Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitestauton, Somerset

Whitestauton 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
BERRY188.6538109.09
KNIGHT188.653870.20
PIKE157.2115247.93
PRINCE136.2500276.60
MULLETT94.32691,384.62
SPARKS94.3269286.62
HAWKINS83.846253.12
HARRIS83.846215.13
SUMMERS73.3654120.07
FRENCH62.884659.11
COLEMAN62.884657.86
FOLLETT62.88461,250.00
COOK62.884614.52
HUISH62.88461,935.48
DUCK62.8846535.71
LONG62.884644.48
PRING52.4038526.32
CARTWRIGHT41.923150.44
WALE31.4423300.00
BISHOP31.442320.65
PAVEY31.4423337.08
BALLEN20.96155,000.00
COOMBS20.961556.82
BATTEN20.9615104.17
COLLINS20.96156.70
PLAYER10.4808125.00
PARSONS10.48086.33
MANNING10.480815.13
BROOMFIELD10.480871.43
MAJOR10.480835.59
CLARKE10.48082.37
BARTLETT10.480810.98
MILES10.48088.15
WARREN10.48087.19
HILL10.48081.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BALLEN0.212085000.0000
HUISH0.212081935.4839
MULLETT0.212081384.6154
FOLLETT0.212081250.0000
DUCK0.21208535.7143
PRING0.21208526.3158
PAVEY0.21208337.0787
WALE0.21208300.0000
SPARKS0.21208286.6242
PRINCE0.21208276.5957
PIKE0.21208247.9339
PLAYER0.21208125.0000
SUMMERS0.21208120.0686
BERRY0.21208109.0909
BATTEN0.21208104.1667
BROOMFIELD0.2120871.4286
KNIGHT0.2120870.2028
FRENCH0.2120859.1133
COLEMAN0.2120857.8592
COOMBS0.2120856.8182
HAWKINS0.2120853.1208
CARTWRIGHT0.2120850.4414
LONG0.2120844.4774
MAJOR0.2120835.5872
BISHOP0.2120820.6469
HARRIS0.2120815.1343
MANNING0.2120815.1286
COOK0.2120814.5208
BARTLETT0.2120810.9769
MILES0.212088.1500
WARREN0.212087.1891
COLLINS0.212086.7002
PARSONS0.212086.3291
CLARKE0.212082.3725
HILL0.212081.8875

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 208 people called BALLEN in Whitestauton 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 5000.0000 in Whitestauton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Whitestauton on census day were called BALLEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BALLEN 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 BALLEN 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 BALLEN 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 BALLEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Whitestauton means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BALLEN in Whitestauton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitestauton in 1881

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

BALLEN (2)  BARTLETT (1)  BATTEN (2)  BERRY (18)  BISHOP (3)  BROOMFIELD (1)  CARTWRIGHT (4)  CLARKE (1)  COLEMAN (6)  COLLINS (2)  COOK (6)  COOMBS (2)  CULMSTOCK (1)  DUCK (6)  FOLLETT (6)  FRENCH (6)  HARRIS (8)  HAWKINS (8)  HILL (1)  HODDICK (1)  HUISH (6)  KNIGHT (18)  LONG (6)  LOOSEMORE (4)  LOCOCK (4)  MAJOR (1)  MANNING (1)  MILES (1)  MOLLICK (6)  MULLETT (9)  PARSONS (1)  PAVEY (3)  PIKE (15)  PILTON (4)  PLAYER (1)  PRIDDEAX (1)  PRINCE (13)  PRING (5)  SPARKS (9)  SUMMERS (7)  WALE (3)  WARREN (1)  WARRY (1)  WILLMINGTON (3)