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 Drewitt, with 29 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
2301	Drewitt	29	0.010%	3.47x
2302	Dymock	29	0.010%	4.59x
2303	Eglon	29	0.010%	34.20x
2304	Faux	29	0.010%	4.23x
2305	Forte	29	0.010%	17.10x
2306	Froom	29	0.010%	6.44x
2307	Gabe	29	0.010%	24.63x
2308	Gilmore	29	0.010%	1.05x
2309	Hames	29	0.010%	2.18x
2310	Harrington	29	0.010%	0.32x
2311	Hathaway	29	0.010%	1.19x
2312	Hines	29	0.010%	0.72x
2313	Hitchings	29	0.010%	2.00x
2314	Ings	29	0.010%	3.58x
2315	Kelland	29	0.010%	3.46x
2316	Kellaway	29	0.010%	2.88x
2317	Lenton	29	0.010%	1.23x
2318	Loney	29	0.010%	4.34x
2319	Mitchem	29	0.010%	21.48x
2320	More	29	0.010%	0.79x
2321	Mumford	29	0.010%	0.64x
2322	Parson	29	0.010%	1.37x
2323	Peake	29	0.010%	0.64x
2324	Powney	29	0.010%	4.08x
2325	Presley	29	0.010%	8.36x
2326	Rosewell	29	0.010%	8.84x
2327	Sansome	29	0.010%	4.10x
2328	Selman	29	0.010%	3.58x
2329	Somerton	29	0.010%	8.79x
2330	Stembridge	29	0.010%	11.99x
2331	Style	29	0.010%	7.16x
2332	Tuckett	29	0.010%	3.84x
2333	Were	29	0.010%	10.55x
2334	Whitnell	29	0.010%	12.31x
2335	Wotton	29	0.010%	2.16x
2336	Allwood	28	0.010%	1.46x
2337	Benson	28	0.010%	0.22x
2338	Bower	28	0.010%	0.33x
2339	Bradshaw	28	0.010%	0.15x
2340	Carroll	28	0.010%	0.30x
2341	Carrott	28	0.010%	6.97x
2342	Caseley	28	0.010%	7.25x
2343	Cavil	28	0.010%	16.67x
2344	Chappel	28	0.010%	1.35x
2345	Clay	28	0.010%	0.29x
2346	Cleeve	28	0.010%	9.85x
2347	Coombe	28	0.010%	1.10x
2348	Corbett	28	0.010%	0.30x
2349	Corfield	28	0.010%	1.05x
2350	Cruise	28	0.010%	6.13x
2351	Cummins	28	0.010%	0.70x
2352	Denty	28	0.010%	20.04x
2353	Dewfall	28	0.010%	23.16x
2354	Downs	28	0.010%	0.33x
2355	Duckham	28	0.010%	5.77x
2356	Dunstone	28	0.010%	4.94x
2357	Eastman	28	0.010%	2.18x
2358	Ellicott	28	0.010%	5.23x
2359	Faulkner	28	0.010%	0.22x
2360	Gillmore	28	0.010%	6.24x
2361	Gowen	28	0.010%	3.18x
2362	Gumm	28	0.010%	11.81x
2363	Harcombe	28	0.010%	12.30x
2364	Heskins	28	0.010%	17.66x
2365	Holding	28	0.010%	0.67x
2366	Kearle	28	0.010%	42.47x
2367	Leat	28	0.010%	5.92x
2368	Mantle	28	0.010%	1.14x
2369	Merson	28	0.010%	5.28x
2370	Moorman	28	0.010%	5.36x
2371	Morrison	28	0.010%	0.08x
2372	Northover	28	0.010%	2.78x
2373	Orledge	28	0.010%	34.98x
2374	Parslow	28	0.010%	2.76x
2375	Perren	28	0.010%	4.30x
2376	Pobjoy	28	0.010%	18.98x
2377	Rabbitts	28	0.010%	10.68x
2378	Reid	28	0.010%	0.06x
2379	Riddick	28	0.010%	3.64x
2380	Robson	28	0.010%	0.09x
2381	Seaward	28	0.010%	3.40x
2382	Sercombe	28	0.010%	3.98x
2383	Shephard	28	0.010%	0.62x
2384	Skidmore	28	0.010%	0.81x
2385	Starks	28	0.010%	6.94x
2386	Stratton	28	0.010%	0.69x
2387	Styles	28	0.010%	0.56x
2388	Swansbury	28	0.010%	28.31x
2389	Towells	28	0.010%	27.03x
2390	Tyack	28	0.010%	6.91x
2391	Vennell	28	0.010%	10.02x
2392	Vezey	28	0.010%	16.98x
2393	Vine	28	0.010%	0.64x
2394	Woolf	28	0.010%	1.79x
2395	Woolford	28	0.010%	1.65x
2396	Arbery	27	0.010%	20.48x
2397	Barge	27	0.010%	4.25x
2398	Bartrum	27	0.010%	6.42x
2399	Beadon	27	0.010%	10.81x
2400	Beal	27	0.010%	0.61x