Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Harptree, Somerset

West Harptree 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
WYATT265.5556189.37
CHAPMAN173.632525.58
WATTS163.418840.77
COLE142.991532.84
CLARKE122.564112.65
TRIPP112.3504482.46
HARVEY112.350422.01
LYONS102.136896.06
WEEKS102.136899.80
CANDY102.1368598.80
SHEPPARD102.136861.69
PALMER91.923116.32
GAY91.9231144.23
MOON91.923191.19
DIX91.9231194.81
BUSH91.923177.92
HASSELL81.7094540.54
DIMOND81.7094583.94
MAJOR81.7094126.78
WESTON81.709441.91
LANE81.709424.81
CHAPPLE71.4957220.13
BAKER61.28215.85
VOWLES61.2821266.67
PRIDHAM61.2821810.81
TUCKER61.282123.17
FLOWER51.0684109.41
STEPHENS51.068419.25
NORMAN51.068423.05
FRANCIS51.068417.93
TOOZE51.06841,086.96
FARROW51.068456.95
GARRETT51.068447.08
BABER40.8547416.67
MARSHALL40.85475.10
MULLINGS40.8547909.09
HURLEY40.854773.26
BARNES40.85477.10
ASH40.854751.75
LOXTON40.8547701.75
DANN40.8547135.59
CARPENTER40.854724.92
COLLINS40.85475.96
HALE30.641017.87
ALSOP30.6410143.54
PAYNE30.64107.12
OLIVER30.64108.98
KING30.64102.94
POOL30.641055.35
FEAR30.6410144.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VEATER0.474684285.7143
TOOZE0.474681086.9565
FERBRACHE0.474681052.6316
DUDDEN0.474681000.0000
MULLINGS0.47468909.0909
PRIDHAM0.47468810.8108
LOXTON0.47468701.7544
CANDY0.47468598.8024
DIMOND0.47468583.9416
HASSELL0.47468540.5405
TRIPP0.47468482.4561
WITHY0.47468476.1905
BABER0.47468416.6667
CAPLE0.47468370.3704
EDGELL0.47468273.9726
VOWLES0.47468266.6667
VILE0.47468250.0000
CHAPPLE0.47468220.1258
DIX0.47468194.8052
WYATT0.47468189.3664
WINSTON0.47468185.1852
FEAR0.47468144.2308
GAY0.47468144.2308
ALSOP0.47468143.5407
DANN0.47468135.5932
MAJOR0.47468126.7829
BENDALL0.47468117.6471
FLOWER0.47468109.4092
WEEKS0.4746899.8004
LYONS0.4746896.0615
MOON0.4746891.1854
SPEAR0.4746890.9091
PITTMAN0.4746886.9565
WITHEY0.4746884.7458
BUSH0.4746877.9221
DERRICK0.4746876.3359
HURLEY0.4746873.2601
YEOMAN0.4746867.7966
SHEPPARD0.4746861.6903
FARROW0.4746856.9476
POOL0.4746855.3506
ASH0.4746851.7464
DEANE0.4746851.1509
GARRETT0.4746847.0810
JACKMAN0.4746845.9770
PHELPS0.4746843.0108
WESTON0.4746841.9068
WATTS0.4746840.7747
COLE0.4746832.8407
MAGGS0.4746831.8471

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 468 people called VEATER in West Harptree 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 West Harptree means that 4285.7143% of the people in West Harptree on census day were called VEATER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VEATER 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 VEATER 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 VEATER 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 VEATER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in West Harptree means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VEATER in West Harptree than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Harptree in 1881

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

ALSOP (3)  AMISBURY (2)  ANDREWS (2)  ASH (4)  BABER (4)  BAKER (6)  BARNES (4)  BENDALL (2)  BRYANT (1)  BOURNE (1)  BUSH (9)  CANDY (10)  CARPENTER (4)  CHAPMAN (17)  CAPLE (2)  CHAPPLE (7)  CLARKE (12)  COLE (14)  COLLINS (4)  CURYNER (1)  DANN (4)  DAVY (1)  DEANE (2)  DERRICK (2)  DIX (9)  DUDDEN (2)  DURY (1)  DIMOND (8)  EDGELL (2)  FARROW (5)  FEAR (3)  FERBRACHE (2)  FIELD (1)  FLOWER (5)  FOSTER (2)  FRANCIS (5)  FRY (1)  GARRETT (5)  GAY (9)  GILBER OR GILBERT (10)  GILBERT (1)  GREEN (3)  GRIFFIN (1)  HALE (3)  HURLEY (4)  HARRIS (2)  HARES (1)  HARSE (1)  HARVEY (11)  HASSELL (8)  HASSALL (1)  HOWELL (2)  JACKMAN (2)  JAMES (2)  KING (3)  LANE (8)  LASBURY (2)  LOXTON (4)  LYONS (10)  MAJOR (8)  MARSHALL (4)  MARTIN (2)  MAGGS (1)  MILLARD (1)  MILLER (1)  MOON (9)  MULLINGS (4)  NEILSON (1)  NORMAN (5)  OLIVER (3)  ORAM (1)  ORLIDGE (3)  PALMER (9)  PAYNE (3)  PIERCE (1)  PHELPS (2)  PICKERING (1)  PITTMAN (1)  POOL (3)  POPLE (2)  PRIDHAM (6)  REEVES (3)  ROYNON (1)  RYALL (3)  SALMON (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SALVIDGE (4)  SHEPPARD (10)  SMALL (1)  SPERRING (4)  SPEAR (2)  STEPHENS (5)  STOKES (1)  TOOZE (5)  TREE (1)  TRIPP (11)  TUCKER (6)  VEATER (3)  VILE (2)  VOWLES (6)  WATTS (16)  WEEKS (10)  WESTON (8)  WHITE (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WINSTONE (1)  WINSTON (1)  WITHY (1)  WITHEY (1)  WOOKEY (1)  WYATT (26)  YEOMAN (2)