Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dunkerton, Somerset

Dunkerton 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
HARDING212.060828.47
COOPER201.96278.07
WEST191.864619.37
CHALLENGER181.7664886.70
GARRETT181.766477.82
PARFITT171.6683228.49
LANGLEY171.668376.03
COTTLE161.5702319.36
PLUMMER161.5702117.56
MAGGS161.5702234.26
WEBBER161.570251.40
LYE141.3739507.25
BROWN141.37392.08
ROBBINS141.373987.83
GREGORY131.275818.18
BUTTON131.2758107.53
MOON131.275860.49
FILER121.1776568.72
DANIELS111.079534.36
COOMBS111.079563.84
CHIVERS100.9814111.23
GOODING100.9814116.01
WEEKS100.981445.85
BARTLETT90.883220.17
PARSONS90.883211.63
SUMMERS90.883231.49
RICHARDSON90.88325.19
HOBBS90.883224.24
LOADER90.8832158.73
ELMS90.8832231.96
PICKFORD90.8832108.43
BODMAN90.8832604.03
HARVEY90.88328.27
LAWSON80.785113.32
HAMBLIN80.7851173.54
PORCH80.7851879.12
WEAVER70.686926.42
PROBERT70.686987.06
HILLIER70.686950.95
BRACK70.6869729.17
CAREY70.686936.44
WOODHAM70.6869204.68
BISHOP70.68699.83
ROSE70.68699.26
DIX70.686969.58
FUSSELL70.6869366.49
ASHMAN70.6869105.90
SKUSE70.6869393.26
LONG60.58889.08
YOUNG60.58882.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHALLENGER1.021,019886.6995
PORCH1.021,019879.1209
BRACK1.021,019729.1667
BODMAN1.021,019604.0268
FILER1.021,019568.7204
LYE1.021,019507.2464
SKUSE1.021,019393.2584
SILCOX1.021,019390.6250
SARTIN1.021,019370.3704
FUSSELL1.021,019366.4921
DAGGETT1.021,019338.9831
COTTLE1.021,019319.3613
DURBIN1.021,019312.5000
MAGGS1.021,019234.2606
ELMS1.021,019231.9588
PARFITT1.021,019228.4946
GULLICK1.021,019212.7660
WOODHAM1.021,019204.6784
GILSON1.021,019189.8734
HAMBLIN1.021,019173.5358
GOODY1.021,019170.6485
RUDDICK1.021,019164.6091
LOADER1.021,019158.7302
WEEKES1.021,019154.4402
PLUMMER1.021,019117.5606
PAGETT1.021,019116.2791
GOODING1.021,019116.0093
NEWPORT1.021,019115.6069
BOUCHER1.021,019111.7318
CHIVERS1.021,019111.2347
PICKFORD1.021,019108.4337
BUTTON1.021,019107.5269
ASHMAN1.021,019105.9002
BOWN1.021,01988.8099
FEAR1.021,01988.4956
ROBBINS1.021,01987.8294
HURD1.021,01987.5274
PROBERT1.021,01987.0647
HORWOOD1.021,01982.8157
VEAL1.021,01980.2568
GARRETT1.021,01977.8210
LANGLEY1.021,01976.0286
PADFIELD1.021,01974.6269
BILLS1.021,01973.5294
WILLCOX1.021,01972.7273
DIX1.021,01969.5825
TARRANT1.021,01969.5410
STAMP1.021,01966.7557
COOMBS1.021,01963.8421
GALLOP1.021,01961.5385

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,019 people called CHALLENGER in Dunkerton 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 886.6995 in Dunkerton means that 886.6995% of the people in Dunkerton on census day were called CHALLENGER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHALLENGER 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 CHALLENGER 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 CHALLENGER 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 CHALLENGER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.02 in Dunkerton means that you are 1.02 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHALLENGER in Dunkerton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dunkerton in 1881

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

ALLEN (3)  ASHMAN (7)  BAKER (4)  BARMFYLDE (5)  BARTLETT (9)  BELCHER (3)  BELL (3)  BELM (2)  BEZANT (1)  BILLS (2)  BISHOP (7)  BLIZZARD (1)  BODMAN (9)  BOND (2)  BOWN (5)  BRACK (7)  BRIMBLE (5)  BRITTEN (2)  BROOM (2)  BROWN (14)  BRYANT (4)  BUDD (5)  BURCUMBE (1)  BURR (3)  BURGE (2)  BOUCHER (6)  BUTT (5)  BUTTON (13)  BYFIELD (1)  CAREY (7)  CARPENTER (5)  CARTER (5)  CHALLENGER (18)  CHAMBERS (3)  CHEASELY (2)  CHIVERS (10)  CHURCHILL (5)  COLE (1)  COLLINS (1)  COMPTON (5)  COOMBS (11)  COOPER (20)  COTTLE (16)  COWARD (1)  DAGGETT (2)  DALE (1)  DANIELS (11)  DAVIS (1)  DAY (4)  DIX (7)  DURBIN (6)  EDGILL (1)  EDWARDS (5)  ELMS (9)  EMERY (4)  EVANS (4)  FEAR (4)  FILER (12)  FLETCHER (2)  FORD (1)  FRY (2)  FUSSELL (7)  GALE (1)  CULLIMOR (9)  CULLIMORE (3)  GALLOP (2)  GARRETT (18)  GAY (6)  GILES (1)  GILSON (6)  GOLDING (6)  GOLLEDGE (3)  GOODING (10)  GOODY (5)  GREATHEAD (1)  GREGORY (13)  GULLICK (2)  GULLOCK (3)  GULLIFORD (5)  HALL (1)  HALLETT (3)  HAMBLIN (8)  HARDING (21)  HARVEY (9)  HORWOOD (4)  HEAL (2)  HURD (4)  HEARN (1)  HELPS (3)  HERAPATH (1)  HERRIDGE (1)  HIGGINS (1)  HIGGENSON (1)  HILLIER (7)  HOARE (1)  HOBBS (9)  HOBREY (2)  HODGES (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLNEY (13)  HUDD (2)  HORLER (8)  HUMPHRIES (3)  KEELING (2)  KING (3)  LAMBERN (4)  LANGLEY (17)  LAWSON (8)  LYE (14)  LEWIS (1)  LINTERN (14)  LIPPIATT (10)  LLEWELYN (1)  LOYD (1)  LONG (6)  LOVE (4)  LOADER (9)  LYDFORD (6)  MANDULE (5)  MAGGS (16)  MITCHELS (1)  MITCHELL (2)  MOON (13)  MOORE (3)  MULLINS (3)  MURPHY (1)  NEWPORT (6)  NICHOLLS (2)  NUTTY (2)  ORAM (1)  OSBORNE (2)  OSMOND (1)  PADFIELD (2)  PAGETT (3)  PARFITE (8)  PARFITT (17)  PARKER (6)  PARSONS (9)  PEARCE (1)  PICKFORD (9)  PLUMMER (16)  PORCH (8)  PRICE (3)  PROBERT (7)  PRUDELL (2)  PYEMONT (1)  READ (2)  RICHARDSON (9)  RIDDLE (3)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBBINS (14)  ROGERS (1)  ROSEWELL (1)  ROSE (7)  RUDDICK (4)  SARTIN (2)  SHIRHAM (1)  SILCOX (5)  SINCUMBE (9)  SKUSE (7)  SLINGO (1)  SNOOK (1)  SPENCER (5)  SPEAR (1)  STACEY (2)  STAMP (5)  STOCK (5)  SUMMERS (9)  TAISWELL (1)  TARRANT (5)  THOMPSON (6)  THORNE (2)  TRIVIOT (1)  TUCKER (3)  TURNER (2)  VAUGHAN (3)  VEAL (5)  WALTERS (2)  WEBBER (16)  WEAVER (7)  WEEKS (10)  WEEKES (4)  WEST (19)  WILLICOMBE (2)  WIDCOMBE (10)  WHITE (1)  WHITTUCK (6)  WILLCOX (4)  WILLIS (3)  WILLMER (7)  WILLSHIRE (4)  WINSOR (1)  WISE (2)  WOODHAM (7)  WOOKTHAU (5)  YOUNG (6)