Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chillington, Somerset

Chillington 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
SINGLETON229.6491487.80
HILL219.210536.16
HOOPER146.1404144.93
EDWARDS146.140422.03
BUDGE125.26321,034.48
MATHEWS125.2632142.52
MATTHEWS104.386050.28
DURRELL83.50884,444.44
BAKER73.070214.01
PEARCE73.070233.43
HOWER73.070217,500.00
PAULL62.6316759.49
LONG62.631640.57
GILL52.193031.00
RUSSELL52.193017.97
HITCHCOCK41.7544152.09
HUTCHINGS41.754493.24
HULL41.754483.86
WILLS41.754458.65
STOODLEY41.75441,379.31
WELCH31.315837.41
HARDY20.877214.64
VICKERY20.8772121.21
LEMAN20.8772571.43
GARRETT20.877238.61
LAKE20.877239.60
DEANE10.438652.63
MAJOR10.438632.47
HARRIS10.43861.73
VINCENT10.438614.06
PIKE10.438615.08
CASE10.438643.86
HIND10.438634.72
WEBBER10.438614.35
LUMBARD10.43861,000.00
SHIRE10.4386454.55
DUNSTER10.4386163.93
HOLWAY10.4386625.00
WARD10.43862.01
LORING10.4386833.33
GLISSON10.43863,333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOWER0.2322817500.0000
DURRELL0.232284444.4444
GLISSON0.232283333.3333
STOODLEY0.232281379.3103
BUDGE0.232281034.4828
LUMBARD0.232281000.0000
LORING0.23228833.3333
PAULL0.23228759.4937
HOLWAY0.23228625.0000
LEMAN0.23228571.4286
SINGLETON0.23228487.8049
SHIRE0.23228454.5455
DUNSTER0.23228163.9344
HITCHCOCK0.23228152.0913
HOOPER0.23228144.9275
MATHEWS0.23228142.5178
VICKERY0.23228121.2121
HUTCHINGS0.2322893.2401
HULL0.2322883.8574
WILLS0.2322858.6510
DEANE0.2322852.6316
MATTHEWS0.2322850.2765
CASE0.2322843.8596
LONG0.2322840.5680
LAKE0.2322839.6040
GARRETT0.2322838.6100
WELCH0.2322837.4065
HILL0.2322836.1633
HIND0.2322834.7222
PEARCE0.2322833.4288
MAJOR0.2322832.4675
GILL0.2322830.9981
EDWARDS0.2322822.0334
RUSSELL0.2322817.9662
PIKE0.2322815.0830
HARDY0.2322814.6413
WEBBER0.2322814.3472
VINCENT0.2322814.0647
BAKER0.2322814.0112
WARD0.232282.0076
HARRIS0.232281.7259

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 228 people called HOWER in Chillington 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 17500.0000 in Chillington means that 17500.0000% of the people in Chillington on census day were called HOWER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOWER 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 HOWER 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 HOWER 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 HOWER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Chillington means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOWER in Chillington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chillington in 1881

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

BAKER (7)  BUDGE (12)  DEANE (1)  DOMENY (1)  DUNSTER (1)  DURRELL (8)  EDWARDS (14)  GARRETT (2)  GILL (5)  GLISSON (1)  GUDGE (8)  HARDY (2)  HARRIS (1)  HOWER (7)  HILL (21)  HIND (1)  HITCHCOCK (4)  HOLWAY (1)  HOOPER (14)  HULL (4)  HUTCHINGS (4)  CASE (1)  LAKE (2)  LORING (1)  LEAVES (6)  LEMAN (2)  LONG (6)  LUMBARD (1)  MAJOR (1)  MARSHELSAY (2)  MATTHEWS (10)  MATHEWS (12)  PAULL (6)  PEARCE (7)  PIKE (1)  ROCKET (2)  RUSSELL (5)  SIRL (3)  SHIRE (1)  SINGLETON (22)  STOODLEY (4)  VICKERY (2)  VINCENT (1)  WARD (1)  WEBBER (1)  WELCH (3)  WHEBBY (2)  WILLS (4)