Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tolland, Somerset

Tolland 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
HOOPER118.2090193.66
SULLY96.71642,000.00
HANCOCK96.7164147.54
STINNER75.223970,000.00
BIRD64.477658.59
HILL64.477617.58
DAVIS53.731316.98
CHORLEY53.73131,111.11
JOHNSTON42.985137.00
HOLE32.2388260.87
UPHAM21.49251,111.11
REED21.492520.45
CORNISH21.4925103.63
BARKER21.492511.40
CROSS21.492521.69
ALLEN10.74633.95
GARDINER10.746325.97
PARSONS10.74639.82
BROCKWAY10.7463526.32
WATTS10.74638.90
BARLOW10.746313.81
TUCKER10.746313.48
PRIEST10.746357.14
MILES10.746312.64
BOSLEY10.7463322.58
WATERMAN10.746396.15
SWEET10.746382.64
GROVE10.746363.69
SMITH10.74630.53
POOLE10.746315.48
BROOK10.746319.34
WHITEFIELD10.7463357.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STINNER0.1313470000.0000
SULLY0.131342000.0000
CHORLEY0.131341111.1111
UPHAM0.131341111.1111
BROCKWAY0.13134526.3158
WHITEFIELD0.13134357.1429
BOSLEY0.13134322.5806
HOLE0.13134260.8696
HOOPER0.13134193.6620
HANCOCK0.13134147.5410
CORNISH0.13134103.6269
WATERMAN0.1313496.1538
SWEET0.1313482.6446
GROVE0.1313463.6943
BIRD0.1313458.5938
PRIEST0.1313457.1429
JOHNSTON0.1313437.0028
GARDINER0.1313425.9740
CROSS0.1313421.6920
REED0.1313420.4499
BROOK0.1313419.3424
HILL0.1313417.5798
DAVIS0.1313416.9779
POOLE0.1313415.4799
BARLOW0.1313413.8122
TUCKER0.1313413.4771
MILES0.1313412.6422
BARKER0.1313411.4025
PARSONS0.131349.8232
WATTS0.131348.8968
ALLEN0.131343.9510
SMITH0.131340.5285

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 134 people called STINNER in Tolland 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 70000.0000 in Tolland means that 70000.0000% of the people in Tolland on census day were called STINNER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STINNER 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 STINNER 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 STINNER 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 STINNER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Tolland means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STINNER in Tolland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tolland in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  BARKER (2)  BARLOW (1)  BIRD (6)  BOSLEY (1)  BROCKWAY (1)  BROOK (1)  BRUFORD (11)  CHORLEY (5)  CONIBERE (1)  CORNISH (2)  CROSS (2)  DAVIS (5)  DERBE (2)  GARDINER (1)  GREEDY OR GRUDY (10)  GROVE (1)  HAYMEN (9)  HANCOCK (9)  HILL (6)  HOOPER (11)  HOLE (3)  JOHNSTON (4)  LIDDON (1)  MILES (1)  PARSONS (1)  POOLE (1)  PRIEST (1)  PROLE (8)  REED (2)  SULLY (9)  SMITH (1)  STINNER (7)  SWEET (1)  TUCKER (1)  UPHAM (2)  WATERMAN (1)  WATTS (1)  WHITEFIELD (1)