Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashill, Somerset

Ashill 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
KITCH367.659610,285.71
DAVIS142.978713.56
HARVEY112.340421.92
COLLINS112.340416.31
OBORNE102.12773,030.30
ADAMES91.91493,750.00
DURMAN91.91492,142.86
WATTS91.914922.84
BOON91.9149204.55
BRISTER91.91491,636.36
RETTER91.91496,428.57
HOOPER81.702140.18
HILL81.70216.68
HOWARD81.702117.35
WRIGHT81.70215.31
PAINTER81.7021124.03
CLAPP71.4894400.00
TAPP71.4894346.53
STONE61.276617.66
DAWE61.2766146.70
LEWIS61.27664.86
SHOWERS61.27668,571.43
MULLINS61.2766133.33
STOCKER61.2766238.10
DICKS61.2766262.01
LEE61.27667.81
BICKLEY61.2766307.69
PALMER61.276610.83
ADAMS61.27668.66
WARFIELD61.27662,608.70
WOODLAND51.0638209.21
SANSOM51.0638157.73
SHINER51.0638943.40
ROWLEY51.063840.49
WHITE51.06383.31
HART40.85119.98
TRUMP40.8511555.56
BAKER40.85113.88
GOODLAND40.8511677.97
WILLIAMS40.85111.18
RIGGS40.8511254.78
BAILY40.8511134.68
MEAD40.851136.50
BOND40.851116.08
GRANGER40.851183.16
THORNE40.851140.36
BACK30.6383119.52
SAWYER30.638334.60
MUSGROVE30.6383132.16
MATTHEWS30.63837.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KITCH0.4747010285.7143
SHOWERS0.474708571.4286
RETTER0.474706428.5714
ADAMES0.474703750.0000
SHEPEARD0.474703333.3333
OBORNE0.474703030.3030
WARFIELD0.474702608.6957
DURMAN0.474702142.8571
BRISTER0.474701636.3636
SHINER0.47470943.3962
GOODLAND0.47470677.9661
JILES0.47470588.2353
SHIERS0.47470571.4286
TRUMP0.47470555.5556
DONNE0.47470540.5405
WAKLEY0.47470512.8205
CLAPP0.47470400.0000
BRINSON0.47470357.1429
YARD0.47470357.1429
TAPP0.47470346.5347
BICKLEY0.47470307.6923
SEARL0.47470285.7143
DICKS0.47470262.0087
RIGGS0.47470254.7771
VILE0.47470246.9136
STOCKER0.47470238.0952
REASON0.47470218.9781
WOODLAND0.47470209.2050
BOON0.47470204.5455
SANSOM0.47470157.7287
GANE0.47470150.3759
DAWE0.47470146.6993
BAILY0.47470134.6801
MULLINS0.47470133.3333
MUSGROVE0.47470132.1586
PAINTER0.47470124.0310
BACK0.47470119.5219
RAIN0.47470119.0476
GREENHAM0.47470109.8901
NEWBERRY0.47470103.6269
DALLEY0.4747085.4701
GRANGER0.4747083.1601
VANSTONE0.4747074.0741
STILL0.4747067.5676
HOW0.4747065.1466
LOVERIDGE0.4747059.1716
BLOW0.4747056.8182
HINE0.4747053.9084
CHAPPEL0.4747048.3092
PRING0.4747046.5116

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 470 people called KITCH in Ashill 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 10285.7143 in Ashill means that 10285.7143% of the people in Ashill on census day were called KITCH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KITCH 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 KITCH 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 KITCH 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 KITCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Ashill means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KITCH in Ashill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashill in 1881

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

ADAMS (6)  ADAMES (9)  ATKINS (1)  BACK (3)  BAILY (4)  BAKER (4)  BERRY (1)  BICKLEY (6)  BLOW (1)  BOND (4)  BOON (9)  BRISTER (9)  BRIMBLE (1)  BRINSON (1)  BROOMFIELD (1)  BRYANT (1)  BUHLMANN (1)  CHAPPEL (1)  CLAPP (7)  COLLINS (11)  COOPER (1)  CRABB (1)  DALLEY (1)  DAVIS (14)  DAWE (6)  DURMAN (9)  DICKS (6)  DICKENSON (1)  DONNE (2)  DONOVAN (1)  FILAR (6)  GARDENER (1)  JILES (1)  GOODLAND (4)  GRANGER (4)  GREENHAM (1)  HARDWELL (2)  HART (4)  HARVEY (11)  HAWKINS (1)  HAYCROFT (2)  HILL (8)  HELLIAR (6)  HINE (2)  HOLDEN (1)  HOOPER (8)  HOWARD (8)  HOW (2)  GANE (2)  JEFFERY (1)  KITCH (36)  KNIGHT (2)  LEE (6)  LEWIS (6)  LOVERIDGE (1)  MADDOC (1)  MALE (10)  MATRAVER (5)  MATTHEWS (3)  MATHEWS (1)  MEAD (4)  MICKLEBURGH (1)  MULLINS (6)  MUSGROVE (3)  MEAR (6)  NEWBERRY (2)  OBORNE (10)  PAINTER (8)  PALMER (6)  PIKE (1)  PRING (1)  RAIN (1)  REASON (3)  RETTER (9)  RIGGS (4)  ROWLAND (2)  ROWLEY (5)  SANSOM (5)  SAWYER (3)  SEARL (2)  SHIERS (2)  SHEPEARD (1)  SHINER (5)  SHORLAND (1)  SHOWERS (6)  SMITH (1)  SPEKE (6)  SPENCER (1)  SPILLAR (4)  STILL (2)  STEPHENS (2)  STEPENS (1)  STOCKER (6)  STONE (6)  TALLEN (1)  TAPP (7)  TAR (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THORNE (4)  TOMBS (1)  TOTTERDALE (1)  TRUMP (4)  VANSTONE (1)  VILE (2)  VOULES (3)  WAKLEY (2)  WALE OR WALL (2)  WALLBUTTON (4)  WARFIELD (6)  WATTS (9)  WEBB (1)  WHITE (5)  WILLIAMS (4)  WOODLAND (5)  WRIGHT (8)  YARD (2)