Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tickenham, Somerset

Tickenham 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
BAKER257.530134.36
FISHER123.614530.88
EVANS123.61458.27
BYE103.0120598.80
FRY103.012093.99
HALE103.012083.96
WEAR92.7108865.38
TROTT82.4096366.97
ALVIS72.10843,500.00
MOXHAM72.10841,166.67
YOUNG72.10849.81
CAREY61.807295.85
LLEWELLYN61.8072123.71
CANTER61.80722,068.97
KITCHEN61.8072106.01
THORNE61.807285.71
WILLMOTT51.5060240.38
GAGG51.50602,500.00
REEVES51.506036.76
WAIT51.5060297.62
HAMLIN51.5060515.46
WHITE51.50604.69
RALLS51.50603,125.00
LOCK41.204842.33
KING41.20485.53
SPIRES41.2048588.24
CRANE41.204857.14
REED41.204816.50
PRICE41.20486.88
COOMBS41.204871.30
WINSOR41.2048400.00
DURBIN30.9036476.19
WILLIAMS30.90361.26
BISHOP30.903612.93
DELANY30.9036545.45
HARRIS30.90363.56
FOWLER30.903615.82
EDWARDS30.90363.24
WEEKS20.602428.13
AVERY20.602435.91
RUMLEY20.6024869.57
HOLLOMAN20.60242,500.00
BADMAN20.6024425.53
SNOOK20.602485.47
ATKINSON20.60246.18
RUE20.60241,250.00
BETTY20.6024487.80
WATKINS20.60249.94
BASSETT20.602438.61
HEDGES20.602452.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALVIS0.333323500.0000
RALLS0.333323125.0000
HOLLOMAN0.333322500.0000
GAGG0.333322500.0000
CANTER0.333322068.9655
RUE0.333321250.0000
MOXHAM0.333321166.6667
RUMLEY0.33332869.5652
WEAR0.33332865.3846
BYE0.33332598.8024
SPIRES0.33332588.2353
DELANY0.33332545.4545
HAMLIN0.33332515.4639
BETTY0.33332487.8049
DURBIN0.33332476.1905
BADMAN0.33332425.5319
WINSOR0.33332400.0000
HARRELL0.33332384.6154
TROTT0.33332366.9725
WAIT0.33332297.6190
CLARY0.33332277.7778
PARROT0.33332263.1579
WILLMOTT0.33332240.3846
LLEWELLYN0.33332123.7113
KITCHEN0.33332106.0071
PINE0.33332101.0101
CAREY0.3333295.8466
FRY0.3333293.9850
THORNE0.3333285.7143
SNOOK0.3333285.4701
HALE0.3333283.9631
COOMBS0.3333271.3012
CRANE0.3333257.1429
HEDGES0.3333252.6316
BATT0.3333244.4444
LOCK0.3333242.3280
BASSETT0.3333238.6100
REEVES0.3333236.7647
AVERY0.3333235.9066
BAKER0.3333234.3643
FISHER0.3333230.8801
WEEKS0.3333228.1294
REED0.3333216.5017
FOWLER0.3333215.8228
MOON0.3333214.2857
BISHOP0.3333212.9310
BACON0.3333211.9904
WATKINS0.333329.9404
YOUNG0.333329.8149
MANNING0.333329.4697

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 332 people called ALVIS in Tickenham 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 3500.0000 in Tickenham means that 3500.0000% of the people in Tickenham on census day were called ALVIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALVIS 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 ALVIS 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 ALVIS 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 ALVIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Tickenham means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALVIS in Tickenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tickenham in 1881

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

ADEAR (2)  ALVIS (7)  ATKINSON (2)  AVERY (2)  BACON (1)  BAKER (25)  BASSETT (2)  BADMAN (2)  BATT (1)  BENNETT (1)  BETTY (2)  BINGE (1)  BISHOP (3)  BLEU (2)  BUTCHERS (1)  BYE (10)  CARBURY (7)  CAREY (6)  CANTER (6)  CHURCHUS (2)  CLARY (1)  COOMBS (4)  CRANE (4)  DAY (1)  DELANY (3)  DURBIN (3)  EDBROOKE (2)  EDWARDS (3)  EVANS (12)  FISHER (12)  FOWLER (3)  FRY (10)  GAGG (5)  HALE (10)  HAMLIN (5)  HARRIS (3)  HARRELL (1)  HAYWARD (1)  HEDGES (2)  HOLLOMAN (2)  HASKING (5)  KIDDELL (4)  KING (4)  KITCHEN (6)  LLEWELLYN (6)  LOCK (4)  MANNING (1)  MARTIN (1)  METHIN (1)  MOON (1)  MORGAN (1)  MOXHAM (7)  PALMER (1)  PARROT (1)  PEARCE (1)  PRICE (4)  PRITCHARD (1)  PINE (1)  RALLS (5)  REEVES (5)  REED (4)  RUE (2)  RUMLEY (2)  SAUNDERS (1)  SNOOK (2)  SPIRES (4)  SUMMALL (1)  SUMNELL (3)  THORNE (6)  TROTT (8)  VOULES (13)  WATKINS (2)  WEEKS (2)  WEAR (9)  WHITE (5)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILLMONT (6)  WILLMOTT (5)  WINSOR (4)  WINSTONE (6)  WAIT (5)  YOUNG (7)