Top surnames from the 1881 census in Buckland St Mary, Somerset

Buckland St Mary 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
DOBLE264.27631,494.25
NORTH233.7829114.14
KNIGHT162.631621.35
HILL142.30269.04
WYATT142.302678.48
QUICK132.1382190.90
DUMMETT132.13825,200.00
COUSINS121.9737109.69
SYMES111.8092245.54
NEWTON111.809223.61
BILLING111.8092324.48
BERRY101.644720.73
MITCHAM101.64471,176.47
BOARD101.6447442.48
WARREN101.644724.60
HAYSE91.48034,736.84
COLLINS91.480310.32
WEBB91.480310.92
CHURCHILL81.3158110.96
COLES81.315837.77
SPARKS81.315887.05
DICKS81.3158269.36
MANNING71.151336.21
POWELL71.15139.23
SALTER71.151350.36
HOCKEY71.1513378.38
DURMAN60.98681,090.91
DRESSER60.9868810.81
VENN60.9868217.39
YARD60.9868821.92
BILLETT60.9868458.02
WEBBER60.986832.29
BAKER60.98684.50
CRABB60.986895.09
SHOWERS60.98686,666.67
EVERY50.8224549.45
SMITH50.82240.58
POOLE50.822417.07
HOOPER50.822419.42
HARRIS50.82243.24
TROTT50.8224125.00
PRING50.8224179.86
HANEY50.8224714.29
HUISH50.8224543.48
GARLAND40.657949.63
SHIRE40.6579689.66
PERCY40.657970.55
PLAYER40.6579170.94
CHARD40.6579116.28
PERHAM40.6579714.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHOWERS0.616086666.6667
DUMMETT0.616085200.0000
COMSTOCK0.616085000.0000
HAYSE0.616084736.8421
DREWER0.616082500.0000
DOBLE0.616081494.2529
MITCHAM0.616081176.4706
DURMAN0.616081090.9091
YARD0.61608821.9178
DRESSER0.61608810.8108
HANEY0.61608714.2857
PERHAM0.61608714.2857
SHIRE0.61608689.6552
WILLIE0.61608600.0000
EVERY0.61608549.4505
HUISH0.61608543.4783
BILLETT0.61608458.0153
BOARD0.61608442.4779
HOCKEY0.61608378.3784
LANCE0.61608348.8372
BILLING0.61608324.4838
WILKEY0.61608294.1176
DICKS0.61608269.3603
BETTY0.61608266.6667
SYMES0.61608245.5357
VENN0.61608217.3913
QUICK0.61608190.8957
SANDIFORD0.61608184.0491
PRING0.61608179.8561
PLAYER0.61608170.9402
CRIDGE0.61608166.6667
HARTNELL0.61608137.9310
COLLING0.61608129.0323
TROTT0.61608125.0000
CHARD0.61608116.2791
NORTH0.61608114.1439
CHURCHILL0.61608110.9570
COUSINS0.61608109.6892
WILMOTT0.6160897.0874
CRABB0.6160895.0872
VICKERY0.6160890.7029
SPARKS0.6160887.0511
COOKSLEY0.6160886.2069
TEMPLEMAN0.6160885.1064
WYATT0.6160878.4753
PERCY0.6160870.5467
FURBER0.6160864.5161
CALLAWAY0.6160860.2410
MEYER0.6160850.5051
SALTER0.6160850.3597

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 608 people called SHOWERS in Buckland St Mary 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 6666.6667 in Buckland St Mary means that 6666.6667% of the people in Buckland St Mary on census day were called SHOWERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHOWERS 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 SHOWERS 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 SHOWERS 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 SHOWERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.61 in Buckland St Mary means that you are 0.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHOWERS in Buckland St Mary than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Buckland St Mary in 1881

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

ATKINS (1)  EVERY (5)  BAKER (6)  BALE (2)  BATSTONE (1)  BERRY (10)  BETTY (2)  BILLETT (6)  BILLING (11)  BLACKMORE (1)  BLANDFORD (1)  BOARD (10)  BROOKS (1)  BROOMFIELD (2)  BURFOD (5)  BIRT (1)  BUTTLE (2)  CALLAWAY (1)  CHALLIS (1)  CHARD (4)  CHURCHILL (8)  COLES (8)  COLEMAN (2)  COLLINS (9)  COMSTOCK (1)  COOKSLEY (1)  COTTRELL (1)  COUSINS (12)  CRABB (6)  CRANDON (2)  CRIDGE (1)  CROMDON (6)  CUFF (1)  CULLIFORD (3)  DAVEY (1)  DURMAN (6)  DENHAM (2)  DICKS (8)  DOBLE (26)  DOLLING (5)  DRESSER (6)  DREWER (2)  DUMMETT (13)  DYER (2)  DIMENT (3)  EVANS (2)  FOWLER (1)  FURBER (1)  GARLAND (4)  GILL (2)  GILLETT (1)  GOOD (1)  GRABHAM (16)  GRANGER (3)  GRANT (2)  HANEY (5)  HANDLE (1)  HARRIS (5)  HARTNELL (2)  HAWKINS (2)  HAYSE (9)  HILL (14)  HOCKEY (7)  HOOPER (5)  HUISH (5)  HUTCHINGS (2)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (1)  KNIGHT (16)  LANCE (3)  LEGG (1)  LINTHALL (1)  LOCK (1)  LULLEY (4)  LUTLEY (2)  MANNING (7)  MATRAVERS (8)  MATHEWS (3)  MATTIAN... (1)  COLLING (2)  COLLINGS (2)  MIDILTOM (1)  MITCHAM (10)  MEYER (1)  NEWTON (11)  NORRISH (9)  NORTH (23)  PAGE (2)  PAULL (1)  PINEY (3)  PERCY (4)  PERHAM (4)  PLAYER (4)  POOLE (5)  POPE (1)  POWELL (7)  PRATT (1)  PRIDDICE (6)  PRING (5)  PYM (8)  QUICK (13)  RADFORD (1)  RIDWOOD (1)  ROOST (5)  SALTER (7)  SANDIFORD (3)  SAUNDERS (3)  SCRIVEN (1)  SHIRE (4)  SHOWERS (6)  SILVESTER (1)  SYMES (11)  SMITH (5)  SPARKS (8)  SPILLER (1)  STONE (3)  STREET (2)  TEMPLEMAN (2)  TRATT (2)  TROTT (5)  TUTCHER (2)  VENN (6)  VICKERY (4)  WARREN (10)  WATERMAN (2)  WEBB (9)  WEBBER (6)  WESTLAKE (1)  WILKEY (1)  WILMOTT (2)  WIMBRIGE (1)  WYATT (14)  WILLIE (3)  YARD (6)