Top surnames from the 1881 census in Downhead, Somerset

Downhead 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
BRITTEN2312.92133,239.44
LANE168.9888130.40
GREEN137.303425.94
GIBBS95.0562102.97
DUCK95.0562937.50
HOPES95.05623,750.00
BURTON95.056259.37
LEWIS84.494417.09
BARBER73.932665.36
ROSSITER63.3708535.71
HUNTLEY63.3708480.00
EARLE52.8090450.45
HUGHES42.24728.02
EARL42.2472171.67
DAY42.247223.87
SMART31.685437.04
TANN21.1236740.74
SMITH21.12360.80
ASHFORD10.561856.82
PADFIELD10.5618212.77
COLLYER10.561890.91
JAMES10.56182.86
BATTEN10.561860.98
STONE10.56187.77
DENNING10.5618147.06
PARSONS10.56187.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOPES0.181783750.0000
BRITTEN0.181783239.4366
DUCK0.18178937.5000
TANN0.18178740.7407
ROSSITER0.18178535.7143
HUNTLEY0.18178480.0000
EARLE0.18178450.4505
PADFIELD0.18178212.7660
EARL0.18178171.6738
DENNING0.18178147.0588
LANE0.18178130.3993
GIBBS0.18178102.9748
COLLYER0.1817890.9091
BARBER0.1817865.3595
BATTEN0.1817860.9756
BURTON0.1817859.3668
ASHFORD0.1817856.8182
SMART0.1817837.0370
GREEN0.1817825.9377
DAY0.1817823.8663
LEWIS0.1817817.0940
HUGHES0.181788.0192
STONE0.181787.7700
PARSONS0.181787.3964
JAMES0.181782.8604
SMITH0.181780.7958

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 178 people called HOPES in Downhead 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 3750.0000 in Downhead means that 3750.0000% of the people in Downhead on census day were called HOPES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOPES 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 HOPES 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 HOPES 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 HOPES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Downhead means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOPES in Downhead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Downhead in 1881

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

ASHFORD (1)  BARBER (7)  BATTEN (1)  BRITTEN (23)  BURTON (9)  COLLYER (1)  DAY (4)  DENNING (1)  DUCK (9)  DIRHAM (1)  EARLE (5)  EARL (4)  GAITE (1)  GIBBS (9)  GREEN (13)  HURLE (2)  HOPES (9)  HUGHES (4)  HUNTLEY (6)  JAMES (1)  LANE (16)  LEWIS (8)  LIDBURY (3)  METHUEN (7)  PADFIELD (1)  PARSONS (1)  POTTECARY (6)  ROSSITER (6)  SEAGRIN (5)  SEVIOUR (4)  SMART (3)  SMITH (2)  STONE (1)  TANN (2)  TIDBURY (1)  WILLMOT (1)