Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sparkford, Somerset

Sparkford 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
BRINE228.69572,857.14
ISAAC103.9526315.46
MALLETT93.5573400.00
BENNETT93.557321.65
SHEAN93.55732,647.06
JOY83.1621375.59
DAMPIER83.16214,705.88
WATTS72.766833.00
THORN72.7668185.19
SMART72.766860.76
BALCH62.37151,875.00
SANSOM62.3715350.88
MATHEWS62.371564.24
KERSLAKE62.3715714.29
WEBB62.371517.50
JONES51.97631.75
KYNASTON51.97631,041.67
VINCENT51.976363.37
WILLIS51.976337.17
CLOTHIER51.9763943.40
TALBOT51.976379.37
TOMPKINS41.5810183.49
PARKER41.58108.31
JAMES41.58108.05
HOBBS41.581043.38
WALKER41.58104.72
IVERY41.58105,714.29
HUISH41.58101,052.63
HAMBLIN31.1858263.16
HUNT31.18588.93
BRAIN31.1858110.70
FRANCIS31.185819.91
CAREW31.18581,250.00
BARRETT20.790511.77
WALBRIDGE20.79051,428.57
MITCHELL20.79053.90
CORMACK20.7905104.71
PITMAN20.790586.58
MURCH20.7905312.50
LOCK20.790527.78
FIELD20.790515.89
PAYNE10.39534.39
CURTIS10.39536.96
CLEMENTS10.395311.92
HODGES10.395313.48
SNOOK10.395355.87
BEST10.395314.66
KENDALL10.395318.35
DOWNTON10.3953208.33
BARNES10.39533.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
IVERY0.252535714.2857
DAMPIER0.252534705.8824
BRINE0.252532857.1429
SHEAN0.252532647.0588
BALCH0.252531875.0000
WALBRIDGE0.252531428.5714
CAREW0.252531250.0000
HUISH0.252531052.6316
KYNASTON0.252531041.6667
CLOTHIER0.25253943.3962
KERSLAKE0.25253714.2857
MALLETT0.25253400.0000
JOY0.25253375.5869
SANSOM0.25253350.8772
ISAAC0.25253315.4574
MURCH0.25253312.5000
HAMBLIN0.25253263.1579
MACAULEY0.25253250.0000
DOWNTON0.25253208.3333
THORN0.25253185.1852
TOMPKINS0.25253183.4862
BRAIN0.25253110.7011
BOARD0.25253106.3830
CORMACK0.25253104.7120
PITMAN0.2525386.5801
TALBOT0.2525379.3651
MATHEWS0.2525364.2398
VINCENT0.2525363.3714
SMART0.2525360.7639
SNOOK0.2525355.8659
HOBBS0.2525343.3839
WILLIS0.2525337.1747
WATTS0.2525333.0033
LOCK0.2525327.7778
BANNISTER0.2525322.8833
BENNETT0.2525321.6450
HOARE0.2525320.2429
FRANCIS0.2525319.9071
KENDALL0.2525318.3486
CHURCH0.2525318.1159
WEBB0.2525317.4978
FIELD0.2525315.8856
BEST0.2525314.6628
HODGES0.2525313.4771
CLEMENTS0.2525311.9190
BARRETT0.2525311.7716
HUNT0.252538.9286
PARKER0.252538.3126
JAMES0.252538.0483
CURTIS0.252536.9638

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 253 people called IVERY in Sparkford 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 5714.2857 in Sparkford means that 5714.2857% of the people in Sparkford on census day were called IVERY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called IVERY 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 IVERY 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 IVERY 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 IVERY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Sparkford means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of IVERY in Sparkford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sparkford in 1881

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

ALLISTONE (4)  BANNISTER (1)  BARNES (1)  BARRETT (2)  BALCH (6)  BENNETT (9)  BEST (1)  BOARD (1)  BRAIN (3)  BRINE (22)  CATTLE (3)  CHURCH (1)  CLEMENTS (1)  CLOTHIER (5)  CORMACK (2)  CURTIS (1)  DAMPIER (8)  DAMPIR (1)  DOWNTON (1)  DURY (2)  FIELD (2)  FRANCIS (3)  HAMBLIN (3)  HOARE (1)  HOBBS (4)  HODGES (1)  HUISH (4)  HUNT (3)  ISAAC (10)  IVERY (4)  JAMES (4)  JONES (5)  JOY (8)  KENDALL (1)  CAREW (3)  KERSLAKE (6)  KING (1)  KYNASTON (5)  LOCK (2)  MALLETT (9)  MARTIN (1)  MATHEWS (6)  MACAULEY (1)  MITCHELL (2)  MURCH (2)  OBORN (1)  PARKER (4)  PAYNE (1)  PITMAN (2)  SANSOM (6)  SHACKELL (6)  SHEAN (9)  SMART (7)  SNOOK (1)  SWATRIDGE (2)  TALBOT (5)  THORN (7)  TOMPKINS (4)  TURNER (1)  VINCENT (5)  WALBRIDGE (2)  WALKER (4)  WATTS (7)  WEBB (6)  WILLIS (5)  WOODSFORD (2)