Top surnames from the 1881 census in Oake, Somerset

Oake 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
LOCK87.2727255.59
ELLIOTT76.363675.03
CHAPLIN76.3636443.04
HAWKINS65.454575.38
WESTCOTT54.5455684.93
FRY54.5455142.05
MANLY54.54553,125.00
LOVELL54.5455217.39
UPHAM43.63642,857.14
HUTCHINGS43.6364193.24
SUMMERS43.6364129.87
REDWOOD43.63641,333.33
BURCH32.7273361.45
CALWAY32.72736,000.00
BAKER21.81828.30
SLOCOMBE21.8182571.43
BLACKMORE21.8182126.58
STACEY10.909140.49
SEAMON10.90915,000.00
PRING10.9091200.00
BOWERMAN10.9091303.03
HAWKIN10.9091416.67
FOURACRE10.9091909.09
REES10.909110.45
DUNN10.909110.93
HARRIS10.90913.58
SLAPE10.90913,333.33
FORWARD10.9091322.58
CHORLEY10.9091270.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CALWAY0.111106000.0000
SEAMON0.111105000.0000
SLAPE0.111103333.3333
MANLY0.111103125.0000
UPHAM0.111102857.1429
REDWOOD0.111101333.3333
FOURACRE0.11110909.0909
WESTCOTT0.11110684.9315
SLOCOMBE0.11110571.4286
CHAPLIN0.11110443.0380
HAWKIN0.11110416.6667
BURCH0.11110361.4458
FORWARD0.11110322.5806
BOWERMAN0.11110303.0303
CHORLEY0.11110270.2703
LOCK0.11110255.5911
LOVELL0.11110217.3913
PRING0.11110200.0000
HUTCHINGS0.11110193.2367
FRY0.11110142.0455
SUMMERS0.11110129.8701
BLACKMORE0.11110126.5823
HAWKINS0.1111075.3769
ELLIOTT0.1111075.0268
STACEY0.1111040.4858
DUNN0.1111010.9290
REES0.1111010.4493
BAKER0.111108.2988
HARRIS0.111103.5765

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 110 people called CALWAY in Oake 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 6000.0000 in Oake means that 6000.0000% of the people in Oake on census day were called CALWAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CALWAY 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 CALWAY 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 CALWAY 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 CALWAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Oake means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CALWAY in Oake than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Oake in 1881

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

ARLETT (2)  BAKER (2)  BEEDELL (1)  BERE (1)  BURCH (3)  BLACKMORE (2)  BOWERMAN (1)  BROFIND OR BROFIRD (4)  CALWAY (3)  CATTLE (6)  CHAPLIN (7)  CHORLEY (1)  CONNIBEER (3)  DUNN (1)  ELLIOTT (7)  FORWARD (1)  FOURACRE (1)  FRY (5)  GREENSLADE (3)  HARRIS (1)  HAWKINS (6)  HAWKIN (1)  HUTCHINGS (4)  LOCK (8)  LOVELL (5)  MANLY (5)  PRING (1)  REDWOOD (4)  REES (1)  SEAMON (1)  SHAPLAND (1)  SLAPE (1)  SLOCOMBE (2)  STACEY (1)  SUMMERS (4)  TABLYN (1)  UPHAM (4)  WESTCOTT (5)