Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chilthorne Domer, Somerset

Chilthorne Domer 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
FORTE2210.784331,428.57
MITCHELL94.411821.75
NORRIS83.921691.32
MATTHEWS83.921644.97
ELLIOTT83.921646.22
OATES62.9412188.68
SANSOM62.9412434.78
SNOOK52.4510347.22
HALLETT52.4510199.20
PICKFORD52.4510301.20
DIXON52.451022.37
PHILLIPS52.451013.70
MASTERS41.9608105.82
ROBBINS41.9608125.39
ELLIOT41.960876.92
DAY41.960820.83
RUTT41.96082,222.22
PEARSE41.9608184.33
DENNING31.4706384.62
KENNISON31.47067,500.00
HUNT31.470611.07
VILE31.4706857.14
HAM20.9804130.72
FOX20.980410.56
LITTLE20.980420.73
PERRETT20.9804196.08
TRENT20.9804689.66
LANNING20.9804769.23
SAINT10.4902161.29
CHANT10.4902117.65
WILLMOTT10.490278.13
DONNE10.4902625.00
OSBORN10.490223.58
HAYWARD10.490211.49
SHORT10.490212.55
MARSHALL10.49022.92
WARREN10.49027.33
EDWARDS10.49021.76
TAYLOR10.49020.77
HAYNES10.490213.74
CHAPPELL10.490229.07
FRANCIS10.49028.23
ROWE10.49028.63
LOCKETT10.490267.57
KING10.49022.25
DUNNING10.490257.80
PARDY10.4902555.56
HODGES10.490216.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FORTE0.2020431428.5714
KENNISON0.202047500.0000
RUTT0.202042222.2222
VILE0.20204857.1429
LANNING0.20204769.2308
TRENT0.20204689.6552
DONNE0.20204625.0000
PARDY0.20204555.5556
SANSOM0.20204434.7826
DENNING0.20204384.6154
SNOOK0.20204347.2222
PICKFORD0.20204301.2048
HALLETT0.20204199.2032
PERRETT0.20204196.0784
OATES0.20204188.6792
PEARSE0.20204184.3318
SAINT0.20204161.2903
HAM0.20204130.7190
ROBBINS0.20204125.3918
CHANT0.20204117.6471
MASTERS0.20204105.8201
NORRIS0.2020491.3242
WILLMOTT0.2020478.1250
ELLIOT0.2020476.9231
LOCKETT0.2020467.5676
DUNNING0.2020457.8035
ELLIOTT0.2020446.2161
MATTHEWS0.2020444.9691
CHAPPELL0.2020429.0698
OSBORN0.2020423.5849
DIXON0.2020422.3714
MITCHELL0.2020421.7496
DAY0.2020420.8333
LITTLE0.2020420.7254
HODGES0.2020416.7224
HAYNES0.2020413.7363
PHILLIPS0.2020413.6986
SHORT0.2020412.5471
HAYWARD0.2020411.4943
HUNT0.2020411.0742
FOX0.2020410.5597
ROWE0.202048.6281
FRANCIS0.202048.2305
WARREN0.202047.3314
MARSHALL0.202042.9223
KING0.202042.2492
EDWARDS0.202041.7590
TAYLOR0.202040.7665

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 204 people called FORTE in Chilthorne Domer 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 31428.5714 in Chilthorne Domer means that 31428.5714% of the people in Chilthorne Domer on census day were called FORTE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FORTE 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 FORTE 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 FORTE 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 FORTE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Chilthorne Domer means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FORTE in Chilthorne Domer than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chilthorne Domer in 1881

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

BENGEFIELD (2)  CHANT (1)  CHAPPELL (1)  CULLIFORD (3)  DAMPNEY (3)  DAY (4)  DENNING (3)  DIXON (5)  DONNE (1)  DUNNING (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIOT (4)  ELLIOTT (8)  FORTE (22)  FOX (2)  FRANCIS (1)  GAYLARD (8)  HALLETT (5)  HAM (2)  HAMBLING (6)  HAYNES (1)  HAYWARD (1)  HODGES (1)  HUNT (3)  KENNISON (3)  KING (1)  LANNING (2)  LITTLE (2)  LOCKETT (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MASTERS (4)  MATTHEWS (8)  MITCHELL (9)  MONTACUTE (5)  NORRIS (8)  OATES (6)  OSBORN (1)  PERRETT (2)  PEARSE (4)  PHILLIPS (5)  PICKFORD (5)  PLUCKNETT (1)  PARDY (1)  ROBBINS (4)  ROWE (1)  RUTT (4)  SAINT (1)  SANSOM (6)  SHERSTONE (3)  SHORT (1)  SNOOK (5)  TAYLOR (1)  TRENT (2)  THYER (4)  VIGAR (4)  VILE (3)  WARREN (1)  WILLMOTT (1)  WOOLMONTON (5)