Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hemington, Somerset

Hemington 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
SWIFT223.7607121.75
WEAVER152.564198.55
HUMPHRIES132.222298.63
PRATTEN132.22222,063.49
COX122.051313.53
SEYMOUR101.709483.61
BARNES91.538512.78
WINDELL91.53859,000.00
CARTER91.53859.17
GRIST81.3675282.69
GREEN81.36754.86
WILLIS81.367525.72
SMITH81.36750.97
ATTWOOD81.3675138.17
BURGESS81.367519.69
BIGGS81.367572.53
CARY81.3675559.44
COWARD81.3675119.23
ANDREWS71.196612.49
HOLE71.1966139.44
FORWARD71.1966426.83
DOWN71.196699.72
GRAY71.19668.38
EDWARDS71.19664.29
MEADE71.1966419.16
KING71.19665.49
HOLLWAY61.02563,333.33
YORK61.025677.62
PITMAN61.0256112.36
CANDY61.0256288.46
ROSSITER61.0256163.04
HILL61.02564.03
PURNELL61.0256195.44
PEARCE50.85479.30
MATTICK50.85472,380.95
CORNISH50.854759.24
SYMES50.8547116.01
QUICK50.854776.34
MARTIN50.85473.47
FRANKLIN50.854725.73
BRICE50.8547103.52
HANDCOCK50.8547367.65
PHIPPEN50.8547694.44
WARREN50.854712.78
DANDO40.6838185.19
TAYLOR40.68381.07
OLDING40.6838353.98
TUCKER40.683812.36
HARDING40.68389.45
TILLY40.6838223.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WINDELL0.595859000.0000
STAN0.595855000.0000
HOLLWAY0.595853333.3333
MATTICK0.595852380.9524
PRATTEN0.595852063.4921
FRYAR0.595851578.9474
PHIPPEN0.59585694.4444
RHYMES0.59585625.0000
CARY0.59585559.4406
FORWARD0.59585426.8293
MEADE0.59585419.1617
HANDCOCK0.59585367.6471
OLDING0.59585353.9823
GILLING0.59585291.2621
CANDY0.59585288.4615
GRIST0.59585282.6855
TILLY0.59585223.4637
PURNELL0.59585195.4397
APPLEGATE0.59585185.1852
DANDO0.59585185.1852
MINTY0.59585172.4138
GREENLAND0.59585163.0435
ROSSITER0.59585163.0435
SAY0.59585140.8451
HOLE0.59585139.4422
BETHELL0.59585138.8889
ATTWOOD0.59585138.1693
SWIFT0.59585121.7488
COWARD0.59585119.2250
SYMES0.59585116.0093
PITMAN0.59585112.3596
BRICE0.59585103.5197
LONGMAN0.59585101.3514
DOWN0.5958599.7151
HUMPHRIES0.5958598.6343
WEAVER0.5958598.5545
AYERS0.5958585.4701
SEYMOUR0.5958583.6120
ASHMAN0.5958578.9474
MILSON0.5958578.7402
YORK0.5958577.6197
QUICK0.5958576.3359
BIGGS0.5958572.5295
CORNISH0.5958559.2417
NEWBURY0.5958556.1798
MAGGS0.5958551.0204
PERROTT0.5958549.7512
FUDGE0.5958545.8716
HAMBLIN0.5958537.7358
SPEAR0.5958536.3636

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 585 people called WINDELL in Hemington 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 9000.0000 in Hemington means that 9000.0000% of the people in Hemington on census day were called WINDELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WINDELL 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 WINDELL 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 WINDELL 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 WINDELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.59 in Hemington means that you are 0.59 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WINDELL in Hemington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hemington in 1881

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

ANDREWS (7)  ANSTY OR AUSTY (2)  APPLEGATE (2)  ARMSTRONG (3)  ASHLEY (2)  ASHMAN (3)  ATTWOOD (8)  BARNES (9)  BEACHIM (3)  BAZLEY (6)  BELLEM (1)  BENDAL (2)  BETHELL (3)  BIGGS (8)  BILLINGS (1)  BRICE (5)  BURGESS (8)  BUSH (1)  CANDY (6)  CARY (8)  CARPENTER (2)  CARTER (9)  CARTER OR EDWARDS (4)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CLARK (1)  CLEVES (7)  CORNISH (5)  COWARD (8)  COX (12)  CRADOCK (14)  CREES (6)  DANDO (4)  DAVIS (2)  DOVELL (1)  DOWN (7)  DUNN (2)  DERBIN (3)  EASTMENT (9)  EDWARDS (7)  AYERS (3)  EYERS (1)  AYRES (1)  FORWARD (7)  FRANCIS (4)  FRANKLIN (5)  FREEMAN (1)  FRYAR (3)  FUDGE (1)  GAITE (8)  GEORGE (3)  GILLING (3)  GRAY (7)  GREEN (8)  GREENLAND (3)  GREGORY (1)  GRIST (8)  HAMBLIN (1)  HAMPTIN (1)  HAMPTON (1)  HANDCOCK (5)  HANIE (1)  HARDING (4)  HAWKINS (1)  HILL (6)  HOBBS (3)  HOLDWAY (2)  HOLLWAY (6)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HOLE (7)  HUMPHRIES (13)  JAMES (1)  JANAM (3)  CAYFORD (7)  KELLY (1)  KING (7)  LIDNELL (11)  LOCK (1)  LONGMAN (3)  LOVESAY (1)  MARTIN (5)  MATTICK (5)  COLLINGS (2)  MAGGS (2)  MEADE (7)  MILSON (1)  MINTY (2)  NEWBURY (2)  OLDING (4)  PERROTT (1)  PEARCE (5)  PENNY (2)  PHIPPEN (5)  PITMAN (6)  POBJOY (1)  PRATTEN (13)  PURNELL (6)  QUICK (5)  READER (1)  RAIZEY (6)  RICH (1)  RHYMES (2)  ROSSITER (6)  RAWLINGS (1)  SERGANT (5)  SAY (2)  SEYMOUR (10)  STELLARD OR SHELLARD (2)  SHEPPARD (1)  SYMES (5)  SMITH (8)  SNOOK (1)  SPEAR (1)  STAN (1)  SWANSBURY (11)  SWIFT (22)  TAYLOR (4)  TILLY (4)  TUCKER (4)  TURNER (2)  VALLIS (3)  WALTON (2)  WARD (3)  WARREN (5)  WATTS (3)  WEAVER (15)  WEEKS (2)  WIGMORE (6)  WILKINS (3)  WILLIS (8)  WINDELL (9)  YORK (6)