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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ditcheat, Somerset

Ditcheat 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
HILLARD273.34162,231.41
HOARE242.9703152.19
RIMES242.97034,800.00
MUNDAY202.4752211.64
WHITE202.47527.70
HIGGINS182.227744.06
STRIDE182.2277633.80
ASHFORD182.2277225.28
BOND172.104039.75
PEARCE172.104022.90
LOOK141.73273,333.33
CLOTHIER131.6089773.81
LONGMAN131.6089318.63
HALLETT131.6089130.78
VAUGHAN121.485143.53
HOLE111.3614158.73
WARD111.36146.23
WHITEHEAD101.237618.31
HARVEY91.113910.43
WEBBER91.113936.45
WADE91.113927.83
GREEN91.11393.96
FRANCIS91.113918.70
BAKER80.99014.52
HUMPHRIES80.990143.96
CLARKE80.99014.89
BROWN80.99011.50
BARTLETT80.990122.61
ROLES70.8663693.07
HUTTON70.866329.01
HOBBS70.866323.78
BARBER70.866314.39
PARSONS70.866311.40
BOWN70.8663156.60
HANNAM60.7426242.92
GIBBS60.742615.11
SMITH60.74260.53
MILHOUSE60.742612,000.00
WELCH60.742621.11
KYNASTON60.7426394.74
QUINN50.618832.36
MASTERS50.618833.40
BRYAN50.618824.94
PITMAN50.618867.84
BUTT50.618847.98
HOSKINS50.618863.45
CARTER50.61883.69
HALLET50.6188515.46
CHANT40.4950119.05
CREED40.495089.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MILHOUSE0.8180812000.0000
RIMES0.818084800.0000
LOOK0.818083333.3333
HILLARD0.818082231.4050
PIPPEN0.818081176.4706
CLOTHIER0.81808773.8095
ROLES0.81808693.0693
STRIDE0.81808633.8028
SAMWAY0.81808625.0000
CORPE0.81808555.5556
HALLET0.81808515.4639
WEECH0.81808500.0000
LAMPORT0.81808476.1905
MELLS0.81808454.5455
KYNASTON0.81808394.7368
LONGMAN0.81808318.6275
PORTMAN0.81808272.1088
HIRSCH0.81808256.4103
CORRY0.81808253.1646
HANNAM0.81808242.9150
FLAGG0.81808238.0952
ASHFORD0.81808225.2816
CROOM0.81808212.7660
WELCHMAN0.81808212.7660
MUNDAY0.81808211.6402
BALCH0.81808196.0784
LYE0.81808182.6484
HOLE0.81808158.7302
BOWN0.81808156.5996
HOARE0.81808152.1877
HALLETT0.81808130.7847
CHANNING0.81808126.5823
BATER0.81808119.0476
CHANT0.81808119.0476
FEAR0.81808111.7318
JEANS0.81808110.2941
PESTER0.81808109.8901
POTTLE0.8180893.4579
CREED0.8180889.0869
BILLINGS0.8180876.9231
NEWPORT0.8180872.9927
HAZARD0.8180871.9424
PITMAN0.8180867.8426
POORE0.8180867.1141
RUGG0.8180864.1026
HOSKINS0.8180863.4518
TARGETT0.8180863.2911
BRAKE0.8180851.0204
BUTT0.8180847.9846
HIGGINS0.8180844.0636

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 808 people called MILHOUSE in Ditcheat 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 12000.0000 in Ditcheat means that 12000.0000% of the people in Ditcheat on census day were called MILHOUSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MILHOUSE 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 MILHOUSE 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 MILHOUSE 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 MILHOUSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.81 in Ditcheat means that you are 0.81 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MILHOUSE in Ditcheat than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ditcheat in 1881

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

APPLEBY (1)  ASHFORD (18)  BACON (4)  BAKER (8)  BARBER (7)  BARTLETT (8)  BATER (1)  BALCH (2)  BENNETT (3)  BIGGIN (9)  BILLING (1)  BILLINGS (3)  BOND (17)  BOWN (7)  BOYCE (4)  BRAKE (1)  BROWN (8)  BRYAN (5)  BUCKLAND (3)  BULSTON (2)  BURROWS (1)  BURT (1)  BURTON (2)  BUTT (5)  CANNON (1)  CARTER (5)  CHANNING (2)  CHANT (4)  CHAPPLE (1)  CHINNOCK (35)  CLARKE (8)  CLOTHIER (13)  COOK (1)  CORPE (2)  CORRY (4)  COSH (4)  COX (1)  CREED (4)  CROCKER (2)  CROOM (1)  CONNOCK (3)  CUTTER (1)  DARE (1)  DAWE (1)  DAY (2)  DUPE (1)  EADES (1)  FEAR (4)  FLAGG (1)  FRANCIS (9)  GIBBS (6)  GILL (2)  GOLLEDGE (14)  GREEN (9)  GROVES (1)  HALLETT (13)  HALLET (5)  HANNAM (6)  HARDING (1)  HARRIS (2)  HARVEY (9)  HAZARD (1)  HELPS (2)  HEPPS (2)  HIGGINS (18)  HILL (1)  HILLARD (27)  HIRSCH (1)  HITCHINGS (1)  HOARE (24)  HOBBS (7)  HODGES (2)  HOOPER (1)  HOSKINS (5)  HOLE (11)  HUMPHRIES (8)  HUTTON (7)  JEANS (3)  KELLY (1)  KING (3)  KINGSTON (2)  KINGSTONE (1)  KNIGHT (1)  NOYLE (1)  KYNASTON (6)  LEIR (2)  LAMPORT (4)  LANE (2)  LAURENCE (3)  LYE (4)  LEWIS (1)  LINTERN (21)  LONGMAN (13)  LOOK (14)  LUMBER (14)  MABY (1)  MARCH (3)  MARTIN (2)  MASTERS (5)  MELLS (1)  MILHOUSE (6)  MOORE (1)  MOORES (1)  MUNDAY (20)  NEWPORT (3)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORTON (4)  ORAM (1)  PARSONS (7)  PEARCE (17)  PESTER (1)  PHELPS (3)  PICKFORD (1)  PILTON (1)  PIPPEN (2)  PITMAN (5)  PORTMAN (4)  POTTLE (1)  POORE (1)  QUINN (5)  REAKES (2)  RIMES (24)  ROBERTS (3)  ROSE (1)  ROTHERAM (1)  RUGG (1)  ROLES (7)  RUSSELL (1)  SAMWAY (1)  SEYMOUR (1)  SMART (3)  SMITH (6)  SNELLING (1)  SNOOK (1)  SPRACKLAND (2)  STACEY (1)  STONE (2)  STRIDE (18)  TARGETT (1)  THOMPSON (4)  TIBBOTTS (3)  TIZARD (3)  TOOGOOD (3)  TURNER (3)  VAUGHAN (12)  VINCENT (4)  WADE (9)  WALLER (2)  WARD (11)  WATSON (2)  WEBB (3)  WEBBER (9)  WEECH (1)  WELCH (6)  WELCHMAN (1)  WHITE (20)  WHITHEAD (3)  WHITEHEAD (10)  WINSOR (1)  WOOLFRIES (5)  WAITE (2)  YEOMAN (2)