1881 census place
Backwell surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Backwell, Somerset in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.
Place summary
56 surnames are listed for Backwell, Somerset, covering 335 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Lock, with 44 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Backwell
Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.
| # | Surname | Total | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lock | 44 | 160.17x |
| 2 | Garland | 20 | 156.37x |
| 3 | Vowles | 17 | 366.38x |
| 4 | Willing | 17 | 1393.44x |
| 5 | Horler | 16 | 1118.88x |
| 6 | Hardwick | 15 | 101.63x |
| 7 | Wait | 15 | 308.01x |
| 8 | Batt | 11 | 168.45x |
| 9 | Bridle | 9 | 215.31x |
| 10 | Missen | 9 | 1168.83x |
| 11 | Bees | 8 | 526.32x |
| 12 | Harler | 8 | 2580.65x |
| 13 | Bane | 7 | 588.24x |
| 14 | Brean | 7 | 1794.87x |
| 15 | Burbidge | 7 | 213.41x |
| 16 | Hucker | 7 | 460.53x |
| 17 | Loosmore | 7 | 3043.48x |
| 18 | Summerell | 7 | 2058.82x |
| 19 | Tutcher | 7 | 2413.79x |
| 20 | Higgin | 6 | 259.74x |
| 21 | Luxmore | 6 | 2222.22x |
| 22 | Sams | 6 | 285.71x |
| 23 | Lott | 5 | 134.41x |
| 24 | Methuen | 5 | 2173.91x |
| 25 | Priddle | 5 | 316.46x |
| 26 | Sully | 5 | 155.28x |
| 27 | Wines | 5 | 675.68x |
| 28 | Counsell | 4 | 166.67x |
| 29 | Harrill | 4 | 3333.33x |
| 30 | Sperrin | 4 | 1290.32x |
| 31 | Cleeves | 3 | 1428.57x |
| 32 | Parsley | 3 | 234.38x |
| 33 | Toop | 3 | 174.42x |
| 34 | Voysey | 3 | 217.39x |
| 35 | Crooker | 2 | 714.29x |
| 36 | Devenish | 2 | 156.25x |
| 37 | Gulley | 2 | 217.39x |
| 38 | Ogborn | 2 | 625.00x |
| 39 | Patch | 2 | 109.29x |
| 40 | Pigeon | 2 | 294.12x |
| 41 | Quayle | 2 | 31.30x |
| 42 | Woolly | 2 | 434.78x |
| 43 | Baden | 1 | 147.06x |
| 44 | Bert | 1 | 384.62x |
| 45 | Bilbie | 1 | 250.00x |
| 46 | Chidgey | 1 | 74.07x |
| 47 | Cleeve | 1 | 172.41x |
| 48 | Cresdee | 1 | 666.67x |
| 49 | Denmead | 1 | 294.12x |
| 50 | Floyde | 1 | 204.08x |
| 51 | Gillet | 1 | 90.09x |
| 52 | Hemings | 1 | 227.27x |
| 53 | Honeyball | 1 | 97.09x |
| 54 | Livings | 1 | 113.64x |
| 55 | Sherborne | 1 | 172.41x |
| 56 | Wedlake | 1 | 75.76x |