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 Rickets, with 20 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
2901	Rickets	20	0.000%	5.61x
2902	Rumney	20	0.000%	2.72x
2903	Russel	20	0.000%	0.62x
2904	Rutter	20	0.000%	0.28x
2905	Sandiford	20	0.000%	1.59x
2906	Sellers	20	0.000%	0.55x
2907	Shipway	20	0.000%	2.30x
2908	Spark	20	0.000%	0.97x
2909	Standen	20	0.000%	0.75x
2910	Stead	20	0.000%	0.21x
2911	Taplin	20	0.000%	1.22x
2912	Tipple	20	0.000%	2.98x
2913	Vear	20	0.000%	4.90x
2914	Veysey	20	0.000%	4.57x
2915	Weight	20	0.000%	1.87x
2916	Wheatley	20	0.000%	0.21x
2917	Wilkings	20	0.000%	21.59x
2918	Willett	20	0.000%	0.54x
2919	Willkins	20	0.000%	20.55x
2920	Woodberry	20	0.000%	12.61x
2921	Woof	20	0.000%	2.64x
2922	Alves	19	0.000%	7.61x
2923	Bartley	19	0.000%	0.84x
2924	Betts	19	0.000%	0.19x
2925	Biddle	19	0.000%	0.56x
2926	Book	19	0.000%	7.61x
2927	Bowring	19	0.000%	1.26x
2928	Brabner	19	0.000%	10.25x
2929	Briscoe	19	0.000%	0.63x
2930	Burcher	19	0.000%	4.96x
2931	Casling	19	0.000%	11.52x
2932	Catford	19	0.000%	9.45x
2933	Chase	19	0.000%	0.72x
2934	Chester	19	0.000%	0.33x
2935	Chidley	19	0.000%	2.96x
2936	Chillcott	19	0.000%	9.76x
2937	Codrington	19	0.000%	6.11x
2938	Cottey	19	0.000%	13.45x
2939	Crick	19	0.000%	0.68x
2940	Crosby	19	0.000%	0.34x
2941	Crowley	19	0.000%	0.63x
2942	Daniells	19	0.000%	3.02x
2943	Dann	19	0.000%	0.64x
2944	Dominy	19	0.000%	7.16x
2945	Edbrook	19	0.000%	15.72x
2946	Ellison	19	0.000%	0.19x
2947	Elwell	19	0.000%	1.42x
2948	Fennell	19	0.000%	0.86x
2949	Fenwick	19	0.000%	0.31x
2950	Fielder	19	0.000%	0.65x
2951	Flynn	19	0.000%	0.21x
2952	Forbes	19	0.000%	0.12x
2953	Freedman	19	0.000%	3.71x
2954	Furnell	19	0.000%	2.37x
2955	Gee	19	0.000%	0.16x
2956	Geen	19	0.000%	3.73x
2957	Gillet	19	0.000%	3.50x
2958	Greenman	19	0.000%	4.60x
2959	Gudge	19	0.000%	8.35x
2960	Hackwell	19	0.000%	12.35x
2961	Hay	19	0.000%	0.11x
2962	Hickes	19	0.000%	9.45x
2963	Hodson	19	0.000%	0.20x
2964	Honeyfield	19	0.000%	17.05x
2965	Jolliffe	19	0.000%	0.90x
2966	Kates	19	0.000%	7.47x
2967	Kennedy	19	0.000%	0.07x
2968	Kopp	19	0.000%	23.27x
2969	Langham	19	0.000%	0.92x
2970	Luckham	19	0.000%	5.48x
2971	Mardon	19	0.000%	3.16x
2972	Maundrill	19	0.000%	22.41x
2973	Membury	19	0.000%	22.01x
2974	Miell	19	0.000%	11.00x
2975	Nisbet	19	0.000%	0.38x
2976	Norrish	19	0.000%	3.05x
2977	Nutty	19	0.000%	14.24x
2978	Oakes	19	0.000%	0.28x
2979	Onion	19	0.000%	2.08x
2980	Passley	19	0.000%	43.26x
2981	Peterson	19	0.000%	0.79x
2982	Phillimore	19	0.000%	3.26x
2983	Philps	19	0.000%	3.27x
2984	Pink	19	0.000%	0.61x
2985	Prowse	19	0.000%	0.89x
2986	Rendal	19	0.000%	19.85x
2987	Rolfe	19	0.000%	0.31x
2988	Rooke	19	0.000%	0.55x
2989	Rumsey	19	0.000%	1.21x
2990	Seaford	19	0.000%	12.61x
2991	Selby	19	0.000%	0.34x
2992	Sendall	19	0.000%	4.94x
2993	Sheen	19	0.000%	0.61x
2994	Shenton	19	0.000%	0.63x
2995	Sloper	19	0.000%	2.24x
2996	Sperrin	19	0.000%	12.48x
2997	Tomlinson	19	0.000%	0.09x
2998	Tulk	19	0.000%	6.61x
2999	Warbutton	19	0.000%	15.32x
3000	Weaving	19	0.000%	3.41x