Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burrington, Somerset

Burrington 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
PLUMLEY214.63583,230.77
HOLLIER163.53201,777.78
BROWN132.86984.35
COLE91.986821.81
WHITE91.98686.18
ATWELL91.9868937.50
ASH81.7660106.95
LOVELL81.766084.39
THATCHER81.7660192.31
BALL81.766021.38
BABER81.7660860.22
COX81.766011.65
HARRIS81.76606.95
BROOM81.7660143.37
EDGELL71.5453985.92
WILSON71.54533.36
BUXTON61.324588.11
DYER61.324534.19
HUNT61.32459.97
SMALL61.324552.22
WOODS61.324521.01
LLEWELLYN61.324590.77
CHAMPION51.1038105.49
CLARK51.10383.67
GALLOP51.1038347.22
FREEMAN40.883013.83
BATH40.8830117.65
SHEPPARD40.883025.49
GUPPY40.8830333.33
KEEL40.8830444.44
RAYSON40.8830307.69
FLOYD40.883092.81
DERRICK40.8830157.48
LANE40.883012.81
BEACHAM40.8830317.46
FILER40.8830425.53
PARKER40.88304.64
GILLING30.6623375.00
MARSHALL30.66233.95
LEWIS30.66232.52
LAWRENCE30.662310.20
BRUNT30.662396.15
RIDLEY30.662334.25
BERRY30.66238.35
BAKER30.66233.02
MARTIN30.66232.69
COLLINS30.66234.62
WILKINS30.662314.99
REEVES30.662316.17
YOUNG30.66233.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PLUMLEY0.454533230.7692
HOLLIER0.454531777.7778
REDD0.454531000.0000
EDGELL0.45453985.9155
ATWELL0.45453937.5000
BABER0.45453860.2151
BREAN0.45453555.5556
KEEL0.45453444.4444
FILER0.45453425.5319
GILLING0.45453375.0000
GALLOP0.45453347.2222
GUPPY0.45453333.3333
BEACHAM0.45453317.4603
RAYSON0.45453307.6923
THATCHER0.45453192.3077
DERRICK0.45453157.4803
BANWELL0.45453149.2537
HUISH0.45453144.9275
BROOM0.45453143.3692
BATH0.45453117.6471
ASH0.45453106.9519
CHAMPION0.45453105.4852
FEAR0.4545399.5025
HILES0.4545397.0874
BRUNT0.4545396.1538
ABBOT0.4545393.4579
FLOYD0.4545392.8074
LLEWELLYN0.4545390.7716
BUXTON0.4545388.1057
LOVELL0.4545384.3882
HEAL0.4545382.9876
SELLICK0.4545382.6446
PAYNTER0.4545378.7402
SOMERS0.4545365.3595
TRIBE0.4545365.3595
SMALL0.4545352.2193
WOOLEY0.4545334.4828
RIDLEY0.4545334.2466
DYER0.4545334.1880
STRATFORD0.4545332.1543
ORAM0.4545328.3286
SHEPPARD0.4545325.4939
COLE0.4545321.8076
BALL0.4545321.3789
WOODS0.4545321.0084
REEVES0.4545316.1725
PAINTER0.4545316.1031
WILKINS0.4545314.9850
FREEMAN0.4545313.8265
CHAPPELL0.4545313.0890

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 453 people called PLUMLEY in Burrington 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 3230.7692 in Burrington means that 3230.7692% of the people in Burrington on census day were called PLUMLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PLUMLEY 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 PLUMLEY 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 PLUMLEY 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 PLUMLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Burrington means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PLUMLEY in Burrington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burrington in 1881

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

ABBOT (2)  ADDICOTT (9)  ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ASH (8)  ATWELL (9)  BABER (8)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (3)  BALL (8)  BANWELL (1)  BARNES (1)  BATH (4)  BEACHAM (4)  BERRY (3)  BISHOP (1)  BLAKE (1)  BREAN (1)  BROOM (8)  BROWN (13)  BRUNT (3)  BURGESS (2)  BURTON (1)  BUXTON (6)  CAREY (1)  CARPENTER (1)  CHAMPION (5)  CHAPPELL (1)  CLARK (5)  COLE (9)  COLLINGDON (1)  COLLINS (3)  CORDING (4)  COX (8)  DAY (1)  DE MOLEYNS (2)  DERRICK (4)  DURSTON (8)  DYER (6)  EDGELL (7)  EMERY (1)  FEAR (2)  FILER (4)  FREEMAN (4)  GALLOP (5)  GARDNER (2)  GILLING (3)  GOODLIFE (8)  GOODMAN (1)  GRAVENOR (1)  GUPPY (4)  HARDING (3)  HEAR (1)  HARRIS (8)  HEAL (2)  HILES (1)  HOLLIER (16)  HOWELL (1)  HUISH (1)  HUNT (6)  ISGAR (3)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (1)  KEEDWELL (12)  KEEL (4)  KING (1)  KITLEY (1)  LANE (4)  LAWRENCE (3)  LEE (3)  LEIGH (1)  LEWIS (3)  LINTERN (5)  LLEWELLYN (6)  FLOYD (4)  LOCK (1)  LOVELL (8)  MANNING (1)  MARSH (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MARTIN (3)  MAZUCHELLI (2)  MILNE (1)  MOUNSDEN (7)  NEWTON (3)  ORAM (1)  PAINTER (1)  PAYNTER (1)  PARKER (4)  PETERS (1)  PETHERHAM (1)  PLUMLEY (21)  PIMM (3)  REDDIFORD (1)  RAYSON (4)  REEVES (3)  REDD (1)  RIDLEY (3)  ROE (1)  SELLICK (1)  SHEPPARD (4)  SHIPWAY (1)  SIMMONS (2)  SMALL (6)  STONE (1)  STRATFORD (1)  SOMERS (1)  THATCHER (8)  TELLING (1)  TOSSELL (1)  TRIBE (1)  TUCKER (1)  VOWELLS (1)  WHITE (9)  WILKINS (3)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILSON (7)  WOODS (6)  WOOKEY (25)  WOOLEY (1)  YOUNG (3)