Top surnames from the 1881 census in Exmoor, Somerset

Exmoor 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
ELWORTHY185.75083,673.47
LITTLE144.472894.59
BUCKINGHAM144.4728335.73
STINNER134.153465,000.00
TUCKER134.153475.06
STEER134.1534356.16
SMYTH134.1534445.21
KINGDON113.51441,122.45
FRY103.194999.70
HUXTABLE103.1949735.29
PASSMORE92.8754491.80
RUDD92.8754182.19
GILLARD82.5559294.12
THORNE72.2364106.06
DAVIDSON72.236426.60
CARTER72.236413.32
CHAPPLE72.2364330.19
RED61.91696,666.67
BROOK61.916949.71
COLMAN61.9169206.19
HODGE61.916976.05
DOWDING61.9169447.76
HORNE51.597473.42
GRAHAM51.597413.91
SPARKES51.5974218.34
JENNINGS51.597431.51
MURRAY51.597412.88
BLACKMORE41.278088.69
SANDERS41.278028.19
RICHARDS41.27808.46
THOMPSON41.27804.27
MAY41.278020.07
CAREY30.958550.85
COWARD30.958583.57
ANTILL20.6390500.00
BRIAN20.6390136.99
POOLE20.639013.26
CARPENTER20.639018.62
TIDBALL20.6390769.23
BOLL10.31951,428.57
COURT10.319525.13
PERRY10.31954.34
CHAMBERLAIN10.319511.74
NOTT10.319545.25
GAYE10.3195714.29
SLADER10.3195454.55
MATHEWS10.31958.65
ESCOTT10.3195114.94
RIDGE10.319545.66
RAWLE10.3195161.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STINNER0.3131365000.0000
RED0.313136666.6667
ELWORTHY0.313133673.4694
BOLL0.313131428.5714
KINGDON0.313131122.4490
TIDBALL0.31313769.2308
HUXTABLE0.31313735.2941
GAYE0.31313714.2857
ANTILL0.31313500.0000
PASSMORE0.31313491.8033
SLADER0.31313454.5455
DOWDING0.31313447.7612
SMYTH0.31313445.2055
STEER0.31313356.1644
BUCKINGHAM0.31313335.7314
CHAPPLE0.31313330.1887
GILLARD0.31313294.1176
SPARKES0.31313218.3406
COLMAN0.31313206.1856
HOLCOMBE0.31313204.0816
RUDD0.31313182.1862
FACEY0.31313163.9344
RAWLE0.31313161.2903
BRIAN0.31313136.9863
ESCOTT0.31313114.9425
PARKHOUSE0.31313107.5269
THORNE0.31313106.0606
FRY0.3131399.7009
LITTLE0.3131394.5946
BLACKMORE0.3131388.6918
COWARD0.3131383.5655
HODGE0.3131376.0456
TUCKER0.3131375.0577
HORNE0.3131373.4214
TONKIN0.3131365.7895
CAREY0.3131350.8475
BROOK0.3131349.7100
RIDGE0.3131345.6621
NOTT0.3131345.2489
BURGE0.3131344.0529
JENNINGS0.3131331.5060
SANDERS0.3131328.1889
SQUIRE0.3131326.9542
DAVIDSON0.3131326.5957
COURT0.3131325.1256
SNOW0.3131323.6407
MAY0.3131320.0702
CARPENTER0.3131318.6220
GRAHAM0.3131313.9121
CARTER0.3131313.3232

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 313 people called STINNER in Exmoor 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 65000.0000 in Exmoor means that 65000.0000% of the people in Exmoor on census day were called STINNER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STINNER 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 STINNER 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 STINNER 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 STINNER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Exmoor means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STINNER in Exmoor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Exmoor in 1881

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

ANTILL (2)  BERRY (1)  BLACKMORE (4)  BOLL (1)  BROOK (6)  BRIAN (2)  BUCKINGHAM (14)  BURGE (1)  CAREY (3)  CARPENTER (2)  CARTER (7)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHAPPLE (7)  CLATWORTHY (1)  COLMAN (6)  COURT (1)  COWARD (3)  CRANG (1)  DAVIDSON (7)  DOWDING (6)  ELWORTHY (18)  ESCOTT (1)  FACEY (1)  FRY (10)  GAYE (1)  GILLARD (8)  GORDIE (1)  GOULD (1)  GRAHAM (5)  GREENSLADE (1)  HODGE (6)  HOLCOMBE (1)  HORNE (5)  HUXTABLE (10)  JENNINGS (5)  KINGDON (11)  NOTT (1)  LEATHERTON (5)  LARWELL (1)  LITTLE (14)  MATHEWS (1)  MAY (4)  MURRAY (5)  PARKHOUSE (1)  PASSMORE (9)  PERRY (1)  POOLE (2)  RED (6)  RICHARDS (4)  RIDGE (1)  RUDD (9)  RAWLE (1)  SANDERS (4)  SHAPLAND (5)  SLADER (1)  SMYTH (13)  SNOW (1)  SPARKES (5)  SQUIRE (1)  STEER (13)  STINNER (13)  TAMLYN (1)  THOMPSON (4)  THORNE (7)  TIDBALL (2)  TONKIN (1)  TUCKER (13)  VELLACOTT (1)  VICARY (1)  WATTS (1)