1881 census place

Wellington surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wellington, 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

342 surnames are listed for Wellington, Somerset, covering 3,541 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Baker, with 147 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wellington

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	Baker	147	2.31%	10.52x
2	Hitchcock	81	1.27%	110.11x
3	Blackmore	77	1.21%	83.85x
4	Winter	71	1.11%	31.40x
5	Westcott	58	0.910%	137.60x
6	Webber	57	0.890%	29.26x
7	Davey	56	0.880%	21.36x
8	Parsons	55	0.860%	11.35x
9	Waygood	54	0.850%	1048.54x
10	Hutchings	51	0.800%	42.56x
11	Tottle	49	0.770%	762.05x
12	Stradling	48	0.750%	591.86x
13	Pyne	47	0.740%	194.30x
14	Giles	46	0.720%	18.93x
15	Bishop	44	0.690%	9.88x
16	Troake	43	0.670%	1162.16x
17	Marks	42	0.660%	32.19x
18	Thorne	42	0.660%	31.24x
19	Bowerman	38	0.600%	201.70x
20	Stephens	36	0.560%	10.17x
21	Fry	35	0.550%	17.13x
22	Vickery	35	0.550%	75.66x
23	Greedy	34	0.530%	460.08x
24	Bryant	33	0.520%	12.11x
25	Jennings	33	0.520%	10.21x
26	Radford	33	0.520%	27.29x
27	Salter	32	0.500%	21.94x
28	Manley	30	0.470%	42.01x
29	Fouracre	29	0.450%	448.22x
30	Milton	28	0.440%	31.86x
31	Toller	28	0.440%	595.74x
32	Glass	27	0.420%	40.92x
33	Holly	27	0.420%	169.07x
34	Osmond	27	0.420%	93.82x
35	Redwood	26	0.410%	150.99x
36	Woodbury	26	0.410%	462.63x
37	Cape	23	0.360%	141.36x
38	Gillard	23	0.360%	41.49x
39	Hawkings	23	0.360%	195.41x
40	Twose	23	0.360%	938.78x
41	Hines	22	0.350%	40.49x
42	Pring	22	0.350%	75.47x
43	Studley	22	0.350%	239.13x
44	Ackland	21	0.330%	100.14x
45	Chard	20	0.310%	55.52x
46	Coram	20	0.310%	248.45x
47	Holley	20	0.310%	85.18x
48	Tooze	20	0.310%	321.54x
49	Cutler	19	0.300%	23.94x
50	Jeffries	19	0.300%	23.75x
51	Alway	18	0.280%	245.90x
52	Hiles	18	0.280%	124.74x
53	Parrott	18	0.280%	24.84x
54	Slade	18	0.280%	14.15x
55	Darch	17	0.270%	144.68x
56	Loney	17	0.270%	187.43x
57	Haddon	16	0.250%	37.48x
58	Herrin	16	0.250%	449.44x
59	Shaddock	16	0.250%	469.21x
60	Shapland	16	0.250%	139.98x
61	Shopland	16	0.250%	208.88x
62	Brice	15	0.240%	28.51x
63	Chorley	15	0.240%	69.48x
64	Elworthy	15	0.240%	150.91x
65	Ferris	15	0.240%	23.80x
66	Cording	14	0.220%	189.45x
67	Cruise	14	0.220%	226.17x
68	Langham	14	0.220%	50.09x
69	Morrish	14	0.220%	55.31x
70	Southey	14	0.220%	115.80x
71	Southwood	14	0.220%	75.59x
72	Trickey	14	0.220%	153.34x
73	Cosby	13	0.200%	222.98x
74	Greenslade	13	0.200%	34.96x
75	Maunder	13	0.200%	45.20x
76	Mullins	13	0.200%	21.31x
77	Prideaux	13	0.200%	100.23x
78	Spiller	13	0.200%	35.85x
79	Thatcher	13	0.200%	22.19x
80	Thorn	13	0.200%	13.65x
81	Alderman	12	0.190%	47.89x
82	Batstone	12	0.190%	220.99x
83	Bubear	12	0.190%	839.16x
84	Clapp	12	0.190%	50.59x
85	Corner	12	0.190%	25.89x
86	Cottrell	12	0.190%	21.14x
87	Dunster	12	0.190%	69.93x
88	Ebdon	12	0.190%	172.91x
89	Kerswell	12	0.190%	157.07x
90	Buller	11	0.170%	52.83x
91	Churchill	11	0.170%	14.54x
92	Denner	11	0.170%	199.64x
93	Dinham	11	0.170%	162.00x
94	Grabham	11	0.170%	138.54x
95	Selwood	11	0.170%	64.10x
96	Shallis	11	0.170%	555.56x
97	Voisey	11	0.170%	166.16x
98	Wide	11	0.170%	400.00x
99	Wilmot	11	0.170%	25.85x
100	Chidgey	10	0.160%	112.11x