1881 census place

Weston Super Mare surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Weston Super Mare, 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

690 surnames are listed for Weston Super Mare, Somerset, covering 4,455 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Baker, with 128 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Weston Super Mare

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	Baker	128	1.08%	4.92x
2	Stock	100	0.840%	67.69x
3	Palmer	83	0.700%	5.93x
4	Cox	78	0.660%	4.33x
5	Day	64	0.540%	5.73x
6	Poole	64	0.540%	11.19x
7	Parsons	62	0.520%	6.87x
8	Pople	54	0.450%	221.13x
9	Fear	51	0.430%	96.87x
10	Dyer	50	0.420%	10.87x
11	Harse	44	0.370%	710.82x
12	Hodges	43	0.360%	12.35x
13	Lovell	42	0.350%	16.91x
14	Hares	38	0.320%	151.39x
15	Urch	35	0.290%	350.35x
16	Addicott	34	0.290%	207.70x
17	House	33	0.280%	21.36x
18	Rossiter	33	0.280%	44.13x
19	Shorney	31	0.260%	409.51x
20	Radford	30	0.250%	13.32x
21	Smart	30	0.250%	5.55x
22	Brewer	29	0.240%	9.21x
23	Browning	28	0.240%	11.59x
24	Gould	28	0.240%	6.53x
25	Stradling	28	0.240%	185.31x
26	Pike	27	0.230%	7.82x
27	Badman	26	0.220%	154.30x
28	Fry	26	0.220%	6.83x
29	Sheppard	26	0.220%	6.32x
30	Tripp	26	0.220%	44.85x
31	Vowles	26	0.220%	45.57x
32	Heywood	25	0.210%	10.58x
33	Hornett	25	0.210%	240.62x
34	Banwell	24	0.200%	136.67x
35	Beacham	24	0.200%	72.40x
36	Collard	24	0.200%	33.22x
37	Durston	23	0.190%	103.23x
38	Hurley	23	0.190%	16.61x
39	Sydenham	23	0.190%	92.67x
40	Tancock	22	0.190%	170.28x
41	Jefferies	21	0.180%	15.97x
42	Main	21	0.180%	10.80x
43	Woolmington	21	0.180%	569.11x
44	Norvill	20	0.170%	542.01x
45	Tanner	20	0.170%	7.51x
46	Hurman	19	0.160%	335.10x
47	Pain	19	0.160%	17.81x
48	Way	19	0.160%	14.51x
49	Withers	19	0.160%	9.76x
50	Wride	19	0.160%	153.10x
51	Counsell	18	0.150%	60.93x
52	Frampton	18	0.150%	19.24x
53	Hayman	18	0.150%	19.88x
54	Madge	18	0.150%	48.04x
55	Podger	18	0.150%	153.32x
56	Robbins	18	0.150%	9.69x
57	Westlake	18	0.150%	20.93x
58	Athay	17	0.140%	1024.10x
59	Burnell	17	0.140%	23.89x
60	Tinklin	17	0.140%	596.49x
61	Hillman	16	0.130%	15.65x
62	March	16	0.130%	12.51x
63	Coombes	15	0.130%	11.81x
64	Gillmore	15	0.130%	132.28x
65	Hussey	15	0.130%	12.53x
66	Perrett	15	0.130%	25.29x
67	Trapnell	15	0.130%	230.77x
68	Capell	14	0.120%	78.65x
69	Norville	14	0.120%	804.60x
70	Passmore	14	0.120%	20.17x
71	Pottinger	14	0.120%	45.05x
72	Rawle	14	0.120%	59.65x
73	Thorn	14	0.120%	7.89x
74	Weymouth	14	0.120%	74.99x
75	Brice	13	0.110%	13.27x
76	Crossman	13	0.110%	33.22x
77	Ham	13	0.110%	14.58x
78	Handy	13	0.110%	31.77x
79	Hole	13	0.110%	12.76x
80	Major	13	0.110%	8.12x
81	Rowsell	13	0.110%	51.55x
82	Washer	13	0.110%	102.12x
83	Waterman	13	0.110%	14.10x
84	Wreford	13	0.110%	76.61x
85	Bawden	12	0.100%	20.16x
86	Cookson	12	0.100%	8.57x
87	Elwell	12	0.100%	35.44x
88	Filer	12	0.100%	48.90x
89	Voisey	12	0.100%	97.32x
90	Alford	11	0.090%	10.88x
91	Amesbury	11	0.090%	149.25x
92	Batten	11	0.090%	10.04x
93	Dashwood	11	0.090%	72.27x
94	Denning	11	0.090%	24.14x
95	Goding	11	0.090%	199.64x
96	Hacker	11	0.090%	24.79x
97	Heal	11	0.090%	17.41x
98	Hiscocks	11	0.090%	72.08x
99	Hitchings	11	0.090%	29.99x
100	Kington	11	0.090%	84.81x