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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Baltonsborough, Somerset

Baltonsborough 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
CLOSE283.9829456.77
BUSH283.9829161.29
HIGGINS243.413967.53
CORP233.27172,948.72
JACOB223.1294402.19
CREED202.8450511.51
JAMES192.702713.76
TAYLOR192.70274.23
AUSTIN172.418249.48
BURGE121.7070235.76
PARSONS111.564720.60
BROWN111.56472.37
REYNOLDS91.280214.78
HILL91.28025.03
SOMERS91.2802378.15
ARNOLD81.138021.11
MILLER81.13806.36
GOODSON81.1380228.57
WILKINS81.138025.75
BARRETT81.138016.95
WOOLLEY81.138057.35
COPP70.9957312.50
FORTUNE70.9957190.74
EDWARDS60.85353.06
READ60.853513.24
BARRINGTON60.8535262.01
BARLOW60.853515.81
MASTERS60.853546.08
NICHOLAS60.853543.70
SPEAR60.8535181.27
WELSH60.853521.56
RALLS60.85351,764.71
HODGE60.853533.86
WINDSOR50.711285.32
WEST50.71127.39
COTTLE50.7112144.51
WATERMAN50.711291.58
ROGERS50.71125.48
MURRAY50.71125.74
GILL50.711210.05
JEFFREY50.711238.46
HAWKINS50.71129.83
BARBER50.711211.82
HODGES50.711224.25
FLAGG50.71121,388.89
STEVENS40.56905.45
SILCOX40.5690454.55
JARRETT40.569062.11
PINKARD40.56901,600.00
BADMAN40.5690400.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLOYD0.707035000.0000
CORP0.707032948.7179
RALLS0.707031764.7059
PINKARD0.707031600.0000
CHASEY0.707031538.4615
FLAGG0.707031388.8889
DALLEN0.70703869.5652
MATTICK0.70703769.2308
RAWLES0.70703519.4805
CREED0.70703511.5090
CLOSE0.70703456.7700
SILCOX0.70703454.5455
JACOB0.70703402.1938
BADMAN0.70703400.0000
SOMERS0.70703378.1513
WASON0.70703333.3333
COPP0.70703312.5000
BARRINGTON0.70703262.0087
BURGE0.70703235.7564
GOODSON0.70703228.5714
HAINE0.70703200.0000
FORTUNE0.70703190.7357
POLE0.70703183.4862
SPEAR0.70703181.2689
TUTHILL0.70703178.5714
BUSH0.70703161.2903
COTTLE0.70703144.5087
LAMPORT0.70703136.9863
GAIN0.70703108.6957
STOCKMAN0.70703102.0408
WATERMAN0.7070391.5751
MCLEOD0.7070386.2069
WINDSOR0.7070385.3242
COMBER0.7070384.7458
MUNDY0.7070376.7754
CLAPP0.7070376.3359
STICKLAND0.7070368.9655
HIGGINS0.7070367.5295
JARRETT0.7070362.1118
POPHAM0.7070361.7284
SANGSTER0.7070359.5238
BIGGINS0.7070359.1716
WOOLLEY0.7070357.3477
LYE0.7070352.6316
BILLING0.7070351.0204
AUSTIN0.7070349.4761
MASTERS0.7070346.0829
NICHOLAS0.7070343.6999
SEALEY0.7070343.4783
JEFFREY0.7070338.4615

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 703 people called BLOYD in Baltonsborough 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 5000.0000 in Baltonsborough means that 5000.0000% of the people in Baltonsborough on census day were called BLOYD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLOYD 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 BLOYD 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 BLOYD 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 BLOYD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.70 in Baltonsborough means that you are 0.70 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLOYD in Baltonsborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Baltonsborough in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (1)  APPLEBY (3)  ARNOLD (8)  AUSTIN (17)  BAKER (1)  BARBER (5)  BARLOW (6)  BARNETT (1)  BARRETT (8)  BARRINGTON (6)  BARTLETT (1)  BADMAN (4)  BERRY (3)  BIGGINS (1)  BILLING (2)  BILLIN (4)  BLOYD (2)  BOND (2)  BROTHERSTONE (1)  BROWN (11)  BURGE (12)  BUSH (28)  BUTTLE (10)  CASTLE (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (3)  CHAPPELL (2)  CHASEY (2)  CHILD (1)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLACK (1)  CLAPP (2)  CLOSE (28)  CODD (1)  COMBER (2)  COPP (7)  CORNISH (1)  CORP (23)  COTTLE (5)  COTTON (2)  CREED (20)  DALLEN (2)  DAY (1)  DENNIS (1)  DODDIMEAD (2)  DUNKERTON (7)  DURSTAN (4)  EDWARDS (6)  FELTHAM (1)  FIELD (1)  FLAGG (5)  FORTUNE (7)  FOSTER (1)  FRANKLIN (1)  GAPPER (1)  GARDINER (1)  JARRETT (4)  GEORGE (3)  GILL (5)  GOLLEDGE (13)  GOLLIDGE (1)  GOMGTON (1)  GOODFELLOW (2)  GOODMAN (1)  GOODSON (8)  GOULD (2)  GRANT (1)  GREEDY (6)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFIN (3)  HAMBLIN (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HAWKINS (5)  HAYCE (1)  HAINE (2)  HEATH (1)  HEDLEY (2)  HICKMAN (1)  HICKS (1)  HIGGINS (24)  HILL (9)  HODGE (6)  HODGES (5)  HOLE (2)  HUMBERSTONE (1)  JACOB (22)  JAMES (19)  GAIN (1)  JEFFERY (3)  JEFFREY (5)  LACY (1)  LAMPORT (1)  LYE (1)  LINTERN (2)  LUTLEY (1)  MAIDMENT (10)  MARSH (2)  MARTIN (1)  MASTERS (6)  MATTICK (2)  COLLINGS (3)  MCLEOD (1)  MILLER (8)  MOON (2)  MORRIS (1)  MULLINS (2)  MUNDY (4)  MURRAY (5)  NASH (2)  NEWBERRY (1)  NICHOLAS (6)  OSBORNE (2)  PALMER (1)  PARSONS (11)  PATTEN (1)  PICKFORD (1)  PINKARD (4)  POLE (4)  POPHAM (1)  PORTER (3)  RALLS (6)  RALLSES (8)  RAWLES (4)  REGAN (1)  READ (6)  REYNOLDS (9)  ROBERT (1)  ROBBINS (2)  ROGERS (5)  ROGUETLAUVE (1)  SANGSTER (2)  SEALEY (1)  SHEAT (1)  SHERRING (1)  SILCOX (4)  SPEAR (6)  STEVENS (4)  STOCKMAN (1)  STICKLAND (2)  SOMERS (9)  TAYLOR (19)  THORN (1)  TILLEY (1)  TOOGOOD (16)  TUGLE (2)  TUTHILL (1)  WATERMAN (5)  WASON (2)  WEBB (3)  WELSH (6)  WEST (5)  WITHERAL (3)  WETHERAL (1)  WHITEHEAD (4)  WILKINS (8)  WINDSOR (5)  WITHERS (3)  WOOD (1)  WOODLAND (1)  WOOLLEY (8)