Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upton, Somerset

Upton 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
WEBBER165.6140183.70
HILL134.561417.91
WILLIAMS113.85965.37
STARK93.1579230.77
NORMAN93.157968.13
QUICK93.1579282.13
TARR82.8070769.23
FYFE82.8070305.34
WARREN72.456136.73
JULIAN72.4561673.08
SUTTON72.456138.57
MITCHELL62.105310.38
LANGDON62.1053270.27
JENNINGS51.754434.60
STEVENS51.754416.81
NATION51.75441,086.96
ORCHARD51.7544165.02
REDWOOD51.7544649.35
COOK51.75448.83
LAURENCE51.7544123.46
MARSH51.754424.59
LOCKE51.7544195.31
ATKINS41.403537.42
WRIGHT41.40354.37
PRESCOTT41.403599.50
LEE41.40358.59
HURLEY41.4035120.48
CHAPPLE41.4035207.25
STONE41.403519.42
FOSTER41.403510.50
GOODRICH41.4035677.97
COURT31.052682.87
AVIS31.0526218.98
HOLE31.0526122.95
POOL31.052690.91
BAKER20.70183.20
PAYNE20.70187.80
BLEW20.70181,818.18
DOWN20.701858.48
HEYWOOD20.701835.27
JONES20.70180.62
DAVIE20.701876.05
FROST20.701812.48
OWEN10.35092.96
DUNN10.35094.22
ROSS10.35093.21
LUXTON10.350979.37
HART10.35094.11
CHICK10.350964.10
GIBBS10.35097.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FOURAKER0.292855000.0000
BLEW0.292851818.1818
NATION0.292851086.9565
TARR0.29285769.2308
GOODRICH0.29285677.9661
JULIAN0.29285673.0769
REDWOOD0.29285649.3506
FYFE0.29285305.3435
LOVELACE0.29285285.7143
QUICK0.29285282.1317
LANGDON0.29285270.2703
STARK0.29285230.7692
AVIS0.29285218.9781
CHAPPLE0.29285207.2539
LOCKE0.29285195.3125
WEBBER0.29285183.6969
ORCHARD0.29285165.0165
LAURENCE0.29285123.4568
HOLE0.29285122.9508
HURLEY0.29285120.4819
RUDDOCK0.29285113.6364
PRESCOTT0.2928599.5025
POOL0.2928590.9091
COURT0.2928582.8729
LUXTON0.2928579.3651
DAVIE0.2928576.0456
NORMAN0.2928568.1302
CHICK0.2928564.1026
BURNELL0.2928558.4795
DOWN0.2928558.4795
BALE0.2928546.7290
SUTTON0.2928538.5675
ATKINS0.2928537.4181
WARREN0.2928536.7261
HEYWOOD0.2928535.2734
JENNINGS0.2928534.6021
SYMONS0.2928525.5102
MARSH0.2928524.5942
STONE0.2928519.4175
HILL0.2928517.9088
STEVENS0.2928516.8067
GROVES0.2928512.4844
FROST0.2928512.4844
FOSTER0.2928510.4959
MITCHELL0.2928510.3788
COOK0.292858.8324
LEE0.292858.5874
PAYNE0.292857.7973
POOLE0.292857.2833
GIBBS0.292857.1429

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 285 people called FOURAKER in Upton 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 5000.0000 in Upton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Upton on census day were called FOURAKER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FOURAKER 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 FOURAKER 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 FOURAKER 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 FOURAKER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Upton means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FOURAKER in Upton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upton in 1881

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

ADDICOTT (1)  ATKINS (4)  AVIS (3)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (2)  BALE (1)  BLEW (2)  BURNELL (1)  CHAPPLE (4)  CHICK (1)  CLARKE (1)  COOK (5)  COURT (3)  DARCH (1)  DAVIE (2)  DOWN (2)  DUNN (1)  FOSTER (4)  FOURAKER (1)  FROST (2)  FYFE (8)  GIBBS (1)  GOODRICH (4)  GOVIER (10)  GREEDY (1)  GROVES (1)  HURLEY (4)  HART (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HEYWOOD (2)  HILL (13)  HOLE (3)  JENNINGS (5)  JONES (2)  JULIAN (7)  LANGDON (6)  LAURENCE (5)  LEE (4)  LOCKE (5)  LOVELACE (1)  LUXTON (1)  MANATON (3)  MARSH (5)  MEDDICK (1)  MITCHELL (6)  NATION (5)  NORMAN (9)  ORCHARD (5)  OWEN (1)  PARSONS (1)  PAYNE (2)  POOL (3)  POOLE (1)  PRESCOTT (4)  QUICK (9)  REDWOOD (5)  ROSS (1)  RUDDOCK (1)  SHOPLAND (8)  SYMONS (1)  STARK (9)  STEVENS (5)  STONE (4)  SUTTON (7)  TARR (8)  TOES (1)  WARREN (7)  WEBBER (16)  WILLIAMS (11)  WRIGHT (4)  YANDEL (1)  YANDLE (YANDEL) (14) 

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