1881 census place

Frome surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Frome, 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

499 surnames are listed for Frome, Somerset, covering 5,894 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is White, with 184 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Frome

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	White	184	1.64%	5.09x
2	Wheeler	134	1.19%	19.73x
3	Coombs	129	1.15%	67.84x
4	Harvey	119	1.06%	9.91x
5	Yerbury	86	0.760%	1036.14x
6	Watts	84	0.750%	8.91x
7	Singer	82	0.730%	181.34x
8	Barnes	81	0.720%	5.98x
9	Moody	64	0.570%	21.79x
10	Pope	64	0.570%	16.51x
11	George	63	0.560%	9.55x
12	Payne	63	0.560%	6.22x
13	Bishop	62	0.550%	7.89x
14	Burgess	62	0.550%	7.94x
15	Coleman	58	0.520%	10.35x
16	Pearce	57	0.510%	5.52x
17	Millard	56	0.500%	30.07x
18	Withey	49	0.440%	172.60x
19	Joyce	48	0.430%	17.38x
20	Sutton	48	0.430%	6.70x
21	Wilkins	48	0.430%	9.66x
22	Harding	47	0.420%	5.77x
23	Pickford	46	0.410%	50.24x
24	Hiscocks	44	0.390%	304.29x
25	Parfitt	43	0.380%	52.36x
26	Carpenter	42	0.370%	10.89x
27	Wilcox	41	0.360%	19.35x
28	Jelly	40	0.360%	121.03x
29	Hoddinott	39	0.350%	257.09x
30	Newport	38	0.340%	66.40x
31	Beacham	37	0.330%	117.83x
32	Baily	36	0.320%	50.58x
33	Butcher	36	0.320%	7.60x
34	Cray	36	0.320%	166.13x
35	Sheppard	36	0.320%	9.24x
36	Webley	36	0.320%	153.85x
37	Dyer	35	0.310%	8.03x
38	Ames	34	0.300%	43.91x
39	Deacon	34	0.300%	17.80x
40	Bartlett	32	0.280%	6.50x
41	Brimson	32	0.280%	335.43x
42	Grist	32	0.280%	58.77x
43	Pike	32	0.280%	9.79x
44	Rossiter	32	0.280%	45.18x
45	Viner	32	0.280%	87.58x
46	Dredge	31	0.280%	106.24x
47	Allard	30	0.270%	75.85x
48	French	30	0.270%	5.46x
49	Adlam	29	0.260%	99.90x
50	Derry	29	0.260%	58.46x
51	Dunford	29	0.260%	42.64x
52	Hillier	29	0.260%	19.12x
53	Mines	29	0.260%	208.18x
54	Vincent	29	0.260%	8.27x
55	Norris	28	0.250%	5.80x
56	Farthing	27	0.240%	45.56x
57	Glass	27	0.240%	23.20x
58	Starr	27	0.240%	48.75x
59	Stickler	26	0.230%	280.17x
60	Udell	26	0.230%	508.81x
61	Beaven	25	0.220%	76.52x
62	Butt	25	0.220%	17.23x
63	Doel	25	0.220%	117.21x
64	Hobbs	25	0.220%	6.10x
65	Penny	25	0.220%	12.49x
66	Ayres	24	0.210%	15.37x
67	Barry	23	0.200%	11.31x
68	Blackmore	23	0.200%	14.20x
69	Parrott	23	0.200%	17.99x
70	Pratten	23	0.200%	189.61x
71	Harrold	22	0.200%	43.36x
72	Ashman	20	0.180%	27.39x
73	Cornish	20	0.180%	12.32x
74	Sparrow	20	0.180%	14.03x
75	Wise	20	0.180%	8.53x
76	Ashby	19	0.170%	10.07x
77	Bush	19	0.170%	6.84x
78	Hodder	19	0.170%	34.53x
79	Rawlings	19	0.170%	11.55x
80	Slade	19	0.170%	8.47x
81	Trollope	19	0.170%	80.30x
82	Barter	18	0.160%	29.19x
83	Curley	18	0.160%	46.00x
84	Dix	18	0.160%	16.21x
85	Fricker	18	0.160%	48.22x
86	Portch	18	0.160%	177.51x
87	Snelling	18	0.160%	19.72x
88	Turk	18	0.160%	63.90x
89	Yeoman	18	0.160%	25.36x
90	Biss	17	0.150%	98.61x
91	Bown	17	0.150%	27.34x
92	Button	17	0.150%	12.74x
93	Dowling	17	0.150%	13.64x
94	Flower	17	0.150%	15.48x
95	Gerrett	17	0.150%	376.94x
96	Greenland	17	0.150%	48.01x
97	Gunning	17	0.150%	41.41x
98	Hackett	17	0.150%	12.83x
99	Horwood	17	0.150%	31.88x
100	Norvill	17	0.150%	487.11x