Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shapwick, Somerset

Shapwick 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
HOWE184.0632103.45
NORRIS163.611784.08
SKINNER112.483148.91
GODWIN112.4831191.97
FRANKS102.2573181.16
LOCKE102.2573251.26
HITCHCOCK102.2573195.69
SMALL92.031680.07
POPE92.031658.94
FRANCIS81.805930.31
MANNING81.805956.78
LING81.8059190.93
FEAR81.8059408.16
BARNETT81.805940.04
SAUNDERS71.580117.23
NATION71.5801985.92
AYERS71.5801263.16
WEBBER71.580151.70
FORD71.580116.22
RUSSELL71.580112.94
WILLIAMS71.58012.20
SAWTELL71.58012,121.21
EXON71.58012,916.67
PITCHER61.3544174.42
DYER61.354434.97
REEVES61.354433.08
SPEARING61.3544705.88
GRANT61.354413.65
WHEELER61.354422.43
STEVENS61.354412.97
MOXEY51.1287862.07
MEAKER51.12871,315.79
HARVEY40.90298.46
CLARE40.902962.40
MITCHELL40.90294.45
COLLINS40.90296.29
FRY40.902928.19
BOWERING40.9029689.66
PORTER30.67729.03
COOMBES30.677263.29
HOOPER30.677215.99
BEEL30.6772937.50
HAGGETT30.6772454.55
WILLCOX30.6772125.52
COX30.67724.47
MARTIN20.45151.83
GROVE20.451538.61
WALL20.451512.91
SHERRIN20.4515606.06
WOODS20.45157.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EXON0.444432916.6667
SAWTELL0.444432121.2121
MEAKER0.444431315.7895
NATION0.44443985.9155
BEEL0.44443937.5000
MOXEY0.44443862.0690
HARBIN0.44443714.2857
SPEARING0.44443705.8824
BOWERING0.44443689.6552
APPLEBEE0.44443666.6667
SHERRIN0.44443606.0606
STYLE0.44443526.3158
HAGGETT0.44443454.5455
FEAR0.44443408.1633
TURBERVILLE0.44443384.6154
FIDO0.44443303.0303
AYERS0.44443263.1579
LOCKE0.44443251.2563
FOURACRE0.44443222.2222
WHEADON0.44443222.2222
CORP0.44443204.0816
HITCHCOCK0.44443195.6947
GODWIN0.44443191.9721
LING0.44443190.9308
FRANKS0.44443181.1594
RICKS0.44443178.5714
PITCHER0.44443174.4186
MAILE0.44443166.6667
GIBBINGS0.44443161.2903
BADMAN0.44443158.7302
VINER0.44443138.8889
ALLINGTON0.44443129.8701
WILLCOX0.44443125.5230
HOWE0.44443103.4483
DOWDEN0.44443103.0928
STRANG0.44443100.5025
BOWDITCH0.4444390.9091
NORRIS0.4444384.0778
SMALL0.4444380.0712
SOMERS0.4444366.6667
COOMBES0.4444363.2911
CLARE0.4444362.4025
POPE0.4444358.9391
MANNING0.4444356.7779
GOLDSWORTHY0.4444354.6448
WEBBER0.4444351.6987
SKINNER0.4444348.9106
BARNETT0.4444340.0400
GOLD0.4444339.6825
GROVE0.4444338.6100

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 443 people called EXON in Shapwick 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 2916.6667 in Shapwick means that 2916.6667% of the people in Shapwick on census day were called EXON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EXON 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 EXON 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 EXON 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 EXON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Shapwick means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EXON in Shapwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shapwick in 1881

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

ALLINGTON (1)  APPLEBEE (2)  BARNETT (8)  BADMAN (1)  BEEL (3)  BENNETT (1)  BIDDLECOMBE (7)  BISHOP (1)  BOWDITCH (1)  BOWERING (4)  BURGESS (1)  CLARE (4)  CLEALL (6)  CLEMENTS (1)  COLLINS (4)  COOMBES (3)  CORNISH (1)  CORP (1)  COX (3)  COCK (1)  DOWDEN (1)  DURSTON (10)  DYER (6)  EVELY (1)  EXON (7)  AYERS (7)  FEAR (8)  FIDO (1)  FISHER (1)  FORD (7)  FOURACRE (1)  FOX (1)  FRANCIS (8)  FRANKS (10)  FRY (4)  GARLAND (1)  GIBBINGS (1)  GIBBS (1)  GILES (1)  GOLDSWORTHY (1)  GODWIN (11)  GOLD (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GRANT (6)  GROVE (2)  HAGGETT (3)  HARBIN (1)  HARVEY (4)  HEBLEY (1)  HITCHCOCK (10)  HOAD (1)  HUCKER (9)  HOOPER (3)  HOWE (18)  HULL (2)  NUTT (1)  LEE (1)  LEIGH (1)  LING (8)  LOCKE (10)  MEAKER (5)  MAILE (1)  MANNING (8)  MARTIN (2)  MITCHELL (4)  MOON (1)  MOXEY (5)  NATION (7)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORRIS (16)  ORAMS (1)  PURSEY (9)  PHILLIPS (1)  PHILIPS (1)  PITCHER (6)  POLLARD (1)  POPE (9)  PORTER (3)  REDMAN (1)  REEVES (6)  RICKS (1)  RUSSELL (7)  SAUNDERS (7)  SAWTELL (7)  SEARLE (2)  SHERRIN (2)  SIMS (1)  SKINNER (11)  SMALL (9)  SOWTER (2)  SPEARING (6)  STEVENS (6)  STRANGWAYS (3)  STRANG (2)  STYLE (2)  SUMMERS (1)  SOMERS (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMSON (1)  TURBERVILLE (1)  VIALLS (1)  VIGAR (7)  VINER (2)  WALL (2)  WALTERSTOW (2)  WARRY (5)  WATTS (1)  WEBBER (7)  WYBURN (2)  WHEADON (1)  WHEELER (6)  WITCOMBE (7)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILLCOX (3)  WILLIAMS (7)  WOODS (2) 

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