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 Cullen, with 219 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
401	Cullen	219	0.050%	2.66x
402	Shearn	217	0.050%	40.06x
403	Candy	216	0.050%	12.89x
404	Paull	216	0.050%	13.24x
405	Austin	215	0.050%	0.94x
406	Dix	215	0.050%	4.63x
407	Pocock	215	0.050%	4.34x
408	Sibley	215	0.050%	5.68x
409	Oram	214	0.050%	5.84x
410	Patten	214	0.050%	7.25x
411	Raymond	214	0.050%	7.89x
412	Champion	213	0.050%	4.33x
413	Langford	213	0.050%	2.88x
414	Naish	213	0.050%	12.67x
415	Aplin	212	0.050%	16.29x
416	Dowling	212	0.050%	4.07x
417	Hewlett	212	0.050%	7.22x
418	Boyce	211	0.040%	3.00x
419	Church	211	0.040%	2.06x
420	Lang	211	0.040%	2.01x
421	Norton	211	0.040%	1.35x
422	Guppy	209	0.040%	16.83x
423	Howard	209	0.040%	0.45x
424	Packer	209	0.040%	4.22x
425	Sampson	209	0.040%	2.61x
426	Dare	208	0.040%	10.24x
427	Ricketts	208	0.040%	4.56x
428	Weston	208	0.040%	1.08x
429	Nichols	207	0.040%	1.35x
430	Newport	206	0.040%	8.61x
431	Rawle	206	0.040%	22.16x
432	Way	206	0.040%	3.97x
433	Doble	205	0.040%	15.23x
434	Maidment	205	0.040%	7.91x
435	Orchard	205	0.040%	4.10x
436	Cridland	204	0.040%	25.18x
437	Groves	204	0.040%	1.54x
438	Little	204	0.040%	0.92x
439	Cousins	202	0.040%	2.39x
440	Burston	200	0.040%	21.30x
441	Hucker	200	0.040%	27.04x
442	Phelps	200	0.040%	4.28x
443	Hannam	199	0.040%	13.82x
444	Manley	199	0.040%	3.78x
445	Batt	198	0.040%	6.22x
446	Brine	198	0.040%	13.81x
447	Bath	195	0.040%	5.53x
448	Dunford	195	0.040%	6.86x
449	Goodland	195	0.040%	33.12x
450	Love	194	0.040%	1.74x
451	Burridge	193	0.040%	6.05x
452	Creed	193	0.040%	7.38x
453	Jordan	193	0.040%	0.93x
454	Salway	193	0.040%	25.82x
455	Tripp	192	0.040%	8.36x
456	Gadd	191	0.040%	6.10x
457	Hillman	191	0.040%	4.72x
458	Potter	191	0.040%	0.63x
459	Sperring	191	0.040%	25.61x
460	Hardwick	190	0.040%	2.64x
461	Joyce	190	0.040%	1.65x
462	Rendall	190	0.040%	7.61x
463	Scriven	190	0.040%	8.03x
464	Sellick	190	0.040%	15.16x
465	Squire	190	0.040%	3.41x
466	Hull	189	0.040%	1.92x
467	Page	189	0.040%	0.50x
468	Robins	189	0.040%	1.90x
469	Wells	189	0.040%	0.48x
470	Dean	188	0.040%	0.58x
471	Lacey	188	0.040%	2.17x
472	Trask	188	0.040%	35.85x
473	Treasure	188	0.040%	27.65x
474	Chapple	187	0.040%	5.86x
475	Edgell	187	0.040%	25.50x
476	Sealey	186	0.040%	12.07x
477	Deacon	185	0.040%	2.32x
478	Hares	185	0.040%	18.61x
479	Kingston	184	0.040%	4.19x
480	Cavill	183	0.040%	12.19x
481	Shore	183	0.040%	3.62x
482	Gillett	182	0.040%	3.67x
483	Patch	182	0.040%	20.37x
484	Purchase	182	0.040%	11.28x
485	Cooke	181	0.040%	0.70x
486	Veal	181	0.040%	6.30x
487	Edmonds	180	0.040%	2.00x
488	Gardiner	180	0.040%	1.33x
489	North	180	0.040%	1.15x
490	Wilton	180	0.040%	3.98x
491	Banfield	179	0.040%	8.33x
492	Jackson	179	0.040%	0.14x
493	Avery	178	0.040%	2.26x
494	Bacon	178	0.040%	1.51x
495	Barnard	178	0.040%	1.52x
496	Grinter	178	0.040%	32.11x
497	Withey	178	0.040%	14.99x
498	Nation	176	0.040%	23.26x
499	Hellier	175	0.040%	9.53x
500	Templeman	175	0.040%	9.63x