Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upton Noble, Somerset

Upton Noble 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
WALTER198.7963574.02
JAMES188.333342.42
COMPTON156.9444721.15
COOMBS156.9444410.96
COX146.481542.76
TANNER136.0185268.04
FITZ83.70377,272.73
MACEY73.2407588.24
CANNON52.3148127.88
DYKE52.3148233.64
READ52.314835.92
CROSS52.314833.65
EDWARDS41.85196.64
HUMPHRIES41.851982.14
PITMAN31.3889152.28
TAYLOR31.38892.17
REX31.3889882.35
DUNMAN31.38893,333.33
TOOP31.3889769.23
WOOD20.92592.91
HOLDER20.925968.97
HAINES20.925940.00
CANDY20.9259259.74
BOURNE20.925947.73
THOMAS20.92592.24
HARE20.925960.06
STRIDE10.4630131.58
BATT10.463068.49
COOK10.46302.33
WHITE10.46301.44
HUTTON10.463015.50
CORP10.4630416.67
HILLARD10.4630312.50
FLOWER10.463047.39
EDGE10.463026.88
LUCAS10.463010.01
WEBB10.46303.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FITZ0.222167272.7273
DUNMAN0.222163333.3333
REX0.22216882.3529
TOOP0.22216769.2308
COMPTON0.22216721.1538
MACEY0.22216588.2353
WALTER0.22216574.0181
CORP0.22216416.6667
COOMBS0.22216410.9589
HILLARD0.22216312.5000
TANNER0.22216268.0412
CANDY0.22216259.7403
DYKE0.22216233.6449
PITMAN0.22216152.2843
STRIDE0.22216131.5789
CANNON0.22216127.8772
HUMPHRIES0.2221682.1355
HOLDER0.2221668.9655
BATT0.2221668.4932
HARE0.2221660.0601
BOURNE0.2221647.7327
FLOWER0.2221647.3934
COX0.2221642.7611
JAMES0.2221642.4228
HAINES0.2221640.0000
READ0.2221635.9195
CROSS0.2221633.6474
EDGE0.2221626.8817
HUTTON0.2221615.5039
LUCAS0.2221610.0100
EDWARDS0.222166.6445
WEBB0.222163.4153
WOOD0.222162.9061
COOK0.222162.3310
THOMAS0.222162.2439
TAYLOR0.222162.1719
WHITE0.222161.4403

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 216 people called FITZ in Upton Noble 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 7272.7273 in Upton Noble means that 7272.7273% of the people in Upton Noble on census day were called FITZ.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FITZ 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 FITZ 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 FITZ 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 FITZ here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Upton Noble means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FITZ in Upton Noble than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upton Noble in 1881

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

BATT (1)  BOURNE (2)  CANDY (2)  CANNON (5)  COMPTON (15)  COOK (1)  COOMBS (15)  CORP (1)  COX (14)  CROSS (5)  DYKE (5)  DYMOKE (1)  DUNMAN (3)  EDGE (1)  EDWARDS (4)  FITZ (8)  FLOWER (1)  HARE (2)  HAINES (2)  HILLARD (1)  HODDINOTT (2)  HOLDER (2)  HUMPHRIES (4)  HUTTON (1)  JAMES (18)  CAYFORD (19)  LUCAS (1)  MACEY (7)  PITMAN (3)  REAKER (3)  READ (5)  REX (3)  SOUTHWAY (7)  STRIDE (1)  TANNER (13)  TAYLOR (3)  THICK (2)  THOMAS (2)  TOOP (3)  VEASY (5)  WALTER (19)  WEBB (1)  WHITE (1)  WOOD (2) 

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