%	418.66x
14	Sly	34	0.600%	158.73x
15	Moody	30	0.530%	20.29x
16	Haines	29	0.510%	22.12x
17	Langley	28	0.490%	22.54x
18	Macey	28	0.490%	89.89x
19	Fear	27	0.480%	107.57x
20	Sims	26	0.460%	15.32x
21	Trapp	24	0.420%	379.15x
22	Humphries	23	0.410%	18.04x
23	Snelgrove	22	0.390%	156.47x
24	Garrett	21	0.370%	16.34x
25	Player	21	0.370%	96.42x
26	Ryall	21	0.370%	109.78x
27	Sparey	21	0.370%	526.32x
28	Hayter	20	0.350%	47.87x
29	Steadman	20	0.350%	57.41x
30	Cornish	18	0.320%	22.04x
31	Phelps	18	0.320%	32.02x
32	Daniell	17	0.300%	107.94x
33	Garratt	17	0.300%	29.60x
34	Grist	17	0.300%	62.02x
35	Prangley	17	0.300%	551.95x
36	Cane	16	0.280%	41.49x
37	House	16	0.280%	21.72x
38	Poolman	16	0.280%	409.21x
39	Ransome	16	0.280%	89.49x
40	Hillier	15	0.270%	19.65x
41	Knee	15	0.270%	171.43x
42	Scane	15	0.270%	1056.34x
43	Strong	15	0.270%	17.75x
44	Minty	14	0.250%	124.22x
45	Ransom	14	0.250%	45.69x
46	Sainsbury	14	0.250%	47.68x
47	Tite	14	0.250%	121.42x
48	Toogood	14	0.250%	53.31x
49	Churchill	13	0.230%	19.36x
50	Dutch	13	0.230%	198.78x
51	Lidbury	13	0.230%	613.21x
52	Vallis	13	0.230%	196.97x
53	Dowding	12	0.210%	49.59x
54	Merritt	12	0.210%	30.17x
55	Ponton	12	0.210%	166.67x
56	Presley	12	0.210%	287.08x
57	Titt	12	0.210%	441.18x
58	Whitmarsh	12	0.210%	100.25x
59	Alcock	11	0.190%	13.46x
60	Dredge	11	0.190%	74.88x
61	Northover	11	0.190%	90.76x
62	Witchell	11	0.190%	164.92x
63	Daniells	10	0.180%	131.93x
64	Debnam	10	0.180%	232.02x
65	Eacott	10	0.180%	164.74x
66	Fitz	10	0.180%	357.14x
67	Gaisford	10	0.180%	176.99x
68	Hudd	10	0.180%	80.39x
69	Maidment	10	0.180%	32.04x
70	Nokes	10	0.180%	79.30x
71	Wickham	10	0.180%	26.12x
72	Bigwood	9	0.160%	108.96x
73	Cowdry	9	0.160%	162.45x
74	Elkins	9	0.160%	40.87x
75	Flux	9	0.160%	101.47x
76	Hankey	9	0.160%	66.86x
77	Hessey	9	0.160%	161.00x
78	Marshman	9	0.160%	117.49x
79	Pitman	9	0.160%	17.42x
80	Polden	9	0.160%	153.58x
81	Scammell	9	0.160%	58.86x
82	Silcox	9	0.160%	126.23x
83	Smetham	9	0.160%	481.28x
84	Udall	9	0.160%	84.99x
85	Beaven	8	0.140%	48.63x
86	Bluck	8	0.140%	113.80x
87	Buckenham	8	0.140%	109.89x
88	Cockrell	8	0.140%	135.59x
89	Dodge	8	0.140%	36.02x
90	Foyle	8	0.140%	71.49x
91	Hares	8	0.140%	66.83x
92	Rendall	8	0.140%	26.63x
93	Toone	8	0.140%	58.31x
94	Wakeman	8	0.140%	46.67x
95	Wiliams	8	0.140%	238.10x
96	Crafts	7	0.120%	330.19x
97	Dewey	7	0.120%	29.25x
98	Dicks	7	0.120%	25.33x
99	Fate	7	0.120%	1666.67x
100	Fishlock	7	0.120%	82.64x