Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swell, Somerset

Swell 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
STENSON106.99303,846.15
MILLER106.993039.08
SALWAY106.99304,347.83
HALLETT96.2937511.36
ROWSELL85.59442,666.67
COATE64.19585,000.00
BARNARD53.4965140.85
GOODSON53.4965704.23
BISHOP42.797240.04
ADAMS42.797218.98
HARWOOD42.7972104.44
LOUCH42.79722,105.26
WILLIAMS42.79723.89
CHORLEY42.7972833.33
BARRETT32.097931.25
KNIGHT32.097917.02
WHITE32.09796.53
CARPENTER21.398640.82
ROWLEY21.398653.19
ROWE21.398624.63
WILLIE10.6993833.33
LOCK10.699324.57
RICHARDS10.69934.63
SELLICK10.6993263.16
BURROUGH10.6993322.58
WOOD10.69932.19
LONG10.699310.78
HOOPER10.699316.50
CHICK10.6993128.21
MARSHALL10.69934.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COATE0.141435000.0000
SALWAY0.141434347.8261
STENSON0.141433846.1538
ROWSELL0.141432666.6667
LOUCH0.141432105.2632
WILLIE0.14143833.3333
CHORLEY0.14143833.3333
GOODSON0.14143704.2254
HALLETT0.14143511.3636
BURROUGH0.14143322.5806
SELLICK0.14143263.1579
BARNARD0.14143140.8451
CHICK0.14143128.2051
HARWOOD0.14143104.4386
ROWLEY0.1414353.1915
CARPENTER0.1414340.8163
BISHOP0.1414340.0400
MILLER0.1414339.0778
BARRETT0.1414331.2500
ROWE0.1414324.6305
LOCK0.1414324.5700
ADAMS0.1414318.9843
KNIGHT0.1414317.0164
HOOPER0.1414316.5017
LONG0.1414310.7759
WHITE0.141436.5260
RICHARDS0.141434.6296
MARSHALL0.141434.1684
WILLIAMS0.141433.8941
WOOD0.141432.1949

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 143 people called COATE in Swell 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 5000.0000 in Swell means that 5000.0000% of the people in Swell on census day were called COATE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COATE 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 COATE 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 COATE 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 COATE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Swell means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COATE in Swell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swell in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  BARNARD (5)  BARRETT (3)  BISHOP (4)  BRADDICK (1)  BROOKEY (1)  BURROUGH (1)  CARPENTER (2)  CHICK (1)  CHORLEY (4)  COATE (6)  GOODSON (5)  HALLETT (9)  HARWOOD (4)  HOOPER (1)  KNIGHT (3)  LOCK (1)  LONG (1)  LOUCH (4)  MALE (25)  MARSHALL (1)  MILLER (10)  RICHARDS (1)  ROWE (2)  ROWLEY (2)  ROWSELL (8)  SALWAY (10)  SELLICK (1)  STENSON (10)  THYER (2)  WHITE (3)  WILLIAMS (4)  WILLMONT (2)  WOOD (1)  WILLIE (1)