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 Walsh, with 23 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
2701	Walsh	23	0.000%	0.09x
2702	Wine	23	0.000%	15.59x
2703	Ancrum	22	0.000%	13.47x
2704	Bainton	22	0.000%	3.59x
2705	Bally	22	0.000%	10.62x
2706	Beames	22	0.000%	5.96x
2707	Belsten	22	0.000%	31.85x
2708	Black	22	0.000%	0.07x
2709	Bodley	22	0.000%	4.18x
2710	Bruce	22	0.000%	0.10x
2711	Burke	22	0.000%	0.16x
2712	Churcher	22	0.000%	1.34x
2713	Clease	22	0.000%	27.49x
2714	Cleaves	22	0.000%	9.16x
2715	Cogswell	22	0.000%	5.91x
2716	Collyer	22	0.000%	0.76x
2717	Combs	22	0.000%	2.39x
2718	Cornick	22	0.000%	3.27x
2719	Cosens	22	0.000%	5.74x
2720	Cowlin	22	0.000%	5.10x
2721	Cranton	22	0.000%	30.46x
2722	Crosse	22	0.000%	4.34x
2723	Curl	22	0.000%	2.41x
2724	Curley	22	0.000%	1.34x
2725	Danger	22	0.000%	17.74x
2726	Dent	22	0.000%	0.25x
2727	Ensor	22	0.000%	2.10x
2728	Essex	22	0.000%	1.46x
2729	Fielding	22	0.000%	0.21x
2730	Gilliam	22	0.000%	4.82x
2731	Goldstone	22	0.000%	2.80x
2732	Goodchild	22	0.000%	0.48x
2733	Grinham	22	0.000%	5.25x
2734	Haberfield	22	0.000%	11.98x
2735	Handy	22	0.000%	1.36x
2736	Henry	22	0.000%	0.19x
2737	Hurse	22	0.000%	31.85x
2738	Keeping	22	0.000%	2.28x
2739	Kiddell	22	0.000%	8.39x
2740	Kirkpatrick	22	0.000%	0.54x
2741	Lawley	22	0.000%	0.78x
2742	Lea	22	0.000%	0.24x
2743	Lilley	22	0.000%	0.34x
2744	Lisk	22	0.000%	12.74x
2745	Lovering	22	0.000%	2.73x
2746	Mabey	22	0.000%	3.15x
2747	Macdonald	22	0.000%	0.12x
2748	Macmillan	22	0.000%	1.69x
2749	Macy	22	0.000%	11.12x
2750	Masey	22	0.000%	6.43x
2751	Maunders	22	0.000%	5.29x
2752	Meatyard	22	0.000%	6.67x
2753	Moulton	22	0.000%	0.94x
2754	Nunn	22	0.000%	0.27x
2755	Parminter	22	0.000%	7.37x
2756	Parris	22	0.000%	1.75x
2757	Patridge	22	0.000%	15.40x
2758	Peel	22	0.000%	0.26x
2759	Pepperell	22	0.000%	2.74x
2760	Richard	22	0.000%	0.54x
2761	Rowen	22	0.000%	4.53x
2762	Ryder	22	0.000%	0.27x
2763	Sherwood	22	0.000%	0.37x
2764	Slape	22	0.000%	17.30x
2765	Southway	22	0.000%	18.94x
2766	Sugar	22	0.000%	15.40x
2767	Takel	22	0.000%	31.85x
2768	Tapscott	22	0.000%	6.37x
2769	Target	22	0.000%	14.16x
2770	Tasker	22	0.000%	0.44x
2771	Taviner	22	0.000%	14.16x
2772	Timewell	22	0.000%	8.24x
2773	Tinney	22	0.000%	4.27x
2774	Trevor	22	0.000%	1.51x
2775	Whitfield	22	0.000%	0.23x
2776	Wightman	22	0.000%	0.71x
2777	Woolly	22	0.000%	9.73x
2778	Woonton	22	0.000%	23.75x
2779	Wreford	22	0.000%	3.27x
2780	Yea	22	0.000%	22.60x
2781	Antell	21	0.000%	8.11x
2782	Batterbury	21	0.000%	25.24x
2783	Baverstock	21	0.000%	1.94x
2784	Benger	21	0.000%	4.92x
2785	Bunce	21	0.000%	0.60x
2786	Butterworth	21	0.000%	0.12x
2787	Crofts	21	0.000%	0.55x
2788	Dancey	21	0.000%	4.12x
2789	Dickson	21	0.000%	0.12x
2790	Dike	21	0.000%	7.19x
2791	Dobbs	21	0.000%	0.66x
2792	Doggett	21	0.000%	1.73x
2793	Driscoll	21	0.000%	0.40x
2794	Ebdon	21	0.000%	4.10x
2795	Fare	21	0.000%	6.69x
2796	Fraser	21	0.000%	0.05x
2797	Gready	21	0.000%	8.26x
2798	Greene	21	0.000%	1.63x
2799	Gridley	21	0.000%	2.79x
2800	Hackett	21	0.000%	0.38x