Top surnames from the 1881 census in East Quantoxhead, Somerset

East Quantoxhead 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
WESTERN229.24372,200.00
CREECH208.40349,523.81
SHORT145.8824150.54
WINE125.042017,142.86
BENNETT104.201725.56
BURGE104.2017581.40
HURLEY93.7815323.74
WITHERS93.7815230.77
JONES93.78153.34
COLES72.941284.44
SHEPHERD62.521034.40
GRIFFITHS62.521015.40
FELTHAM52.1008476.19
TAYLOR41.68072.63
BRYANT41.680739.33
PAYNE41.680718.67
GORE41.6807148.70
KEITH41.6807156.86
WAKE41.6807208.33
BAILEY31.26058.37
BROWNING31.260561.98
PORTER20.840311.20
KING20.84033.86
DAVIS20.84033.82
SULLY20.8403253.16
HUNT20.84036.33
WEBBER20.840327.51
LANGDON20.8403108.11
HOLE20.840398.04
BERRYMAN10.420275.76
GRANDFIELD10.4202909.09
LUPTON10.420258.14
EXON10.4202769.23
WARREN10.42026.29
LEGGE10.420294.34
WARE10.420225.58
ROSSITER10.420266.67
GRAVES10.420227.70
BAKER10.42021.92
LUTTRELL10.42023,333.33
CROCKER10.420231.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WINE0.2423817142.8571
CREECH0.242389523.8095
LUTTRELL0.242383333.3333
WESTERN0.242382200.0000
GRANDFIELD0.24238909.0909
EXON0.24238769.2308
BURGE0.24238581.3953
FELTHAM0.24238476.1905
HURLEY0.24238323.7410
SULLY0.24238253.1646
WITHERS0.24238230.7692
WAKE0.24238208.3333
KEITH0.24238156.8627
SHORT0.24238150.5376
GORE0.24238148.6989
LANGDON0.24238108.1081
HOLE0.2423898.0392
LEGGE0.2423894.3396
COLES0.2423884.4391
BERRYMAN0.2423875.7576
ROSSITER0.2423866.6667
BROWNING0.2423861.9835
LUPTON0.2423858.1395
BRYANT0.2423839.3314
SHEPHERD0.2423834.4037
CROCKER0.2423831.2500
GRAVES0.2423827.7008
WEBBER0.2423827.5103
WARE0.2423825.5754
BENNETT0.2423825.5624
PAYNE0.2423818.6741
GRIFFITHS0.2423815.4044
PORTER0.2423811.1982
BAILEY0.242388.3682
HUNT0.242386.3271
WARREN0.242386.2854
KING0.242383.8558
DAVIS0.242383.8241
JONES0.242383.3390
TAYLOR0.242382.6281
BAKER0.242381.9175

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 238 people called WINE in East Quantoxhead 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 17142.8571 in East Quantoxhead means that 17142.8571% of the people in East Quantoxhead on census day were called WINE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WINE 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 WINE 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 WINE 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 WINE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in East Quantoxhead means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WINE in East Quantoxhead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in East Quantoxhead in 1881

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

BAILEY (3)  BAKER (1)  BENNETT (10)  BERRYMAN (1)  BROWNING (3)  BRYANT (4)  BURCHER (2)  BURGE (10)  COLES (7)  CREECH (20)  CROCKER (1)  DATE (3)  DAVIS (2)  EXON (1)  FELTHAM (5)  GORE (4)  GRANDFIELD (1)  GRAVES (1)  GREEDY (8)  GRIFFITHS (6)  HURLEY (9)  HOLE (2)  HUNT (2)  JONES (9)  KEITH (4)  KING (2)  LANGDON (2)  LEGGE (1)  LOCKYEAR (4)  LUPTON (1)  LUTTRELL (1)  MOGGRIDGE (4)  PAYNE (4)  PORTER (2)  ROSSITER (1)  SEDERFIN (3)  SULLY (2)  SHEPHERD (6)  SHORT (14)  TAYLOR (4)  TREMLETT (7)  TUCKFIELD (10)  WAKE (4)  WARE (1)  WARREN (1)  WEBBER (2)  WESTERN (22)  WINE (12)  WITHERS (9)