Top surnames from the 1881 census in North Cheriton, Somerset

North Cheriton 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
HANNAM187.72532,535.21
ASHFORD166.8670695.65
COOMBS166.8670406.09
WARREN93.862757.77
FOOT93.8627389.61
FARTHING73.0043569.11
READ73.004346.60
PUFFETT62.57514,285.71
FIELD62.575151.77
PICKFORD62.5751315.79
ROBERTS52.14595.70
OBORNE52.14593,125.00
HILL41.71676.74
STONE41.716723.75
LORAINE41.71673,076.92
DENDY41.71672,857.14
GALE41.716757.31
COUSENS31.2876526.32
FORD31.287613.22
JONES31.28761.14
HASKETT31.28762,000.00
LOADER31.2876230.77
CROSS20.858412.48
COLES20.858424.63
LAWRENCE20.858413.22
DOWDING20.8584200.00
SEAGER20.8584155.04
PHILLIPS20.85844.80
THOMAS20.85842.08
SKINNER20.858416.91
ROWDEN20.8584357.14
BLAKE10.42928.86
DELLEN10.429210,000.00
PARSONS10.42925.65
NEWMAN10.42925.77
FRANCES10.429268.03
SHEPPARD10.429212.39
MARTEN10.4292140.85
BURKITT10.4292217.39
BESS10.42921,250.00
HIGGENS10.4292555.56
VINCENT10.429213.76
DAVIS10.42921.95
HANNA10.4292270.27
STICKLAND10.4292104.17
MILES10.42927.27
CLARK10.42921.43
BURGOYNE10.429298.04
WEAR10.4292136.99
BARBER10.42927.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DELLEN0.2323310000.0000
PUFFETT0.232334285.7143
OBORNE0.232333125.0000
LORAINE0.232333076.9231
DENDY0.232332857.1429
HANNAM0.232332535.2113
HASKETT0.232332000.0000
BESS0.232331250.0000
ASHFORD0.23233695.6522
FARTHING0.23233569.1057
HIGGENS0.23233555.5556
COUSENS0.23233526.3158
COOMBS0.23233406.0914
FOOT0.23233389.6104
ROWDEN0.23233357.1429
PICKFORD0.23233315.7895
HANNA0.23233270.2703
LOADER0.23233230.7692
BURKITT0.23233217.3913
DOWDING0.23233200.0000
SEAGER0.23233155.0388
MARTEN0.23233140.8451
WEAR0.23233136.9863
CUFF0.23233109.8901
STICKLAND0.23233104.1667
BURGOYNE0.2323398.0392
FRANCES0.2323368.0272
WARREN0.2323357.7664
GALE0.2323357.3066
FIELD0.2323351.7688
READ0.2323346.6045
COLES0.2323324.6305
STONE0.2323323.7530
SKINNER0.2323316.9062
CHARLTON0.2323314.9701
VINCENT0.2323313.7552
FORD0.2323313.2217
LAWRENCE0.2323313.2188
CROSS0.2323312.4766
SHEPPARD0.2323312.3916
NORMAN0.232339.2593
BLAKE0.232338.8574
MILES0.232337.2727
BARBER0.232337.1327
HILL0.232336.7408
NEWMAN0.232335.7737
ROBERTS0.232335.7039
PARSONS0.232335.6497
PHILLIPS0.232334.7973
THOMAS0.232332.0801

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 233 people called DELLEN in North Cheriton 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 10000.0000 in North Cheriton means that 10000.0000% of the people in North Cheriton on census day were called DELLEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DELLEN 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 DELLEN 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 DELLEN 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 DELLEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in North Cheriton means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DELLEN in North Cheriton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in North Cheriton in 1881

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

ASHFORD (16)  AYNFORD OR AYSFORD (10)  BARBER (1)  BESS (1)  BURKITT (1)  BLAKE (1)  BURGOYNE (1)  CHARLTON (1)  CLARK (1)  COLES (2)  COOMBS (16)  COUSENS (3)  CROSS (2)  CUFF (1)  DAVIS (1)  DELLEN (1)  DENDY (4)  DOWDING (2)  EAVIS (4)  EVANS (1)  FARTHING (7)  FIELD (6)  FOOT (9)  FORD (3)  FRANCES (1)  GALE (4)  GATEHOUSE (5)  HANNA (1)  HANNAM (18)  HASKETT (3)  HIGGENS (1)  HILL (4)  HELLIER (7)  HOGES (1)  JONES (3)  LAWRENCE (2)  LORAINE (4)  LINTERN (2)  LOADER (3)  LUFFONS (1)  MARTIN (1)  MARTEN (1)  MILES (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NORMAN (1)  OBORNE (5)  PUFFETT (6)  PARSONS (1)  PHILLIPS (2)  PICKFORD (6)  READ (7)  ROBERTS (5)  ROWDEN (2)  ROWDSN (2)  SEAGER (2)  SHEPPARD (1)  SHERRING (2)  SKINNER (2)  STONE (4)  STICKLAND (1)  THICK (5)  THOMAS (2)  TOOGOOD (2)  VINCENT (1)  WARREN (9)  WEAR (1)  WOOF (5)