Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norton St Philip, Somerset

Norton St Philip 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
WATTS346.640679.20
FRANCIS305.859498.36
BULL193.710987.76
APPLEGATE173.32031,789.47
COOMBS163.1250184.76
GREENLAND152.9297931.68
PRESCOTT132.5391180.06
MILLETT132.5391640.39
HUMPHREYS122.343866.56
BELL112.148411.43
CAREY101.9531103.63
KINGSTON101.9531209.21
WEAVER91.757867.57
HOWELL81.562537.07
ROSE81.562521.07
FIELD81.562531.40
AKERY71.367217,500.00
SMITH71.36720.97
SAUNDERS71.367214.91
NEAL71.367246.20
WHITE71.36724.25
MOGER71.36721,666.67
ROBERTS61.17193.11
PIKE50.976633.58
HAINES50.976642.16
GARRETT50.976643.03
PICKFORD50.9766119.90
GRIST50.9766201.61
ORCHARD50.976691.91
TARR50.9766267.38
BROWN40.78131.19
HOLLOWAY40.781325.49
MATTHEWS40.78138.96
CLEMENT40.781377.52
COX40.78135.15
HOSIER40.7813588.24
HODGSON40.781311.27
ELLIOTT40.78139.21
WELCH40.781322.21
BOURNE40.781340.28
HART40.78139.16
ANGELL30.5859150.00
NEWNHAM30.5859136.99
ASHLEY30.585935.01
BURNEY30.5859434.78
DOGGETT30.5859227.27
MOON30.585927.78
ANDREWS30.58596.12
PURNELL30.5859111.52
MEAD30.585925.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AKERY0.5151217500.0000
APPLEGATE0.515121789.4737
MOGER0.515121666.6667
GREENLAND0.51512931.6770
MILLETT0.51512640.3941
PARADISE0.51512606.0606
HOSIER0.51512588.2353
BURNEY0.51512434.7826
ELIOT0.51512357.1429
SILCOX0.51512312.5000
TARR0.51512267.3797
LYNES0.51512227.2727
DOGGETT0.51512227.2727
KINGSTON0.51512209.2050
GRIST0.51512201.6129
BABER0.51512190.4762
COMBES0.51512185.1852
COOMBS0.51512184.7575
PRESCOTT0.51512180.0554
ANGELL0.51512150.0000
NEWNHAM0.51512136.9863
KEMPTON0.51512136.0544
PICKFORD0.51512119.9041
PURNELL0.51512111.5242
FUSSELL0.51512104.1667
CAREY0.51512103.6269
FRANCIS0.5151298.3607
ORCHARD0.5151291.9118
BULL0.5151287.7598
WATTS0.5151279.1987
WITHEY0.5151277.5194
CLEMENT0.5151277.5194
WEAVER0.5151267.5676
TOVEY0.5151266.6667
HUMPHREYS0.5151266.5557
NEAL0.5151246.2046
ANGEL0.5151245.4545
GARRETT0.5151243.0293
HAINES0.5151242.1585
BOURNE0.5151240.2820
HOWELL0.5151237.0714
ASHLEY0.5151235.0058
PIKE0.5151233.5796
COUCH0.5151232.8947
FIELD0.5151231.3972
MOON0.5151227.7778
HOLLOWAY0.5151225.4939
MEAD0.5151225.1256
WELCH0.5151222.2099
LODGE0.5151221.4823

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 512 people called AKERY in Norton St Philip 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 17500.0000 in Norton St Philip means that 17500.0000% of the people in Norton St Philip on census day were called AKERY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AKERY 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 AKERY 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 AKERY 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 AKERY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Norton St Philip means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AKERY in Norton St Philip than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Norton St Philip in 1881

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

AKERY (7)  ANDREWS (3)  ANGELL (3)  ANGEL (1)  APPLEGATE (17)  ASHLEY (3)  ATKINS (1)  BABER (2)  BODELY (7)  BEDFORD (1)  BELL (11)  BISHOP (2)  BLACKMORE (1)  BRIDGES (1)  BROWN (4)  BULL (19)  BOURNE (4)  BURROWS (2)  BURNEY (3)  CAREY (10)  CLEMENT (4)  COLEMAN (1)  COODEN (1)  COOMBS (16)  COMBES (2)  COUCH (1)  COX (4)  CREES (10)  DAVIS (2)  DOBSON (1)  DOGGETT (3)  DREWITT (6)  ELLIOTT (4)  ELIOT (1)  EYERS (5)  FARLEY (1)  FIELD (8)  FLETCHER (2)  FLOWER (1)  FLOOKS (4)  FOLEY (1)  FORSTER (2)  FRANCIS (30)  FRAPWELL (1)  FUSSELL (1)  GARRETT (5)  GEORGE (1)  GODDARD (1)  GOULD (2)  GREENLAND (15)  GRIST (5)  GUTCH (2)  HART (4)  HAINES (5)  HODGSON (4)  HOLDWAY (3)  HOLLOWAY (4)  HOLWELL (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HORSHAM (1)  HOSIER (4)  HOWELL (8)  HUMPHREYS (12)  HUNT (2)  KEMPTON (2)  KINGSTON (10)  CURTAIN (1)  LEGGATT (3)  LYNES (3)  LODGE (2)  MARCHANT (1)  MATTHEWS (4)  MEAD (3)  MILLETT (13)  MITCHELL (1)  MOGER (7)  MOON (3)  MOORE (2)  MORGAN (1)  NEAL (7)  NEWNHAM (3)  ORCHARD (5)  PALAIRET (1)  PARADISE (2)  PEARCE (3)  PEPLER (2)  PICTOR (4)  PICKFORD (5)  PIKE (5)  POBJOY (1)  POLLARD (1)  PRESCOTT (13)  PRESTON (2)  PURNELL (3)  PUXTON OR PUTTON (2)  ROBERTS (6)  ROSE (8)  RAWLINGS (1)  ROYNON (1)  SAUNDERS (7)  SHAKESHAFT (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SILCOX (2)  SMITH (7)  STURMY (1)  TAMBLING (1)  TARR (5)  TOVEY (2)  VAUGHAN (2)  WALL (1)  WATTS (34)  WEAVER (9)  WELCH (4)  WHITTAKER (1)  WHITE (7)  WILLIS (1)  WITHEY (1)