1881 census place

Chewton Mendip surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Chewton Mendip, Somerset in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

42 surnames are listed for Chewton Mendip, Somerset, covering 329 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Church, with 53 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Chewton Mendip

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Church	53	6.81%	312.32x
2	Clavey	26	3.34%	10400.00x
3	Speed	22	2.83%	352.00x
4	House	21	2.70%	207.51x
5	Hares	16	2.06%	975.61x
6	Vowels	14	1.80%	5000.00x
7	Middle	13	1.67%	3421.05x
8	Hewish	12	1.54%	1904.76x
9	Loxton	12	1.54%	1263.16x
10	Uphill	12	1.54%	1621.62x
11	Battle	10	1.29%	420.17x
12	Roynon	10	1.29%	3333.33x
13	Wareham	10	1.29%	229.89x
14	Habgood	9	1.16%	588.24x
15	Rendall	9	1.16%	217.92x
16	Salvidge	9	1.16%	2812.50x
17	Stickler	8	1.03%	1250.00x
18	Durbin	7	0.900%	476.19x
19	Wookey	7	0.900%	598.29x
20	Gait	6	0.770%	810.81x
21	Shepperd	5	0.640%	148.37x
22	Banwell	4	0.510%	347.83x
23	Monteith	4	0.510%	193.24x
24	Croom	3	0.390%	666.67x
25	Barff	2	0.260%	666.67x
26	Dallimore	2	0.260%	166.67x
27	Dudden	2	0.260%	588.24x
28	Giblett	2	0.260%	298.51x
29	Mellish	2	0.260%	121.21x
30	Plenty	2	0.260%	444.44x
31	Rudling	2	0.260%	350.88x
32	Sperring	2	0.260%	162.60x
33	Wheadon	2	0.260%	253.16x
34	Beasant	1	0.130%	112.36x
35	Chislett	1	0.130%	116.28x
36	Dockerty	1	0.130%	128.21x
37	Garret	1	0.130%	101.01x
38	Goater	1	0.130%	111.11x
39	Hearse	1	0.130%	454.55x
40	Hippisley	1	0.130%	434.78x
41	Maning	1	0.130%	277.78x
42	Tottle	1	0.130%	128.21x