Top surnames from the 1881 census in Writhlington, Somerset

Writhlington 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
SWIFT317.5795245.45
CHIVERS235.6235637.12
PADFIELD184.40101,666.67
BIRD174.156554.40
SALMON112.6895117.90
DENNING112.6895700.64
EVANS112.68956.15
RICHARDSON112.689515.80
CARPENTER102.445071.28
PARFITT102.4450334.45
SEYMOUR92.2005107.66
HOWELL81.956046.40
CHURCH71.711578.48
WILKINS71.711538.72
PERRY71.711523.27
GREGORY61.467020.91
TUCKER61.467026.51
STONE61.467020.29
BARTLETT61.467033.50
BROWN61.46702.23
INGRAM51.222540.03
CORNISH51.222584.75
FORD51.222512.55
EDGELL51.2225781.25
MARSHALL51.22257.29
PITMAN51.2225134.05
TYLER51.222541.43
HAYTER51.2225165.56
SIMS40.978032.63
KING40.97804.49
ADAMS40.97806.64
MOORE40.97804.89
ELFORD40.9780322.58
JONES40.97800.86
MONTAGUE40.9780194.17
WALTON40.978013.89
HYMAN40.9780487.80
TOOMER40.9780625.00
MUNDY40.9780132.01
COTTLE30.7335149.25
FRANKS30.733558.82
LINSEY30.7335810.81
GULLICK30.7335789.47
ASHMAN30.7335113.21
SHEFFIELD30.7335139.53
COOMER30.7335882.35
SHEARN20.4890425.53
MATTHEWS20.48905.61
PLUMMER20.489036.63
DINNING20.4890219.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PADFIELD0.414091666.6667
COOMER0.41409882.3529
LINSEY0.41409810.8108
GULLICK0.41409789.4737
EDGELL0.41409781.2500
DENNING0.41409700.6369
CHIVERS0.41409637.1191
TOOMER0.41409625.0000
HYMAN0.41409487.8049
SHEARN0.41409425.5319
PARFITT0.41409334.4482
ELFORD0.41409322.5806
SWIFT0.41409245.4473
DINNING0.41409219.7802
MONTAGUE0.41409194.1748
HAYTER0.41409165.5629
COTTLE0.41409149.2537
BLANDFORD0.41409149.2537
SHEFFIELD0.41409139.5349
GILLING0.41409138.8889
PITMAN0.41409134.0483
HORSEY0.41409133.3333
MUNDY0.41409132.0132
SALMON0.41409117.8992
ASHMAN0.41409113.2075
SEYMOUR0.41409107.6555
STARR0.4140999.5025
SCRIVEN0.4140997.0874
CORNISH0.4140984.7458
CHURCH0.4140978.4753
CARPENTER0.4140971.2758
DANDO0.4140966.2252
FRANKS0.4140958.8235
BIRD0.4140954.4000
HOWELL0.4140946.4037
TYLER0.4140941.4250
INGRAM0.4140940.0320
WILKINS0.4140938.7168
PLUMMER0.4140936.6300
MAGGS0.4140936.4964
BARTLETT0.4140933.5008
SIMS0.4140932.6264
TUCKER0.4140926.5135
PERRY0.4140923.2713
DOWLING0.4140922.0751
BROCK0.4140921.0526
GREGORY0.4140920.9059
STONE0.4140920.2908
RICHARDSON0.4140915.8001
ROBBINS0.4140915.6250

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 409 people called PADFIELD in Writhlington 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 1666.6667 in Writhlington means that 1666.6667% of the people in Writhlington on census day were called PADFIELD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PADFIELD 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 PADFIELD 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 PADFIELD 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 PADFIELD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Writhlington means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PADFIELD in Writhlington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Writhlington in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ASHMAN (3)  BARTLETT (6)  BIRD (17)  BLANDFORD (2)  BROCK (1)  BROWN (6)  CARPENTER (10)  CARTER (1)  CATLEY (25)  CHIVERS (23)  CHURCH (7)  COLLIER (1)  COOMER (3)  CORNISH (5)  COTTLE (3)  CRANE (1)  DANDO (1)  DAVIDGE (2)  DAWSON (1)  DINNING (2)  DENNING (11)  DOWLING (1)  DREWITT (3)  EDGELL (5)  ELFORD (4)  EVANS (11)  FORD (5)  FRANKS (3)  FURZE (3)  GARDNER (2)  GILLING (1)  GREGORY (6)  GULLICK (3)  HYMAN (4)  HARDING (2)  HAYTER (5)  HILL (1)  HELLIER (2)  HORLER (1)  HORSEY (1)  HOWELL (8)  INGRAM (5)  JOHN (1)  JONES (4)  KING (4)  LAMBERT (2)  LINSEY (3)  LONG (1)  LIDFORD (2)  MANNING (1)  MARSH (1)  MARSHALL (5)  MATTHEWS (2)  MAGGS (1)  MILLER (2)  MONTAGUE (4)  MOORE (4)  MUNDY (4)  NORRIS (2)  PADFIELD (18)  PARFITT (10)  PARKER (1)  PERRY (7)  PITMAN (5)  PLUMMER (2)  RICHARDSON (11)  ROBBINS (1)  SALMON (11)  SCRIVEN (2)  SEYMOUR (9)  SHEARN (2)  SHEFFIELD (3)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMS (4)  STARR (2)  STONE (6)  SWIFT (31)  TIZZARD (1)  TOOMER (4)  TUCKER (6)  TYLER (5)  WALTON (4)  WITCOMBE (1)  WHITING (1)  WILKINS (7)