1881 census place

Yeovil surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Yeovil, 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

517 surnames are listed for Yeovil, Somerset, covering 4,514 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hann, with 82 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Yeovil

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	Hann	82	0.860%	187.86x
2	Abbott	75	0.780%	17.80x
3	Ricketts	69	0.720%	74.44x
4	Raymond	68	0.710%	123.34x
5	Hawkins	58	0.610%	8.38x
6	Bartlett	55	0.580%	13.14x
7	Dodge	52	0.540%	138.70x
8	Hallett	52	0.540%	44.23x
9	Garrett	50	0.520%	23.05x
10	Ostler	50	0.520%	247.16x
11	Tucker	50	0.520%	9.46x
12	Hayward	46	0.480%	11.29x
13	Little	45	0.470%	9.96x
14	Jesty	39	0.410%	799.18x
15	Penny	38	0.400%	22.35x
16	Arnold	35	0.370%	6.79x
17	Beare	35	0.370%	199.43x
18	Chant	34	0.360%	85.60x
19	Guppy	33	0.350%	130.74x
20	Robins	33	0.350%	16.30x
21	Hilborne	31	0.320%	790.82x
22	Slade	31	0.320%	16.26x
23	Seymour	30	0.310%	15.36x
24	Thorne	30	0.310%	14.89x
25	Conway	29	0.300%	16.20x
26	Giles	29	0.300%	7.96x
27	Hyde	29	0.300%	9.87x
28	Clements	28	0.290%	8.83x
29	Whitby	28	0.290%	48.14x
30	Symes	27	0.280%	38.34x
31	Pike	26	0.270%	9.36x
32	Hodges	25	0.260%	8.92x
33	Masters	25	0.260%	14.12x
34	Purchase	25	0.260%	76.22x
35	Stagg	25	0.260%	39.30x
36	Hamblen	24	0.250%	601.50x
37	Jeans	24	0.250%	74.70x
38	Maidment	24	0.250%	45.56x
39	Moores	24	0.250%	30.37x
40	Vincent	24	0.250%	8.05x
41	Hambridge	23	0.240%	221.79x
42	Hitchcock	23	0.240%	20.87x
43	Gear	22	0.230%	61.68x
44	Hoskins	22	0.230%	23.61x
45	Hutchings	22	0.230%	12.25x
46	Inkpen	22	0.230%	176.28x
47	Wellman	22	0.230%	101.38x
48	Winsor	22	0.230%	76.63x
49	Fudge	20	0.210%	56.07x
50	Hull	20	0.210%	10.02x
51	Rendall	20	0.210%	39.45x
52	Appleby	19	0.200%	12.18x
53	Burt	19	0.200%	8.37x
54	Dade	19	0.200%	138.79x
55	Helliar	19	0.200%	532.21x
56	Langdon	19	0.200%	25.58x
57	Sweatman	19	0.200%	176.74x
58	Barge	18	0.190%	139.32x
59	Baulch	18	0.190%	255.32x
60	Clothier	18	0.190%	90.54x
61	Cottle	18	0.190%	38.30x
62	Ewens	18	0.190%	103.33x
63	Priddle	18	0.190%	114.87x
64	Thring	18	0.190%	243.24x
65	Denman	17	0.180%	39.94x
66	Rodber	17	0.180%	604.98x
67	Bicknell	16	0.170%	42.01x
68	Higdon	16	0.170%	353.20x
69	Rake	16	0.170%	203.82x
70	Robbins	16	0.170%	10.70x
71	Sartin	16	0.170%	313.73x
72	Seager	16	0.170%	30.35x
73	Bridle	15	0.160%	36.28x
74	Gawler	15	0.160%	227.27x
75	Patten	15	0.160%	25.02x
76	Seward	15	0.160%	28.58x
77	Warr	15	0.160%	27.57x
78	Brake	14	0.150%	60.53x
79	Chaffey	14	0.150%	91.62x
80	Chainey	14	0.150%	213.09x
81	Creese	14	0.150%	87.06x
82	Crocker	14	0.150%	10.91x
83	Eason	14	0.150%	34.20x
84	Flower	14	0.150%	15.00x
85	Hellier	14	0.150%	37.50x
86	Marden	14	0.150%	67.40x
87	Mooney	14	0.150%	12.62x
88	Pitman	14	0.150%	16.06x
89	Sweet	14	0.150%	16.24x
90	Chaplin	13	0.140%	9.48x
91	Clinker	13	0.140%	403.73x
92	Crouch	13	0.140%	10.15x
93	Fooks	13	0.140%	84.69x
94	Foot	13	0.140%	13.73x
95	Hillard	13	0.140%	90.97x
96	Humber	13	0.140%	83.33x
97	Jenner	13	0.140%	11.46x
98	Peaty	13	0.140%	228.87x
99	Ring	13	0.140%	33.51x
100	Selway	13	0.140%	50.80x