Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wootton Courtney, Somerset

Wootton Courtney 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
POPE216.3830185.19
BURNELL206.07901,015.23
COURT154.5593358.85
EAMES123.6474530.97
QUICK123.6474325.20
FAIRCHILD113.34351,486.49
ROBERTS103.03958.08
BAKER92.735612.48
BARWICK92.7356642.86
WILLIAMS82.43163.39
JENNINGS82.431647.96
REED72.127729.14
BALE61.8237242.92
LOVELACE61.82371,500.00
WINTER61.823751.41
BRANTON61.82371,016.95
HARVEY51.519814.23
FERRIS51.5198153.85
DAVIS51.51986.92
GOODING51.5198179.86
KNIGHT51.519812.33
HURFORD51.5198555.56
DOWN51.5198126.58
HILL51.51985.97
MORGAN51.51987.64
STANDEN41.2158215.05
COWLIN41.21581,333.33
HALE41.215833.87
EVANS41.21582.78
GOULD30.911925.23
BURGE30.9119126.05
BOWERING30.9119697.67
HOLE30.9119106.38
COPP30.9119285.71
BRYANT30.911921.34
WHITE20.60791.89
RICE20.607919.59
ALLEN20.60793.22
BURGESS20.60798.75
HORNE20.607927.93
PEARSE10.304028.57
ADAMS10.30402.06
STENNER10.3040344.83
COLES10.30408.73
LAWER10.3040769.23
PALMER10.30402.58
HARRIS10.30401.20
LOCK10.304010.67
WEBBER10.30409.95
COMER10.3040117.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LOVELACE0.333291500.0000
FAIRCHILD0.333291486.4865
COWLIN0.333291333.3333
BRANTON0.333291016.9492
BURNELL0.333291015.2284
LAWER0.33329769.2308
BOWERING0.33329697.6744
BARWICK0.33329642.8571
HURFORD0.33329555.5556
EAMES0.33329530.9735
COURT0.33329358.8517
STENNER0.33329344.8276
QUICK0.33329325.2033
COPP0.33329285.7143
BALE0.33329242.9150
STANDEN0.33329215.0538
POPE0.33329185.1852
GOODING0.33329179.8561
FERRIS0.33329153.8462
DOWN0.33329126.5823
BURGE0.33329126.0504
COMER0.33329117.6471
HOLE0.33329106.3830
DIBBLE0.33329105.2632
WINTER0.3332951.4139
JENNINGS0.3332947.9616
HALE0.3332933.8696
REED0.3332929.1424
PEARSE0.3332928.5714
SHORE0.3332928.2486
HORNE0.3332927.9330
GOULD0.3332925.2313
BRYANT0.3332921.3371
RICE0.3332919.5886
HARVEY0.3332914.2328
LEONARD0.3332914.0252
BAKER0.3332912.4844
KNIGHT0.3332912.3305
LOCK0.3332910.6724
WEBBER0.333299.9502
BURGESS0.333298.7527
COLES0.333298.7260
ROBERTS0.333298.0795
MORGAN0.333297.6418
DAVIS0.333296.9156
HILL0.333295.9673
WILLIAMS0.333293.3850
ALLEN0.333293.2180
FORD0.333293.1201
EVANS0.333292.7822

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 329 people called LOVELACE in Wootton Courtney 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 1500.0000 in Wootton Courtney means that 1500.0000% of the people in Wootton Courtney on census day were called LOVELACE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LOVELACE 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 LOVELACE 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 LOVELACE 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 LOVELACE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Wootton Courtney means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LOVELACE in Wootton Courtney than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wootton Courtney in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (2)  BAKER (9)  BALE (6)  BARWICK (9)  BOWERING (3)  BRANTON (6)  BRYANT (3)  BURGESS (2)  BURNELL (20)  BURGE (3)  CHIDZEY (1)  CHIMERICK (1)  CLATWORTHY (4)  COLES (1)  COMER (1)  COPP (3)  COURT (15)  COWLIN (4)  COCK (1)  CREFFIELD (1)  CRUDGE (1)  DAVIS (5)  DIBBLE (1)  DOWN (5)  EAMES (12)  EVANS (4)  FAIRCHILD (11)  FERRIS (5)  FORD (1)  GOODFORD (1)  GOODING (5)  GOULD (3)  GREENSLADE (10)  GREGERY (3)  HALE (4)  HARRIS (1)  HARVEY (5)  HILL (5)  HORNE (2)  HOLE (3)  HURFORD (5)  JENNINGS (8)  KING (1)  KNIGHT (5)  LAWER (1)  LEONARD (1)  FLOYDE (6)  LOCK (1)  LOVELACE (6)  MORGAN (5)  PALMER (1)  PEARSE (1)  POPE (21)  PRISCOTT (11)  QUICK (12)  REED (7)  RICE (2)  ROBERTS (10)  SHORE (1)  SIDERFIN (6)  STANBURY (1)  STANDEN (4)  STENNER (1)  TAKEL (7)  VAULTER (5)  WEBBER (1)  WHITE (2)  WILLIAMS (8)  WINTER (6)