1881 census place

Bedminster surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bedminster, 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

2,114 surnames are listed for Bedminster, Somerset, covering 30,220 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 667 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bedminster

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	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	667	1.51%	1.07x
2	Thomas	320	0.720%	1.75x
3	Harris	278	0.630%	2.48x
4	Hill	272	0.620%	2.42x
5	Davis	265	0.600%	2.73x
6	White	243	0.550%	1.71x
7	Baker	242	0.550%	2.50x
8	Lewis	240	0.540%	2.07x
9	Clark	218	0.490%	1.64x
10	Cox	204	0.460%	3.05x
11	Allen	199	0.450%	2.38x
12	Hall	199	0.450%	1.53x
13	Martin	189	0.430%	1.74x
14	Rogers	174	0.390%	3.03x
15	Tucker	171	0.390%	6.99x
16	Cook	156	0.350%	1.78x
17	Richards	149	0.340%	2.23x
18	Young	142	0.320%	1.50x
19	Price	141	0.320%	1.82x
20	Parker	140	0.320%	1.67x
21	Pearce	136	0.310%	3.35x
22	Ford	135	0.310%	3.14x
23	Palmer	134	0.300%	2.57x
24	Bennett	132	0.300%	1.82x
25	Bryant	131	0.300%	6.94x
26	Tovey	131	0.300%	50.59x
27	Stone	129	0.290%	4.04x
28	Parsons	122	0.280%	3.63x
29	Harding	119	0.270%	3.72x
30	Hawkins	118	0.270%	3.69x
31	Saunders	117	0.260%	2.89x
32	Hunt	116	0.260%	1.98x
33	Knight	112	0.250%	2.06x
34	Mitchell	108	0.240%	1.20x
35	Jenkins	101	0.230%	1.94x
36	Clarke	99	0.220%	1.11x
37	Brooks	97	0.220%	2.25x
38	Dyer	97	0.220%	5.67x
39	Webber	97	0.220%	7.18x
40	King	95	0.220%	0.99x
41	Howell	94	0.210%	5.05x
42	Bowden	93	0.210%	7.29x
43	Chapman	91	0.210%	1.45x
44	Harvey	91	0.210%	1.93x
45	Payne	90	0.200%	2.26x
46	Carter	89	0.200%	1.20x
47	Davey	89	0.200%	4.90x
48	Cole	88	0.200%	2.19x
49	Griffin	88	0.200%	4.23x
50	Stephens	87	0.200%	3.55x
51	Derrick	86	0.190%	34.73x
52	Webb	86	0.190%	1.44x
53	Ball	84	0.190%	2.30x
54	Gould	84	0.190%	5.26x
55	Rennolds	83	0.190%	493.46x
56	Watkins	82	0.190%	3.06x
57	Day	80	0.180%	1.92x
58	Garland	80	0.180%	13.66x
59	Flower	79	0.180%	18.30x
60	Marsh	78	0.180%	2.47x
61	Vincent	77	0.170%	5.59x
62	Durbin	76	0.170%	91.34x
63	Burgess	74	0.170%	2.41x
64	Sampson	74	0.170%	9.82x
65	Pope	73	0.170%	4.79x
66	Powell	73	0.170%	1.32x
67	Hodges	72	0.160%	5.56x
68	Britton	71	0.160%	9.07x
69	Tanner	71	0.160%	7.16x
70	Venn	71	0.160%	35.41x
71	Blackmore	70	0.160%	11.00x
72	Rich	70	0.160%	12.64x
73	Weeks	70	0.160%	7.40x
74	Jacobs	69	0.160%	6.52x
75	Millard	68	0.150%	9.29x
76	Peters	68	0.150%	4.39x
77	Trott	68	0.150%	23.42x
78	Andrews	67	0.150%	1.58x
79	Gough	67	0.150%	5.17x
80	Watts	67	0.150%	1.81x
81	Wyatt	67	0.150%	5.17x
82	Bishop	65	0.150%	2.11x
83	Butler	64	0.140%	1.49x
84	Crew	64	0.140%	22.94x
85	Fry	64	0.140%	4.52x
86	Lane	64	0.140%	2.10x
87	Long	64	0.140%	2.23x
88	Reed	64	0.140%	1.98x
89	Thorne	64	0.140%	6.87x
90	Johns	63	0.140%	5.52x
91	Lovell	63	0.140%	6.81x
92	Sheppard	63	0.140%	4.12x
93	Hale	62	0.140%	3.91x
94	Howe	62	0.140%	3.57x
95	Withers	62	0.140%	8.56x
96	Jefferies	61	0.140%	12.47x
97	Warren	61	0.140%	2.06x
98	Wilkins	61	0.140%	3.12x
99	Bartlett	60	0.140%	3.10x
100	Fox	60	0.140%	1.46x