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 Wiles, with 15 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
3401	Wiles	15	0.000%	0.37x
3402	Willsher	15	0.000%	1.69x
3403	Worman	15	0.000%	3.12x
3404	Worth	15	0.000%	0.36x
3405	Yendall	15	0.000%	5.65x
3406	Yendle	15	0.000%	18.03x
3407	Bane	14	0.000%	2.42x
3408	Barnwell	14	0.000%	1.48x
3409	Barwick	14	0.000%	0.70x
3410	Basket	14	0.000%	7.49x
3411	Bevin	14	0.000%	4.27x
3412	Bickle	14	0.000%	1.40x
3413	Billen	14	0.000%	7.96x
3414	Blanchard	14	0.000%	0.36x
3415	Bland	14	0.000%	0.14x
3416	Bonny	14	0.000%	1.72x
3417	Boone	14	0.000%	2.52x
3418	Bricknell	14	0.000%	1.64x
3419	Bridgeman	14	0.000%	0.81x
3420	Bromley	14	0.000%	0.19x
3421	Bulley	14	0.000%	1.26x
3422	Byrd	14	0.000%	3.73x
3423	Calder	14	0.000%	0.21x
3424	Chadwick	14	0.000%	0.07x
3425	Chainey	14	0.000%	4.33x
3426	Clinch	14	0.000%	1.03x
3427	Colbourne	14	0.000%	2.11x
3428	Copping	14	0.000%	0.75x
3429	Cornwell	14	0.000%	0.52x
3430	Courtenay	14	0.000%	2.55x
3431	Cranfield	14	0.000%	1.21x
3432	Dance	14	0.000%	0.37x
3433	Dash	14	0.000%	1.56x
3434	Doddrell	14	0.000%	9.49x
3435	Dodds	14	0.000%	0.14x
3436	Dowle	14	0.000%	1.95x
3437	Drinkwater	14	0.000%	0.30x
3438	Evens	14	0.000%	1.13x
3439	Fagan	14	0.000%	0.62x
3440	Featherstone	14	0.000%	0.33x
3441	Fitz	14	0.000%	6.03x
3442	Gabb	14	0.000%	1.61x
3443	Gales	14	0.000%	1.95x
3444	Gayner	14	0.000%	5.68x
3445	Gibbings	14	0.000%	2.14x
3446	Goscombe	14	0.000%	16.83x
3447	Gunn	14	0.000%	0.12x
3448	Hamblett	14	0.000%	1.93x
3449	Hannay	14	0.000%	1.21x
3450	Hedditch	14	0.000%	13.72x
3451	Hellings	14	0.000%	2.90x
3452	Helyer	14	0.000%	4.37x
3453	Hendon	14	0.000%	3.61x
3454	Hewer	14	0.000%	1.51x
3455	Hiskett	14	0.000%	17.15x
3456	Hobb	14	0.000%	4.74x
3457	Homan	14	0.000%	2.50x
3458	Horlick	14	0.000%	7.02x
3459	Jobbins	14	0.000%	3.03x
3460	John	14	0.000%	0.08x
3461	Kevill	14	0.000%	10.87x
3462	Kibble	14	0.000%	0.99x
3463	Kirton	14	0.000%	0.65x
3464	Lansley	14	0.000%	2.23x
3465	Lewington	14	0.000%	1.12x
3466	Loaring	14	0.000%	10.62x
3467	Lockwood	14	0.000%	0.13x
3468	Maddocks	14	0.000%	0.49x
3469	Mahony	14	0.000%	1.31x
3470	Memory	14	0.000%	5.44x
3471	Milverton	14	0.000%	9.10x
3472	Minchington	14	0.000%	17.84x
3473	Napier	14	0.000%	0.37x
3474	Nelmes	14	0.000%	1.33x
3475	Pagett	14	0.000%	1.18x
3476	Parkinson	14	0.000%	0.06x
3477	Parrett	14	0.000%	1.47x
3478	Perris	14	0.000%	2.28x
3479	Pinn	14	0.000%	2.61x
3480	Pitfield	14	0.000%	3.50x
3481	Pleace	14	0.000%	6.65x
3482	Povey	14	0.000%	0.49x
3483	Powe	14	0.000%	5.87x
3484	Prater	14	0.000%	2.61x
3485	Priddy	14	0.000%	2.35x
3486	Ramsay	14	0.000%	0.12x
3487	Randolph	14	0.000%	4.46x
3488	Ransom	14	0.000%	0.55x
3489	Riley	14	0.000%	0.04x
3490	Roch	14	0.000%	2.73x
3491	Seale	14	0.000%	1.68x
3492	Serrell	14	0.000%	12.22x
3493	Sloane	14	0.000%	1.29x
3494	Spender	14	0.000%	3.83x
3495	Starkey	14	0.000%	0.30x
3496	Start	14	0.000%	1.28x
3497	Steed	14	0.000%	0.62x
3498	Stockley	14	0.000%	0.69x
3499	Stook	14	0.000%	13.72x
3500	Sumers	14	0.000%	7.56x