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 Manfield, with 53 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
1501	Manfield	53	0.010%	7.69x
1502	Matravers	53	0.010%	33.42x
1503	Moorse	53	0.010%	28.37x
1504	Pardy	53	0.010%	12.84x
1505	Plowman	53	0.010%	2.20x
1506	Pryor	53	0.010%	1.69x
1507	Reece	53	0.010%	1.29x
1508	Snelling	53	0.010%	1.39x
1509	Woodbridge	53	0.010%	2.70x
1510	Aust	52	0.010%	9.86x
1511	Broadway	52	0.010%	5.44x
1512	Brooke	52	0.010%	0.74x
1513	Cape	52	0.010%	4.33x
1514	Chidzey	52	0.010%	39.44x
1515	Doman	52	0.010%	11.91x
1516	Drewett	52	0.010%	4.07x
1517	Exon	52	0.010%	20.70x
1518	Farrow	52	0.010%	0.59x
1519	Grimes	52	0.010%	0.96x
1520	Hibberd	52	0.010%	1.80x
1521	Hickman	52	0.010%	0.66x
1522	Hosegood	52	0.010%	13.80x
1523	Howes	52	0.010%	0.63x
1524	Hudd	52	0.010%	5.03x
1525	Knapton	52	0.010%	3.80x
1526	Lenthall	52	0.010%	14.21x
1527	Louch	52	0.010%	8.16x
1528	Murley	52	0.010%	8.18x
1529	Nuttycombe	52	0.010%	45.38x
1530	Ruddock	52	0.010%	3.57x
1531	Sayer	52	0.010%	0.84x
1532	Silk	52	0.010%	2.25x
1533	Smale	52	0.010%	1.68x
1534	Tayler	52	0.010%	2.01x
1535	Trollope	52	0.010%	5.26x
1536	Wadham	52	0.010%	5.35x
1537	Whitemore	52	0.010%	18.30x
1538	Bethell	51	0.010%	2.94x
1539	Buckingham	51	0.010%	0.81x
1540	Burch	51	0.010%	1.44x
1541	Caddy	51	0.010%	3.81x
1542	Dade	51	0.010%	7.57x
1543	Giddings	51	0.010%	2.38x
1544	Griffen	51	0.010%	3.32x
1545	Henderson	51	0.010%	0.10x
1546	Kingdom	51	0.010%	4.66x
1547	Lord	51	0.010%	0.24x
1548	Mann	51	0.010%	0.21x
1549	Mattick	51	0.010%	29.53x
1550	Moggridge	51	0.010%	18.25x
1551	Parry	51	0.010%	0.14x
1552	Ralls	51	0.010%	22.72x
1553	Sheldon	51	0.010%	0.71x
1554	Squires	51	0.010%	0.77x
1555	Stanbury	51	0.010%	4.11x
1556	Vowels	51	0.010%	30.36x
1557	Voysey	51	0.010%	7.61x
1558	Walton	51	0.010%	0.15x
1559	Willie	51	0.010%	13.26x
1560	Amery	50	0.010%	5.54x
1561	Bradfield	50	0.010%	3.35x
1562	Budgett	50	0.010%	23.59x
1563	Burfitt	50	0.010%	15.53x
1564	Burland	50	0.010%	9.51x
1565	Cutler	50	0.010%	0.85x
1566	Elswood	50	0.010%	41.36x
1567	Goodfellow	50	0.010%	1.20x
1568	Gordon	50	0.010%	0.17x
1569	Greenway	50	0.010%	1.43x
1570	Hardacre	50	0.010%	4.48x
1571	Harp	50	0.010%	16.76x
1572	Hartland	50	0.010%	2.42x
1573	Humphrey	50	0.010%	0.40x
1574	Jarrett	50	0.010%	1.16x
1575	Lemon	50	0.010%	1.46x
1576	Letherby	50	0.010%	43.05x
1577	Mounty	50	0.010%	36.60x
1578	Oatway	50	0.010%	12.49x
1579	Randell	50	0.010%	1.70x
1580	Rodd	50	0.010%	6.79x
1581	Scudamore	50	0.010%	10.44x
1582	Stoate	50	0.010%	32.84x
1583	Summerell	50	0.010%	30.62x
1584	Summerhays	50	0.010%	33.88x
1585	Sweetland	50	0.010%	8.29x
1586	Symonds	50	0.010%	0.88x
1587	Toop	50	0.010%	5.96x
1588	Vearncombe	50	0.010%	40.32x
1589	Weymouth	50	0.010%	6.76x
1590	Whitmarsh	50	0.010%	5.03x
1591	Winckworth	50	0.010%	35.00x
1592	Woolmington	50	0.010%	34.24x
1593	Bowering	49	0.010%	7.92x
1594	Crockford	49	0.010%	3.07x
1595	Cummings	49	0.010%	0.68x
1596	Dascombe	49	0.010%	32.51x
1597	Dolling	49	0.010%	7.47x
1598	Farnham	49	0.010%	5.16x
1599	Fido	49	0.010%	13.87x
1600	Harbour	49	0.010%	4.03x