Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norton Sub Hamdon, Somerset

Norton Sub Hamdon 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
OSBORNE437.9777167.19
LAWRENCE376.8646105.71
BEST295.3803199.72
HAMLIN295.38031,847.13
BRAKE264.82372,000.00
GREENHAM213.89612,000.00
LANGDON173.1540405.73
HOCKEY122.2263731.71
TRASK122.22632,000.00
ADAMS112.040813.85
SALISBURY112.0408205.61
JOHNSON91.66984.97
STAGG91.6698250.70
THOMPSON91.66985.57
WILLS81.484249.66
HALLETT71.2987105.58
DUNFORD71.2987214.72
HOLLAND71.298718.24
PITMAN71.2987142.28
BUTCHER71.298730.82
TANNER71.298757.90
SEAGER61.1132202.02
FANE61.11321,071.43
WHITE61.11323.46
BURT61.113246.88
LONG50.927614.30
SWEET50.9276102.88
CARY50.9276381.68
HAYWARD50.927621.76
PATTEN50.9276147.93
ARMSTRONG50.927612.14
TAUNTON40.7421666.67
HARRIS40.74212.92
VIRGIN40.7421754.72
HAWKER40.742196.85
ENGLAND40.742136.04
PATCH40.7421392.16
GULLY30.5566322.58
CRABB30.556653.67
CROSS30.55668.09
NICHOLLS30.556610.66
CORNISH30.556638.56
MATTICK30.55661,500.00
RICHARDS30.55663.69
FOWLER30.55669.75
LYE30.5566205.48
HAINS30.5566326.09
HARTNELL30.5566232.56
BRAGG20.371145.35
MOORE20.37111.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GREENHAM0.545392000.0000
BRAKE0.545392000.0000
TRASK0.545392000.0000
HAMLIN0.545391847.1338
MATTICK0.545391500.0000
FANE0.545391071.4286
VIRGIN0.54539754.7170
HOCKEY0.54539731.7073
TAUNTON0.54539666.6667
LANGDON0.54539405.7279
PATCH0.54539392.1569
CARY0.54539381.6794
HAINS0.54539326.0870
GULLY0.54539322.5806
STAGG0.54539250.6964
HARTNELL0.54539232.5581
DUNFORD0.54539214.7239
SALISBURY0.54539205.6075
LYE0.54539205.4795
SEAGER0.54539202.0202
BEST0.54539199.7245
OSBORNE0.54539167.1851
GARROW0.54539161.2903
HALLET0.54539153.8462
PATTEN0.54539147.9290
FURBER0.54539144.9275
PITMAN0.54539142.2764
LAWRENCE0.54539105.7143
HALLETT0.54539105.5807
SWEET0.54539102.8807
HAWKER0.5453996.8523
FARNHAM0.5453991.7431
CHANT0.5453989.2857
TANNER0.5453957.8991
CRABB0.5453953.6673
PAULL0.5453953.4759
VICKERY0.5453951.1509
WILLS0.5453949.6586
BURT0.5453946.8750
BRAGG0.5453945.3515
CORNISH0.5453938.5604
ENGLAND0.5453936.0360
BUTCHER0.5453930.8234
ROSSITER0.5453929.4985
HAYWARD0.5453921.7581
ISAACS0.5453921.5517
MULLINS0.5453919.3798
HOLLAND0.5453918.2434
JEFFERIES0.5453916.7504
MANLEY0.5453916.5563

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 539 people called GREENHAM in Norton Sub Hamdon 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 2000.0000 in Norton Sub Hamdon means that 2000.0000% of the people in Norton Sub Hamdon on census day were called GREENHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GREENHAM 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 GREENHAM 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 GREENHAM 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 GREENHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.54 in Norton Sub Hamdon means that you are 0.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GREENHAM in Norton Sub Hamdon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Norton Sub Hamdon in 1881

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

ADAMS (11)  ALDERSEY (1)  ARMSTRONG (5)  BEST (29)  BLOMFIELD (3)  BOOL (18)  BRAGG (2)  BRAKE (26)  BROWN (2)  BUCKRELL (1)  BURT (6)  BUTCHER (7)  CARY (5)  CHANT (2)  CORNISH (3)  CRABB (3)  CRAWFORD (2)  CROSS (3)  DIMMOCK (3)  DUNFORD (7)  EGLON (9)  ENGLAND (4)  FANE (6)  FARNHAM (1)  FERRES (1)  FOWLER (3)  FRY (2)  FURBER (2)  GARROW (1)  GIBBS (1)  GREENHAM (21)  GRIFFIN (1)  GULLY (3)  HALLET (1)  HALLETT (7)  HAMLIN (29)  HARRIS (4)  HARTNELL (3)  HAWKER (4)  HAINS (3)  HAYWARD (5)  HIGGINS (2)  HOCKEY (12)  HOLLAND (7)  ISAACS (1)  JEFFERIES (1)  JOHNSON (9)  LANGDON (17)  LAWRENCE (37)  LYE (3)  LONG (5)  MANLEY (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MATTICK (3)  MINCHINTON (15)  MOORE (2)  MULLINS (1)  NICHOLLS (3)  OSBORNE (43)  PATCH (4)  PATTEN (5)  PATTEMORE (6)  PAULL (1)  PIKE (1)  PIPPARD (2)  PITMAN (7)  PRINCE (2)  RICHARDS (3)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROSE (1)  ROSSITER (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SALISBURY (11)  SEAGER (6)  SOUTHCOMBE (3)  STAGG (9)  STOREY (2)  SWEET (5)  TANNER (7)  TAUNTON (4)  THOMPSON (9)  TRASK (12)  TURNER (1)  VICKERY (2)  VIRGIN (4)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WHITE (6)  WILLS (8)