1881 census place

Lyncombe Widcombe surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lyncombe Widcombe, 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

759 surnames are listed for Lyncombe Widcombe, Somerset, covering 4,682 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Pearce, with 56 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lyncombe Widcombe

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	Pearce	56	0.450%	4.95x
2	Gay	52	0.420%	31.69x
3	Newman	50	0.410%	5.46x
4	Wheeler	47	0.380%	6.32x
5	Willis	47	0.380%	7.18x
6	Short	44	0.360%	9.15x
7	Tucker	44	0.360%	6.46x
8	Harding	43	0.350%	4.83x
9	Burge	41	0.330%	46.00x
10	Sheppard	40	0.320%	9.38x
11	Hodges	37	0.300%	10.25x
12	Weeks	35	0.280%	13.28x
13	Gibbs	33	0.270%	5.46x
14	Wilkins	33	0.270%	6.06x
15	Weston	32	0.260%	6.37x
16	Maggs	31	0.250%	37.57x
17	Chappell	30	0.240%	14.45x
18	Shellard	30	0.240%	153.30x
19	Stamp	29	0.240%	32.03x
20	Cottle	28	0.230%	46.24x
21	Sargent	28	0.230%	14.77x
22	Brinkworth	27	0.220%	103.41x
23	Button	27	0.220%	18.48x
24	Gough	27	0.220%	7.48x
25	Dainton	26	0.210%	179.68x
26	Humphries	26	0.210%	9.37x
27	Dutton	24	0.190%	8.61x
28	Garrett	23	0.190%	8.23x
29	Gibbons	23	0.190%	5.81x
30	Mead	23	0.190%	8.01x
31	Fear	22	0.180%	40.29x
32	Millard	22	0.180%	10.79x
33	Sims	22	0.180%	5.96x
34	Chivers	21	0.170%	19.33x
35	Wilcox	21	0.170%	9.05x
36	Stride	20	0.160%	46.16x
37	Broom	19	0.150%	12.52x
38	Buck	19	0.150%	7.20x
39	Hillier	19	0.150%	11.45x
40	Bristow	18	0.150%	10.81x
41	Lanning	18	0.150%	114.00x
42	Merchant	18	0.150%	21.74x
43	Moger	18	0.150%	180.18x
44	Rawlings	18	0.150%	10.00x
45	Willcox	18	0.150%	27.11x
46	Backhouse	17	0.140%	18.54x
47	Biggs	17	0.140%	7.33x
48	Bodman	17	0.140%	94.18x
49	Clement	17	0.140%	13.71x
50	Love	17	0.140%	5.82x
51	Seager	17	0.140%	25.03x
52	Selfe	17	0.140%	135.57x
53	Silcocks	17	0.140%	328.19x
54	Bolwell	16	0.130%	88.06x
55	Bool	16	0.130%	216.22x
56	Coward	16	0.130%	11.34x
57	Hales	16	0.130%	9.05x
58	Holbrook	16	0.130%	18.03x
59	Huggins	16	0.130%	15.44x
60	Lye	16	0.130%	48.05x
61	Maslen	16	0.130%	62.06x
62	Sumsion	16	0.130%	259.32x
63	Titley	16	0.130%	48.59x
64	Candy	15	0.120%	34.19x
65	Coombes	15	0.120%	11.39x
66	Coombs	15	0.120%	7.21x
67	Dagger	15	0.120%	79.83x
68	Hollings	15	0.120%	32.43x
69	Noad	15	0.120%	84.46x
70	Pinnell	15	0.120%	82.55x
71	Rouse	15	0.120%	8.50x
72	Wiltshire	15	0.120%	9.13x
73	Bradfield	14	0.110%	35.84x
74	Hallett	14	0.110%	9.24x
75	Hinton	14	0.110%	8.47x
76	Hiscocks	14	0.110%	88.44x
77	Millett	14	0.110%	28.64x
78	Minty	14	0.110%	57.14x
79	Self	14	0.110%	16.01x
80	Staples	14	0.110%	11.89x
81	Batt	13	0.110%	15.60x
82	Giddings	13	0.110%	23.18x
83	Goodson	13	0.110%	21.21x
84	Hinge	13	0.110%	149.94x
85	Hulbert	13	0.110%	19.23x
86	Lanham	13	0.110%	41.72x
87	Rowsell	13	0.110%	49.71x
88	Scudamore	13	0.110%	103.67x
89	Shore	13	0.110%	9.82x
90	Stiles	13	0.110%	19.07x
91	Westcott	13	0.110%	15.97x
92	Abrahams	12	0.100%	12.85x
93	Cambridge	12	0.100%	31.83x
94	Cantle	12	0.100%	97.96x
95	Culverwell	12	0.100%	58.97x
96	Dando	12	0.100%	26.37x
97	Duck	12	0.100%	18.15x
98	Harford	12	0.100%	29.94x
99	Janes	12	0.100%	15.17x
100	Keeping	12	0.100%	47.47x