Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barrington, Somerset

Barrington is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Somerset

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
BRISTER225.26324,489.80
BOND225.263299.41
SWAIN194.5455235.73
DRAYTON174.06701,156.46
DADE143.34932,333.33
GENTLE112.6316797.10
JACOBS92.153189.91
WOOLCOTT81.91391,379.31
BRIDGE81.913994.45
MULLINS81.9139200.00
MORRIS81.91398.60
CLARK81.91396.37
WOODLAND71.6746330.19
DICKS71.6746343.14
PITTARD61.43541,714.29
WINTER61.435440.49
PRIOR61.435461.98
GILLARD61.4354165.29
BULLEN51.1962112.87
SALSBURY40.9569588.24
PAULL40.9569275.86
BONNING30.71771,875.00
WINES20.4785625.00
MINTER20.4785131.58
WHITE20.47851.49
COOPER20.47851.97
HARRIS20.47851.88
CLARKE20.47852.36
GRINTER20.4785408.16
VILE20.4785277.78
PAUL10.23929.56
ANDREWS10.23922.50
CREMER10.2392416.67
THORNE10.239211.35
COLES10.23926.87
GUMMER10.2392200.00
LAKE10.239210.79
SWAINE10.239254.35
ROWE10.23924.21
ENGLAND10.239211.61
KENNARD10.239249.26
COOK10.23921.20
HAKE10.2392212.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRISTER0.424184489.7959
DADE0.424182333.3333
BONNING0.424181875.0000
PITTARD0.424181714.2857
WOOLCOTT0.424181379.3103
DRAYTON0.424181156.4626
GENTLE0.42418797.1014
WINES0.42418625.0000
SALSBURY0.42418588.2353
CREMER0.42418416.6667
GRINTER0.42418408.1633
DICKS0.42418343.1373
WOODLAND0.42418330.1887
VILE0.42418277.7778
PAULL0.42418275.8621
SWAIN0.42418235.7320
HAKE0.42418212.7660
MULLINS0.42418200.0000
GUMMER0.42418200.0000
GILLARD0.42418165.2893
MINTER0.42418131.5789
BULLEN0.42418112.8668
BOND0.4241899.4126
BRIDGE0.4241894.4510
JACOBS0.4241889.9101
PRIOR0.4241861.9835
SWAINE0.4241854.3478
KENNARD0.4241849.2611
WINTER0.4241840.4858
ENGLAND0.4241811.6144
THORNE0.4241811.3507
LAKE0.4241810.7875
PAUL0.424189.5602
MORRIS0.424188.5975
COLES0.424186.8681
CLARK0.424186.3674
ROWE0.424184.2123
ANDREWS0.424182.4969
CLARKE0.424182.3613
COOPER0.424181.9670
HARRIS0.424181.8827
WHITE0.424181.4885
COOK0.424181.2044

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 418 people called BRISTER in Barrington at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 4489.7959 in Barrington means that 4489.7959% of the people in Barrington on census day were called BRISTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRISTER in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called BRISTER as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called BRISTER here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called BRISTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Barrington means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRISTER in Barrington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Barrington in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ANDREWS (1)  HONEYBALL (1)  BOND (22)  BONNING (3)  BRADBEER (1)  BRISTER (22)  BRIDGE (8)  BULLEN (5)  CLARKE (2)  CLARK (8)  COLES (1)  COOK (1)  COOPER (2)  COZENS (7)  CREMER (1)  DABINETT (26)  DADE (14)  DERRIMAN (1)  DICKS (7)  DYMOCK (2)  DRAYTON (17)  EALES (1)  ENGLAND (1)  GENTLE (11)  GILLARD (6)  GREENSLADE (4)  GRINTER (2)  GUMMER (1)  HAKE (1)  HARRIS (2)  HURLESTONE (1)  JACOBS (9)  KENNARD (1)  LAKE (1)  MALE (98)  MINTER (2)  MORRIS (8)  MULLINS (8)  PAUL (1)  PAULL (4)  PAVORD (5)  PITTARD (6)  PRIOR (6)  RAISON (5)  ROWSWELL (27)  ROWE (1)  SALSBURY (4)  SWAIN (19)  SWAINE (1)  THORNE (1)  TRATT (2)  VILE (2)  WHITE (2)  WINES (2)  WINTER (6)  WOODLAND (7)  WOOLCOTT (8)