Top surnames from the 1881 census in St Decumans Williton, Somerset

St Decumans Williton 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
PERKINS919.1489426.54
WESTCOTT510.63831,612.90
HOLCOMBE48.51065,714.29
OWENS48.5106171.67
KERSLAKE48.51062,500.00
PORTER36.383084.99
GOULD24.2553117.65
BURNELL24.2553714.29
WINDSOR24.2553512.82
CHICHESTER12.12772,500.00
BAILEY12.127714.12
CHAPPEL12.1277476.19
PERRY12.127728.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOLCOMBE0.05475714.2857
CHICHESTER0.05472500.0000
KERSLAKE0.05472500.0000
WESTCOTT0.05471612.9032
BURNELL0.0547714.2857
WINDSOR0.0547512.8205
CHAPPEL0.0547476.1905
PERKINS0.0547426.5403
OWENS0.0547171.6738
GOULD0.0547117.6471
PORTER0.054784.9858
PERRY0.054728.9017
BAILEY0.054714.1243

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 47 people called HOLCOMBE in St Decumans Williton 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 5714.2857 in St Decumans Williton means that 5714.2857% of the people in St Decumans Williton on census day were called HOLCOMBE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOLCOMBE 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 HOLCOMBE 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 HOLCOMBE 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 HOLCOMBE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in St Decumans Williton means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOLCOMBE in St Decumans Williton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Decumans Williton in 1881

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

BAILEY (1)  BURNELL (2)  CHAPPEL (1)  CHICHESTER (1)  GOULD (2)  HOLCOMBE (4)  KERSLAKE (4)  OWENS (4)  PERKINS (9)  PERRY (1)  PORTER (3)  STADDON (2)  WESTCOTT (5)  WINDSOR (2)  YENDLE (6)