Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ash Priors, Somerset

Ash Priors 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
HOBBS157.5377206.90
BLACKMORE115.5276383.28
HAYWARD94.5226106.13
STEVENS84.020138.52
HOUSE73.5176270.27
DAVEY73.517685.57
WOODBURY73.51763,888.89
CLARKSON73.5176132.58
SLOMAN73.51761,666.67
HARRIS52.51269.89
LOCKYER42.0101263.16
JENNINGS42.010139.64
OAK42.01012,666.67
MANTLE42.0101384.62
LOVELL31.507572.12
WESTCOTT31.5075227.27
WARREN31.507522.54
BURSTON21.0050500.00
SEALEY21.0050307.69
NICHOLAS21.005051.41
CLEMENTS21.005030.30
BURRELL21.005077.22
CROSS21.005014.61
DAY21.005010.68
TROTT10.502576.34
APPLEBY10.502530.77
KNIGHT10.50254.08
RICHARDS10.50253.33
HARDING10.50256.94
MATTOCK10.5025192.31
COURT10.502539.53
WINTER10.502514.16
LANGDON10.502564.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WOODBURY0.201993888.8889
OAK0.201992666.6667
SLOMAN0.201991666.6667
BURSTON0.20199500.0000
MANTLE0.20199384.6154
BLACKMORE0.20199383.2753
SEALEY0.20199307.6923
HOUSE0.20199270.2703
LOCKYER0.20199263.1579
WESTCOTT0.20199227.2727
HOBBS0.20199206.8966
MATTOCK0.20199192.3077
CLARKSON0.20199132.5758
HAYWARD0.20199106.1321
DAVEY0.2019985.5746
BURRELL0.2019977.2201
TROTT0.2019976.3359
LOVELL0.2019972.1154
LANGDON0.2019964.5161
NICHOLAS0.2019951.4139
JENNINGS0.2019939.6432
COURT0.2019939.5257
STEVENS0.2019938.5171
APPLEBY0.2019930.7692
CLEMENTS0.2019930.3030
WARREN0.2019922.5394
CROSS0.2019914.6092
WINTER0.2019914.1643
DAY0.2019910.6781
HARRIS0.201999.8873
HARDING0.201996.9444
KNIGHT0.201994.0766
RICHARDS0.201993.3278

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 199 people called WOODBURY in Ash Priors 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 3888.8889 in Ash Priors means that 3888.8889% of the people in Ash Priors on census day were called WOODBURY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WOODBURY 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 WOODBURY 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 WOODBURY 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 WOODBURY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Ash Priors means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WOODBURY in Ash Priors than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ash Priors in 1881

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

ANDREY (1)  APPLEBY (1)  BLACKMORE (11)  BRANCHFLOWER (5)  BURRELL (2)  BURSTON (2)  BUSTON OR BURSTON (2)  BUSTON (1)  CATTLE (9)  COTTLE (CATTLE) (2)  CLARKSON (7)  CLEMENTS (2)  COURT (1)  CROSS (2)  DAVEY (7)  DAY (2)  DYTE (1)  FORSTICK (1)  GIBBION OR GIBBINS (4)  GREEDY (1)  HARDING (1)  HARRIS (5)  HAYWARD (9)  HOBBS (15)  HOUSE (7)  JENNINGS (4)  KNIGHT (1)  LANGDON (1)  LITTLEJOHNS (7)  LOCKYER (4)  LOVELL (3)  MANTLE (4)  MATTOCK (1)  NEWICK (6)  NICHOLAS (2)  OAK (4)  PARMITER (3)  PETHERICK (1)  REXWORTHY (1)  RICHARDS (1)  SEALEY (2)  SEALY (SEALEY) (8)  SHATTOCK (6)  SLOMAN (7)  STEVENS (8)  TARRE (8)  TROTT (1)  WARREN (3)  WESTCOTT (3)  WINTER (1)  WOODBURY (7)  WOODWARK (1)