Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ilchester, Somerset

Ilchester 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
POPE395.7101165.68
MASTERS344.9780268.77
COX294.246028.02
SIBLEY223.2211400.00
FARR192.7818187.38
BOLLEN192.78182,435.90
STONE172.489034.43
FUDGE162.3426627.45
GOFF162.3426362.81
EVANS162.34265.36
PERRY131.903425.88
HARDING121.757024.28
BENNETT121.757010.69
HOCKEY121.7570576.92
ADAMS121.757011.92
ELFORD111.6105528.85
AYRES91.317794.94
IVEY91.3177466.32
PICKFORD91.3177161.87
FRAMPTON91.3177167.29
WINES91.31771,730.77
WEST91.317713.69
HUXTABLE91.3177302.01
SNOOK81.1713165.98
DUNN81.171314.08
RAPSON71.0249489.51
BISHOP71.024914.67
SUMMERS71.024936.55
LYE71.0249378.38
HUNT71.02497.72
REED71.024914.04
PITT71.024947.98
SMITH71.02490.73
ABBOTT60.878519.92
FIELD60.878517.66
LITTLE60.878518.58
SANSOM60.8785130.15
GILLINGHAM60.8785196.08
FORTE60.87852,400.00
MARTIN60.87853.57
ROBERTS50.73211.95
ANDREWS50.73217.64
WARREN50.732110.95
GILLETT50.732169.35
LOVELESS50.7321352.11
SAUNDERS50.73217.98
NEWBURY50.7321120.19
LANE50.732110.62
WILSON40.58571.28
SOLOMON40.585786.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOLLEN0.686832435.8974
FORTE0.686832400.0000
GABE0.686832352.9412
WINES0.686831730.7692
HILBURN0.686831250.0000
PARDY0.68683666.6667
FUDGE0.68683627.4510
HOCKEY0.68683576.9231
ELFORD0.68683528.8462
RAPSON0.68683489.5105
IVEY0.68683466.3212
SUGG0.68683454.5455
SIBLEY0.68683400.0000
LYE0.68683378.3784
YARD0.68683365.8537
GOFF0.68683362.8118
LOVELESS0.68683352.1127
HUXTABLE0.68683302.0134
MASTERS0.68683268.7747
BOWDITCH0.68683235.2941
GILLINGHAM0.68683196.0784
FARR0.68683187.3767
FRAMPTON0.68683167.2862
SNOOK0.68683165.9751
POPE0.68683165.6754
RUSS0.68683163.0435
PICKFORD0.68683161.8705
SANSOM0.68683130.1518
NEWBURY0.68683120.1923
HACKER0.68683117.6471
NEWBERRY0.68683107.1429
HAINE0.68683103.0928
AYRES0.6868394.9367
SOLOMON0.6868386.2069
GILLETT0.6868369.3481
SYMES0.6868359.6421
MURCH0.6868358.1395
HUSSEY0.6868358.0552
SPILLER0.6868351.5464
PITT0.6868347.9781
CHENEY0.6868347.6190
LANGFORD0.6868337.2439
SUMMERS0.6868336.5535
STONE0.6868334.4339
COX0.6868328.0166
HOPKINSON0.6868326.8577
MACEY0.6868326.5957
PERRY0.6868325.8809
HARDING0.6868324.2768
HALLETT0.6868323.8095

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 683 people called BOLLEN in Ilchester 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 2435.8974 in Ilchester means that 2435.8974% of the people in Ilchester on census day were called BOLLEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOLLEN 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 BOLLEN 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 BOLLEN 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 BOLLEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Ilchester means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOLLEN in Ilchester than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ilchester in 1881

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

ABBOTT (6)  ADAMS (12)  ADDICOTT (1)  ANDREWS (5)  BAILEY (1)  BARRETT (2)  BEATON (1)  BENNETT (12)  BISHOP (7)  BOLLEN (19)  BOWDITCH (4)  BOWLES (2)  BROWN (1)  BROWNING (3)  CARTER (1)  CHARLTON (1)  CHENEY (1)  CHISLETT (2)  COOPER (1)  COX (29)  CULLIFORD (5)  DAY (1)  DUNN (8)  EALES (1)  EDWARDS (4)  ELFORD (11)  EVANS (16)  AYRES (9)  FARR (19)  FIELD (6)  FORTE (6)  FRAMPTON (9)  FUDGE (16)  GABE (4)  GARRETT (1)  GAYLARD (3)  GIBBONS (1)  GIBBS (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILLETT (5)  GILLINGHAM (6)  GOFF (16)  GREEN (1)  HACKER (3)  HALBORN (1)  HALLETT (2)  HANDOVER (2)  HARDING (12)  HAINE (1)  HILBORNE (4)  HILBURN (1)  HOCKEY (12)  HOOPER (2)  HOPKINSON (3)  HUNT (7)  HUSSEY (4)  HUXTABLE (9)  IRELAND (1)  IVEY (9)  JACKMAN (1)  JACKSON (1)  JENNINGS (2)  JONES (1)  KING (1)  LANE (5)  LANGFORD (4)  LYE (7)  LITTLE (6)  LOAK (6)  LOVELESS (5)  MALE (1)  MARTIN (6)  MACEY (1)  MASTERS (34)  MACNEE (2)  MILLARD (1)  MILLER (2)  MILLS (1)  MONELLE (1)  MOORE (1)  MURCH (1)  NEWBERRY (3)  NEWBURY (5)  NEWTON (1)  PAYNE (4)  PERRY (13)  PICKFORD (9)  PITT (7)  PLUCKNETT (1)  POPE (39)  PARDY (4)  PYM (6)  REED (7)  ROBERTS (5)  ROBINSON (2)  RAPSON (7)  RUSS (3)  SANSOM (6)  SAUNDERS (5)  SIBLEY (22)  SYMES (3)  SINGLETON (3)  SMITH (7)  SNOOK (8)  SOLOMON (4)  SPILLER (2)  STEVENS (2)  STONE (17)  SUGG (3)  SUMMERS (7)  TAYLOR (2)  TEWESBURY (10)  THOM (1)  TRIBET (1)  TUSON (7)  WALKER (1)  WARREN (5)  WEAVER (1)  WEST (9)  WHEELER (1)  WILSON (4)  WINES (9)  YARD (3) 

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