Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whatley, Somerset

Whatley 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
COX235.324135.13
ASHMAN214.8611750.00
LAPHAM163.70373,636.36
GUNNING122.7778759.49
PETERS102.314866.01
MEES102.31481,754.39
BROWN92.08333.16
HAINS92.08331,232.88
HORTON71.620443.67
STICKLER71.62041,944.44
SMITH61.38890.98
DREW61.388952.59
WEBB61.388910.25
MAY61.388921.82
GEORGE61.388923.67
HILL61.38895.45
LINE51.1574243.90
DAVIES51.15742.28
HILLIER51.157485.91
GOUGH51.157439.46
SINGER51.1574287.36
SHORE51.1574107.53
WILMOT51.1574173.61
HAYWARD51.157427.14
CANDY51.1574324.68
STONEMAN40.9259227.27
RICHARDSON40.92595.44
WITHERINGTON40.9259833.33
PARSONS40.925912.19
FARNELL40.9259253.16
BRYANT40.925921.67
WATTS40.925911.04
FUSSELL40.9259493.83
TAYLOR40.92591.45
ELLIOTT30.69448.19
TUCKER30.694412.55
ROPER30.694433.37
HORWOOD30.6944146.34
YEOMAN30.6944109.89
DORE30.6944132.16
MARTIN30.69442.82
MILLARD20.463027.97
HINE20.463058.65
MARSH20.46306.49
NUTT20.463064.10
HAWKINS20.46306.39
CAMPBELL20.46302.74
MINES20.4630370.37
HENLEY20.463060.61
TEMPLE20.463035.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAPHAM0.434323636.3636
STICKLER0.434321944.4444
MEES0.434321754.3860
HAINS0.434321232.8767
WITHERINGTON0.43432833.3333
GUNNING0.43432759.4937
ASHMAN0.43432750.0000
LAMBORNE0.43432714.2857
FUSSELL0.43432493.8272
HIGHMAN0.43432434.7826
MINES0.43432370.3704
SLADER0.43432333.3333
CANDY0.43432324.6753
SINGER0.43432287.3563
APSEY0.43432285.7143
FARNELL0.43432253.1646
LINE0.43432243.9024
STONEMAN0.43432227.2727
HOSIER0.43432175.4386
WILMOT0.43432173.6111
WOOLRIDGE0.43432172.4138
CASHMORE0.43432147.0588
HORWOOD0.43432146.3415
DORE0.43432132.1586
PUTMAN0.43432131.5789
YEOMAN0.43432109.8901
BICKLE0.43432108.6957
SHORE0.43432107.5269
CLEVERLY0.43432105.2632
BELFIELD0.4343291.7431
HILLIER0.4343285.9107
LYE0.4343285.4701
BEACHAM0.4343282.6446
PURDY0.4343281.3008
WILMOTT0.4343268.4932
PETERS0.4343266.0066
SHERRY0.4343265.7895
NUTT0.4343264.1026
HENLEY0.4343260.6061
JACOB0.4343259.5238
HINE0.4343258.6510
MOWBRAY0.4343255.5556
STRATTON0.4343253.4759
LYNE0.4343252.9101
SCRIVENER0.4343252.9101
DREW0.4343252.5855
WEEDON0.4343249.7512
HOLTON0.4343244.8430
LUDLOW0.4343244.2478
FORTUNE0.4343244.2478

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 432 people called LAPHAM in Whatley 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 3636.3636 in Whatley means that 3636.3636% of the people in Whatley on census day were called LAPHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAPHAM 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 LAPHAM 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 LAPHAM 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 LAPHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.43 in Whatley means that you are 0.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAPHAM in Whatley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whatley in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  APSEY (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ASHMAN (21)  BABY (2)  BAGSHAW (1)  BALL (1)  BARBER (1)  BEACHAM (1)  BELFIELD (1)  BICKLE (1)  BIGGS (1)  BRITTAIN (1)  BROWN (9)  BRYANT (4)  BOURNE (2)  CAMPBELL (2)  CANDY (5)  CASHMORE (2)  CHARLTON (1)  CLARK (1)  CLEVERLY (1)  COLBORNE (2)  COLBOURN (6)  COLE (1)  COOMBS (1)  COOLSON (1)  COX (23)  DALLIMORE (6)  DAVIES (5)  DEANESLY (1)  DORE (3)  DREW (6)  DUNCAN (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIOTT (3)  ELLIS (1)  AYRES (1)  FARNELL (4)  FERRABY (1)  FOOTNER (1)  FORTUNE (1)  FURNEL (8)  FUSSELL (4)  GAIT (2)  GEORGE (6)  GIBBS (1)  GOUGH (5)  GREEN (1)  GROVES (1)  GUNNING (12)  HIGHMORE (5)  HIGHMAN (1)  HANSOM (2)  HARE (1)  HARTLEY (1)  HORWOOD (3)  HAWKINS (2)  HAINS (9)  HAYWARD (5)  HURDING (10)  HENLEY (2)  HILL (6)  HILLIER (5)  HINE (2)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLLICK (1)  HOLTON (1)  HORTON (7)  HOSIER (1)  HOWARD (2)  JACOB (2)  JONES (1)  KEYFORD (4)  KING (1)  KNIGHT (1)  NUTT (2)  KRISTH (1)  LAMBORNE (1)  LAPHAM (16)  LAWRENCE (1)  LYE (1)  LYMN (1)  LINE (5)  LYNE (1)  LITLER (1)  LONG (1)  LOW (1)  LUDLOW (1)  MANNING (1)  MARSH (2)  MARTIN (3)  MEES (10)  MAY (6)  MAGGS (1)  MEAD (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILLARD (2)  MILLER (1)  MINES (2)  MOORE (2)  MOUNTY (1)  MOWBRAY (1)  OWEN (1)  PALMER (1)  PARMITER (1)  PAROT (1)  PARSONS (4)  PENNEY (1)  PETERS (10)  PINNIGER (1)  PRESTON (1)  PURDY (2)  PUTMAN (1)  RICHARDSON (4)  ROPER (3)  RUSHTON (1)  SCRIVENER (1)  SENIOR (1)  SHERRY (1)  SHORE (5)  SHORT (1)  SIMS (1)  SINGER (5)  SEVIOUR (1)  SLADER (1)  SMITH (6)  STEER (1)  STICKLER (7)  STONEMAN (4)  STRATTON (2)  STREET (1)  TAYLOR (4)  TEMPLE (2)  TERRY (1)  TIMMINS (1)  TOTHILL (1)  TUCKER (3)  VINCENT (1)  WATTS (4)  WEBB (6)  WEEDON (1)  WEMYSS (1)  WENGROVE (1)  WHITBY (1)  WITCOMB (1)  WITCOMBE (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITTON (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILMOTT (1)  WILMOT (5)  WITHERINGTON (4)  WOODCOCK (1)  WOOLRIDGE (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YEOMAN (3)