Top surnames from the 1881 census in Selworthy, Somerset

Selworthy 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
BAKER368.759139.97
STENNER163.89294,444.44
BRYANT153.649685.42
COOKSLEY143.40631,794.87
DOWN133.1630263.16
BURGESS133.163045.55
MAY122.919745.87
COURT92.1898172.08
HARRIS92.18988.62
FRY81.946560.74
KENT81.946546.19
BIRMINGHAM81.9465784.31
FERRIS81.9465197.04
MILLS81.946515.01
COLE71.703218.70
SLADE71.703285.37
CLARKE71.70328.41
RIDLER61.4599588.24
CREECH61.45991,666.67
WILLIAMS61.45992.03
RADFORD61.459977.02
BUCKINGHAM61.4599109.49
HOBBS61.459940.08
CHAPPLE51.2165179.21
BURNELL51.2165203.25
HOOPER51.216528.72
STEPHENSON51.216521.27
ORCHARD40.973291.53
REEVES40.973223.77
KNIGHT30.72995.92
FISH30.729939.22
ROWE30.729912.85
SMITH30.72990.52
CAVILL30.7299229.01
LAING20.486624.21
RENDELL20.4866116.28
LANGDON20.486662.70
BALE20.486664.72
PERKINS20.486610.82
LANG20.486621.83
GILMORE20.486682.99
KINGDOM20.4866208.33
ADAMS10.24331.65
POPE10.24337.06
EAMES10.243335.46
HILL10.24330.96
CONGDON10.2433121.95
SULTON10.24332,500.00
GOULD10.24336.73
RAWLE10.2433123.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LATHERN0.4141110000.0000
STENNER0.414114444.4444
SULTON0.414112500.0000
COOKSLEY0.414111794.8718
CREECH0.414111666.6667
BIRMINGHAM0.41411784.3137
RIDLER0.41411588.2353
DOWN0.41411263.1579
CAVILL0.41411229.0076
KINGDOM0.41411208.3333
BURNELL0.41411203.2520
FERRIS0.41411197.0443
CHAPPLE0.41411179.2115
COURT0.41411172.0841
REW0.41411136.9863
RAWLE0.41411123.4568
CONGDON0.41411121.9512
RENDELL0.41411116.2791
BUCKINGHAM0.41411109.4891
ORCHARD0.4141191.5332
BRYANT0.4141185.4214
SLADE0.4141185.3659
GILMORE0.4141182.9876
RADFORD0.4141177.0218
COCKRAM0.4141171.9424
BALE0.4141164.7249
LANGDON0.4141162.6959
FRY0.4141160.7441
LEY0.4141155.5556
KENT0.4141146.1894
MAY0.4141145.8716
BURGESS0.4141145.5501
HOBBS0.4141140.0802
BAKER0.4141139.9734
FISH0.4141139.2157
EAMES0.4141135.4610
HOOPER0.4141128.7191
LAING0.4141124.2131
REEVES0.4141123.7671
LANG0.4141121.8341
STEPHENSON0.4141121.2675
HURLEY0.4141120.8768
COLE0.4141118.6966
RAWLINGS0.4141116.6389
BEER0.4141115.1976
MILLS0.4141115.0094
ROWE0.4141112.8535
MOON0.4141111.5340
STACEY0.4141110.8342
PERKINS0.4141110.8167

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 411 people called LATHERN in Selworthy 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 10000.0000 in Selworthy means that 10000.0000% of the people in Selworthy on census day were called LATHERN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LATHERN 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 LATHERN 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 LATHERN 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 LATHERN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Selworthy means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LATHERN in Selworthy than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Selworthy in 1881

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

ACLAND (2)  ADAMS (1)  BAKER (36)  BALE (2)  BEER (1)  BINDING (6)  BIRMINGHAM (8)  BRYANT (15)  BUCKINGHAM (6)  BURGESS (13)  BURNELL (5)  CAVILL (3)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHAPPLE (5)  CLARKE (7)  CLATWORTHY (1)  COCKRAM (1)  COLE (7)  COLES (1)  CONGDON (1)  CONIER (3)  COOKSLEY (14)  COURT (9)  CREECH (6)  CRIDLE (1)  CRUDGE (4)  CULLOWAY (1)  DATE (1)  DAVIS (1)  DOWN (13)  EAMES (1)  ELSWORTHY (7)  ESCOHT (5)  FERRIS (8)  FISH (3)  FRY (8)  GILMORE (2)  GITSHAM (4)  GOULD (1)  GREENSLADE (3)  HURLEY (1)  HARRIS (9)  HAWKINS (1)  HILL (1)  HOBBS (6)  HOLLAND (1)  HOOPER (5)  HUNTWELL (1)  JENNINGS (1)  KENT (8)  KINGDOM (2)  KNIGHT (3)  LAING (2)  LANG (2)  LANGDON (2)  LARCOMBE (4)  LATHERN (1)  LEY (1)  FLOYDE (15)  MAY (12)  MILLS (8)  MOON (1)  ORCHARD (4)  PEARCE (1)  PERKINS (2)  PETHERBRIDGE (4)  POPE (1)  PRICTOR (1)  PRISCOHT (1)  PRISCOTT (7)  QUARTLEY (1)  RADFORD (6)  RENDELL (2)  REW (1)  REEVES (4)  RICHARDS (1)  RIDLER (6)  ROBINSON (1)  ROWE (3)  RAWLINGS (1)  RAWLINGS ((WILLIAMS)) (2)  RAWLE (1)  SLADE (7)  SMITH (3)  STACEY (1)  STADDON (2)  STANBURY (1)  STENNER (16)  STEPHENSON (5)  SULTON (1)  TAME (1)  TUDBALL (2)  WEBBER (1)  WILLIAMS (6)  YEANDLE (11)