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 Ashman, with 635 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
101	Ashman	635	0.140%	20.80x
102	Price	634	0.130%	0.77x
103	Hole	626	0.130%	15.52x
104	Pope	620	0.130%	3.83x
105	Blackmore	613	0.130%	9.05x
106	Wills	611	0.130%	4.35x
107	Fisher	606	0.130%	1.10x
108	Parfitt	600	0.130%	17.47x
109	Hallett	599	0.130%	10.35x
110	Curtis	596	0.130%	2.23x
111	Barnes	592	0.130%	1.05x
112	Sweet	592	0.130%	13.95x
113	Vincent	587	0.120%	4.00x
114	Marshall	574	0.120%	0.73x
115	Chivers	573	0.120%	13.81x
116	Matthews	572	0.120%	1.39x
117	Penny	563	0.120%	6.73x
118	Cole	562	0.120%	1.31x
119	Lovell	559	0.120%	5.68x
120	Scott	554	0.120%	0.47x
121	Vickery	553	0.120%	16.21x
122	Weeks	550	0.120%	5.46x
123	Wright	550	0.120%	0.36x
124	Maggs	548	0.120%	17.39x
125	Rossiter	545	0.120%	18.40x
126	Carpenter	542	0.120%	3.36x
127	Masters	541	0.120%	6.21x
128	Winter	540	0.110%	3.24x
129	Emery	537	0.110%	5.23x
130	Weaver	534	0.110%	4.37x
131	Wall	533	0.110%	3.24x
132	House	531	0.110%	8.68x
133	Langdon	531	0.110%	14.53x
134	Male	525	0.110%	18.65x
135	Roberts	523	0.110%	0.30x
136	Moon	522	0.110%	5.26x
137	Miles	519	0.110%	1.87x
138	Flower	515	0.110%	11.21x
139	Jenkins	513	0.110%	0.93x
140	Jennings	513	0.110%	2.15x
141	Stock	513	0.110%	8.77x
142	Giles	512	0.110%	2.86x
143	Howe	508	0.110%	2.75x
144	Read	507	0.110%	1.67x
145	Wheeler	507	0.110%	1.79x
146	Marks	505	0.110%	5.25x
147	Newman	505	0.110%	1.44x
148	Higgins	504	0.110%	2.12x
149	Stephens	503	0.110%	1.93x
150	Trott	503	0.110%	16.28x
151	Hayward	501	0.110%	2.50x
152	Willis	498	0.110%	1.99x
153	Gillard	496	0.110%	12.13x
154	Miller	494	0.110%	0.59x
155	Derrick	490	0.100%	18.60x
156	Griffin	490	0.100%	2.21x
157	Thompson	482	0.100%	0.34x
158	Stacey	475	0.100%	4.50x
159	Osborne	473	0.100%	2.11x
160	Burgess	468	0.100%	1.43x
161	Sully	461	0.100%	29.36x
162	Padfield	459	0.100%	37.05x
163	Sims	458	0.100%	3.25x
164	Bird	454	0.100%	1.26x
165	Crocker	453	0.100%	7.17x
166	Ware	453	0.100%	5.86x
167	Short	452	0.100%	2.46x
168	Brewer	449	0.100%	3.60x
169	Hayes	447	0.100%	1.53x
170	Hurley	444	0.090%	8.10x
171	Howell	441	0.090%	2.22x
172	Shepherd	439	0.090%	1.27x
173	Mills	438	0.090%	0.72x
174	Bush	436	0.090%	3.76x
175	Salter	435	0.090%	4.04x
176	England	430	0.090%	4.44x
177	Heal	430	0.090%	17.18x
178	Mead	429	0.090%	3.91x
179	May	425	0.090%	1.42x
180	Robbins	425	0.090%	5.78x
181	Fox	422	0.090%	0.97x
182	Hopkins	422	0.090%	1.49x
183	Garland	421	0.090%	6.76x
184	Rich	421	0.090%	7.14x
185	Cottle	418	0.090%	18.07x
186	Barber	415	0.090%	1.47x
187	Court	414	0.090%	6.92x
188	Elliott	410	0.090%	1.03x
189	Grant	409	0.090%	0.88x
190	Burt	407	0.090%	3.64x
191	Rose	407	0.090%	1.17x
192	Newton	406	0.090%	1.13x
193	Cornish	404	0.090%	5.95x
194	Hillier	401	0.090%	6.32x
195	Gill	398	0.080%	1.20x
196	Perkins	398	0.080%	1.88x
197	Ham	396	0.080%	11.21x
198	Walker	394	0.080%	0.25x
199	Manning	391	0.080%	2.62x
200	Johnson	390	0.080%	0.25x