Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chelwood, Somerset

Chelwood 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
PARSONS74.827663.52
LANCASTER74.8276194.44
HEATH74.827697.22
SHORE74.8276448.72
CLAPP64.13791,111.11
HUTTEN64.137930,000.00
PIKE64.1379142.18
WHITLEY53.4483420.17
FEAR53.4483781.25
DAVY53.4483279.33
OSMOND53.4483769.23
FOWLER42.758648.31
WILKINS42.758662.40
JEFFERY42.7586126.98
TAYLOR32.06903.24
DIX32.0690209.79
HUNT32.069015.58
EMERY32.069094.64
REYNOLDS21.379315.92
SHEPPERD21.3793317.46
PALMER21.379311.70
GRIST21.3793285.71
WATTS21.379316.45
ATKINS21.379336.76
HAWKINS21.379319.05
HIGGINS10.689713.64
ASHLEY10.689741.15
HATCH10.689780.00
NORTON10.689720.75
BAILEY10.68974.58
MATHEWS10.689718.66
SMITH10.68970.49
KING10.68973.16
RUSSELL10.68975.65
PEARCE10.68977.51
GRAY10.68974.83
TREWIN10.6897500.00
LAWSON10.689711.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HUTTEN0.1514530000.0000
CLAPP0.151451111.1111
FEAR0.15145781.2500
OSMOND0.15145769.2308
TREWIN0.15145500.0000
SHORE0.15145448.7179
WHITLEY0.15145420.1681
SHEPPERD0.15145317.4603
GRIST0.15145285.7143
DAVY0.15145279.3296
DIX0.15145209.7902
LANCASTER0.15145194.4444
PIKE0.15145142.1801
JEFFERY0.15145126.9841
HEATH0.1514597.2222
EMERY0.1514594.6372
HATCH0.1514580.0000
PARSONS0.1514563.5209
WILKINS0.1514562.4025
FOWLER0.1514548.3092
ASHLEY0.1514541.1523
ATKINS0.1514536.7647
NORTON0.1514520.7469
HAWKINS0.1514519.0476
MATHEWS0.1514518.6567
WATTS0.1514516.4474
REYNOLDS0.1514515.9236
HUNT0.1514515.5763
HIGGINS0.1514513.6426
PALMER0.1514511.7028
LAWSON0.1514511.6959
PEARCE0.151457.5075
RUSSELL0.151455.6497
GRAY0.151454.8309
BAILEY0.151454.5788
TAYLOR0.151453.2352
KING0.151453.1646
SMITH0.151450.4884

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 145 people called HUTTEN in Chelwood 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 30000.0000 in Chelwood means that 30000.0000% of the people in Chelwood on census day were called HUTTEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HUTTEN 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 HUTTEN 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 HUTTEN 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 HUTTEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Chelwood means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HUTTEN in Chelwood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chelwood in 1881

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

ASHLEY (1)  ATKINS (2)  BAILEY (1)  BEATS (6)  BLANNING (1)  CLAPP (6)  DAVY (5)  DIX (3)  DERBIN (2)  EMERY (3)  FEAR (5)  FOWLER (4)  GRAY (1)  GRIST (2)  HATCH (1)  HAWKINS (2)  HEATH (7)  HIGGINS (1)  HOLLYMAN (1)  HUNT (3)  HUTTEN (6)  JEFFERY (4)  KING (1)  LANCASTER (7)  LAWSON (1)  MATHEWS (1)  NORTON (1)  OSMOND (5)  PALMER (2)  PARSONS (7)  PEARCE (1)  PIKE (6)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROSSEE (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SHEPPERD (2)  SHERBORNE (9)  SHORE (7)  SMITH (1)  SNARY (3)  TAYLOR (3)  TREWIN (1)  WATTS (2)  WHITLEY (5)  WILKINS (4)  WOOKEY (5)