Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashcott, Somerset

Ashcott 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
RICHARDS212.924819.37
CHAPMAN202.785519.61
WHITE192.64628.23
BACON182.507099.78
ASHFORD172.3677239.44
CULLEN162.2284127.19
THOMAS162.22845.40
EDWARDS152.08917.50
FARROW121.671389.09
CHAPPLE121.6713246.41
VINING111.53201,486.49
BAKER111.53206.99
CATCHPOLE101.3928215.98
HOOPER101.392832.88
POCOCK101.3928132.28
GODWIN91.253596.88
POTTER91.253519.33
SOMERS91.2535370.37
NORTON91.253537.70
STOCK81.114289.59
MOORE70.97494.88
TAYLOR70.97491.52
HILL70.97493.83
HAWKINS70.974913.47
BOBBETT70.97491,707.32
DAY70.974910.36
WARE70.974959.27
PARSONS70.974912.83
WILTON70.9749101.30
MILLARD70.974958.87
DIBBLE70.9749338.16
WARMAN60.8357178.04
GANT60.8357232.56
PORTER60.835711.14
FOSTER60.83576.25
DAVEY60.835720.33
APPLEBEE60.83571,250.00
STEVENS60.83578.01
MALLET60.8357410.96
BURROUGH60.8357387.10
RISLEY50.6964555.56
SIMPSON50.69643.98
BAGG50.6964400.00
CROWTHER50.696423.32
HARVEY50.69646.52
DUNSTER50.6964259.07
FRANCIS50.696411.69
HAYES50.696411.20
COLLINS40.55713.88
PICKARD40.557139.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LESSEY0.727182000.0000
BOBBETT0.727181707.3171
VINING0.727181486.4865
CHECK0.727181333.3333
APPLEBEE0.727181250.0000
HEWEY0.727181000.0000
RISLEY0.72718555.5556
PUDDY0.72718481.9277
MALLET0.72718410.9589
BAGG0.72718400.0000
BURROUGH0.72718387.0968
SOMERS0.72718370.3704
JEANES0.72718341.8803
DIBBLE0.72718338.1643
MEAKER0.72718327.8689
DUNSTER0.72718259.0674
CHAPPLE0.72718246.4066
ASHFORD0.72718239.4366
GANT0.72718232.5581
CATCHPOLE0.72718215.9827
WARMAN0.72718178.0415
SANDY0.72718160.6426
BROADWAY0.72718136.9863
POCOCK0.72718132.2751
CULLEN0.72718127.1860
YARD0.72718116.2791
BOWDITCH0.72718111.7318
BAWDEN0.72718111.1111
WOODLAND0.72718109.8901
WILTON0.72718101.3025
BACON0.7271899.7783
MAINE0.7271897.0874
GODWIN0.7271896.8784
STOCK0.7271889.5857
FARROW0.7271889.0869
PURCHASE0.7271881.3008
LAVER0.7271872.4638
KAIN0.7271869.4444
DOWDEN0.7271863.6943
WARE0.7271859.2718
MILLARD0.7271858.8730
DALLEY0.7271855.8659
LOCKYER0.7271854.6448
EADES0.7271854.3478
CROSSMAN0.7271842.1941
PICKARD0.7271839.9600
OSBOURNE0.7271837.8788
NORTON0.7271837.7042
HOOPER0.7271832.8839
CORNISH0.7271828.9575

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 718 people called LESSEY in Ashcott 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 2000.0000 in Ashcott means that 2000.0000% of the people in Ashcott on census day were called LESSEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LESSEY 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 LESSEY 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 LESSEY 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 LESSEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.72 in Ashcott means that you are 0.72 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LESSEY in Ashcott than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashcott in 1881

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

ACREMAN (11)  ALLEN (3)  APPLEBEE (6)  ASHFORD (17)  BACON (18)  BADMEN (2)  BAGG (5)  BAKER (11)  BARTLETT (1)  BEARD (1)  BENNETT (1)  BIDDLECOMBE (1)  BOBBETT (7)  BAWDEN (4)  BOWDITCH (2)  BOWERS (3)  BREWER (1)  BROADWAY (2)  BROWN (2)  BURGESS (1)  BARROUGH (1)  BURROUGH (6)  KAIN (1)  CATCHPOLE (10)  CHAPMAN (20)  CHAPPLE (12)  CHECK (2)  CLARKE (1)  CLEMENT (1)  COLEMAN (4)  COLLINS (4)  CORNISH (3)  COZENS (2)  COX (1)  CROOSMAN (3)  CROSSMAN (1)  CROWTHER (5)  CULLEN (16)  DALLEY (1)  DAVIS (4)  DAVIES (3)  DAVEY (6)  DAY (7)  DEAN (1)  DIBBLE (7)  DOWDEN (1)  DOWLING (1)  DUNSTER (5)  DURSTON (13)  EASTBROOK (1)  EADES (2)  EDWARDS (15)  EVELEY (9)  EVERDELL (9)  FARROW (12)  FISHER (1)  FORD (1)  FOSTER (6)  FRANCES (1)  FRANCIS (5)  FRANKES (3)  FRIBBLE (1)  GANT (6)  GAVRET (1)  GODWIN (9)  GOLD (1)  GOVETT (7)  GREDLONG (1)  GREGORY (2)  GRISTOCK (1)  HANCOCK (2)  HANHAM (1)  HARVEY (5)  HAWKINS (7)  HAYES (5)  HEMBER (2)  HILL (7)  HOOPER (10)  HOWE (3)  HEWEY (1)  HUMPHRIES (1)  IRELAND (2)  JEANES (4)  JONES (1)  KELLAND (3)  KIMBER (1)  LANGMEAD (1)  LEE (1)  LEOSEY (3)  LESSEY (2)  LAVER (2)  LOCKYER (3)  LOCOCK (1)  LUCAS (2)  MAINE (1)  MEAKER (2)  MALE (7)  MALLET (6)  MARTIN (1)  MILLARD (7)  MILLS (3)  MOORE (7)  NORTON (9)  OLIVER (1)  OSBOURNE (1)  OXENHAM (5)  PARSONS (7)  PEDDLE (6)  PERSEY (2)  PURCHASE (2)  PICKARD (4)  PEARSEY (2)  POCOCK (10)  POPLE (1)  PORTER (6)  POTTER (9)  PUDDY (4)  RAVENHILL (1)  REYNOLDS (3)  RICHARDS (21)  RISLEY (5)  ROBBINS (3)  SANDY (4)  SHEPPARD (1)  SHORT (2)  SIMPSON (5)  SLADE (1)  SMITH (3)  STACEY (1)  STEVENS (6)  STOCK (8)  SOMERS (9)  SUTZMAN (1)  SYDENHAM (6)  TAMBLING (1)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMAS (16)  TRAVIS (2)  TRELOGGIN (9)  THYER (3)  VINING (11)  WAKE (1)  WALL (4)  WALLIS (1)  WALTERSTOW (2)  WARE (7)  WARMAN (6)  WEBBER (1)  WELLS (1)  WEST (1)  WHEELER (1)  WHIPPY (1)  WHYTCOMBE (6)  WHITCOMBE (1)  WHITE (19)  WYLD (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILTON (7)  WINDSOR (1)  WINSLADE (10)  WOODLAND (4)  WOODMAN (1)  WOOKEY (1)  YARD (1)  YOUNG (1)  ZEABLEY (1)