Top surnames from the 1881 census in High Littleton, Somerset

High Littleton 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
EVANS465.935513.58
DIX384.9032496.73
FORD253.225833.12
CARTER243.096818.45
WYATT243.0968105.59
CURTIS232.967752.30
NORRIS212.709763.08
JAMES212.709713.79
WEEKS192.4516114.53
CHIVERS162.0645233.92
TUCKER151.935534.97
COX151.935512.77
DANDO131.6774454.55
BROOKS121.548415.84
MARCHANT121.548499.83
SMITH111.41941.01
CLEAVES101.29032,500.00
MAGGS101.2903192.68
WALL101.290336.90
SAGE91.1613130.62
COWEN81.0323188.24
WARE81.032362.79
PERRY81.032314.04
JANES81.0323160.64
RAWLINGS81.032370.61
ASHMAN81.0323159.05
SLADE70.903245.28
CROSS70.903213.13
ROWSELL70.9032424.24
CRICK70.9032151.19
DOMAN60.7742833.33
HICKS60.774218.50
BLAKE60.774215.98
PARKER60.77424.07
BANFIELD60.7742169.49
BLACKER60.7742237.15
HAINES60.774233.43
HIGGINS60.774215.31
LAWRENCE50.64529.93
BRICE50.645278.25
HULL50.645230.86
CRAY50.6452335.57
PACKWOOD50.6452318.47
TAYLOR50.64521.01
HAYWARD50.645215.13
ELMAN50.645212,500.00
HAM50.645285.91
BAKER40.51612.36
HEAL40.516196.85
WILKINS40.516111.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELMAN0.7877512500.0000
CLEAVES0.787752500.0000
VEATER0.78775909.0909
DOMAN0.78775833.3333
AGNES0.78775625.0000
DIX0.78775496.7320
DANDO0.78775454.5455
ROWSELL0.78775424.2424
CRAY0.78775335.5705
PACKWOOD0.78775318.4713
STREETON0.78775312.5000
PRIDDY0.78775306.1224
DUDDEN0.78775294.1176
BLACKER0.78775237.1542
CHIVERS0.78775233.9181
MAGGS0.78775192.6782
COWEN0.78775188.2353
BANFIELD0.78775169.4915
JANES0.78775160.6426
ASHMAN0.78775159.0457
PITTMAN0.78775157.8947
CRICK0.78775151.1879
SAGE0.78775130.6241
KINGMAN0.78775120.4819
WEEKS0.78775114.5268
WYATT0.78775105.5873
MARCHANT0.7877599.8336
HEAL0.7877596.8523
WILLCOX0.7877595.6938
MANLY0.7877586.2069
BEVANS0.7877586.2069
HAM0.7877585.9107
HANNEY0.7877580.6452
BRICE0.7877578.2473
TUFFIN0.7877576.9231
RAWLINGS0.7877570.6090
BURR0.7877564.2055
NORRIS0.7877563.0820
WARE0.7877562.7943
NELMES0.7877557.8035
TILEY0.7877552.6316
CURTIS0.7877552.2965
TAYLER0.7877546.9484
SLADE0.7877545.2781
WALL0.7877536.9004
TUCKER0.7877534.9732
HAINES0.7877533.4262
FORD0.7877533.1170
HULL0.7877530.8642
DOWNS0.7877529.0276

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 775 people called ELMAN in High Littleton 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 12500.0000 in High Littleton means that 12500.0000% of the people in High Littleton on census day were called ELMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELMAN 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 ELMAN 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 ELMAN 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 ELMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.78 in High Littleton means that you are 0.78 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELMAN in High Littleton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in High Littleton in 1881

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

AGNES (1)  ANGILL (8)  ASHMAN (8)  BACON (4)  BAKER (4)  BANFIELD (6)  BARBER (2)  BARTLETT (1)  BATH (1)  BATT (1)  BEACHIM (3)  BENNETT (1)  BEVANS (1)  BIRD (2)  BLAKE (6)  BLACKER (6)  BLANNING (3)  BLINMAN (7)  BRIMBLE (17)  BRISTOW (3)  BROOKS (12)  BROWN (1)  BRYANT (1)  BRICE (5)  BURR (4)  BURRIDGE (1)  BUTLER (2)  CANTLE (4)  CARTER (24)  CHARD (1)  CHIVERS (16)  CLEAVES (10)  CLEAVEY (1)  COBB (2)  COLLINS (3)  COWEN (8)  COX (15)  CRAY (5)  CRICK (7)  CROSS (7)  CURTIS (23)  DANDO (13)  DIX (38)  DOMAN (6)  DOWLING (1)  DOWNS (4)  DUDDEN (1)  ELMAN (5)  EVANS (46)  FORD (25)  FOX (4)  GAIT (1)  GREEN (2)  GULLOCK (2)  GULLIFORD (1)  GULLUCK (2)  HALL (4)  HALLETT (1)  HAM (5)  HANNEY (1)  HARRISON (3)  HAYES (1)  HAINES (6)  HAYWARD (5)  HEAL (4)  HIBBERD (1)  HICKS (6)  HIGGINS (6)  HOARE (1)  HULL (5)  HUNT (4)  HURST (1)  HUTTON (2)  JAMES (21)  JANES (8)  KEMP (1)  KINGMAN (1)  LANCASHIRE (1)  LAURENCE (3)  LAWRENCE (5)  LEWIS (1)  MANLY (1)  MARCHANT (12)  MARTIN (1)  MASTERS (1)  MAGGS (10)  MCKENLY (1)  MELHUISH (8)  MINAL (6)  MOON (1)  MORRIS (3)  NELMES (1)  NORRIS (21)  NORTH (1)  OAKLEY (1)  PACKWOOD (5)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (6)  PARSONS (1)  PENNY (1)  PARRY (1)  PERRY (8)  PETERS (1)  PEATER (1)  PIKE (4)  PITTMAN (3)  PLUMMER (1)  POOLE (2)  PRIDDY (3)  RAPPS (8)  RICHARDS (1)  ROGERS (2)  RAWLINGS (8)  ROWSELL (7)  RUPES (2)  SAGE (9)  SAMPSON (1)  De CAEN (1)  SCOBELL (4)  SHANKS (1)  SHERRING (3)  SLADE (7)  SMITH (11)  STEELE (1)  STREETON (2)  TAVINER (6)  TAYLER (2)  TAYLOR (5)  TILEY (1)  TREE (5)  TUCKER (15)  TUFFIN (1)  TURNER (1)  VEATER (1)  VENTIN (1)  WALL (10)  WALTER (1)  WARE (8)  WEEKS (19)  WELCH (1)  WHITTOCK (1)  WILLCOX (4)  WILKINS (4)  WILLIAMS (2)  WOOD (1)  WYATT (24)  WAIT (1)  YORK (2)