1881 census place

Otterford surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Otterford, 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

28 surnames are listed for Otterford, Somerset, covering 217 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Sparks, with 27 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Otterford

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	Sparks	27	6.67%	441.18x
2	Board	22	5.43%	1466.67x
3	Westlake	18	4.44%	614.33x
4	Doble	15	3.70%	1293.10x
5	Dunning	12	2.96%	348.84x
6	Babb	11	2.72%	1000.00x
7	Shire	11	2.72%	2820.51x
8	Cuff	10	2.47%	632.91x
9	Sumption	10	2.47%	10000.00x
10	Buttle	8	1.98%	761.90x
11	Hartnell	7	1.73%	721.65x
12	Rowsell	7	1.73%	813.95x
13	Bromfield	6	1.48%	631.58x
14	Foxwell	6	1.48%	845.07x
15	Venn	6	1.48%	326.09x
16	Every	5	1.23%	819.67x
17	Goodland	5	1.23%	980.39x
18	Grabham	5	1.23%	1000.00x
19	Kerslake	5	1.23%	370.37x
20	Aplin	4	0.990%	357.14x
21	Handel	3	0.740%	2500.00x
22	Wakeley	3	0.740%	666.67x
23	Willie	3	0.740%	909.09x
24	Ewins	2	0.490%	281.69x
25	Semon	2	0.490%	6666.67x
26	Willy	2	0.490%	444.44x
27	Chidgey	1	0.250%	175.44x
28	Matravers	1	0.250%	714.29x