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 Nicholson, with 59 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
1401	Nicholson	59	0.010%	0.18x
1402	Olding	59	0.010%	6.52x
1403	Press	59	0.010%	4.35x
1404	Rendle	59	0.010%	4.25x
1405	Ridley	59	0.010%	0.65x
1406	Ross	59	0.010%	0.11x
1407	Shears	59	0.010%	2.85x
1408	Baynton	58	0.010%	12.27x
1409	Dew	58	0.010%	2.12x
1410	Evered	58	0.010%	14.10x
1411	Gapper	58	0.010%	16.20x
1412	Gawler	58	0.010%	17.84x
1413	Gold	58	0.010%	2.17x
1414	Maslen	58	0.010%	5.89x
1415	Nipper	58	0.010%	31.04x
1416	Oxley	58	0.010%	0.88x
1417	Pile	58	0.010%	2.67x
1418	Plenty	58	0.010%	21.35x
1419	Rolls	58	0.010%	2.77x
1420	Sparrow	58	0.010%	0.97x
1421	Stacy	58	0.010%	4.24x
1422	Strode	58	0.010%	21.86x
1423	Vaux	58	0.010%	9.05x
1424	Bending	57	0.010%	10.87x
1425	Bickham	57	0.010%	20.28x
1426	Cane	57	0.010%	1.78x
1427	Colmer	57	0.010%	10.52x
1428	Flood	57	0.010%	1.38x
1429	Kelson	57	0.010%	12.10x
1430	Meech	57	0.010%	5.88x
1431	Morrell	57	0.010%	1.29x
1432	Peadon	57	0.010%	28.14x
1433	Rhymes	57	0.010%	21.87x
1434	Rouse	57	0.010%	0.85x
1435	Slater	57	0.010%	0.20x
1436	Weakley	57	0.010%	17.37x
1437	Wooley	57	0.010%	1.89x
1438	Bracher	56	0.010%	8.28x
1439	Creedy	56	0.010%	22.72x
1440	Gosney	56	0.010%	6.35x
1441	Locock	56	0.010%	18.20x
1442	Pond	56	0.010%	2.46x
1443	Ponsford	56	0.010%	5.19x
1444	Portch	56	0.010%	13.21x
1445	Robertson	56	0.010%	0.07x
1446	Sherborne	56	0.010%	19.81x
1447	Strange	56	0.010%	1.11x
1448	Stubbs	56	0.010%	0.45x
1449	Warfield	56	0.010%	24.26x
1450	Winstone	56	0.010%	4.53x
1451	Yeo	56	0.010%	2.26x
1452	Ackerman	55	0.010%	6.88x
1453	Beavis	55	0.010%	2.86x
1454	Brean	55	0.010%	28.72x
1455	Brownsey	55	0.010%	44.35x
1456	English	55	0.010%	0.62x
1457	Gare	55	0.010%	13.63x
1458	Garraway	55	0.010%	8.89x
1459	Keevil	55	0.010%	14.18x
1460	Knott	55	0.010%	0.59x
1461	Mears	55	0.010%	1.24x
1462	Milford	55	0.010%	4.17x
1463	Mines	55	0.010%	9.44x
1464	Musgrave	55	0.010%	1.93x
1465	Prideaux	55	0.010%	5.75x
1466	Swanton	55	0.010%	15.10x
1467	Vale	55	0.010%	1.64x
1468	Voisey	55	0.010%	11.26x
1469	Willy	55	0.010%	10.55x
1470	Biffen	54	0.010%	18.01x
1471	Davy	54	0.010%	0.93x
1472	Goold	54	0.010%	6.58x
1473	Hales	54	0.010%	0.80x
1474	Lavington	54	0.010%	9.00x
1475	Ling	54	0.010%	1.22x
1476	Petty	54	0.010%	1.16x
1477	Reading	54	0.010%	1.48x
1478	Salvidge	54	0.010%	27.52x
1479	Self	54	0.010%	1.62x
1480	Selwood	54	0.010%	4.27x
1481	Simpkins	54	0.010%	2.55x
1482	Stabbins	54	0.010%	40.95x
1483	Tett	54	0.010%	22.48x
1484	Venner	54	0.010%	5.83x
1485	Atyeo	53	0.010%	48.92x
1486	Beauchamp	53	0.010%	3.31x
1487	Benjafield	53	0.010%	22.06x
1488	Burrow	53	0.010%	1.64x
1489	Collis	53	0.010%	1.09x
1490	Connock	53	0.010%	29.10x
1491	Dight	53	0.010%	17.58x
1492	Dudden	53	0.010%	25.97x
1493	Easton	53	0.010%	0.74x
1494	Floyde	53	0.010%	22.35x
1495	Fursland	53	0.010%	35.92x
1496	Garratt	53	0.010%	1.11x
1497	Hassell	53	0.010%	3.57x
1498	Holvey	53	0.010%	26.79x
1499	Leader	53	0.010%	2.48x
1500	Leaver	53	0.010%	1.75x