1881 census place

Wellow surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wellow, 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

80 surnames are listed for Wellow, Somerset, covering 596 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Veal, with 33 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wellow

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	Veal	33	2.39%	390.07x
2	Swift	27	1.95%	63.22x
3	Biggs	26	1.88%	99.73x
4	Eyles	17	1.23%	266.46x
5	Swansbury	17	1.23%	5862.07x
6	Heal	16	1.16%	217.39x
7	Holcombe	16	1.16%	744.19x
8	Milsom	16	1.16%	338.27x
9	Penny	16	1.16%	65.01x
10	Selway	16	1.16%	432.43x
11	Meaden	15	1.08%	675.68x
12	Gifford	13	0.940%	108.06x
13	Flower	12	0.870%	88.82x
14	Blacker	11	0.800%	243.36x
15	Cottle	11	0.800%	161.76x
16	Horwood	11	0.800%	167.68x
17	Cradock	10	0.720%	662.25x
18	Horler	10	0.720%	487.80x
19	Latchem	10	0.720%	1587.30x
20	Montague	10	0.720%	143.88x
21	Mounty	10	0.720%	2500.00x
22	Box	9	0.650%	80.29x
23	Chivers	9	0.650%	73.77x
24	Holdway	9	0.650%	638.30x
25	Pothecary	9	0.650%	833.33x
26	Sumsion	9	0.650%	1304.35x
27	Emm	8	0.580%	792.08x
28	Newsome	8	0.580%	80.48x
29	Pagett	8	0.580%	228.57x
30	Perrett	8	0.580%	115.77x
31	Player	8	0.580%	150.38x
32	Slowley	8	0.580%	4444.44x
33	Golledge	7	0.510%	507.25x
34	Jelly	7	0.510%	172.41x
35	Lippiatt	7	0.510%	636.36x
36	Mannings	7	0.510%	625.00x
37	Nokes	7	0.510%	227.27x
38	Bodley	6	0.430%	387.10x
39	Crees	6	0.430%	283.02x
40	Drewitt	6	0.430%	243.90x
41	Hains	6	0.430%	255.32x
42	Hellier	6	0.430%	111.11x
43	Pow	6	0.430%	185.19x
44	Stuckey	6	0.430%	191.08x
45	Whatley	6	0.430%	112.15x
46	Applegate	5	0.360%	195.31x
47	Colborne	5	0.360%	308.64x
48	Dagg	5	0.360%	295.86x
49	Goodenough	5	0.360%	125.94x
50	Hamper	5	0.360%	735.29x
51	Ruddick	5	0.360%	151.52x
52	Shorland	5	0.360%	595.24x
53	Drewett	4	0.290%	106.67x
54	Hewish	4	0.290%	357.14x
55	Napper	4	0.290%	93.90x
56	Padfield	4	0.290%	109.89x
57	Perham	4	0.290%	312.50x
58	Porch	4	0.290%	325.20x
59	Slingo	4	0.290%	869.57x
60	Filler	3	0.220%	833.33x
61	Silcox	3	0.220%	172.41x
62	Steeds	3	0.220%	348.84x
63	Bool	2	0.140%	240.96x
64	Brimble	2	0.140%	84.75x
65	Cleverley	2	0.140%	122.70x
66	Harrell	2	0.140%	185.19x
67	Mant	2	0.140%	121.21x
68	Rossitter	2	0.140%	833.33x
69	Urch	2	0.140%	172.41x
70	Bezer	1	0.070%	227.27x
71	Dascombe	1	0.070%	227.27x
72	Gummer	1	0.070%	60.24x
73	Jesty	1	0.070%	140.85x
74	Keevil	1	0.070%	87.72x
75	Meggs	1	0.070%	120.48x
76	Nineham	1	0.070%	243.90x
77	Pratten	1	0.070%	67.11x
78	Skuse	1	0.070%	41.32x
79	Willicombe	1	0.070%	163.93x
80	Wookey	1	0.070%	48.08x