Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wells St Andrew, Somerset

Wells St Andrew 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
FRY133.080696.15
ELLICOTT102.36972,083.33
HARDING92.132729.47
VOWLES92.1327443.35
ABRAM81.8957529.80
TOOMER81.89571,212.12
STILES81.8957341.88
TRIMMER81.8957963.86
WALL71.658847.43
WISEMAN61.4218103.45
MATTHEWS61.421816.30
FLETCHER51.184810.38
CHURCH51.184854.29
PAINTER51.184886.36
WATSON51.18485.11
HOARE51.184860.75
MOGG51.1848505.05
GIBSON51.18489.76
KIBBLE51.1848393.70
OXLEY40.947967.68
PORTER40.947912.63
WILLS40.947931.70
PARSONS40.947912.48
COX40.94796.25
BENDALL40.9479259.74
MOON40.947944.94
RUSSELL40.94797.77
BROOKS40.94799.70
DYER40.947924.46
MAPSTONE40.94791,212.12
DREW40.947935.87
VENNING40.9479579.71
PARFITT40.9479129.87
WICKS40.947967.34
HARRIS30.71092.80
LOWMAN30.7109319.15
PAYNE30.71097.90
GOULD30.710919.67
TOMPSON30.7109333.33
GLEAVES30.7109476.19
KNIGHT30.71095.77
HERVEY30.7109555.56
ELLIS30.71094.90
DRUMMOND20.473923.84
LYON20.473922.62
CLARKE20.47392.34
WOODARD20.4739219.78
HILL20.47391.86
GREEN20.47391.68
CROWLEY20.473973.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRANKER0.424225000.0000
ELLICOTT0.424222083.3333
MAPSTONE0.424221212.1212
TOOMER0.424221212.1212
TRIMMER0.42422963.8554
GERMON0.42422833.3333
VENNING0.42422579.7101
MURROW0.42422555.5556
HERVEY0.42422555.5556
ABRAM0.42422529.8013
MOGG0.42422505.0505
BODE0.42422500.0000
GLEAVES0.42422476.1905
VOWLES0.42422443.3498
KIBBLE0.42422393.7008
STILES0.42422341.8803
TOMPSON0.42422333.3333
LOWMAN0.42422319.1489
HAGGARD0.42422270.2703
BENDALL0.42422259.7403
BARTLET0.42422243.9024
WOODARD0.42422219.7802
HAKE0.42422208.3333
STAUNTON0.42422208.3333
BROMFIELD0.42422202.0202
WILLINGTON0.42422200.0000
LOXTON0.42422192.3077
SELWAY0.42422176.9912
LEAN0.42422162.6016
DIGGINS0.42422147.0588
BEAUCHAMP0.42422138.8889
WOOLFORD0.42422131.5789
PARFITT0.42422129.8701
COBURN0.42422125.0000
TAPLEY0.42422123.4568
MULLIS0.42422123.4568
DRANE0.42422114.9425
GERRISH0.42422111.1111
NEWNHAM0.42422110.4972
WISEMAN0.42422103.4483
FREEMANTLE0.42422101.0101
FRY0.4242296.1538
ADLAM0.4242291.7431
PAINTER0.4242286.3558
CROWLEY0.4242273.5294
SANDY0.4242268.0272
OXLEY0.4242267.6819
WICKS0.4242267.3401
ELSWORTH0.4242264.5161
HAM0.4242263.0915

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 422 people called BRANKER in Wells St Andrew 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 5000.0000 in Wells St Andrew means that 5000.0000% of the people in Wells St Andrew on census day were called BRANKER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRANKER 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 BRANKER 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 BRANKER 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 BRANKER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Wells St Andrew means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRANKER in Wells St Andrew than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wells St Andrew in 1881

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

ABRAM (8)  ADAMS (1)  ADLAM (1)  ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ANGEL (1)  AYLESBURY (1)  BAKER (1)  BAMARD (3)  BARNES (1)  BARTLET (1)  BEAUCHAMP (2)  BENDALL (4)  BESHELL (3)  BIRD (1)  BODE (1)  BOWYER (1)  BOYD (1)  BRADFORD (2)  BRANKER (2)  BROOKS (4)  BROMFIELD (2)  BROWNE (2)  BUCKLAND (1)  CHALMERS (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHARD (1)  CHURCH (5)  CLARKE (2)  COBURN (1)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (1)  COOPER (1)  COURTHARD (3)  COX (4)  CRABB (2)  CRAIGIE (1)  CROWLEY (2)  CRICK (1)  CRUSE OR CRISSE (2)  DAVIS (2)  DAY (1)  DE GEX (1)  DIGGINS (1)  DOWLING (1)  DRAKE (1)  DRANE (1)  DREW (4)  DRISCOLL (1)  DRUMMOND (2)  DYER (4)  ELBROOKE (1)  ELLICOTT (10)  ELLIS (3)  ELLISS (1)  ELSWORTH (1)  ENGLAND (1)  EVANS (1)  EVERETT (1)  FATHERS (1)  FLETCHER (5)  FLOOKS (1)  FOWLER (2)  FREEMANTLE (1)  FRY (13)  GANDELL (2)  GERMON (1)  GERRISH (1)  GIBSON (5)  GLEAVES (3)  GLOSSOP (1)  GOOD (1)  GOSLING (1)  GOULD (3)  GREEN (2)  GREGORY (1)  HAGGARD (1)  HAKE (1)  HAM (2)  HARDING (9)  HARDWIN (1)  HARRIS (3)  HERVEY (3)  HARVEY (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HEAL (1)  HEATH (1)  HEATHCOTE (1)  HIGGINS (1)  HILL (2)  HOARE (5)  HODGKINS (1)  HOLLIS (1)  HORGOOD (1)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (2)  KEATES (3)  KIBBLE (5)  KIGHTLEY (3)  KIPPISLEY (1)  KISLY (1)  KNIGHT (3)  LEAN (2)  LANGLEY (1)  LAWES (1)  LEECH (1)  LEDELL (1)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LAVINGTON (5)  LOCK (2)  LOWMAN (3)  LOXTON (1)  LUCAS (1)  LYNHAM (1)  LYON (2)  MAC LOUGHLIN (1)  MALE (1)  MASTERS (1)  MAPSTONE (4)  MATTHEWS (6)  MILES (1)  MILTON (2)  MOGG (5)  MOON (4)  MOORE (1)  MORCOM (2)  MOGFORD (6)  MULLIS (1)  MURROW (1)  NEVERCOTT (1)  NEWNHAM (2)  NEWMAN (1)  NORTHCOTT (1)  NUVIS (1)  OXLEY (4)  PAINTER (5)  PALMER (1)  PAPWORTH (1)  PARFITT (4)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (4)  PASBART (1)  PATTEN (1)  PAYNE (3)  PERKINS (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  POPE (1)  PORTER (4)  PRANGLE (1)  PREEDY (1)  PRITCHARD (1)  PYNE (1)  QUICKSHANK (1)  RADFORD (1)  RETCHER (1)  RICHARDS (2)  RICHARD (1)  RIDLEY (1)  RUSSELL (4)  SANDY (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SELWAY (2)  SHEARS (1)  SMALL (1)  SPICER (1)  STAUNTON (1)  STOCK (2)  STILES (8)  TAPLEY (1)  TEEK (1)  TEVIAN (1)  TOMPSON (3)  TOOMER (8)  TOWNEND (1)  TRIMMER (8)  TUCKER (1)  TUDWAY (1)  TYLER (1)  VENNING (4)  VINEN (2)  VOWLES (9)  WALL (7)  WATSON (5)  WILLINGTON (1)  WHITE (1)  WICKS (4)  WIGMORE (1)  WILCOX (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILLS (4)  WISEMAN (6)  WITHERS (1)  WOODARD (2)  WOOLFORD (2)  YEDBURGH (1)