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 Durston, with 384 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
201	Durston	384	0.080%	43.51x
202	Sparks	384	0.080%	5.40x
203	Ward	383	0.080%	0.37x
204	Stokes	382	0.080%	1.92x
205	Coleman	381	0.080%	1.63x
206	Smart	381	0.080%	1.78x
207	Carey	379	0.080%	4.27x
208	Chick	378	0.080%	14.65x
209	Powell	378	0.080%	0.64x
210	Chant	376	0.080%	19.23x
211	Humphries	376	0.080%	3.55x
212	Chard	375	0.080%	14.11x
213	Frost	375	0.080%	1.42x
214	Reynolds	373	0.080%	0.92x
215	Small	372	0.080%	3.12x
216	Tanner	372	0.080%	3.53x
217	Berry	369	0.080%	0.99x
218	Slocombe	369	0.080%	24.50x
219	Butler	363	0.080%	0.79x
220	Westcott	362	0.080%	11.64x
221	Talbot	359	0.080%	3.07x
222	Hart	357	0.080%	0.89x
223	Best	356	0.080%	2.81x
224	George	356	0.080%	1.29x
225	Snook	355	0.080%	10.69x
226	Abbott	352	0.070%	1.70x
227	Wilson	352	0.070%	0.16x
228	Bowden	351	0.070%	2.59x
229	Collard	351	0.070%	12.27x
230	Milton	350	0.070%	5.40x
231	Rendell	350	0.070%	17.79x
232	Browning	349	0.070%	3.65x
233	Butt	349	0.070%	5.75x
234	Nicholls	348	0.070%	1.42x
235	Paul	348	0.070%	2.96x
236	Radford	348	0.070%	3.90x
237	Davies	345	0.070%	0.14x
238	Gray	344	0.070%	0.51x
239	Wilcox	344	0.070%	3.88x
240	Withers	344	0.070%	4.46x
241	Horler	343	0.070%	49.09x
242	Spiller	341	0.070%	12.75x
243	Gardner	340	0.070%	1.07x
244	Harrison	339	0.070%	0.32x
245	Garrett	337	0.070%	3.16x
246	Willcox	336	0.070%	13.25x
247	Foster	334	0.070%	0.53x
248	Sutton	333	0.070%	1.11x
249	Godfrey	332	0.070%	2.38x
250	Hughes	331	0.070%	0.25x
251	Brice	330	0.070%	8.51x
252	Symes	330	0.070%	9.52x
253	Woodland	330	0.070%	13.83x
254	Barrett	329	0.070%	1.04x
255	Hicks	329	0.070%	1.67x
256	Bell	327	0.070%	0.37x
257	Durbin	327	0.070%	36.93x
258	Rice	325	0.070%	2.23x
259	Coombes	324	0.070%	6.44x
260	Bale	322	0.070%	9.11x
261	Pople	322	0.070%	33.29x
262	Quick	321	0.070%	6.09x
263	Hale	320	0.070%	1.90x
264	Rawlings	319	0.070%	4.64x
265	Dunn	318	0.070%	0.81x
266	March	317	0.070%	6.26x
267	Board	312	0.070%	17.87x
268	Witcombe	312	0.070%	37.42x
269	Larcombe	310	0.070%	21.03x
270	Burnell	309	0.070%	10.96x
271	Lambert	309	0.070%	1.20x
272	Down	308	0.070%	5.45x
273	Pring	308	0.070%	14.33x
274	Simmons	308	0.070%	1.60x
275	Stuckey	307	0.070%	28.75x
276	Welch	307	0.070%	1.86x
277	Hockey	306	0.070%	21.37x
278	Gale	305	0.060%	2.16x
279	Sage	305	0.060%	7.30x
280	Greenslade	301	0.060%	10.97x
281	Summers	300	0.060%	2.28x
282	Seymour	298	0.060%	3.10x
283	Toogood	296	0.060%	13.57x
284	Haines	295	0.060%	2.71x
285	Wiltshire	293	0.060%	4.67x
286	Biggs	292	0.060%	3.29x
287	Dibble	291	0.060%	21.50x
288	Perrett	291	0.060%	12.39x
289	Gay	290	0.060%	4.63x
290	Hann	289	0.060%	13.45x
291	Hurford	289	0.060%	22.50x
292	Venn	289	0.060%	13.54x
293	Chilcott	285	0.060%	20.37x
294	Gulliford	285	0.060%	36.37x
295	Hodge	285	0.060%	2.40x
296	Button	284	0.060%	5.09x
297	Rowsell	284	0.060%	28.44x
298	Dando	282	0.060%	16.22x
299	Dyke	282	0.060%	6.04x
300	Chamberlain	281	0.060%	2.20x