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 Walmsley, with 7 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
5101	Walmsley	7	0.000%	0.07x
5102	Wayland	7	0.000%	1.78x
5103	Westacott	7	0.000%	1.06x
5104	Wheelwright	7	0.000%	1.05x
5105	Whitehorn	7	0.000%	0.77x
5106	Whites	7	0.000%	12.05x
5107	Whitman	7	0.000%	0.74x
5108	Whitmore	7	0.000%	0.17x
5109	Whitter	7	0.000%	2.02x
5110	Whittick	7	0.000%	2.11x
5111	Whittingham	7	0.000%	0.20x
5112	Widdicombe	7	0.000%	1.33x
5113	Wight	7	0.000%	0.29x
5114	Wiley	7	0.000%	0.61x
5115	Wilkie	7	0.000%	0.10x
5116	Willard	7	0.000%	0.57x
5117	Willmer	7	0.000%	1.38x
5118	Winfield	7	0.000%	0.18x
5119	Wolley	7	0.000%	1.20x
5120	Woodhall	7	0.000%	0.37x
5121	Woollacott	7	0.000%	3.18x
5122	Wooster	7	0.000%	1.00x
5123	Abery	6	0.000%	1.81x
5124	Aldis	6	0.000%	0.68x
5125	Alen	6	0.000%	3.98x
5126	Allder	6	0.000%	2.64x
5127	Allice	6	0.000%	11.95x
5128	Allott	6	0.000%	0.36x
5129	Ally	6	0.000%	10.92x
5130	Anstis	6	0.000%	3.90x
5131	Ansty	6	0.000%	3.11x
5132	Argall	6	0.000%	4.11x
5133	Atkin	6	0.000%	0.10x
5134	Ault	6	0.000%	0.55x
5135	Bagshawe	6	0.000%	2.56x
5136	Ballamy	6	0.000%	6.37x
5137	Banting	6	0.000%	1.44x
5138	Barnell	6	0.000%	4.11x
5139	Bastone	6	0.000%	5.79x
5140	Bayfield	6	0.000%	0.94x
5141	Beats	6	0.000%	5.97x
5142	Beaver	6	0.000%	0.29x
5143	Beckell	6	0.000%	13.18x
5144	Beese	6	0.000%	1.79x
5145	Belmont	6	0.000%	5.79x
5146	Benden	6	0.000%	14.16x
5147	Bermingham	6	0.000%	3.24x
5148	Berridge	6	0.000%	0.24x
5149	Berton	6	0.000%	5.03x
5150	Beswetherick	6	0.000%	3.13x
5151	Bickford	6	0.000%	0.68x
5152	Bignell	6	0.000%	0.32x
5153	Biscombe	6	0.000%	3.94x
5154	Blagdon	6	0.000%	2.42x
5155	Blaine	6	0.000%	5.10x
5156	Blunt	6	0.000%	0.16x
5157	Boase	6	0.000%	1.18x
5158	Boodle	6	0.000%	2.58x
5159	Bostwick	6	0.000%	2.56x
5160	Bosworth	6	0.000%	0.22x
5161	Bouden	6	0.000%	4.39x
5162	Bowin	6	0.000%	5.97x
5163	Bowman	6	0.000%	0.05x
5164	Boynton	6	0.000%	0.63x
5165	Bradly	6	0.000%	0.57x
5166	Branton	6	0.000%	0.71x
5167	Briant	6	0.000%	0.47x
5168	Briers	6	0.000%	0.68x
5169	Bristo	6	0.000%	3.16x
5170	Bristowe	6	0.000%	1.00x
5171	Brittin	6	0.000%	2.50x
5172	Broomes	6	0.000%	47.77x
5173	Buckman	6	0.000%	0.79x
5174	Bulled	6	0.000%	4.34x
5175	Bundy	6	0.000%	0.40x
5176	Bungay	6	0.000%	1.23x
5177	Bungey	6	0.000%	3.16x
5178	Burnand	6	0.000%	1.98x
5179	Busby	6	0.000%	0.12x
5180	Bushell	6	0.000%	0.13x
5181	Byne	6	0.000%	2.99x
5182	Calcott	6	0.000%	1.29x
5183	Canby	6	0.000%	4.02x
5184	Caplin	6	0.000%	1.14x
5185	Cartridge	6	0.000%	1.79x
5186	Casson	6	0.000%	0.21x
5187	Chapham	6	0.000%	9.56x
5188	Chart	6	0.000%	0.91x
5189	Cheyne	6	0.000%	0.38x
5190	Chiles	6	0.000%	1.32x
5191	Chinnick	6	0.000%	6.70x
5192	Chipper	6	0.000%	2.96x
5193	Chirnside	6	0.000%	1.96x
5194	Christophers	6	0.000%	2.55x
5195	Clough	6	0.000%	0.06x
5196	Coakes	6	0.000%	2.36x
5197	Codd	6	0.000%	0.30x
5198	Cogle	6	0.000%	4.50x
5199	Colclough	6	0.000%	0.28x
5200	Colver	6	0.000%	1.96x