Top surnames from the 1881 census in Butleigh, Somerset

Butleigh 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
HIGGINS648.2794163.77
DAVIS415.304024.14
TURNER212.71679.76
TALBOT202.5873103.95
CRAFT172.1992994.15
ALLEN162.069910.96
CASTLE162.0699104.17
LYE162.0699765.55
LOOK162.06994,000.00
PIKE131.681857.85
WEBB111.423010.50
ORAM111.4230182.42
HODGES111.423048.52
BIRCH111.423034.73
EADES101.2937252.53
NEVILLE91.164397.93
KNIGHT91.16439.45
VINCENT81.034933.18
WHITE81.03493.22
DYER81.034926.72
JAMES81.03495.27
DIMMICK81.03491,052.63
WILCOX81.034954.95
HEAL81.0349194.65
TUCKER81.034918.70
MASTERS70.905648.88
BRAIN70.905684.44
NORRIS70.905621.08
BLACKER70.9056276.68
STEPHENS70.905616.32
BARBER70.905615.04
WITHERS70.905655.21
WASON70.90561,060.61
STACEY70.905640.35
WEECH60.77623,157.89
CHICK60.7762141.51
LOCKE60.776286.46
TAYLOR60.77621.21
CHARLTON60.776227.09
KILLEN50.6468467.29
WINGATE50.6468181.82
MARTIN50.64682.63
RICHARDS50.64684.28
MILLARD50.646839.06
TRASK50.6468581.40
MATHEWS50.646817.51
ANDREWS50.64686.75
HOCKEY50.6468212.77
REYNOLDS50.64687.47
BAKER40.51752.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SANES0.7777320000.0000
LOOK0.777734000.0000
WEECH0.777733157.8947
WASON0.777731060.6061
DIMMICK0.777731052.6316
CRAFT0.77773994.1520
LYE0.77773765.5502
DOBIN0.77773714.2857
CROOM0.77773666.6667
RYAL0.77773625.0000
DANFORD0.77773588.2353
TRASK0.77773581.3953
KILLEN0.77773467.2897
SEABRIGHT0.77773377.3585
BAULCH0.77773350.8772
BLACKER0.77773276.6798
EADES0.77773252.5253
DUNTON0.77773252.1008
MERRIOTT0.77773238.0952
HOCKEY0.77773212.7660
SILCOX0.77773206.1856
HEAL0.77773194.6472
ORAM0.77773182.4212
WINGATE0.77773181.8182
SAWTELL0.77773175.4386
HIGGINS0.77773163.7666
SPILLETT0.77773149.2537
LAURANCE0.77773147.0588
SEALY0.77773143.8849
CHICK0.77773141.5094
TOOZE0.77773133.3333
TROLLOPE0.77773122.6994
CORP0.77773116.2791
GILLET0.77773112.3596
HINCH0.77773111.1111
CASTLE0.77773104.1667
MINES0.77773104.1667
TALBOT0.77773103.9501
NEVILLE0.7777397.9325
GILHAM0.7777388.4956
LOCKE0.7777386.4553
BRAIN0.7777384.4391
SALWAY0.7777381.3008
LUFF0.7777380.3213
SOMERS0.7777376.3359
ERRINGTON0.7777369.6056
FUDGE0.7777369.2042
HADDOCK0.7777360.4839
PIKE0.7777357.8549
WITHERS0.7777355.2050

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 773 people called SANES in Butleigh 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 20000.0000 in Butleigh means that 20000.0000% of the people in Butleigh on census day were called SANES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SANES 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 SANES 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 SANES 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 SANES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.77 in Butleigh means that you are 0.77 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SANES in Butleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Butleigh in 1881

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

ACKEMAN (1)  ADDICOTT (5)  ALLEN (16)  ANDREWS (5)  ARTHUR (1)  BAKER (4)  BARBER (7)  BARNETT (3)  BAULCH (2)  BENNETT (1)  BEAVEN (1)  BIRCH (11)  BLAKE (2)  BLACKER (7)  BOND (3)  BRAIN (7)  BRIST (1)  BRITTON (3)  BROOM (3)  BRICE (1)  BURGE (1)  BUTCHER (1)  BUTT (1)  BUXTON (2)  CASTLE (16)  CHALKE (2)  CHANDLER (1)  CHANTOR (2)  CHARLTON (6)  CHICK (6)  CLARKE (3)  CLASSEY (5)  CLIFFORD (1)  COOKE (4)  COOK (1)  COOMBES (1)  COOPER (1)  CORP (1)  COX (2)  CRAFT (17)  CROOM (3)  CONNOCK (3)  DAVIS (41)  DIMMICK (8)  DOBIN (1)  DUFFILL (7)  DANFORD (2)  DUNKERTON (7)  DUNTON (3)  DYER (8)  DIMENT (2)  EARL (1)  EADES (10)  ERRINGTON (3)  FISH (1)  FRY (1)  FUDGE (2)  GARE (2)  GILBERT (3)  GILL (1)  GILHAM (2)  GILLET (1)  GOUMORE (1)  GRABURN (1)  GRANT (3)  GRENVILLE (2)  HADDOCK (3)  HANNOM OR HAMNAM (2)  HANN (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HEAL (8)  HICKMAN (4)  HIGGINS (64)  HILL (1)  HILLIAR (1)  HINCH (1)  HOARE (2)  HOCKEY (5)  HODDINOTT (4)  HODDINOT (3)  HODGBIN (1)  HODGES (11)  HOWARD (2)  JAMES (8)  GANE (1)  JONES (2)  KILLEN (5)  KNIGHT (9)  LATCHAM (2)  LAURANCE (3)  LYE (16)  LOCKE (6)  LOCK (2)  LONG (1)  LOOK (16)  LUCAS (1)  LUFF (4)  MAIDMENT (4)  MERRIOTT (1)  MARTIN (5)  MASTERS (7)  MATHEWS (5)  MAY (2)  MC NAMARA (5)  MILLARD (5)  MILLS (1)  MINES (1)  MOOR (1)  NEVILLE (9)  NEWPORT (2)  NORRIS (7)  OLDISH (1)  ORAM (11)  PENFOLD (2)  PEPPERELL (4)  PERIAM (3)  PIKE (13)  PRINCE (3)  RAYS (9)  RADDFORD (2)  RADNIDGE (1)  REEVES (1)  READ (2)  REYNOLDS (5)  RICHARDS (5)  RYDER (1)  RIDLER (1)  ROSE (3)  RYALL (3)  RYAL (1)  SANES (2)  SALWAY (1)  SAWTELL (1)  SEABRIGHT (2)  SEALY (2)  SILCOX (2)  SYMES (1)  SPILLETT (1)  STACEY (7)  STEPHENS (7)  STEVENS (2)  STOCK (1)  SOMERS (2)  TALBOT (20)  TAYLOR (6)  TOWELL (1)  TOOZE (1)  TOWNING (1)  TRASK (5)  TRIPICK (2)  TROLLOPE (2)  TUCKER (8)  TURNER (21)  VINCENT (8)  WALTER (2)  WARBURTON (1)  WARE (1)  WASON (7)  WEBB (11)  WEAVER (3)  WEBBER (1)  WEECH (6)  WEEKS (1)  WHEELER (2)  WITCOMBE (1)  WHITE (8)  WICTOMBE (1)  WILCOX (8)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIS (4)  WILMOT (2)  WINDSOR (1)  WINGATE (5)  WITHERS (7)  WOOLLEY (1)