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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Churchill, Somerset

Churchill 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
BAKER304.000018.25
ATWELL192.53331,194.97
CAREY141.866799.01
PARSONS141.866724.57
YOUNG131.73338.07
STONE131.733323.98
COTTRELL131.7333194.61
HARRIS121.60006.30
SAY121.6000659.34
THATCHER111.4667159.65
LOVELESS101.3333641.03
HOLLIER101.3333675.68
MASTERS101.333371.99
HEWLETT101.3333213.68
STEPHENS101.333324.03
TIBBS91.2000542.17
DERRICK91.2000214.29
FLETCHER81.06679.34
ROWE81.066718.78
VENN81.0667235.29
RAYNER81.066742.76
PIPE81.0667240.24
BURTON81.066712.52
BEACHAM70.9333334.93
GADD70.9333140.00
KEEL70.9333472.97
BURDGE70.93331,794.87
BARNES70.93337.75
COLE70.933310.25
EVANS60.80001.83
REYNOLDS60.80009.24
NORLEY60.80001,714.29
BATSON60.8000287.08
CARTER60.80004.77
LONDON60.8000160.86
NORTHOVER60.8000372.67
KERSLAKE60.8000240.00
STUCKEY50.6667294.12
AVERY50.666739.75
CHAPLIN50.666746.47
FERRIS50.666767.48
COX50.66674.40
FROST50.666711.86
CROOK50.666723.21
EXON50.66671,250.00
HILLIER50.666749.46
COLLINS50.66674.65
BROWNING50.666732.77
BADMAN50.6667471.70
MARSHMAN50.6667495.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURDGE0.757501794.8718
NORLEY0.757501714.2857
EXON0.757501250.0000
ATWELL0.757501194.9686
SHEW0.757501176.4706
DANGER0.757501000.0000
THAYER0.75750869.5652
SAYE0.75750769.2308
BEDGOOD0.75750769.2308
HOLLIER0.75750675.6757
SAY0.75750659.3407
LOVELESS0.75750641.0256
TIBBS0.75750542.1687
MARSHMAN0.75750495.0495
KEEL0.75750472.9730
BADMAN0.75750471.6981
BOBBETT0.75750465.1163
ARNEY0.75750461.5385
NORTHOVER0.75750372.6708
BEACHAM0.75750334.9282
GOLDSTONE0.75750320.0000
GILLING0.75750303.0303
STUCKEY0.75750294.1176
JOSE0.75750294.1176
BATSON0.75750287.0813
PIPE0.75750240.2402
KERSLAKE0.75750240.0000
VENN0.75750235.2941
BAGG0.75750229.0076
BROOKMAN0.75750216.2162
DERRICK0.75750214.2857
HEWLETT0.75750213.6752
PARRIS0.75750200.0000
COTTRELL0.75750194.6108
MAKER0.75750170.9402
TIDBALL0.75750163.9344
LONDON0.75750160.8579
THATCHER0.75750159.6517
JAYNE0.75750142.8571
GADD0.75750140.0000
HAWKING0.75750117.6471
BOSLEY0.75750113.6364
CAREY0.7575099.0099
DIMOND0.7575091.3242
NATION0.7575082.6446
SOMERS0.7575078.7402
RAINS0.7575078.7402
MASTERS0.7575071.9942
FERRIS0.7575067.4764
BURSTON0.7575066.6667

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 750 people called BURDGE in Churchill 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 1794.8718 in Churchill means that 1794.8718% of the people in Churchill on census day were called BURDGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURDGE 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 BURDGE 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 BURDGE 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 BURDGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.75 in Churchill means that you are 0.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURDGE in Churchill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Churchill in 1881

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

AGNEW (2)  ARNEY (3)  ATKINSON (1)  ATWELL (19)  AUSTIN (4)  AVERY (5)  BAGG (3)  BAKER (30)  BARNES (7)  BADMAN (5)  BATSON (6)  BEACHAM (7)  BEDGOOD (1)  BERRY (4)  BOBBETT (2)  BOSLEY (2)  BOWERNY (2)  BRITTEN (1)  BROOKMAN (4)  BROCK (4)  BROWN (3)  BROWNING (5)  BURDGE (7)  BURSTON (1)  BURTON (8)  BUXTON (3)  CAREY (14)  CARTER (6)  CHANNY (5)  CHAPLIN (5)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARK (2)  CLARKE (2)  COLE (7)  COLES (1)  COLLINS (5)  CONGDON (1)  COTTLE (1)  COTTRELL (13)  COX (5)  CROCKER (4)  CROOK (5)  DANGER (2)  DARE (DEAR) (14)  DAY (1)  DENHAM (1)  DERRICK (9)  DEMACK (5)  DIXON (2)  DOULING (1)  DYER (1)  DIMOND (2)  EALES (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EMERY (2)  EVANS (6)  EXON (5)  FERRIS (5)  FLETCHER (8)  FLOWER (3)  FORD (5)  FROST (5)  GADD (7)  GILL (1)  GILLING (4)  GOLDSTONE (4)  GREEN (3)  HALE OR HALL (10)  HAM (2)  HARRIS (12)  HART (1)  HAZELL (1)  HAWKING (1)  HAYWARD (3)  HELLSTROM (1)  HEWLETT (10)  HIGGS (1)  HILL (4)  HILLIER (5)  HOLBORN (6)  HOLLIER OR HOLLIES (2)  HOLLIER (10)  HOOPER (4)  HURDITCH (HUDITCH) (4)  HUDITCH (HURDITCH) (2)  HUNT (1)  HURDITCH (1)  INGLIS (1)  ISGAR (1)  JAMES (1)  JAYNE (1)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (2)  JOSE (4)  KEEL (7)  KERSLAKE (6)  KING (1)  LANDON OR LAUDON (2)  LANE (2)  LAWLE (1)  LAWLL (3)  LEES (1)  LEWES (6)  LEWIS (3)  LIDBURY (2)  LINKAM (1)  FLOYD (4)  LODGE (1)  LONDON (6)  LOVELESS (10)  LOVELL (2)  MAKER (2)  MARCH (1)  MARSHMAN (5)  MASTERS (10)  MATHLIN (2)  COLLINGS (4)  MOYES (1)  NATION (1)  NICHOLLS (1)  NORLEY (6)  NORTHOVER (6)  OATEN (1)  PARKER OR PACKER (2)  PARRIS (4)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (14)  PAULL (1)  PEARCE (1)  PETHERAM (10)  PIPE (8)  PITMAN (1)  PLAYER (1)  POW (1)  POWELL (4)  PRIEST (1)  RAINS (1)  RAYNER (8)  REYNOLDS (6)  RIDER (1)  RIDLER (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (4)  ROGERS (1)  ROWE (8)  ROSE (2)  ROE (3)  ROWET (4)  SALISBURY (3)  SAY (12)  SAYE (1)  SCHANDUD (1)  SCRIBBINS (4)  SHAW (1)  SHEPPARD (4)  SHEW (2)  SIMMONS (2)  SYMES (2)  SMITH (2)  SOPER (1)  SPENCER (1)  SPROD (1)  STEPHENS (10)  STONE (13)  STUCKEY (5)  SOMERS (2)  TAYLOR (2)  THATCHER (11)  THOMSON (1)  TIBBS (9)  TIDBALL (1)  TINDALL (1)  TUCKER (1)  TURNER (3)  THAYER (4)  VENN (8)  VINCENT (3)  WARREN (3)  WEBBER (1)  WHEARE (6)  WICKHAM (1)  WIGHTWICK (1)  WILKINS (3)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (1)  WOOKEY (10)  YEELES (3)  YEHL (2)  YOUNG (13)