Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ruishton, Somerset

Ruishton 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
HITCHCOCK163.3827293.04
SMITH132.74841.95
HILL122.53709.96
ALLEN122.537013.43
BENNETT112.325614.15
NAPPER91.9027616.44
MARSHALL81.691310.08
POTTER81.691326.08
BROWN81.69132.57
GILES81.691344.37
RUSS81.6913625.00
BURGES71.4799593.22
HARRIS71.47995.82
FORSEY71.47991,372.55
PERRIN71.4799144.63
FOWLER61.268522.21
SALWAY61.2685800.00
PHILPOTT61.2685165.29
HODGE61.268550.34
ANNING51.0571617.28
DAVIS51.05714.81
HORNER51.057155.56
SANSOM51.0571156.74
WEBBER51.057134.60
GODFREY51.057135.64
SEAMAN40.8457108.99
PEARCE40.84579.21
HURFORD40.8457310.08
BALE40.8457112.36
GARLAND40.845763.80
MARKS40.845741.32
POOLE40.845717.55
TROTT40.8457128.62
POCOCK30.634260.24
FUDGE30.6342169.49
RICHARDS30.63424.20
BOWLES30.634238.76
GREY30.634229.24
HULL30.634230.33
RELPH30.6342379.75
DAMPIER30.6342937.50
FLOOD30.634272.29
PARSONS30.63428.35
BURT30.634226.71
JEWELL20.422840.24
THORN20.422828.29
NICKLESS20.4228312.50
WINTER20.422811.93
DOMINEY20.4228512.82
FRY20.422813.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUTTEL0.474736666.6667
LEANARD0.474731666.6667
FORSEY0.474731372.5490
DAMPIER0.47473937.5000
SALWAY0.47473800.0000
RUSS0.47473625.0000
ANNING0.47473617.2840
NAPPER0.47473616.4384
BURGES0.47473593.2203
LUCUS0.47473555.5556
DURAND0.47473526.3158
DOMINEY0.47473512.8205
WARFIELD0.47473434.7826
RELPH0.47473379.7468
NICKLESS0.47473312.5000
HURFORD0.47473310.0775
MAINE0.47473294.1176
HITCHCOCK0.47473293.0403
KITCH0.47473285.7143
DENNER0.47473243.9024
WITTER0.47473208.3333
BRISTER0.47473181.8182
FUDGE0.47473169.4915
PHILPOTT0.47473165.2893
SANSOM0.47473156.7398
PERRIN0.47473144.6281
EVERY0.47473140.8451
ALBERT0.47473136.9863
TROTT0.47473128.6174
BALE0.47473112.3596
SEAMAN0.47473108.9918
CHANNING0.47473107.5269
FLOOD0.4747372.2892
GARLAND0.4747363.7959
PERROTT0.4747361.3497
POCOCK0.4747360.2410
DYMOND0.4747360.2410
HANDFORD0.4747356.8182
HORNER0.4747355.5556
HODGE0.4747350.3356
GILES0.4747344.3705
MARKS0.4747341.3223
JEWELL0.4747340.2414
BOWLES0.4747338.7597
QUICK0.4747337.7358
CHARD0.4747337.4532
SPILLER0.4747337.1747
GODFREY0.4747335.6379
WEBBER0.4747334.6021
COURT0.4747333.2779

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 473 people called BUTTEL in Ruishton 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 6666.6667 in Ruishton means that 6666.6667% of the people in Ruishton on census day were called BUTTEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUTTEL 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 BUTTEL 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 BUTTEL 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 BUTTEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Ruishton means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUTTEL in Ruishton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ruishton in 1881

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

ALBERT (1)  ALLEN (12)  ANDERDON (2)  ANDREWS (1)  ANNING (5)  ARCELIN (1)  ARTIGES (1)  EVERY (1)  BAGGALAY (1)  BAKER (1)  BALAT (1)  BALE (4)  BAWLER (7)  BENNETT (11)  BISLAND (1)  BLACKMORE (2)  BLACKWELL (1)  BOON (1)  BOWLES (3)  BRANDICOMT (1)  BRISTER (1)  BROOM (1)  BROWN (8)  BRYANT (1)  BUECHER (1)  BURGES (7)  BURT (3)  BUTTEL (2)  CAILLARD (1)  CAMOLET (1)  CHANNING (1)  CHARD (1)  CHIDGEY (3)  COLLENSO (1)  COUNSEL (1)  COURT (2)  COZENS (8)  CRABB (1)  CROVARELLI (1)  DAMPIER (3)  DAVSON (4)  DAVIS (5)  DAVEY (1)  DE MIRONA (1)  DENNER (1)  DOMINEY (2)  DOLLIN (1)  DOWN (1)  DURAND (1)  DYMOND (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EVEMY (1)  FISHER (1)  FLOOD (3)  FORSEY (7)  FOWLER (6)  FREEMAN (1)  FRY (2)  FUDGE (3)  GARDENER (1)  GARLAND (4)  GATTY (2)  GIARD (1)  GIBBITT (3)  GILES (8)  GILLARD (1)  GODFREY (5)  GOVIER (4)  GRABHAM (7)  GREY (3)  GREADY (6)  HALFYARD (1)  HALLETT (1)  HANDFORD (1)  HARRIS (7)  HARRISON (1)  HARVEY (2)  HEMMELEN (1)  HILL (12)  HITCHCOCK (16)  HODGE (6)  HORNER (5)  HOWARD (1)  HULL (3)  HURFORD (4)  HUTCHINS (1)  INGERSENT (1)  JENNINGS (1)  JEWELL (2)  JUKE (1)  KITCH (1)  LEANARD (1)  LESANENSE (1)  LILYCRAP (6)  LUCUS (1)  MAINE (2)  MARKS (4)  MARSHALL (8)  NAPPER (9)  NICKLESS (2)  HOSGOOD (2)  PADDON (4)  PANDENPIETTE (1)  PERROTT (1)  PARSONS (3)  PATTISON (1)  PEARCE (4)  PERRIN (7)  PERRY (1)  PHELPS (1)  PHILPOTT (6)  PILLIERE (1)  PIROTTE (1)  PITIST (1)  POCOCK (3)  POLF (1)  POOLE (4)  POTTER (8)  QUANTS (5)  QUICK (2)  RICHARDS (3)  RYDER (1)  RELPH (3)  RUSS (8)  SALWAY (6)  SANSOM (5)  SANDERS (2)  SCHANG (1)  SHOULER (3)  SEAMAN (4)  SEARLE (2)  SELIN (1)  SYMES (1)  SMITH (13)  SOMVERVILL (1)  SONNY (1)  SOUTHERWOOD (7)  SPILLER (1)  STANDFAST (1)  STARK (1)  SWAIN (SWINE) (8)  SWETING (1)  SWEETING (SWETING) (4)  SWINE (5)  TAME (6)  THORN (2)  TOGG (1)  TOWELLS (1)  TROTT (4)  TURNER (2)  ULENAERS (1)  WALL (1)  WARD (1)  WARFIELD (1)  WARNER (1)  WEBBER (5)  WILMENT (7)  WINTER (2)  WITTER (1)  YSEBAERT (1)