Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chilton Polden, Somerset

Chilton Polden is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Somerset

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
PITMAN133.6827403.73
JONES123.39943.00
EMERY123.3994155.64
LAWRENCE113.116147.99
CROSSMAN113.1161948.28
HOUSE113.1161239.65
TUCKER102.832951.20
SUGG92.54962,647.06
NICHOLAS92.5496130.62
RUGG92.54961,323.53
MOORE92.549612.75
SMITH82.26631.61
WAY82.2663205.66
AMES71.9830288.07
GODFREY71.983066.86
WILKINS71.983044.87
GIBBS61.699734.60
SHEW61.69977,500.00
MOXEY61.69971,304.35
FEAR61.6997382.17
OWENS51.416428.52
CARVER51.4164156.25
HOOPER51.416433.44
BATTEN51.4164153.37
HAYNES51.416439.71
CLARKE51.41646.99
EDGAR51.416491.91
LUCAS41.133124.51
ASH41.133168.61
GROVES41.133140.32
PRICE41.13316.47
NEWMAN41.133115.24
MOGG41.1331481.93
DOWDEN41.1331519.48
YOUNG41.13315.28
WATTS41.133113.51
WHEDON30.849915,000.00
ROBERTS30.84992.26
FRY30.849926.53
APLIN30.8499306.12
GILBERT30.849914.92
BURCH20.566674.91
DUNSTAN20.566699.50
RICE20.566618.25
DAVY20.566645.98
CORNISH20.566639.29
CANNON20.566631.30
MOFFATT20.566688.11
LANGDON20.566672.99
TAYLOR20.56660.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHEDON0.3535315000.0000
SHEW0.353537500.0000
SUGG0.353532647.0588
RUGG0.353531323.5294
MOXEY0.353531304.3478
LAMPERT0.353531000.0000
CROSSMAN0.35353948.2759
PERHAM0.35353606.0606
DOWDEN0.35353519.4805
MOGG0.35353481.9277
PITMAN0.35353403.7267
FEAR0.35353382.1656
APLIN0.35353306.1224
AMES0.35353288.0658
PUDDY0.35353243.9024
HOUSE0.35353239.6514
STRADLING0.35353222.2222
WAY0.35353205.6555
BANWELL0.35353192.3077
CARVER0.35353156.2500
EMERY0.35353155.6420
BATTEN0.35353153.3742
NICHOLAS0.35353130.6241
TIBBS0.35353128.2051
DUNSTAN0.3535399.5025
EDGAR0.3535391.9118
MOFFATT0.3535388.1057
BURCH0.3535374.9064
WINCHESTER0.3535374.6269
LANGDON0.3535372.9927
ASH0.3535368.6106
GODFREY0.3535366.8577
TUCKER0.3535351.2033
LAWRENCE0.3535347.9930
DAVY0.3535345.9770
WILKINS0.3535344.8718
GROVES0.3535340.3226
HAYNES0.3535339.7141
CORNISH0.3535339.2927
ORAM0.3535336.3636
GIBBS0.3535334.6021
HOOPER0.3535333.4448
CANNON0.3535331.2989
THATCHER0.3535330.8642
STAPLES0.3535329.5858
OWENS0.3535328.5225
FRY0.3535326.5252
LUCAS0.3535324.5098
HURLEY0.3535324.2718
RICH0.3535322.6244

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 353 people called WHEDON in Chilton Polden at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 15000.0000 in Chilton Polden means that 15000.0000% of the people in Chilton Polden on census day were called WHEDON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHEDON in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called WHEDON as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called WHEDON here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called WHEDON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.35 in Chilton Polden means that you are 0.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHEDON in Chilton Polden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chilton Polden in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

APLIN (3)  ARTHUR (1)  ASH (4)  ASHCROFT (1)  BAILEY (1)  BANWELL (1)  BATTEN (5)  BEFFIN (11)  BURCH (2)  CAMPBELL (2)  CANNON (2)  CARVER (5)  CLARKE (5)  CLIST (1)  CORNISH (2)  COX (1)  CROSSMAN (11)  DAVY (2)  DAVEY (DAVY) (6)  DAY (2)  DOWDEN (4)  DUNSTAN (2)  DURSTON (5)  AMES (7)  EDGAR (5)  EMERY (12)  EVANS (1)  EVERED (1)  FEAR (6)  FRY (3)  GIBBS (6)  GILBERT (3)  GODFREY (7)  GROVES (4)  HARDING (1)  HURLEY (1)  HARRIS (1)  HART (2)  HAYNES (5)  HUCKER (1)  HOOPER (5)  HOUSE (11)  HUTCHINGS (1)  INNOLES (4)  JENKINS (2)  JONES (12)  LAMPERT (1)  LANGDON (2)  LAWRENCE (11)  LUCAS (4)  MOFFATT (2)  MOGG (4)  MOORE (9)  MOXEY (6)  NEWMAN (4)  NICHOLAS (9)  ORAM (1)  OWENS (5)  PERHAM (2)  PITMAN (13)  PLECE (2)  POPLE (4)  PRICE (4)  PROLE (4)  PUDDY (1)  RICE (2)  RICH (1)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBERTS (3)  RUGG (9)  SHEW (6)  SMITH (8)  STAPLES (1)  STRADLING (1)  SUGG (9)  TAYLOR (2)  THATCHER (1)  TIBBS (1)  TRATT (1)  TUCKER (10)  VAUGHAN (1)  WATTS (4)  WAY (8)  WHEDON (3)  WILKINS (7)  WILLS (1)  WINCHESTER (1)  YOUNG (4)