Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woolverton, Somerset

Woolverton 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
COPP1310.07753,170.73
BAILEY107.751951.47
ROGERS96.976753.73
WATTS75.426464.70
GREENLAND64.65121,463.41
MIDDLETON64.651288.63
PIKE64.6512160.00
ROLLS53.8760862.07
COOK43.100815.61
DAVIS43.100814.11
BROADWAY43.10081,538.46
MOORE43.100815.50
SHORT32.325659.52
PONTING32.3256789.47
NASH32.325650.42
HUMPHRIES32.3256103.09
HOLCOMB32.32566,000.00
MEAD21.550466.45
PEARCE21.550416.88
MOGER21.55042,000.00
BLANCHARD21.5504188.68
MARTIN21.55046.29
HOLLAND21.550421.79
WHITTAKER21.550432.73
BAYLY21.55041,052.63
BOND10.775214.64
WHEELER10.775212.84
HUMPHREY10.775229.07
PRESSLEY10.7752833.33
SMITH10.77520.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOLCOMB0.131296000.0000
COPP0.131293170.7317
MOGER0.131292000.0000
BROADWAY0.131291538.4615
GREENLAND0.131291463.4146
BAYLY0.131291052.6316
ROLLS0.13129862.0690
PRESSLEY0.13129833.3333
PONTING0.13129789.4737
BLANCHARD0.13129188.6792
PIKE0.13129160.0000
HUMPHRIES0.13129103.0928
MIDDLETON0.1312988.6263
MEAD0.1312966.4452
WATTS0.1312964.6950
SHORT0.1312959.5238
ROGERS0.1312953.7313
BAILEY0.1312951.4668
NASH0.1312950.4202
WHITTAKER0.1312932.7332
HUMPHREY0.1312929.0698
HOLLAND0.1312921.7865
PEARCE0.1312916.8776
COOK0.1312915.6128
MOORE0.1312915.5039
BOND0.1312914.6413
DAVIS0.1312914.1093
WHEELER0.1312912.8370
MARTIN0.131296.2933
SMITH0.131290.5490

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 129 people called HOLCOMB in Woolverton 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 6000.0000 in Woolverton means that 6000.0000% of the people in Woolverton on census day were called HOLCOMB.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOLCOMB 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 HOLCOMB 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 HOLCOMB 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 HOLCOMB here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Woolverton means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOLCOMB in Woolverton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woolverton in 1881

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

BAILEY (10)  BAYLY (2)  BLANCHARD (2)  BOND (1)  BROADWAY (4)  COOK (4)  COPP (13)  DAVIS (4)  FAPPER (2)  GREENLAND (6)  HOLCOMB (3)  HOLDWAY (5)  HOLLAND (2)  HUMPHRIES (3)  HUMPHREY (1)  MARTIN (2)  MEAD (2)  MIDDLETON (6)  MOGER (2)  MOORE (4)  MOULE (?) (1)  NASH (3)  PEARCE (2)  PIKE (6)  PONTING (3)  PRESSLEY (1)  ROGERS (9)  ROLLS (5)  SEIVOUR (1)  SHORT (3)  SMITH (1)  TOWILL (2)  WATTS (7)  WHEELER (1)  WHITTAKER (2)  WOOLLY (4)