Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barrow Gurney, Somerset

Barrow Gurney 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
VOWLES5517.91533,716.22
CHILD154.8860287.36
BOX134.2345522.09
YEATES113.5831650.89
HAZELL92.9316376.57
WEEKES92.93161,153.85
GRIFFIN92.931662.33
JEFFERY82.6059119.94
PERRY72.280131.00
HAWKINS72.280131.49
JONES72.28012.01
STEVENS61.954418.72
WILLIAMS61.95442.72
WALTERS61.954440.98
LUDLOW61.9544375.00
GEORGE61.954433.31
NAISH51.6287454.55
READ51.628725.27
PURNELL51.6287310.56
EDWARDS51.62875.84
CROOKER41.30294,444.44
REYNOLDS41.302915.04
BIRCH41.302931.80
RUSSELL30.97728.00
ATKINS30.977226.06
PESTER20.6515571.43
SHORT20.651516.68
COX20.65154.30
GILLINGHAM20.6515145.99
LILLEY20.651547.06
BENDALL20.6515178.57
GERRISH20.6515303.03
LANGDON20.651583.68
PRICE20.65153.72
SMITH20.65150.46
BROWN20.65150.99
TRIPP20.6515133.33
DANIELS20.651520.75
BALL10.32573.94
WILLIFORD10.32575,000.00
PARSONS10.32574.29
ABRAHAMS10.325742.92
WEAVER10.325712.53
CHARTER10.3257169.49
BROCK10.325728.01
TOWLER10.325772.99
ENNS10.325710,000.00
WRIGHT10.32571.02
KELLY10.32572.97
CRYER10.325759.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ENNS0.3130710000.0000
WILLIFORD0.313075000.0000
CROOKER0.313074444.4444
VOWLES0.313073716.2162
WEEKES0.313071153.8462
YEATES0.31307650.8876
RAIKES0.31307625.0000
PESTER0.31307571.4286
BOX0.31307522.0884
NAISH0.31307454.5455
HAZELL0.31307376.5690
LUDLOW0.31307375.0000
PURNELL0.31307310.5590
GERRISH0.31307303.0303
CHILD0.31307287.3563
BANE0.31307263.1579
BENDALL0.31307178.5714
CHARTER0.31307169.4915
SAMS0.31307149.2537
GILLINGHAM0.31307145.9854
VICK0.31307140.8451
OAKEY0.31307140.8451
TRIPP0.31307133.3333
JEFFERY0.31307119.9400
LANGDON0.3130783.6820
TOWLER0.3130772.9927
GRIFFIN0.3130762.3269
CRYER0.3130759.1716
LILLEY0.3130747.0588
ABRAHAMS0.3130742.9185
WALTERS0.3130740.9836
SWEET0.3130736.1011
PENN0.3130736.1011
GEORGE0.3130733.3148
BIRCH0.3130731.7965
HAWKINS0.3130731.4890
PERRY0.3130731.0009
HEARD0.3130730.6748
BROCK0.3130728.0112
ATKINS0.3130726.0643
READ0.3130725.2653
DANIELS0.3130720.7469
WITHERS0.3130719.8807
STEVENS0.3130718.7207
ATHERTON0.3130718.1159
RADFORD0.3130717.1821
SHORT0.3130716.6806
REYNOLDS0.3130715.0432
WEAVER0.3130712.5313
NICHOLS0.3130710.0000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 307 people called ENNS in Barrow Gurney 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 10000.0000 in Barrow Gurney means that 10000.0000% of the people in Barrow Gurney on census day were called ENNS.

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

All the surnames recorded in Barrow Gurney in 1881

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

ABRAHAMS (1)  ATHERTON (1)  ATKINS (3)  BANE (1)  BALL (1)  BENDALL (2)  BIRCH (4)  BOX (13)  BRIDLE (2)  BROCK (1)  BROWN (2)  BRYANT (1)  CHARTER (1)  CHILD (15)  CLARK (1)  COX (2)  CROOKER (4)  CRYER (1)  DANIELS (2)  EDWARDS (5)  ENNS (1)  GEORGE (6)  GERRISH (2)  GILLINGHAM (2)  GRIFFIN (9)  HABERFILD (1)  HAZELL (9)  HAWKINS (7)  HEARD (1)  HOBBS (1)  HORLER OR HOWLER (10)  HULLAND (1)  JEFFERY (8)  JONES (7)  KEEKING (1)  KELLY (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LANGDON (2)  LILLEY (2)  LINGE (4)  LUDLOW (6)  MARGETTS (1)  MILLS (1)  NAISH (5)  NICHOLS (1)  OAKEY (1)  PARSONS (1)  PENN (1)  PERRY (7)  PESTER (2)  PRICE (2)  PURNELL (5)  RADFORD (1)  RAIKES (1)  READ (5)  REYNOLDS (4)  ROGERS (1)  RUSSELL (3)  SAEKL (1)  SAMS (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SHORT (2)  SMITH (2)  STEVENS (6)  STOKES (1)  SWEET (1)  TOWLER (1)  TRIPP (2)  VICK (1)  VOWLES (55)  WALTERS (6)  WATTS (1)  WEAVER (1)  WEEKES (9)  WERE (2)  WILLIAMS (6)  WILLIFORD (1)  WINSCOMBE (6)  WITHERS (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YEATES (11)  YOUNG (1)