1881 census place

Midsomer Norton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Midsomer Norton, 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

196 surnames are listed for Midsomer Norton, Somerset, covering 2,282 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Maggs, with 146 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Midsomer Norton

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	Maggs	146	3.30%	491.75x
2	Ashman	110	2.48%	382.48x
3	Chivers	97	2.19%	248.21x
4	Shearn	89	2.01%	1745.10x
5	Whittock	72	1.63%	2257.05x
6	Robbins	65	1.47%	93.77x
7	Horler	63	1.42%	957.45x
8	Gould	60	1.35%	37.48x
9	Woodland	56	1.26%	249.11x
10	Moon	54	1.22%	57.79x
11	Gay	42	0.950%	71.14x
12	Burge	41	0.930%	127.85x
13	Gulliford	41	0.930%	555.56x
14	Emery	37	0.840%	38.25x
15	Simmons	35	0.790%	19.36x
16	Sheppard	33	0.740%	21.51x
17	Cottle	32	0.720%	146.86x
18	Dando	30	0.680%	183.15x
19	Purnell	30	0.680%	129.09x
20	Naish	29	0.650%	183.08x
21	Parfitt	28	0.630%	86.55x
22	Talbot	28	0.630%	25.39x
23	Mathews	27	0.610%	16.50x
24	Carpenter	26	0.590%	17.11x
25	Fussell	26	0.590%	314.01x
26	Bray	25	0.560%	16.78x
27	Box	24	0.540%	66.85x
28	Derrick	24	0.540%	96.70x
29	Oram	23	0.520%	66.59x
30	Rossiter	23	0.520%	82.44x
31	Tovey	22	0.500%	84.75x
32	Millard	19	0.430%	25.90x
33	Dowling	18	0.410%	36.67x
34	Heal	18	0.410%	76.34x
35	Sperring	18	0.410%	256.05x
36	Denning	17	0.380%	100.00x
37	Batt	16	0.360%	53.37x
38	Plumer	16	0.360%	493.83x
39	Branch	15	0.340%	66.20x
40	Down	15	0.340%	28.20x
41	Fear	15	0.340%	76.37x
42	Latchem	15	0.340%	738.92x
43	Blacker	14	0.320%	96.69x
44	Catley	14	0.320%	147.21x
45	Gunning	14	0.320%	86.58x
46	Mattick	14	0.320%	858.90x
47	Thatcher	13	0.290%	31.93x
48	Veal	13	0.290%	47.99x
49	Kevill	12	0.270%	991.74x
50	Mears	11	0.250%	26.34x
51	Pow	11	0.250%	105.97x
52	Brimble	10	0.230%	132.28x
53	Britten	10	0.230%	56.66x
54	Goulding	10	0.230%	23.11x
55	Keevill	10	0.230%	1234.57x
56	Rymer	10	0.230%	94.43x
57	Barter	9	0.200%	37.05x
58	Beauchamp	9	0.200%	59.64x
59	Bown	9	0.200%	36.73x
60	Hambelton	9	0.200%	1956.52x
61	Maidment	9	0.200%	36.86x
62	Padfield	9	0.200%	77.12x
63	Winsley	9	0.200%	428.57x
64	Cray	8	0.180%	93.79x
65	Gait	8	0.180%	189.13x
66	Garrad	8	0.180%	106.10x
67	Herrington	8	0.180%	47.99x
68	Kerton	8	0.180%	221.61x
69	Langly	8	0.180%	615.38x
70	Spear	8	0.180%	38.39x
71	Tayler	8	0.180%	32.81x
72	Grist	7	0.160%	32.63x
73	Memory	7	0.160%	288.07x
74	Selway	7	0.160%	59.02x
75	Stenner	7	0.160%	181.35x
76	Yard	7	0.160%	132.08x
77	Brownjohn	6	0.140%	142.18x
78	Eyles	6	0.140%	29.35x
79	Hambleton	6	0.140%	33.33x
80	Keevil	6	0.140%	164.38x
81	Leay	6	0.140%	521.74x
82	Mountjoy	6	0.140%	119.05x
83	Pointing	6	0.140%	155.44x
84	Presley	6	0.140%	183.49x
85	Shepard	6	0.140%	47.62x
86	Snelgrove	6	0.140%	54.50x
87	Tapp	6	0.140%	31.56x
88	Treasure	6	0.140%	93.75x
89	Whatley	6	0.140%	35.03x
90	Berton	5	0.110%	446.43x
91	Bricknell	5	0.110%	62.11x
92	Brockway	5	0.110%	78.37x
93	Challenger	5	0.110%	56.63x
94	Maundrell	5	0.110%	261.78x
95	Milbourne	5	0.110%	119.05x
96	Obern	5	0.110%	781.25x
97	Padden	5	0.110%	132.63x
98	Rowden	5	0.110%	46.99x
99	Ruddick	5	0.110%	47.26x
100	Allaway	4	0.090%	50.44x