Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fitzhead, Somerset

Fitzhead 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
CRIDDLE186.79254,090.91
SLOCOMBE155.66041,764.71
CREWS114.15092,340.43
CHORLEY93.39621,000.00
VENN83.0189666.67
CROCKER83.0189224.72
ASH72.6415159.82
BELLAMY62.2642155.44
SPRATT62.2642408.16
BAKER62.264210.33
STONE51.886826.10
SHEARS51.8868427.35
GRIFFIN51.886840.10
WYATT51.886864.35
BETTY41.50941,250.00
COMINS41.50943,076.92
POLE41.5094487.80
COLLARD41.5094248.45
DAVIS41.50946.87
THRESHER41.50941,333.33
CORNER41.5094207.25
CROSS31.132116.45
BROMFIELD31.1321483.87
PAVEY31.1321265.49
BENNETT31.13216.89
BISHOP31.132116.20
HANCOCK20.754716.58
POOLE20.754715.66
PAYNE20.75478.39
BOSLEY20.7547322.58
GIBBONS20.754723.47
CLAPP20.7547202.02
RICHARDS20.75475.00
VICKERY20.7547104.17
WILLS10.377412.63
COLES10.377410.83
SAUNDERS10.37744.12
GADD10.377456.50
WELSH10.37749.53
NEWTON10.37744.92
BARNES10.37743.13
WHITE10.37741.17
CLEMENTS10.377411.38
ROWEN10.3774370.37
DOBLE10.3774131.58
WEBBER10.377412.35
CHAPPELL10.377422.37
VALENTINE10.377429.41
COURT10.377429.67
HOOPER10.37748.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CRIDDLE0.272654090.9091
COMINS0.272653076.9231
CREWS0.272652340.4255
SLOCOMBE0.272651764.7059
THRESHER0.272651333.3333
BETTY0.272651250.0000
CHORLEY0.272651000.0000
VENN0.27265666.6667
POLE0.27265487.8049
BROMFIELD0.27265483.8710
SHEARS0.27265427.3504
SPRATT0.27265408.1633
ROWEN0.27265370.3704
BOSLEY0.27265322.5806
PHILPS0.27265303.0303
PAVEY0.27265265.4867
COLLARD0.27265248.4472
CROCKER0.27265224.7191
CORNER0.27265207.2539
CLAPP0.27265202.0202
ASH0.27265159.8174
BELLAMY0.27265155.4404
SELLICK0.27265140.8451
DOBLE0.27265131.5789
VICKERY0.27265104.1667
WESTERN0.2726590.0901
WYATT0.2726564.3501
GADD0.2726556.4972
GRIFFIN0.2726540.0962
COURT0.2726529.6736
VALENTINE0.2726529.4118
STONE0.2726526.0960
GIBBONS0.2726523.4742
CHAPPELL0.2726522.3714
HANCOCK0.2726516.5837
CROSS0.2726516.4474
BISHOP0.2726516.1987
POOLE0.2726515.6617
WILLS0.2726512.6263
WEBBER0.2726512.3457
CLEMENTS0.2726511.3766
COLES0.2726510.8342
BAKER0.2726510.3324
WELSH0.272659.5329
HOOPER0.272658.9127
PAYNE0.272658.3857
NORMAN0.272658.1433
BENNETT0.272656.8886
DAVIS0.272656.8693
RICHARDS0.272654.9975

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 265 people called CRIDDLE in Fitzhead 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 4090.9091 in Fitzhead means that 4090.9091% of the people in Fitzhead on census day were called CRIDDLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CRIDDLE 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 CRIDDLE 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 CRIDDLE 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 CRIDDLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Fitzhead means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CRIDDLE in Fitzhead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fitzhead in 1881

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

ASH (7)  BAKER (6)  BARNES (1)  BELLAMY (6)  BENNETT (3)  BETTY (4)  BISHOP (3)  BOSLEY (2)  BROMFIELD (3)  BROWN (1)  BROWNSELL (4)  CARROT (2)  CHAPPELL (1)  CHORLEY (9)  CLAPP (2)  CLEMENTS (1)  COLES (1)  COLLARD (4)  COPESTAKE (2)  CORNER (4)  COURT (1)  CRIDDLE (18)  CROCKER (8)  CROSS (3)  CREWS (11)  CROOTE (1)  COMINS (4)  DAVIS (4)  DOBLE (1)  DULBOROUGH (5)  DYTE (5)  FISHLEIGH (6)  GADD (1)  GIBBONS (2)  GILLING LAX (2)  GILLINGLAX (6)  GREEDY (1)  GREENSLADE (9)  GRIFFIN (5)  HANCOCK (2)  HOOPER (1)  KNOLLYS (5)  MC KARTHY (1)  NEWTON (1)  NORMAN (1)  OVERMASS (2)  PAVEY (3)  PAYNE (2)  PHILPS (1)  POLE (4)  POOLE (2)  PUDDICOMBE (4)  RICHARDS (2)  ROWEN (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SELLICK (1)  SHATTOCK (1)  SHEARS (5)  SLOCOMBE (15)  SLOWMAN (1)  SPRATT (6)  STONE (5)  TEMLETT (5)  THRESHER (4)  TOWILS (5)  TROOD (4)  VALENTINE (1)  VENN (8)  VICKERY (2)  WEBBER (1)  WELSH (1)  WESTERN (1)  WHITE (1)  WILLS (1)  WYATT (5)