1881 census place

West Coker surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in West Coker, 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

45 surnames are listed for West Coker, Somerset, covering 441 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Rendell, with 110 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in West Coker

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	Rendell	110	11.49%	2750.00x
2	Gould	34	3.55%	98.32x
3	Sandford	32	3.34%	469.90x
4	Guppy	28	2.93%	1106.72x
5	Dodge	21	2.19%	560.00x
6	Cave	16	1.67%	116.53x
7	Cains	14	1.46%	1157.02x
8	Cotter	12	1.25%	330.58x
9	Trask	12	1.25%	1121.50x
10	Farnham	10	1.04%	518.13x
11	Hawker	10	1.04%	136.43x
12	Purchase	10	1.04%	304.88x
13	Viney	10	1.04%	275.48x
14	Moors	8	0.840%	337.55x
15	Puddy	8	0.840%	720.72x
16	Honeybun	7	0.730%	1000.00x
17	Spurr	7	0.730%	175.00x
18	Vagg	7	0.730%	1428.57x
19	Newis	6	0.630%	1875.00x
20	Pester	6	0.630%	555.56x
21	Podger	6	0.630%	631.58x
22	Tilling	6	0.630%	255.32x
23	Axe	5	0.520%	500.00x
24	Dibble	5	0.520%	181.82x
25	Genge	5	0.520%	555.56x
26	Strode	5	0.520%	925.93x
27	Balmain	4	0.420%	689.66x
28	Burnard	4	0.420%	248.45x
29	Eggleston	4	0.420%	177.78x
30	Helyar	4	0.420%	833.33x
31	Portch	4	0.420%	465.12x
32	Shire	4	0.420%	434.78x
33	Sleigh	3	0.310%	140.85x
34	Hanger	2	0.210%	206.19x
35	Hurlstone	2	0.210%	400.00x
36	Athersmith	1	0.100%	500.00x
37	Calthorpe	1	0.100%	212.77x
38	Dade	1	0.100%	72.99x
39	Eglon	1	0.100%	588.24x
40	Mayon	1	0.100%	277.78x
41	Sartin	1	0.100%	196.08x
42	Savile	1	0.100%	147.06x
43	Stoodley	1	0.100%	83.33x
44	Wadman	1	0.100%	98.04x
45	Welman	1	0.100%	322.58x