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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swainswick, Somerset

Swainswick 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
DAVIS304.739321.57
GUNNING172.6856735.93
BEDFORD152.369799.87
MOORE101.57987.90
FORD101.579816.22
WAIT101.5798312.50
WILLIAMS101.57982.20
LOCKYER91.4218185.95
GARRAWAY91.42181,084.34
WORELL91.421818,000.00
ANDREWS81.263813.19
SARGENT81.263882.05
HAMMOND71.105819.42
ISAAC71.105888.27
WEBB71.10588.16
LUCAS71.105823.92
JONES71.10580.98
RAWLINGS71.105875.59
SIMMS71.105897.22
WITHEY71.1058437.50
PRITCHARD71.105820.54
WHITE71.10583.44
GRANT60.94799.55
RALEIGH60.94793,333.33
VALE60.9479132.74
WHITTINGTON60.9479134.53
HERBERT60.947925.37
SHEPPARD60.947927.36
SEALE60.9479535.71
HALLETT60.947977.02
MILES60.947916.06
FEAR60.9479213.52
VEALE60.9479219.78
EARLE60.9479152.67
KING60.94794.35
MINTY60.9479476.19
BAGGS50.7899340.14
DYER50.789920.39
BICKHAM50.78991,315.79
WHITEMORE50.78991,315.79
BROWN50.78991.20
BULLOCK50.789924.28
COOPER40.63192.60
SKINNER40.631912.45
BOURN40.6319287.77
WILTSHIRE40.631947.34
CHURCHILL40.631953.26
KEEN40.631931.55
MINES40.6319512.82
PURDY40.6319110.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WORELL0.6363318000.0000
RALEIGH0.636333333.3333
FLUKE0.636331428.5714
BICKHAM0.636331315.7895
WHITEMORE0.636331315.7895
GARRAWAY0.636331084.3373
RHYMES0.63633857.1429
GUNNING0.63633735.9307
SEALE0.63633535.7143
MINES0.63633512.8205
MINTY0.63633476.1905
WITHEY0.63633437.5000
BAGGS0.63633340.1361
SUMSION0.63633312.5000
WAIT0.63633312.5000
BOURN0.63633287.7698
VEALE0.63633219.7802
FEAR0.63633213.5231
STICKLER0.63633192.3077
LOCKYER0.63633185.9504
GANE0.63633167.5978
EARLE0.63633152.6718
MOUNTJOY0.63633138.8889
WHITTINGTON0.63633134.5291
WILLINGTON0.63633133.3333
VALE0.63633132.7434
BROOKMAN0.63633128.2051
PURDY0.63633110.8033
HATHWAY0.63633108.6957
BEDFORD0.6363399.8668
SIMMS0.6363397.2222
ISAAC0.6363388.2724
SYMES0.6363385.8369
BATH0.6363384.2105
MOLES0.6363382.6446
SARGENT0.6363382.0513
HALLETT0.6363377.0218
GOLDSWORTHY0.6363376.6284
RAWLINGS0.6363375.5940
EMERSON0.6363368.3371
BURGE0.6363365.5022
STARR0.6363364.1026
PAGET0.6363359.3472
BYROM0.6363358.1395
DOWNHAM0.6363355.2486
CHURCHILL0.6363353.2623
MORSE0.6363351.6351
FERRIS0.6363347.9233
WILTSHIRE0.6363347.3373
CHORLEY0.6363346.7290

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 633 people called WORELL in Swainswick 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 18000.0000 in Swainswick means that 18000.0000% of the people in Swainswick on census day were called WORELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WORELL 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 WORELL 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 WORELL 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 WORELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.63 in Swainswick means that you are 0.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WORELL in Swainswick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swainswick in 1881

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

ANDREWS (8)  ASHER (1)  BEAK (2)  BAGGS (5)  BAILEY (2)  BAKER (1)  BASSON (1)  BATH (4)  BEDFORD (15)  BENNETT (1)  BERRYMAN (1)  BICKHAM (5)  BOLWELL (2)  BREWER (4)  BRITTEN (1)  BROOKMAN (2)  BROWN (5)  BRYANT (3)  BULLOCK (5)  BURCOMBE (11)  BURGESS (1)  BOURN (4)  BURGE (3)  BYROM (1)  CAMBORNE (5)  CATLEY (1)  CHORLEY (1)  CHURCHILL (4)  CLARK (2)  CLARKE (2)  CLEATER (1)  COCHRANE (2)  COLES (2)  COLLETT (2)  COOPER (4)  COPE (1)  COURTNEY (1)  CRISP (1)  CURTIS (3)  DASHWOOD (1)  DAVIS (30)  DOWMAN (1)  DOWNHAM (1)  DUDLEY (1)  DYER (5)  EMES (4)  EARLE (6)  EDWARDS (2)  EMERSON (3)  AYERS (1)  FEAR (6)  FERRIS (3)  FLOWERS (1)  FLUKE (2)  FORD (10)  FULLER (1)  FOWLES (1)  FRAYLING (6)  FRY (2)  FURZE (1)  GALE (3)  GARRAWAY (9)  GEE (4)  GOLDSWORTHY (2)  GRANT (6)  GREEN (1)  GUNNING (17)  HALL (1)  HALLETT (6)  HAMMOND (7)  HANCOCK (1)  HARRISON (1)  HATHWAY (1)  HAYWARD (1)  HERBERT (6)  HERNIMAN (3)  HILLEARD (2)  HOOPER (4)  HORSELL (4)  HULBERT (1)  HUNT (1)  HUNTLEY (2)  HOOK (3)  ISAAC (7)  GANE (3)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (7)  KEASTON (1)  KEEN (4)  KING (6)  KNIGHT (1)  LANGDON (1)  LAWRENCE (2)  LEE (1)  LOCKYER (9)  LONG (3)  LOOES (1)  LUCAS (7)  MATTHEWS (2)  MILES (6)  MINES (4)  MINTY (6)  MOGRIDGE (2)  MOORE (10)  MORGAN (2)  MORSE (3)  MORRIS (1)  MORTIMER (2)  MOLES (1)  MOUNTJOY (1)  MOUTLAND (1)  NEATE (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NOAD (2)  OWEN (2)  PAGET (2)  PALMER (1)  PAYNE (1)  PERRYMAN (1)  PHILIPS (1)  PHILLIPS (2)  PICKETT (1)  PRITCHARD (7)  PURDY (4)  RALEIGH (6)  RIDING (1)  RHYMES (3)  ROGERS (1)  RAWLINGS (7)  SAINSBURY (4)  SEALE (6)  SALTER (2)  SENDALL (1)  SARGENT (8)  SELBY (2)  SHACKELL (9)  SHARP (1)  SHEERING (1)  SHEPPARD (6)  SHORT (3)  SILLCOX (2)  SIMS (2)  SIMMS (7)  SYMES (4)  SKINMER (2)  SKINNER (4)  SLIP (5)  SLOPER (1)  SMART (4)  SMITH (3)  SOUTHERWOOD (1)  STARR (2)  STEVENS (1)  STICKLER (1)  SUMSION (1)  TILLEY (2)  TOGHILL (7)  TOOGOOD (10)  TOWNSEND (2)  TYLER (1)  UILT (1)  UPHILL (2)  VALE (6)  VATER (1)  VEALE (6)  VENABLES (1)  WALKER (2)  WARD (1)  WEBB (7)  WILLINGTON (1)  WHITE (7)  WHITEMORE (5)  WHITTINGTON (6)  WILLIAMS (10)  WILTSHIRE (4)  WINCKWORTH (6)  WITHEY (7)  WORELL (9)  WORTHINGTON (1)  WAIT (10)  YOUNG (2)