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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset

Norton Fitzwarren 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
SALTER172.5680112.29
CORNISH152.2659157.07
SAUNDERS131.963721.41
ELLIS121.812712.48
WOOD121.81275.69
BELLAMY121.8127124.35
CHOWN111.6616531.40
LANGFORD111.6616105.67
GUERIN101.51062,941.18
BAKER101.51066.89
OWENS101.510630.41
DAWE101.5106173.61
WILLIE91.35951,666.67
MANLEY91.3595121.46
PAVEY81.2085282.69
HART81.208514.17
NORTHCOTT81.2085266.67
TRENCHARD71.0574972.22
GEORGE71.057418.02
THOMAS71.05742.56
MORDAUNT71.05742,333.33
GILLARD71.0574121.53
CREED60.9063163.04
RADFORD60.906347.81
WELMAN60.90632,857.14
JACOBS60.906337.83
BOARD60.9063243.90
TAYLOR60.90631.42
HAWKIN60.9063419.58
KEMP50.755313.62
SLOCOMBE50.7553235.85
SNOOK50.7553107.07
ASH50.755345.70
CLEMENTS50.755322.77
TUCKER50.755313.65
BURGE50.7553104.38
WARREN40.60429.04
BLACKMORE40.604241.97
GILES40.604215.85
HEWITT40.604212.41
NEWTON40.60427.88
COX40.60423.99
DYKE40.604260.88
PERROTT40.6042175.44
WILLINGHAM40.6042408.16
AVERY30.453227.00
COOMBES30.453242.37
CHAPPELL30.453226.86
STICKLAND30.4532109.89
BOND30.45328.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WITMAN0.666623333.3333
GUERIN0.666622941.1765
WELMAN0.666622857.1429
GLIDDEN0.666622500.0000
MORDAUNT0.666622333.3333
WILLIE0.666621666.6667
TRENCHARD0.66662972.2222
CHOWN0.66662531.4010
SEAFORD0.66662476.1905
FEY0.66662425.5319
FORSEY0.66662422.5352
HAWKIN0.66662419.5804
WILLINGHAM0.66662408.1633
YANDLE0.66662400.0000
PAVEY0.66662282.6855
NATION0.66662280.3738
NORTHCOTT0.66662266.6667
WELL0.66662256.4103
BOARD0.66662243.9024
SLOCOMBE0.66662235.8491
HOLWAY0.66662217.3913
SALWAY0.66662190.4762
CRIDLAND0.66662175.4386
PERROTT0.66662175.4386
DAWE0.66662173.6111
CREED0.66662163.0435
CORNISH0.66662157.0681
JENNING0.66662144.9275
BELLAMY0.66662124.3523
GILLARD0.66662121.5278
MANLEY0.66662121.4575
SWEETLAND0.66662117.6471
SALTER0.66662112.2853
STICKLAND0.66662109.8901
SNOOK0.66662107.0664
LANGFORD0.66662105.6676
BURGE0.66662104.3841
ELWORTHY0.6666297.0874
JENKS0.6666288.4956
ROGER0.6666288.1057
SPRAGUE0.6666264.9351
SKENE0.6666261.7284
DYKE0.6666260.8828
DUNSTER0.6666256.1798
GAMMON0.6666256.0224
BABB0.6666255.5556
SEAGER0.6666254.7945
CHILCOTT0.6666250.7614
KINGDON0.6666248.3092
RADFORD0.6666247.8088

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 662 people called WITMAN in Norton Fitzwarren 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 3333.3333 in Norton Fitzwarren means that 3333.3333% of the people in Norton Fitzwarren on census day were called WITMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WITMAN 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 WITMAN 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 WITMAN 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 WITMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Norton Fitzwarren means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WITMAN in Norton Fitzwarren than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Norton Fitzwarren in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALLEN (2)  ASH (5)  AVERY (3)  BABB (1)  BAKER (10)  BARHAM (1)  BARTON (1)  BELLAMY (12)  BELAMY (2)  BELLAMY (BELAMY) (16)  BERRY (3)  BLACKMORE (4)  BOARD (6)  BOSLYN OR BODYES (2)  BOND (3)  BOODMAN (1)  BAWDEN (1)  BRAGG (2)  BRANCHFLOWER (3)  BRAY (1)  BROWN (1)  BROWNSELL (1)  BURGE (5)  CALLARD (1)  CATTLE (4)  CEAR (1)  CHAPLIN (3)  CHAPPELL (3)  CHILCOTT (1)  CHOWN (11)  CHURCHILL (1)  CLARK (2)  CLEMENTS (5)  COOMBES (3)  CORBOULD (1)  CORDING (1)  CORNISH (15)  COSFIELD (1)  COX (4)  CREED (6)  CRIDLAND (2)  CRITCHARD (8)  CHRITCHARD (10)  CROS (1)  CURRY (2)  DAWE (10)  DYKE (4)  DOBSON (1)  DODD (1)  DOMMETT (2)  DUDDERIDGE (8)  DUNSTER (1)  ELLIS (12)  ELWORTHY (1)  EVANS (1)  FEY (2)  FORSEY (3)  FOSTER (1)  FOWLER (1)  GAMMON (2)  GUERIN (10)  GEORGE (7)  GIBBONS (1)  GILES (4)  GILLARD (7)  GIDDINGS (1)  GLIDDEN (3)  GREENSLADE (1)  GRENVILLE (1)  HACOMBE (1)  HANCOCK (1)  HANN (1)  HANHAM (9)  HURLEY (2)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (1)  HART (8)  HAWKIN (6)  HERBERT (1)  HEWITT (4)  HOLWAY (1)  HONGARDY (1)  HOTE (2)  HURST (1)  HUSSEY (1)  JACOBS (6)  JENKS (2)  JENNING (1)  JOLLIF (1)  JONES (1)  KEMP (5)  KING (2)  KINGDON (1)  LANGFORD (11)  LONG (3)  LOVEL (3)  LUCKES (3)  MALLINS (1)  MANLEY (9)  MORDAUNT (7)  MARTIN (2)  MATHEW (1)  MAUNDER (5)  MAUNDERS (9)  MILLER (1)  MORDLE (13)  MORGAN (1)  NASH (1)  NATION (3)  NEWTON (4)  NORTHCOTT (8)  OWENS (10)  PALFREY (1)  PERROTT (4)  PAVEY (8)  PEARSE (2)  PLAYER (1)  POPLE (1)  POTTER (2)  QUICK (1)  RADFORD (6)  RADINADGE (4)  RADNAGE (1)  RENEDE (1)  RICE (2)  ROGER (2)  ROWE (1)  SALISBURY (1)  SALTER (17)  SALWAY (2)  SANSOME (3)  SAUNDERS (13)  SCOTT (1)  SEAFORD (1)  SEAGER (2)  SHARLAND (2)  SHATTOCK (31)  SULLY (1)  SIMMONS (1)  SKENE (1)  SLADE (3)  SLOCOMBE (5)  SMITH (1)  SNOOK (5)  STUTT (3)  SPRAGUE (1)  STADDON (2)  STEVENS (1)  STICKLAND (3)  SWEETLAND (1)  TATE (1)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMAS (7)  TIDBALL (TIDMAN) (14)  TIDMAN (1)  TOZEN (1)  TRENCHARD (7)  TROLLOP (6)  TUCKER (5)  WARE (1)  WARREN (4)  WARWICK (1)  WEBBER (1)  WEAVER (1)  WELSH (1)  WELL (1)  WESCOMBE (3)  WESTON (1)  WHAIN (1)  WHITE (2)  WITMAN (1)  WELMAN (6)  WILKS (1)  WILKINGS (6)  WILLKINGS (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLINGHAM (4)  WINTER (2)  WOOD (12)  WILLIE (9)  YANDLE (1)