1881 census place

Westbury surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Westbury, 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

220 surnames are listed for Westbury, Wiltshire, covering 3,004 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bailey, with 121 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Westbury

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	Bailey	121	2.01%	13.32x
2	Newman	99	1.64%	22.08x
3	Mead	98	1.63%	69.72x
4	Collier	94	1.56%	46.64x
5	Millard	93	1.54%	93.14x
6	Elkins	78	1.29%	332.48x
7	Webb	73	1.21%	8.93x
8	Pearce	71	1.18%	12.82x
9	Wheeler	68	1.13%	18.68x
10	Watts	64	1.06%	12.66x
11	Doel	57	0.950%	498.25x
12	Burgess	56	0.930%	13.37x
13	Eyers	52	0.860%	445.97x
14	Dew	50	0.830%	142.37x
15	Greenland	49	0.810%	258.03x
16	Cockell	40	0.660%	508.26x
17	Walters	39	0.650%	13.56x
18	Hillman	36	0.600%	69.32x
19	Applegate	35	0.580%	313.90x
20	Holloway	34	0.560%	18.40x
21	Toop	34	0.560%	316.28x
22	Whatley	34	0.560%	145.80x
23	Adlam	33	0.550%	212.08x
24	Reeves	33	0.550%	13.36x
25	Sainsbury	33	0.550%	105.53x
26	Cornish	31	0.510%	35.63x
27	Bartlett	30	0.500%	11.36x
28	Dredge	29	0.480%	185.42x
29	Alley	28	0.460%	341.88x
30	Chard	28	0.460%	82.18x
31	Goodenough	28	0.460%	161.66x
32	Freestone	25	0.410%	96.49x
33	Jefferies	25	0.410%	37.44x
34	Keates	25	0.410%	127.36x
35	Lanfear	24	0.400%	586.80x
36	Scull	23	0.380%	354.94x
37	Deacon	22	0.360%	21.48x
38	Gunstone	22	0.360%	355.99x
39	Case	21	0.350%	34.86x
40	Ferris	21	0.350%	35.23x
41	Minty	21	0.350%	175.00x
42	Say	21	0.350%	143.44x
43	Stiles	21	0.350%	62.91x
44	Grist	20	0.330%	68.49x
45	Raines	20	0.330%	164.74x
46	Flower	19	0.320%	32.26x
47	Marshman	19	0.320%	233.13x
48	Drewett	17	0.280%	103.85x
49	Dunning	17	0.280%	33.22x
50	Gerrish	17	0.280%	131.68x
51	Papps	17	0.280%	417.69x
52	Champion	16	0.270%	25.36x
53	Snelgrove	16	0.270%	106.81x
54	Bigwood	15	0.250%	170.45x
55	Cuzner	15	0.250%	802.14x
56	Eyres	15	0.250%	81.52x
57	Laverton	15	0.250%	614.75x
58	Meaden	15	0.250%	155.28x
59	Stillman	15	0.250%	237.34x
60	Beak	14	0.230%	181.11x
61	Merritt	14	0.230%	33.05x
62	Orchard	14	0.230%	21.84x
63	Singer	14	0.230%	57.76x
64	Bath	13	0.220%	28.74x
65	Neat	13	0.220%	188.13x
66	Payton	13	0.220%	54.12x
67	Viner	13	0.220%	66.36x
68	Adey	12	0.200%	61.82x
69	Clinch	12	0.200%	68.89x
70	Dicks	12	0.200%	40.76x
71	Ledbury	12	0.200%	225.56x
72	Maby	12	0.200%	410.96x
73	Avon	11	0.180%	569.95x
74	Callaway	11	0.180%	66.79x
75	Churchill	11	0.180%	15.38x
76	Cottle	10	0.170%	33.72x
77	Daniells	10	0.170%	123.92x
78	Hiscocks	10	0.170%	129.03x
79	Smallcombe	10	0.170%	342.47x
80	Sparey	10	0.170%	235.29x
81	Styles	10	0.170%	15.70x
82	Winslow	10	0.170%	136.05x
83	Withey	10	0.170%	65.70x
84	Deane	9	0.150%	17.87x
85	Emm	9	0.150%	205.01x
86	Feltham	9	0.150%	33.89x
87	Greatwood	9	0.150%	394.74x
88	Herrington	9	0.150%	39.67x
89	Prangley	9	0.150%	274.39x
90	Dod	8	0.130%	220.99x
91	Gurnsey	8	0.130%	860.22x
92	Hitchings	8	0.130%	42.96x
93	Hurle	8	0.130%	170.58x
94	Loxley	8	0.130%	72.14x
95	Nutt	8	0.130%	18.36x
96	Player	8	0.130%	34.48x
97	Rabbits	8	0.130%	159.68x
98	Timbury	8	0.130%	559.44x
99	Tinker	8	0.130%	26.26x
100	Cleverley	7	0.120%	98.18x