Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chewton Mendip, Somerset

Chewton Mendip 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
CHURCH536.8123312.32
PEARCE293.727540.58
CLAVEY263.341910,400.00
CURTIS263.341958.89
SPEED222.8278352.00
WATTS212.699232.19
HOUSE212.6992207.51
SHEPPARD192.442270.50
PAYNE182.313625.71
GARDINER141.799562.61
VOWELS141.79955,000.00
LOXTON121.54241,263.16
CHAPPELL121.542491.46
KEEN121.542476.97
GILL121.542421.80
SMITH111.41391.00
MOODY101.285349.21
WAREHAM101.2853229.89
BATTLE101.2853420.17
RENDALL91.1568217.92
YORK91.156887.55
STICKLER81.02831,250.00
BROWN81.02831.56
COOK81.02835.18
WEAVER70.899734.60
WALKER70.89972.69
DURBIN70.8997476.19
ROBBINS70.899757.52
FORD70.89979.24
CARTER60.77124.59
ADAMS60.77125.23
KEELING60.771288.37
BATT60.7712113.85
DYER60.771219.91
DOWLING60.771269.61
FLOWER60.771278.95
WILLCOX60.7712142.86
BAKER60.77123.52
PENNY60.771243.35
FOOT50.642764.85
TUCKER50.642711.61
BURGESS50.64279.25
GREEN50.64272.28
MORTIMORE50.6427170.65
PICKERING50.642717.81
SHEPPERD50.6427148.37
BANWELL40.5141347.83
BENNETT40.51413.13
COLLIS40.514149.75
MONTEITH40.5141193.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CLAVEY0.7877810400.0000
VOWELS0.787785000.0000
LOXTON0.787781263.1579
STICKLER0.787781250.0000
BARFF0.78778666.6667
CROOM0.78778666.6667
DUDDEN0.78778588.2353
DURBIN0.78778476.1905
PLENTY0.78778444.4444
BATTLE0.78778420.1681
SPEED0.78778352.0000
BANWELL0.78778347.8261
CHURCH0.78778312.3159
WHEADON0.78778253.1646
WAREHAM0.78778229.8851
RENDALL0.78778217.9177
HOUSE0.78778207.5099
MONTEITH0.78778193.2367
MORTIMORE0.78778170.6485
SHEPPERD0.78778148.3680
WILLCOX0.78778142.8571
DOCKERTY0.78778128.2051
MELLISH0.78778121.2121
BATT0.78778113.8520
GARRET0.78778101.0101
SELWAY0.7877896.1538
CHAPPELL0.7877891.4634
KEELING0.7877888.3652
YORK0.7877887.5486
HOCKEY0.7877884.3882
FLOWER0.7877878.9474
KEEN0.7877876.9724
BENDALL0.7877870.6714
SHEPPARD0.7877870.5009
DOWLING0.7877869.6056
SPEARING0.7877867.1141
FOOT0.7877864.8508
GARDINER0.7877862.6118
CURTIS0.7877858.8901
MAGGS0.7877857.5816
ROBBINS0.7877857.5185
THATCHER0.7877855.9441
DART0.7877855.2486
PHILPOTT0.7877850.3356
COLLIS0.7877849.7512
MOODY0.7877849.2126
CLANCY0.7877844.0529
PENNY0.7877843.3526
PAIN0.7877842.9185
PEARCE0.7877840.5765

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 778 people called CLAVEY in Chewton Mendip 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 10400.0000 in Chewton Mendip means that 10400.0000% of the people in Chewton Mendip on census day were called CLAVEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CLAVEY 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 CLAVEY 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 CLAVEY 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 CLAVEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.78 in Chewton Mendip means that you are 0.78 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CLAVEY in Chewton Mendip than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chewton Mendip in 1881

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

ADAMS (6)  BAKER (6)  BALL (2)  BANWELL (4)  BARFF (2)  BATT (6)  BENDALL (2)  BENNETT (4)  BEASANT (1)  BATTLE (10)  BISHOP (2)  BLAINNY (1)  BOYLE (1)  BRAY (2)  BROWN (8)  BURGESS (5)  CARTER (6)  CASSAN (1)  CHAPPELL (12)  CHISLETT (1)  CHURCH (53)  CLANCY (1)  CLAVEY (26)  CLAYHILLS (1)  COLLIS (4)  COOK (8)  COX (1)  CROOM (3)  CURTIS (26)  DALLIMORE (2)  DALIMORE (1)  DARBY (1)  DART (2)  DOCKERTY (1)  DOWLING (6)  DUDDEN (2)  DURBIN (7)  DYER (6)  EDDYNEW (2)  ENGLAND (2)  FLOWER (6)  FOOT (5)  FORD (7)  GARDINER (14)  GARRET (1)  GAIT (6)  GIBLETT (2)  GILL (12)  GOATER (1)  GOULD (1)  GRACE (3)  GREEN (5)  HEARSE (1)  HARRIS (3)  HARES (16)  HART (1)  HEAL (1)  HILL (1)  HIPPISLEY (1)  HOCKEY (2)  HABGOOD (9)  HOUSE (21)  HEWISH (12)  JAMES (1)  JEWELL (1)  JONES (1)  KEELING (6)  KEEN (12)  LEWIS (3)  LOXTON (12)  MAJOR (1)  MANING (1)  MARMENT (1)  MAYS (1)  MAGGS (3)  MIDDLE (13)  MILLARD (1)  MELLISH (2)  MILLS (3)  MONTEITH (4)  MOODY (10)  MORTIMORE (5)  MOULD (1)  NASH (1)  ORAM (1)  PALMER (1)  PAYNE (18)  PAIN (3)  PEARCE (29)  PENNY (6)  PERKINS (1)  PHILPOTT (3)  PICKERING (5)  PLENTY (2)  PRAGNELL (1)  RADFORD (2)  RENDALL (9)  RANDALL (1)  RIDLEY (2)  ROBBINS (7)  ROYNON (10)  RUDLING (2)  SAGE (1)  SALVIDGE (9)  SELWAY (2)  SHEPPERD (5)  SHEPPARD (19)  SHEPHERD (2)  SIMMONS (2)  SYMES (2)  SMITH (11)  SPARKS (1)  SPEARING (1)  SPEED (22)  SPERRING (2)  SPICER (2)  STEPHENS (2)  STICKLER (8)  STOKES (3)  TAYLOR (1)  THATCHER (4)  TOTTLE (1)  TREDAWAY (8)  TUCKER (5)  UPHILL (12)  VEALE (1)  VOWELS (14)  WALKER (7)  WAREHAM (10)  WATTS (21)  WEAVER (7)  WHEADON (2)  WHITE (1)  WILLCOX (6)  WILCOX (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILTSHIRE (1)  WOOKEY (7)  WRIGHT (3)  WYATT (1)  YORK (9)  YUMP (5)