Top surnames from the 1881 census in Othery, Somerset

Othery 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
DAVIS508.650539.36
TUCKER457.7855140.71
RICHARDS244.152227.49
KIDDLE193.28721,520.00
EMERY183.1142142.63
LAWRENCE152.595239.96
SOMERS152.5952765.31
THATCHER132.2491244.82
LOCKYER132.2491294.12
PESTER132.24912,000.00
KICK122.07614,285.71
BOWN122.0761375.00
BAKER122.07619.47
MEAD91.557166.82
HAMBLIN91.5571343.51
TUTTON81.3841720.72
SMALL81.384154.57
NASH71.211126.27
RUSS61.0381384.62
GODFREY61.038135.01
NEWMAN61.038113.96
GOODSON50.8651173.61
PITMAN50.865194.88
GILLARD50.865199.40
JAMES50.86514.40
GENT50.8651100.81
HODGE50.865134.32
MEADE50.8651303.03
CHAMBERS50.865115.21
BEAL40.692073.66
BURCH40.692091.74
MORRISH40.6920174.67
MELTON40.6920196.08
LAVIS40.6920360.36
SWEET40.692076.78
JEFFERY40.692031.87
WESTLAKE30.519071.60
GUY30.519023.70
MERRIOTT20.3460625.00
HOCKLEY20.346064.10
COOMBS20.346020.47
TAYLOR20.34600.54
BROWNING20.346017.01
ELWORTHY20.3460222.22
MOORE20.34601.73
COX20.34602.28
LOCK20.346012.15
FRY20.346010.80
BROWN20.34600.52
SAVIDGE10.1730131.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KICK0.585784285.7143
PESTER0.585782000.0000
KIDDLE0.585781520.0000
SOMERS0.58578765.3061
TUTTON0.58578720.7207
MERRIOTT0.58578625.0000
GILLIAN0.58578500.0000
RUSS0.58578384.6154
BOWN0.58578375.0000
LAVIS0.58578360.3604
HAMBLIN0.58578343.5115
MEADE0.58578303.0303
LOCKYER0.58578294.1176
THATCHER0.58578244.8211
ELWORTHY0.58578222.2222
MELTON0.58578196.0784
MORRISH0.58578174.6725
GOODSON0.58578173.6111
SOMERFIELD0.58578158.7302
EMERY0.58578142.6307
BETTY0.58578140.8451
TUCKER0.58578140.7129
SAVIDGE0.58578131.5789
CRIBB0.58578113.6364
GENT0.58578100.8065
GILLARD0.5857899.4036
PITMAN0.5857894.8767
BURCH0.5857891.7431
SWEET0.5857876.7754
BEAL0.5857873.6648
WESTLAKE0.5857871.5990
MEAD0.5857866.8151
HOCKLEY0.5857864.1026
ANSTEY0.5857860.6061
SMALL0.5857854.5703
LAWRENCE0.5857839.9574
DAVIS0.5857839.3639
GODFREY0.5857835.0058
HODGE0.5857834.3171
JEFFERY0.5857831.8725
RICHARDS0.5857827.4946
NASH0.5857826.2664
STAGG0.5857825.9740
EAMES0.5857825.1889
GUY0.5857823.6967
COOMBS0.5857820.4708
BROWNING0.5857817.0068
CHAMBERS0.5857815.2114
CHURCHILL0.5857814.5773
NEWMAN0.5857813.9600

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 578 people called KICK in Othery 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 4285.7143 in Othery means that 4285.7143% of the people in Othery on census day were called KICK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KICK 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 KICK 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 KICK 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 KICK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in Othery means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KICK in Othery than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Othery in 1881

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

ANSTEY (1)  ATYEO (14)  BAKER (12)  BARRETT (1)  BASTABLE (8)  BEAL (4)  BETTY (1)  BURCH (4)  BOOBIER (5)  BOOBYER (1)  BOWN (12)  BROWN (2)  BROWNING (2)  CHAMBERS (5)  CHURCHILL (1)  COOMBS (2)  COSSINS (2)  COX (2)  CRIBB (1)  CULLEN (1)  KEIRL (19)  KEIRLE (5)  DAVIS (50)  DURSTON (8)  DYER (1)  EAMES (1)  ELWORTHY (2)  EMERY (18)  FRY (2)  GENT (5)  GILLIAN (1)  GILLARD (5)  GODFREY (6)  GOODSON (5)  GULLIDGE (1)  GUY (3)  HALKER (1)  HOLLS (1)  HAMBLIN (9)  HIGDOW (1)  HELLIER (5)  HOCKLEY (2)  HODGE (5)  HUCKER (18)  JAMES (5)  JEFFERY (4)  JENKINS (1)  KICK (12)  KIDDELE (2)  KIDDLE (19)  KIDDELL (1)  LARWAY (1)  LAVIS (4)  LAWRENCE (15)  LOCK (2)  LOCKYER (13)  LOVIBOND (12)  MERRIOTT (2)  MEADE (5)  MEAD (9)  MELTON (4)  MOORE (2)  MORRISH (4)  NASH (7)  NEWMAN (6)  ODERY (1)  PARKER (1)  PEARCE (1)  PESTER (13)  PITMAN (5)  PLEACE (4)  RICHARDS (24)  RUSS (6)  SOLWAY (6)  SAVIDGE (1)  SMALL (8)  SMITH (1)  STAGG (1)  SOMERFIELD (1)  SOMERS (15)  SWEET (4)  SYVE (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THATCHER (13)  TOMKIN (1)  TUCKER (45)  TULIETT (1)  TUTTIETT (1)  TUTTON (8)  THYER (4)  VERNON (1)  WALTERS (1)  WESTLAKE (3)  WINSLADE (19)  WHAITES (1)