Top surnames from the 1881 census in Berkley, Somerset

Berkley 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
OLDING257.71604,032.26
TAYLOR154.62967.24
DAVIS144.321019.66
BISHOP134.012357.42
NAISH123.70371,034.48
NASH82.469153.55
AVON82.46918,000.00
BENNETT72.160513.15
HOOPER72.160551.02
MASON61.851913.77
WHEELER61.851930.67
HAINES61.851980.00
MARTIN61.85197.52
VINER61.8519571.43
YOUNG61.85198.62
SIMS61.851961.79
FREEMAN61.851929.00
STAY61.85193,529.41
PARFITT61.8519253.16
HATHWAY61.85191,276.60
WEBB51.543211.38
HILL51.54326.06
HARRIS51.54326.07
PICKFORD51.5432189.39
HEATH51.543231.08
CRAY51.5432806.45
CARPENTER51.543245.00
SADLER41.234652.36
SINGER41.2346307.69
STRIDE41.2346350.88
KNIGHT41.234610.02
TOVEY41.2346210.53
DREDGE41.2346476.19
PHIPPEN41.23461,000.00
WILCOX41.234665.57
PIKE30.925931.85
DICKER30.9259236.22
PERRETT30.9259185.19
SHEPPARD30.925926.74
HARGRAVE30.9259288.46
BURNSIDE20.6173175.44
MILLARD20.617337.24
WEBLEY20.6173298.51
FRANCIS10.30865.18
ADAMS10.30862.09
JACOBS10.308612.89
CHAPPLE10.308645.45
WICKS10.308621.93
MOORE10.30861.54
ROSSETER10.30862,500.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AVON0.323248000.0000
OLDING0.323244032.2581
STAY0.323243529.4118
ROSSETER0.323242500.0000
HATHWAY0.323241276.5957
NAISH0.323241034.4828
PHIPPEN0.323241000.0000
CRAY0.32324806.4516
VINER0.32324571.4286
DUBOIS0.32324555.5556
DREDGE0.32324476.1905
STRIDE0.32324350.8772
SINGER0.32324307.6923
WEBLEY0.32324298.5075
PARKHURST0.32324294.1176
HARGRAVE0.32324288.4615
HANES0.32324270.2703
PARFITT0.32324253.1646
DICKER0.32324236.2205
TOVEY0.32324210.5263
PICKFORD0.32324189.3939
PERRETT0.32324185.1852
BURNSIDE0.32324175.4386
HAINES0.3232480.0000
WILCOX0.3232465.5738
SIMS0.3232461.7920
BISHOP0.3232457.4205
PURDY0.3232454.0541
NASH0.3232453.5475
SADLER0.3232452.3560
HOOPER0.3232451.0204
CHAPPLE0.3232445.4545
CARPENTER0.3232445.0045
WHITTINGTON0.3232443.8596
MILLARD0.3232437.2439
PIKE0.3232431.8471
HEATH0.3232431.0752
WHEELER0.3232430.6748
FREEMAN0.3232428.9995
SHEPPARD0.3232426.7380
WICKS0.3232421.9298
DAVIS0.3232419.6629
MASON0.3232413.7709
BENNETT0.3232413.1455
JACOBS0.3232412.8866
WEBB0.3232411.3843
KNIGHT0.3232410.0150
YOUNG0.323248.6207
HORTON0.323248.3126
SHORT0.323247.8989

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 324 people called AVON in Berkley 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 8000.0000 in Berkley means that 8000.0000% of the people in Berkley on census day were called AVON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AVON 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 AVON 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 AVON 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 AVON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Berkley means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AVON in Berkley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Berkley in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  AVON (8)  BENNETT (7)  BISHOP (13)  BROWN (1)  BURNSIDE (2)  CARPENTER (5)  CARR (1)  CHAPPLE (1)  CRAY (5)  CREES (6)  DANIELLS (8)  DAVIS (14)  DICKER (3)  DREDGE (4)  DUBOIS (1)  FRANCIS (1)  FREEMAN (6)  GUNSTONE (1)  HARGRAVE (3)  HARRIS (5)  HATHWAY (6)  HAINES (6)  HAINE (HANES) (2)  HANES (1)  HEATH (5)  HILL (5)  HOOPER (7)  HORTON (1)  JACOBS (1)  KNIGHT (4)  LAMPIER (1)  MARSDON (1)  MARTIN (6)  MASON (6)  MILLARD (2)  MOORE (1)  MOWNTY (1)  NASH (8)  NAISH (12)  NORTHEAST (9)  OLDING (25)  PARFITT (6)  PARKHURST (1)  PERRETT (3)  PASK (1)  PHIPPEN (4)  PICKFORD (5)  PIKE (3)  PURDY (1)  ROSSETER (1)  SADLER (4)  SAUNDERS (1)  SHEPPARD (3)  SHORT (1)  SIMS (6)  SINGER (4)  SINGER (?) (3)  STAY (6)  STRIDE (4)  TANLYN (1)  TAYLOR (15)  TOVEY (4)  YOUDLE (9)  VINER (6)  WEBB (5)  WEBLEY (2)  WHEELER (6)  WHITE (1)  WHITTINGTON (1)  WICKS (1)  WILCOX (4)  YOUNG (6)