Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brompton Ralph, Somerset

Brompton Ralph 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
CRIDDLE276.36793,802.82
BURNETT235.4245196.08
BOSLEY163.77361,600.00
PARSONS153.537746.57
GIBBS133.066062.41
GORE122.8302250.52
WEBBER92.122669.50
CHAPMAN92.122614.95
DUNN92.122625.52
COLES92.122660.93
YANDLE81.88685,000.00
HEWS71.65092,333.33
WHITEFIELD71.6509804.60
WINTER71.650946.54
HOOPER71.650938.98
VENN61.4151312.50
STEPHENS61.415125.50
BLACKMORE61.415198.20
FRY61.415144.18
KING61.41516.49
SMITH61.41511.00
BALE51.1792156.74
RANDLE51.1792140.85
TARR51.1792324.68
CORNISH51.179281.70
REED51.179216.16
BRYANT51.179227.59
SIMONS51.179289.45
BARRINGTON51.1792362.32
ASHTON51.179224.07
HARTNELL51.1792495.05
ESCOTT40.9434338.98
LANGDON40.9434121.21
UPHAM40.9434714.29
BURSTON40.9434470.59
WOODROW40.9434152.09
CHORLEY30.7075208.33
LEE30.70754.33
JONES30.70750.62
REDWOOD30.7075260.87
THORNE30.707533.56
BOWERMAN30.7075240.00
MILTON20.471734.25
ARMSTRONG20.47176.17
CURLE20.4717408.16
POPE20.471713.69
BAILY20.471774.63
VINCENT20.471715.13
GADD20.471770.92
HORSEY20.4717256.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
YANDLE0.424245000.0000
CRIDDLE0.424243802.8169
HEWS0.424242333.3333
BOSLEY0.424241600.0000
WHITEFIELD0.42424804.5977
UPHAM0.42424714.2857
HARTNELL0.42424495.0495
BURSTON0.42424470.5882
CURLE0.42424408.1633
BARRINGTON0.42424362.3188
ESCOTT0.42424338.9831
TARR0.42424324.6753
VENN0.42424312.5000
WOODBURY0.42424270.2703
REDWOOD0.42424260.8696
HORSEY0.42424256.4103
GORE0.42424250.5219
BOWERMAN0.42424240.0000
CHORLEY0.42424208.3333
BURNETT0.42424196.0784
SELLICK0.42424176.9912
BALE0.42424156.7398
WOODROW0.42424152.0913
NATION0.42424147.0588
RANDLE0.42424140.8451
VESSEY0.42424138.8889
LANGDON0.42424121.2121
BLACKMORE0.4242498.1997
SIMONS0.4242489.4454
CORNISH0.4242481.6993
CHOWN0.4242475.1880
BAILY0.4242474.6269
SLOCOMBE0.4242473.5294
GADD0.4242470.9220
WEBBER0.4242469.4981
GIBBS0.4242462.4100
COLES0.4242460.9343
PARSONS0.4242446.5694
WINTER0.4242446.5426
FRY0.4242444.1826
HOOPER0.4242438.9755
COLLARD0.4242438.7597
MILTON0.4242434.2466
THORNE0.4242433.5570
BRYANT0.4242427.5938
DUNN0.4242425.5247
STEPHENS0.4242425.4994
ASHTON0.4242424.0732
QUICK0.4242421.0526
REED0.4242416.1551

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 424 people called YANDLE in Brompton Ralph 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 5000.0000 in Brompton Ralph means that 5000.0000% of the people in Brompton Ralph on census day were called YANDLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called YANDLE 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 YANDLE 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 YANDLE 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 YANDLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Brompton Ralph means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of YANDLE in Brompton Ralph than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brompton Ralph in 1881

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

APSEE (4)  ARMSTRONG (2)  ASHTON (5)  BAILY (2)  BALE (5)  BARRINGTON (5)  BERRY (1)  BIRD (2)  BIRTH (1)  BLACKMORE (6)  BOOBY (1)  BOSLEY (16)  BOWERMAN (3)  BRANFIELD (10)  BRANFILL (1)  BRYANT (5)  BURNETT (23)  BURSTON (4)  CHAPMAN (9)  CHIPLAIN (2)  CHIPLIAN (6)  CHORLEY (3)  CHOWN (1)  CLARK (1)  COLES (9)  COLLARD (1)  CORNISH (5)  CRIDDLE (27)  CROSS (2)  CURLE (2)  DARCH (8)  DAVIS (1)  DUNN (9)  ESCOTT (4)  FRY (6)  GARDNER (1)  GADD (2)  GIBBS (13)  GORE (12)  GREEDY (9)  HARTNELL (5)  HAWKINS (2)  HOOPER (7)  HORSEY (2)  HEWS (7)  HOOKINS (4)  JONES (3)  KING (6)  LANGDON (4)  LEE (3)  LUCAS (2)  LYDDON (7)  MARTIN (1)  MILTON (2)  NATION (1)  NORMAN (1)  NORISH (2)  PARSONS (15)  PAYNE (1)  POPE (2)  POTTER (1)  QUICK (1)  RANDLE (5)  REDWOOD (3)  REED (5)  REXWORTHY (4)  RICHARDS (1)  ROWE (1)  SALTER (1)  SELLICK (2)  SHOPLAND (1)  SIMONS (5)  SLOCOMBE (1)  SMITH (6)  STEPHENS (6)  SYDENHAM (7)  TARR (5)  THERASHER (2)  THORNE (3)  TOTTERDELL (4)  UPHAM (4)  VESSEY (1)  VENN (6)  VINCENT (2)  WEBBER (9)  WENSBY (1)  WHITE (2)  WHITEFIELD (7)  WILLIS (2)  WINTER (7)  WOODBURY (1)  WOODROW (4)  YANDLE (8)