1881 census county

Somerset surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Somerset in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

10,667 surnames are listed for Somerset, covering 428,471 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 4,353 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Somerset

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	4,353	0.930%	0.66x
2	Baker	3,451	0.730%	3.35x
3	White	2,903	0.620%	1.92x
4	Williams	2,696	0.570%	0.80x
5	Davis	2,523	0.540%	2.44x
6	Hill	2,510	0.530%	2.10x
7	Taylor	2,454	0.520%	0.82x
8	Cox	2,357	0.500%	3.31x
9	Brown	2,309	0.490%	0.74x
10	Jones	2,261	0.480%	0.42x
11	Parsons	2,108	0.450%	5.90x
12	Harris	2,106	0.450%	1.76x
13	Tucker	1,887	0.400%	7.25x
14	Palmer	1,678	0.360%	3.03x
15	Clark	1,617	0.340%	1.14x
16	Lewis	1,515	0.320%	1.23x
17	Stone	1,498	0.320%	4.41x
18	Edwards	1,481	0.310%	1.13x
19	Thomas	1,455	0.310%	0.75x
20	Hunt	1,422	0.300%	2.28x
21	Cook	1,403	0.300%	1.50x
22	King	1,394	0.300%	1.36x
23	Webber	1,376	0.290%	9.58x
24	Martin	1,354	0.290%	1.17x
25	Young	1,349	0.290%	1.34x
26	Watts	1,329	0.280%	3.37x
27	Adams	1,315	0.280%	1.90x
28	Hawkins	1,312	0.280%	3.85x
29	Pearce	1,277	0.270%	2.96x
30	Richards	1,271	0.270%	1.79x
31	Allen	1,267	0.270%	1.43x
32	Bishop	1,259	0.270%	3.83x
33	Parker	1,190	0.250%	1.33x
34	Day	1,166	0.250%	2.63x
35	Bryant	1,157	0.250%	5.76x
36	Ford	1,153	0.250%	2.52x
37	Hooper	1,148	0.240%	5.76x
38	Knight	1,136	0.240%	1.96x
39	Bennett	1,126	0.240%	1.46x
40	Rogers	1,107	0.240%	1.81x
41	Webb	1,100	0.230%	1.73x
42	Bailey	1,076	0.230%	1.52x
43	Stevens	1,072	0.230%	2.18x
44	Fry	1,062	0.230%	7.05x
45	Payne	1,061	0.230%	2.51x
46	Green	1,060	0.230%	0.80x
47	Harding	1,054	0.220%	3.10x
48	Phillips	1,053	0.220%	1.25x
49	Clarke	1,050	0.220%	1.10x
50	Evans	1,040	0.220%	0.51x
51	Carter	1,030	0.220%	1.30x
52	Bartlett	1,025	0.220%	4.98x
53	Dyer	1,012	0.220%	5.56x
54	Turner	988	0.210%	0.75x
55	Harvey	962	0.200%	1.92x
56	Collins	961	0.200%	1.42x
57	Gould	933	0.200%	5.49x
58	Bond	928	0.200%	3.73x
59	Brooks	921	0.200%	2.00x
60	Mitchell	920	0.200%	0.96x
61	Lock	915	0.190%	6.83x
62	Wilkins	915	0.190%	4.40x
63	Thorne	905	0.190%	9.13x
64	Andrews	902	0.190%	2.00x
65	Moore	864	0.180%	0.92x
66	Coombs	826	0.180%	10.39x
67	Gibbs	821	0.170%	3.55x
68	Chapman	795	0.170%	1.19x
69	Marsh	783	0.170%	2.33x
70	Pitman	782	0.170%	18.22x
71	Warren	776	0.170%	2.47x
72	Wood	776	0.170%	0.52x
73	Sheppard	767	0.160%	4.71x
74	Davey	765	0.160%	3.96x
75	Saunders	762	0.160%	1.77x
76	West	758	0.160%	1.67x
77	Hutchings	754	0.160%	8.53x
78	Burge	753	0.160%	22.12x
79	Hobbs	748	0.160%	4.37x
80	Hall	737	0.160%	0.53x
81	Millard	726	0.150%	9.32x
82	Cooper	724	0.150%	0.63x
83	Long	722	0.150%	2.37x
84	Reed	722	0.150%	2.10x
85	Lee	717	0.150%	0.93x
86	Poole	717	0.150%	3.16x
87	Hodges	715	0.150%	5.18x
88	Russell	713	0.150%	1.24x
89	Norman	709	0.150%	3.25x
90	Lawrence	708	0.150%	2.32x
91	Slade	708	0.150%	7.55x
92	Vowles	706	0.150%	31.25x
93	Morris	695	0.150%	0.66x
94	Pike	692	0.150%	5.06x
95	Fear	684	0.150%	32.80x
96	Porter	681	0.140%	1.93x
97	Ball	666	0.140%	1.71x
98	Norris	660	0.140%	3.27x
99	Wyatt	646	0.140%	4.68x
100	Lane	642	0.140%	1.98x