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 Lockyear, with 39 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
1901	Lockyear	39	0.010%	11.34x
1902	Luckwell	39	0.010%	38.81x
1903	Moores	39	0.010%	1.00x
1904	Mudford	39	0.010%	13.43x
1905	Oborn	39	0.010%	16.56x
1906	Obrien	39	0.010%	0.56x
1907	Pinkard	39	0.010%	23.00x
1908	Poultney	39	0.010%	5.16x
1909	Shiner	39	0.010%	7.39x
1910	Toms	39	0.010%	1.07x
1911	Tutcher	39	0.010%	27.30x
1912	Twose	39	0.010%	21.60x
1913	Warre	39	0.010%	22.79x
1914	Willshire	39	0.010%	5.82x
1915	Woodrow	39	0.010%	1.34x
1916	Anstice	38	0.010%	20.17x
1917	Banbury	38	0.010%	3.39x
1918	Batchelor	38	0.010%	0.48x
1919	Bean	38	0.010%	0.62x
1920	Birch	38	0.010%	0.20x
1921	Brodribb	38	0.010%	27.82x
1922	Chancellor	38	0.010%	10.90x
1923	Cocks	38	0.010%	1.22x
1924	Cogan	38	0.010%	3.98x
1925	Dadge	38	0.010%	20.00x
1926	Darke	38	0.010%	3.46x
1927	Diamond	38	0.010%	1.74x
1928	Dickinson	38	0.010%	0.19x
1929	Farley	38	0.010%	0.64x
1930	Greenhill	38	0.010%	1.87x
1931	Hains	38	0.010%	4.75x
1932	Hampton	38	0.010%	0.51x
1933	Howse	38	0.010%	2.09x
1934	Hunter	38	0.010%	0.08x
1935	Hurle	38	0.010%	10.39x
1936	Inglis	38	0.010%	0.48x
1937	Lanham	38	0.010%	3.19x
1938	Lawson	38	0.010%	0.14x
1939	Manners	38	0.010%	1.64x
1940	Markey	38	0.010%	4.52x
1941	Mitchard	38	0.010%	26.30x
1942	Noakes	38	0.010%	1.11x
1943	Norley	38	0.010%	17.29x
1944	Padden	38	0.010%	9.49x
1945	Quartly	38	0.010%	30.65x
1946	Ridgway	38	0.010%	0.88x
1947	Scribbins	38	0.010%	31.03x
1948	Seal	38	0.010%	1.12x
1949	Stockwell	38	0.010%	1.37x
1950	Taunton	38	0.010%	7.27x
1951	Thring	38	0.010%	10.43x
1952	Toller	38	0.010%	10.95x
1953	Waddon	38	0.010%	40.34x
1954	Wallen	38	0.010%	6.86x
1955	Walrond	38	0.010%	22.41x
1956	Wareham	38	0.010%	1.44x
1957	Wedmore	38	0.010%	22.21x
1958	Welchman	38	0.010%	13.91x
1959	Withy	38	0.010%	17.80x
1960	Angel	37	0.010%	1.83x
1961	Avis	37	0.010%	1.64x
1962	Backhouse	37	0.010%	1.06x
1963	Bawdon	37	0.010%	27.72x
1964	Brittan	37	0.010%	4.26x
1965	Cowley	37	0.010%	0.43x
1966	Croom	37	0.010%	13.62x
1967	David	37	0.010%	0.76x
1968	Dell	37	0.010%	1.34x
1969	Drummond	37	0.010%	0.40x
1970	Durrant	37	0.010%	0.50x
1971	Flowers	37	0.010%	0.97x
1972	Fort	37	0.010%	3.35x
1973	Furzer	37	0.010%	27.72x
1974	Goodwin	37	0.010%	0.15x
1975	Headford	37	0.010%	10.07x
1976	Henley	37	0.010%	1.03x
1977	Hookins	37	0.010%	27.72x
1978	Horn	37	0.010%	0.35x
1979	Joy	37	0.010%	0.94x
1980	Lethbridge	37	0.010%	2.68x
1981	Ludlow	37	0.010%	1.51x
1982	Newnham	37	0.010%	1.84x
1983	Paines	37	0.010%	21.23x
1984	Pennell	37	0.010%	2.72x
1985	Radley	37	0.010%	1.37x
1986	Rideout	37	0.010%	5.53x
1987	Salvage	37	0.010%	7.41x
1988	Smyth	37	0.010%	0.84x
1989	Stanton	37	0.010%	0.39x
1990	Suter	37	0.010%	2.64x
1991	Wigmore	37	0.010%	3.03x
1992	Wingrove	37	0.010%	2.68x
1993	Beare	36	0.010%	4.17x
1994	Bromfield	36	0.010%	3.27x
1995	Bunn	36	0.010%	0.79x
1996	Calloway	36	0.010%	4.69x
1997	Crawford	36	0.010%	0.16x
1998	Dominey	36	0.010%	9.17x
1999	Dorey	36	0.010%	2.22x
2000	Ellett	36	0.010%	7.69x