1881 census place

High Ham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in High Ham, 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

76 surnames are listed for High Ham, Somerset, covering 534 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Small, with 36 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in High Ham

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	Small	36	3.21%	126.58x
2	Cullen	28	2.50%	142.57x
3	Thyer	27	2.41%	3000.00x
4	Lavis	25	2.23%	1157.41x
5	Woodman	24	2.14%	193.86x
6	Oram	23	2.05%	263.16x
7	Lampert	20	1.78%	6060.61x
8	Sherrin	20	1.78%	2380.95x
9	Loader	19	1.69%	304.98x
10	Wheadon	18	1.61%	1565.22x
11	Hawker	16	1.43%	186.48x
12	Sweet	15	1.34%	148.37x
13	Crossman	14	1.25%	379.40x
14	Scriven	13	1.16%	230.50x
15	Hurd	12	1.07%	238.57x
16	Priddle	12	1.07%	652.17x
17	Cable	11	0.980%	195.38x
18	Fido	10	0.890%	1190.48x
19	Peppard	9	0.800%	6000.00x
20	Skeet	9	0.800%	422.54x
21	Gare	8	0.710%	833.33x
22	Inder	8	0.710%	1702.13x
23	Tapscott	8	0.710%	975.61x
24	Bown	7	0.620%	112.90x
25	Fouracres	7	0.620%	2258.06x
26	Rowsell	7	0.620%	294.12x
27	Spearing	7	0.620%	325.58x
28	Spiller	7	0.620%	109.89x
29	Birt	6	0.540%	126.32x
30	Meaker	6	0.540%	631.58x
31	Horsey	5	0.450%	243.90x
32	Skerry	5	0.450%	549.45x
33	Chapel	4	0.360%	277.78x
34	Fouracre	4	0.360%	350.88x
35	Gaylard	4	0.360%	444.44x
36	Keevil	4	0.360%	434.78x
37	Duddridge	3	0.270%	291.26x
38	Grinham	3	0.270%	300.00x
39	Louch	3	0.270%	197.37x
40	Napp	3	0.270%	882.35x
41	Perrey	3	0.270%	370.37x
42	Rood	3	0.270%	285.71x
43	Sawtell	3	0.270%	361.45x
44	Stenson	3	0.270%	145.63x
45	Vigar	3	0.270%	322.58x
46	Wagland	3	0.270%	535.71x
47	Biddlecombe	2	0.180%	103.63x
48	Binning	2	0.180%	126.58x
49	Brimacombe	2	0.180%	263.16x
50	Cooksley	2	0.180%	93.46x
51	Culliford	2	0.180%	169.49x
52	Dampier	2	0.180%	266.67x
53	Melmoth	2	0.180%	512.82x
54	Newis	2	0.180%	540.54x
55	Overd	2	0.180%	2857.14x
56	Peddle	2	0.180%	232.56x
57	Perris	2	0.180%	136.99x
58	Poyner	2	0.180%	121.21x
59	Rapson	2	0.180%	85.47x
60	Stinson	2	0.180%	165.29x
61	Wheller	2	0.180%	285.71x
62	Willment	2	0.180%	909.09x
63	Betty	1	0.090%	72.99x
64	Grinter	1	0.090%	75.76x
65	Gulley	1	0.090%	93.46x
66	Hollard	1	0.090%	400.00x
67	Landford	1	0.090%	526.32x
68	Mare	1	0.090%	102.04x
69	Mounter	1	0.090%	163.93x
70	Pettey	1	0.090%	178.57x
71	Pippard	1	0.090%	357.14x
72	Pittard	1	0.090%	106.38x
73	Tatchell	1	0.090%	114.94x
74	Voisey	1	0.090%	86.21x
75	Weech	1	0.090%	357.14x
76	Witcombe	1	0.090%	50.25x