Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Chinnock, Somerset

West Chinnock 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
CHANT5212.44022,988.51
PATTEN296.93781,106.87
WILLS235.5024184.00
LANGDON174.0670523.08
YOUNG163.827817.82
HAYWARD153.588584.18
HOCKEY143.34931,102.36
CHICK133.1100567.69
FRY122.870889.62
LACY122.8708439.56
LAWRANCE112.6316402.93
HALLETT102.3923194.55
GREENHAM81.9139987.65
WINES71.67462,187.50
JAMES61.43547.31
DAWE61.4354164.84
TRASK61.43541,276.60
LESTER61.435491.19
SHIRE51.19621,250.00
GRAY51.19628.38
BARTLETT40.956921.85
TUCKER40.956917.29
SYMES40.9569129.87
STONE40.956913.24
STEMBRIDGE40.95691,904.76
HARDING30.71779.92
MASTERS30.717738.76
ELLIOTT30.71778.46
NICHOLS30.717722.03
SALWAY30.7177454.55
BROWN30.71771.09
HAYNES30.717720.12
SALISBURY20.478548.19
GARRETT20.478521.07
FORD20.47854.91
OSBORNE20.478510.03
GREY20.478522.08
WOODCOCK20.478516.76
TANNER20.478521.32
DUTTON20.478521.14
GUARD20.4785363.64
CLEAL20.4785333.33
YARD20.4785400.00
PAULL10.239268.97
HIGDON10.2392500.00
CLARKE10.23921.18
GOSLING10.239215.29
ROUSELL10.2392322.58
CAVE10.239216.67
HOLLAND10.23923.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHANT0.424182988.5057
WINES0.424182187.5000
STEMBRIDGE0.424181904.7619
TRASK0.424181276.5957
SHIRE0.424181250.0000
PATTEN0.424181106.8702
HOCKEY0.424181102.3622
GREENHAM0.42418987.6543
CHICK0.42418567.6856
LANGDON0.42418523.0769
HIGDON0.42418500.0000
SALWAY0.42418454.5455
LACY0.42418439.5604
LAWRANCE0.42418402.9304
YARD0.42418400.0000
GUARD0.42418363.6364
CLEAL0.42418333.3333
ROUSELL0.42418322.5806
HALLETT0.42418194.5525
WILLS0.42418184.0000
DAWE0.42418164.8352
SYMES0.42418129.8701
LESTER0.4241891.1854
FRY0.4241889.6191
HAYWARD0.4241884.1751
PAULL0.4241868.9655
RENDELL0.4241857.1429
SALISBURY0.4241848.1928
MASTERS0.4241838.7597
GIFFORD0.4241827.5482
CRABB0.4241823.0415
GREY0.4241822.0751
NICHOLS0.4241822.0264
BARTLETT0.4241821.8460
TANNER0.4241821.3220
DUTTON0.4241821.1416
GARRETT0.4241821.0748
HAYNES0.4241820.1207
YOUNG0.4241817.8174
TUCKER0.4241817.2936
WOODCOCK0.4241816.7645
CAVE0.4241816.6667
GOSLING0.4241815.2905
STONE0.4241813.2363
OSBORNE0.4241810.0251
HARDING0.424189.9174
ELLIOTT0.424188.4579
GRAY0.424188.3780
JAMES0.424187.3073
FORD0.424184.9128

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 418 people called CHANT in West Chinnock 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 2988.5057 in West Chinnock means that 2988.5057% of the people in West Chinnock on census day were called CHANT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHANT 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 CHANT 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 CHANT 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 CHANT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in West Chinnock means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHANT in West Chinnock than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Chinnock in 1881

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

BARTLETT (4)  BROWN (3)  BUNSTONE (6)  CAVE (1)  CHANT (52)  CHICK (13)  CHURCHELL (5)  CLARKE (1)  CLEAL (2)  CRABB (1)  DAWE (6)  DUTTON (2)  ELLIOTT (3)  FORD (2)  FREEMAN (1)  FRY (12)  GUARD (2)  GARRETT (2)  GIFFORD (1)  GOSLING (1)  GREY (2)  GRAY (5)  GREENHAM (8)  HALLETT (10)  HARDING (3)  HARVY (6)  HAYNES (3)  HAYWARD (15)  HIGDON (1)  HOCKEY (14)  HOLLAND (1)  JAMES (6)  LACY (12)  LANGDON (17)  LAWRANCE (11)  LESTER (6)  MASTERS (3)  MIDDLETON (1)  MUDFORD (20)  NICHOLS (3)  OLDERNESS (1)  OSBORNE (2)  PARKER (1)  PATTEN (29)  PATTEMORE (1)  PAULL (1)  RENDELL (1)  RAISON (15)  ROUSELL (1)  SALISBURY (2)  SALWAY (3)  SHIRE (5)  SYMES (4)  STEMBRIDGE (4)  STONE (4)  TANNER (2)  TRASK (6)  TUCKER (4)  WARRY (6)  WHITE (1)  WITHYMAN (7)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLS (23)  WINES (7)  WOODCOCK (2)  YARD (2)  YOUNG (16)