Top surnames from the 1881 census in Long Sutton, Somerset

Long Sutton 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
COX495.593636.91
BURT364.1096173.08
POPE353.9954115.93
HUNT333.767128.36
WESTLAKE323.6530504.73
SQUIRE222.5114211.74
RICHARDS202.283115.12
BRYANT202.283153.43
WILLIAMS182.05482.86
PALMER182.054817.43
DYER171.940650.10
WEST161.826518.97
HOWE161.826546.51
SCRIVEN151.7123340.14
TUCKER151.712330.95
CULLEN151.712397.72
HOLLAND141.598222.45
BENNETT131.48409.03
LAVIS131.4840769.23
HORSEY111.2557687.50
SAMS111.2557575.92
KIDDLE111.2557578.95
GOODING101.1416134.95
DAVID91.027498.68
SMALL91.027440.50
MATTHEWS91.027411.78
GRINTER91.0274873.79
WHITE80.91322.84
SIMS80.913230.46
BICKNELL80.9132229.23
LYE70.7991295.36
BURFORD70.7991143.15
JAMES70.79914.07
MITCHELL70.79913.94
CLARK70.79912.66
REDWOOD70.7991295.36
STUCKEY70.7991351.76
WORNER70.79911,458.33
BOWN60.6849123.97
PARSONS60.68499.02
WARBURTON60.684927.76
ANDREWS50.57085.96
EVANS50.57081.31
WOOL50.57081,666.67
PERRIN50.570855.74
PATTEN50.570890.91
HATCHER50.570897.28
JEANES50.5708349.65
LAVER40.4566118.69
CALLOW40.456673.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WOOL0.888761666.6667
WORNER0.888761458.3333
GRINTER0.88876873.7864
BOICE0.88876833.3333
LAVIS0.88876769.2308
HORSEY0.88876687.5000
KIDDLE0.88876578.9474
SAMS0.88876575.9162
WESTLAKE0.88876504.7319
DINHAM0.88876430.1075
STUCKEY0.88876351.7588
JEANES0.88876349.6503
SCRIVEN0.88876340.1361
BEEL0.88876317.4603
LYE0.88876295.3586
REDWOOD0.88876295.3586
VILE0.88876264.9007
DOWNTON0.88876242.4242
BICKNELL0.88876229.2264
SQUIRE0.88876211.7421
GOODEN0.88876202.0202
COLMER0.88876198.0198
BURT0.88876173.0769
OBORNE0.88876161.2903
BURFORD0.88876143.1493
GOODING0.88876134.9528
MEAKER0.88876133.3333
BOWN0.88876123.9669
LAVER0.88876118.6944
POPE0.88876115.9324
DAVID0.8887698.6842
CULLEN0.8887697.7199
HATCHER0.8887697.2763
PATTEN0.8887690.9091
TAMS0.8887686.9565
HOCKEY0.8887674.9064
CALLOW0.8887673.6648
PERRIN0.8887655.7414
BRYANT0.8887653.4331
DYER0.8887650.1032
SNOOK0.8887648.5437
HOWE0.8887646.5116
SMALL0.8887640.5041
COX0.8887636.9087
BARRINGTON0.8887635.0877
KNAPP0.8887633.5008
GILLETT0.8887632.4324
BOLT0.8887631.5956
VICKERY0.8887631.4465
TUCKER0.8887630.9470

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 876 people called WOOL in Long Sutton 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 1666.6667 in Long Sutton means that 1666.6667% of the people in Long Sutton on census day were called WOOL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WOOL 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 WOOL 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 WOOL 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 WOOL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.88 in Long Sutton means that you are 0.88 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WOOL in Long Sutton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Long Sutton in 1881

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

ANDREWS (5)  BAKER (2)  BARRINGTON (1)  BEEL (2)  BEATON (1)  BENNETT (13)  BICKNELL (8)  BISHOP (2)  BOLT (2)  BOND (4)  BOWN (6)  BOICE (1)  BRIDLE (5)  BROWN (2)  BRYANT (20)  BURFORD (7)  BURT (36)  CALLOW (4)  CASSINO (1)  CATTLE (1)  CHISLETT (7)  CLARK (7)  CLEMENTS (2)  COLLINS (1)  COOPER (2)  COSSINS (11)  COZENS (1)  COX (49)  CULLEN (15)  CULLIFORD (6)  KEIRLE (8)  DAVID (9)  DINHAM (4)  DOWNTON (4)  DUNN (1)  DUNSTAN (1)  DYER (17)  EDMONDSON (1)  ENGLAND (1)  EVANS (5)  FARMER (2)  FLEET (1)  FOWLER (1)  FREEMAN (1)  FRY (2)  GALE (1)  COLMER (2)  GAYLARD (6)  GILLARD (1)  GILLETT (3)  GLOVER (1)  GODFREY (1)  GOODEN (2)  GOODING (10)  JORDAN (1)  GRINTER (9)  HARRIS (1)  HATCHER (5)  HILL (2)  HOCKEY (2)  HOLLAND (14)  HORSEY (11)  HOWE (16)  HOLE (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUNT (33)  INDOE (3)  JAGO (1)  JAMES (7)  JEANES (5)  JOHNSON (2)  KIDDLE (11)  LAVIS (13)  LYE (7)  LAVER (4)  LOCK (2)  MEAKER (1)  MASTERS (3)  MATTHEWS (9)  MITCHELL (7)  MITCHOLE (1)  MUNCKTON (7)  MOUNTER (1)  KNAPP (2)  NEEDHAM (1)  OBORNE (1)  PALMER (18)  PARSONS (6)  PATTEN (5)  PURSEY (7)  PERRAM (3)  PERRIN (5)  PETTY (1)  PIDDLE (6)  PITT (1)  POLLARD (1)  POPE (35)  REDWOOD (7)  RICHARDS (20)  SAMPSON (2)  SAMS (11)  SCRIVEN (15)  SEARLE (1)  SILLARS (2)  SYMONDS (1)  SIMS (8)  SMALL (9)  SNOOK (3)  SQUIRE (22)  STEVENS (2)  STUCKEY (7)  SWATRIDGE (9)  TAME (3)  TAMS (1)  TATCHELL (13)  THOMPSON (1)  TOWNING (9)  TUCKER (15)  VICKERY (2)  VIGAR (4)  VILE (4)  WALTERS (1)  WARBURTON (6)  WARBUTTON (14)  WORNER (7)  WARRY (5)  WEBB (1)  WEST (16)  WESTLAKE (32)  WHITE (8)  WILDERN (9)  WILLIAMS (18)  WOOD (2)  WOOL (5)