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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nether Stowey, Somerset

Nether Stowey 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
PALMER435.834549.50
HILL283.799214.92
STACEY283.7992169.29
RICH202.7137216.45
COLES202.713777.88
BRYANT192.578060.34
DAVIS152.03539.26
DIBBLE152.0353707.55
WOODWARD141.899638.50
BAKER131.76398.05
PAYNE131.763919.60
WYATT111.492550.88
DAVEY111.492536.30
LONG101.356920.92
FARTHING91.2212231.96
SWEET91.2212135.34
ROWLEY81.085541.32
BROWNING81.085553.33
WILLIAMS81.08551.51
EVETT70.94981,346.15
HUNT70.94987.15
HOBBS70.949826.07
CAVILL70.9498297.87
GLOVER70.949822.28
WOOLLEY70.949847.85
SHORT70.949824.31
SLOCOMBE60.8141254.24
HAYMAN60.8141106.76
SWEETING60.8141203.39
MARTIN60.81413.30
MOORE60.81414.07
TALBOT50.678427.25
SCOTT50.67842.68
GADD50.6784101.83
TREVOR50.6784218.34
SHEPHERD50.67849.26
PENNY50.678438.14
VENN50.6784149.70
TARR50.6784186.57
CHILCOTT50.6784228.31
TYRELL50.6784185.87
WADE40.542713.56
MOGG40.5427231.21
REDDING40.5427129.03
HUGHES40.54271.94
SELWAY40.5427203.05
KICK40.54271,142.86
HAM40.542772.33
GAGE40.542796.62
SELLICK40.5427204.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EVETT0.747371346.1538
KICK0.747371142.8571
KEARL0.74737714.2857
DIBBLE0.74737707.5472
SEAFORD0.74737416.6667
COLLET0.74737350.8772
CAVILL0.74737297.8723
WEYMOUTH0.74737258.6207
SLOCOMBE0.74737254.2373
FARTHING0.74737231.9588
MOGG0.74737231.2139
CHILCOTT0.74737228.3105
TREVOR0.74737218.3406
RICH0.74737216.4502
HURDLE0.74737210.5263
SELLICK0.74737204.0816
SWEETING0.74737203.3898
SELWAY0.74737203.0457
TARR0.74737186.5672
TYRELL0.74737185.8736
STACEY0.74737169.2866
VENN0.74737149.7006
SWEET0.74737135.3383
REDDING0.74737129.0323
BICKLE0.74737127.3885
ACKLAND0.74737123.9669
SULLY0.74737121.9512
HAYMAN0.74737106.7616
GADD0.74737101.8330
WOOLCOTT0.7473798.0392
GAGE0.7473796.6184
HAGGETT0.7473790.9091
TOUT0.7473780.6452
COLES0.7473777.8816
HAM0.7473772.3327
RAWLE0.7473768.4932
BRYANT0.7473760.3366
BROWNING0.7473753.3333
WYATT0.7473750.8788
PALMER0.7473749.4993
WOOLLEY0.7473747.8469
TOZER0.7473745.3515
PAIN0.7473745.3172
WALFORD0.7473744.1501
BULLER0.7473741.4938
SEALEY0.7473741.4938
ROWLEY0.7473741.3223
GULLIVER0.7473740.0000
WOODWARD0.7473738.5039
PENNY0.7473738.1388

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 737 people called EVETT in Nether Stowey 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 1346.1538 in Nether Stowey means that 1346.1538% of the people in Nether Stowey on census day were called EVETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EVETT 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 EVETT 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 EVETT 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 EVETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Nether Stowey means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EVETT in Nether Stowey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Nether Stowey in 1881

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

ACKLAND (3)  AYLING (1)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (13)  BELLAM (3)  BELLRINGER (3)  BASTARD (5)  BERRYMAN (1)  BEVAN (1)  BIFFIN (1)  BICKLE (2)  BREWER (1)  BRIFFETT (8)  BROWNING (8)  BRYANT (19)  BULLER (1)  BURGE (1)  CARPENTER (1)  CAVILL (7)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHANTER (1)  CHEDGEY (14)  CHILCOTT (5)  CLARK (2)  CLUTSOM (2)  COLES (20)  COLLARD (1)  COLLET (2)  CONNIBERE (1)  CUSSENS (2)  CUDLAND (1)  KEARL (1)  DAVEY (11)  DAVIS (15)  DAVIE (1)  DIBBLE (15)  DODD (1)  DUDDERIDGE (3)  DUDDRIDGE (6)  EARLE (1)  EMERY (1)  EVANS (1)  EVETT (7)  FARTHING (9)  FIELDS (1)  FOWLER (2)  FRANKLIN (1)  GAGE (4)  GADD (5)  GILLESPY (1)  GLOVER (7)  GOODHEW (1)  GOVIER (2)  GREENFIELD (1)  GRESWELL (7)  GULLIFORD (6)  GULLIVER (1)  HAGGETT (1)  HALE (1)  HAM (4)  HAYMAN (6)  HARDING (1)  HARTWELL (1)  HAWKES (1)  HEAL (1)  HERNIMAN (3)  HEYT (1)  HILL (28)  HOBBS (7)  HOUSE (2)  HUGHES (4)  HUMPHREYS (HUMPHRYS) (2)  HUMPHRYS (HUMPHREYS) (10)  HUNT (7)  HURDLE (2)  JENNINGS (1)  KERSWELL (1)  KICK (4)  LAKE (2)  LETHEBY (8)  LEWIS (1)  LOCKYER (1)  LONG (10)  LOVELL (3)  MARTIN (6)  MAYLAR (1)  MODLEY (10)  MOGG (4)  MOORE (6)  MORSE (1)  NORMAN (1)  PALFREY (1)  PALMER (43)  PARSONS (1)  PAIN (3)  PAYNE (13)  PENNY (5)  PEPPERHALL (1)  PORTER (1)  REDDING (4)  RICH (20)  ROBERTS (1)  ROUTLER (2)  ROUTLEY (15)  ROWLEY (8)  RAWLE (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SCOTT (5)  SEAFORD (1)  SEALEY (1)  SELLICK (4)  SELWAY (4)  SHATTOCK (5)  SULLY (3)  SHEPHERD (5)  SHORT (7)  SILKE (2)  SKINNER (2)  SLOCOMBE (6)  STACEY (28)  STANBURY (3)  STARKEY (1)  SWEET (9)  SWEETING (6)  TALBOT (5)  TAPSFIELD (6)  TARR (5)  THORNE (3)  TOUT (1)  TOZER (2)  TREVOR (5)  TYRELL (5)  VENN (5)  WADE (4)  WALKER (1)  WARE (1)  WATERMAN (1)  WATTS (3)  WHEDDON (7)  WESCOMBE (5)  WEYMOUTH (3)  WHITE (3)  WILKS (3)  WILLIAMS (8)  VILLIS (27)  WALFORD (2)  WOODWARD (14)  WOOLCOTT (1)  WOOLLEY (7)  WYATT (11)  YENDLE (1)