Top surnames from the 1881 census in St James Taunton, Somerset

St James Taunton 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
STRANGER125.40547,058.82
COLES104.5045129.37
SMITH104.50453.19
POOLE104.504593.46
BAKER83.603616.45
FRANCIS73.153252.95
PITMAN62.7027295.57
BRYANT62.702763.22
KITCHEN62.7027158.73
TAYLOR62.70274.23
POLLARD52.252361.80
THOMAS52.25235.46
CANN52.2523242.72
MORRELL52.2523239.23
WILLIS41.801833.90
PAYNE41.801820.02
HAWKINS41.801824.89
GILL41.801825.46
PAVEY41.8018421.05
VIRGIN41.80181,818.18
BROWN41.80182.73
ADLAM31.3514526.32
JEFFERY31.351462.24
VINCENT31.351443.35
SHARP31.351416.22
CORNISH31.351493.75
GUMMER31.35141,111.11
SHEARN20.9009769.23
COOMBES20.900984.39
PULLEN20.900968.49
CHAPMAN20.90096.34
SPRATT20.9009162.60
BROCKMAN20.9009666.67
MITCHAM20.9009645.16
MARSHALL20.90095.37
WARREN20.900913.48
WINTER20.900925.41
PHIPPEN20.9009714.29
FUDGE20.9009240.96
BRAY10.450513.40
MILFORD10.4505161.29
GOSS10.450551.81
TABOR10.4505204.08
BURFORD10.450580.65
FRY10.450514.06
YARD10.4505370.37
FARLEY10.450535.84
BONE10.450524.33
POPE10.450513.07
BRISTER10.4505384.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STRANGER0.222227058.8235
VIRGIN0.222221818.1818
GUMMER0.222221111.1111
SHEARN0.22222769.2308
PHIPPEN0.22222714.2857
BROCKMAN0.22222666.6667
MITCHAM0.22222645.1613
ADLAM0.22222526.3158
PAVEY0.22222421.0526
BRISTER0.22222384.6154
YARD0.22222370.3704
PITMAN0.22222295.5665
CANN0.22222242.7184
FUDGE0.22222240.9639
MORRELL0.22222239.2344
TABOR0.22222204.0816
SPRATT0.22222162.6016
MILFORD0.22222161.2903
KITCHEN0.22222158.7302
COLES0.22222129.3661
PYNE0.22222119.0476
CORNISH0.2222293.7500
POOLE0.2222293.4579
COOMBES0.2222284.3882
BURFORD0.2222280.6452
FARRANT0.2222275.7576
PULLEN0.2222268.4932
BRYANT0.2222263.2244
JEFFERY0.2222262.2407
POLLARD0.2222261.8047
FRANCIS0.2222252.9501
GOSS0.2222251.8135
VINCENT0.2222243.3526
FARLEY0.2222235.8423
WILLIS0.2222233.8983
GILL0.2222225.4615
WINTER0.2222225.4130
HAWKINS0.2222224.8911
BONE0.2222224.3309
PAYNE0.2222220.0200
BAKER0.2222216.4474
SHARP0.2222216.2162
FRY0.2222214.0647
WARREN0.2222213.4771
BRAY0.2222213.4048
POPE0.2222213.0719
BURROWS0.2222210.2881
CHAPMAN0.222226.3432
STONE0.222226.2305
THOMAS0.222225.4579

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 222 people called STRANGER in St James Taunton 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 7058.8235 in St James Taunton means that 7058.8235% of the people in St James Taunton on census day were called STRANGER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STRANGER 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 STRANGER 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 STRANGER 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 STRANGER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in St James Taunton means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STRANGER in St James Taunton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St James Taunton in 1881

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

ADLAM (3)  ARBERY (2)  BAKER (8)  BARTROMEY (1)  BELLCHAMBER (1)  BICKLOMA (5)  BONE (1)  BRAY (1)  BRISTER (1)  BROCKMAN (2)  BROWN (4)  BRYANT (6)  BURFORD (1)  BURROWS (1)  CANN (5)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARKE (1)  COLES (10)  COOMBES (2)  CORNISH (3)  CRIDLIN (3)  FARLEY (1)  FARRANT (1)  FRANCIS (7)  FRY (1)  FUDGE (2)  GILL (4)  GOSS (1)  GOVETT (1)  GUMMER (3)  GUMONERS (5)  HAWKINS (4)  JEFFERY (3)  KITCHEN (6)  LOADEY (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MILFORD (1)  MILLER (1)  MITCHAM (2)  MOCKRIDGE (1)  MORRELL (5)  PAVEY (4)  PAYNE (4)  PHIPPEN (2)  PITMAN (6)  POLLARD (5)  POOLE (10)  POPE (1)  PULLEN (2)  PYNE (1)  ROOST (1)  SHARP (3)  SHATTOCK (2)  SHEARN (2)  SMITH (10)  SPRATT (2)  STONE (1)  STRANGER (12)  TABOR (1)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMAS (5)  TIDBURY (6)  TREEBY (2)  MC TURK (2)  TUTRELL (1)  VINCENT (3)  VIRGIN (4)  WARREN (2)  WILLIS (4)  WINTER (2)  YARD (1)