1881 census place

Bridgewater surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bridgewater, 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

624 surnames are listed for Bridgewater, Somerset, covering 6,756 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hill, with 149 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bridgewater

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	Hill	149	1.17%	4.58x
2	Baker	138	1.08%	4.93x
3	Parsons	101	0.790%	10.41x
4	Palmer	94	0.740%	6.25x
5	Hobbs	78	0.610%	16.77x
6	Manchip	74	0.580%	1345.45x
7	Bond	70	0.550%	10.36x
8	Reed	70	0.550%	7.51x
9	Webber	66	0.520%	16.92x
10	Hooper	64	0.500%	11.84x
11	Porter	64	0.500%	6.68x
12	Pitman	61	0.480%	52.36x
13	Crocker	57	0.450%	33.25x
14	Stone	55	0.430%	5.96x
15	Jarman	48	0.380%	39.43x
16	Hawkins	47	0.370%	5.09x
17	Jennings	45	0.350%	6.95x
18	Wills	43	0.340%	11.27x
19	Burge	42	0.330%	45.44x
20	Willis	41	0.320%	6.04x
21	Bale	40	0.310%	41.69x
22	Howe	40	0.310%	7.98x
23	Bryant	39	0.310%	7.15x
24	Fursland	37	0.290%	922.69x
25	Dyment	36	0.280%	634.92x
26	Durston	35	0.270%	146.08x
27	Hodge	35	0.270%	10.88x
28	Sealy	35	0.270%	152.91x
29	Hurley	34	0.270%	22.83x
30	Storey	34	0.270%	10.48x
31	Dibble	33	0.260%	89.82x
32	Duddridge	33	0.260%	282.53x
33	Hellard	33	0.260%	420.92x
34	Manley	33	0.260%	23.08x
35	Temblett	33	0.260%	967.74x
36	Washer	33	0.260%	241.23x
37	Chilcott	32	0.250%	84.25x
38	Davey	32	0.250%	6.10x
39	Norman	32	0.250%	5.41x
40	Trunks	32	0.250%	1600.00x
41	Winslade	32	0.250%	247.68x
42	Prew	31	0.240%	194.48x
43	Vearncombe	31	0.240%	919.88x
44	Walford	31	0.240%	39.55x
45	Atwell	30	0.240%	110.99x
46	Rossiter	30	0.240%	37.31x
47	Ware	30	0.240%	14.29x
48	Brewer	29	0.230%	8.56x
49	Sharman	29	0.230%	16.49x
50	Symes	29	0.230%	30.82x
51	Buttle	27	0.210%	81.42x
52	Frampton	27	0.210%	26.84x
53	Perrett	27	0.210%	42.34x
54	Broom	26	0.200%	16.52x
55	Chorley	26	0.200%	60.16x
56	Creedy	26	0.200%	388.64x
57	Croker	26	0.200%	68.22x
58	Hawkes	26	0.200%	12.63x
59	Hucker	26	0.200%	129.48x
60	Sully	26	0.200%	60.99x
61	Culliford	25	0.200%	186.15x
62	Gage	25	0.200%	34.83x
63	Hamblin	25	0.200%	43.28x
64	Hook	25	0.200%	13.22x
65	Kitch	25	0.200%	266.52x
66	Rich	25	0.200%	15.63x
67	Spriggs	25	0.200%	39.41x
68	Tottle	25	0.200%	194.25x
69	Carver	24	0.190%	20.76x
70	Harwood	24	0.190%	7.02x
71	Hayman	24	0.190%	24.65x
72	Langdon	24	0.190%	24.18x
73	Obrien	24	0.190%	12.72x
74	Heal	23	0.180%	33.85x
75	Mead	23	0.180%	7.73x
76	Slocombe	23	0.180%	56.26x
77	Symons	23	0.180%	13.11x
78	Board	22	0.170%	46.41x
79	Dowden	22	0.170%	78.80x
80	Luxton	22	0.170%	38.92x
81	Rainey	22	0.170%	109.34x
82	Squire	22	0.170%	14.53x
83	Hembry	21	0.160%	513.45x
84	Lovibond	21	0.160%	312.04x
85	Squibbs	21	0.160%	684.04x
86	Stacey	21	0.160%	7.33x
87	Trapnell	21	0.160%	300.43x
88	Babbage	20	0.160%	98.77x
89	Chappell	20	0.160%	9.29x
90	Coombs	20	0.160%	9.27x
91	Holman	20	0.160%	11.04x
92	Letherby	20	0.160%	634.92x
93	Preece	20	0.160%	9.63x
94	Redman	20	0.160%	11.90x
95	Sendell	20	0.160%	552.49x
96	Criddle	19	0.150%	89.33x
97	Crossman	19	0.150%	45.16x
98	Crowden	19	0.150%	169.49x
99	Harden	19	0.150%	37.87x
100	Merrett	19	0.150%	24.37x