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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Batcombe, Somerset

Batcombe 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
BABER284.51612,204.72
GIBBONS233.7097115.40
JAMES233.709718.89
CUFF182.9032743.80
TAYLOR172.74194.29
WHITE172.74198.53
LAMBERT162.580647.28
VINING152.41942,343.75
BUTLER142.258123.16
THOMAS132.09685.08
BALCH111.77421,410.26
BAKER101.61297.36
BOWN101.6129291.55
SIMS91.451648.41
CHAMBERS91.451625.52
THOMPSON81.29034.31
PARFITT81.2903176.60
CARVER81.2903142.60
TOOMER81.2903824.74
NOBLE81.290331.08
GOODFELLOW81.2903145.99
DUNFORD71.1290186.67
SHEARS71.1290256.41
WILSHIRE71.1290569.11
PAYNE71.129012.54
WADMAN60.9677909.09
JACOBS60.967740.40
BOARD60.9677260.87
REX60.9677606.06
PARROTT60.967785.11
SARGENT50.806552.36
ORAM50.8065103.52
BISHOP50.806511.54
ADAMS50.80655.47
HODGES50.806527.50
TREASURE50.8065555.56
DICKENS50.806577.04
SAGE50.806590.74
STONE50.806511.16
DAVIS50.80653.67
VACHER50.80651,428.57
SWAINE40.6452147.06
PEARCE40.64527.02
MILLARD40.645238.95
ROSE40.64528.70
HUTTON40.645221.60
MANSFIELD40.645234.36
RUSSELL40.64525.28
CARY30.4839198.68
SMITH30.48390.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MILKS0.6262020000.0000
GILLIAND0.6262010000.0000
ROWLS0.626202500.0000
VINING0.626202343.7500
BABER0.626202204.7244
ERNST0.626202000.0000
VACHER0.626201428.5714
BALCH0.626201410.2564
PILSON0.626201111.1111
OSMENT0.626201071.4286
WADMAN0.62620909.0909
TOOMER0.62620824.7423
WHELLER0.62620769.2308
CUFF0.62620743.8017
REX0.62620606.0606
WILSHIRE0.62620569.1057
TREASURE0.62620555.5556
QUANCE0.62620487.8049
BILLEN0.62620434.7826
WINSLOW0.62620394.7368
BOWN0.62620291.5452
CROOM0.62620277.7778
BOARD0.62620260.8696
SHEARS0.62620256.4103
CARY0.62620198.6755
VESEY0.62620192.3077
DUNFORD0.62620186.6667
PARFITT0.62620176.6004
SHAKESPEAR0.62620149.2537
SWAINE0.62620147.0588
GOODFELLOW0.62620145.9854
CARVER0.62620142.6025
WEATHERLY0.62620128.2051
BRIANT0.62620118.3432
GIBBONS0.62620115.4039
HOCKEY0.62620105.8201
ORAM0.62620103.5197
FULFORD0.6262096.6184
SAGE0.6262090.7441
PARROTT0.6262085.1064
DICKENS0.6262077.0416
ATWELL0.6262076.3359
MACEY0.6262058.6510
CREED0.6262057.9710
BATSON0.6262057.8035
CARD0.6262054.9451
SARGENT0.6262052.3560
SIMS0.6262048.4131
LAMBERT0.6262047.2813
CANDY0.6262045.2489

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 620 people called MILKS in Batcombe 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 20000.0000 in Batcombe means that 20000.0000% of the people in Batcombe on census day were called MILKS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MILKS 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 MILKS 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 MILKS 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 MILKS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Batcombe means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MILKS in Batcombe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Batcombe in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  ALLEN (1)  ANDREW (2)  ATWELL (1)  AUSTIN (1)  BABER (28)  BAILY (1)  BAKER (10)  BARNES (1)  BATSON (1)  BAUGH (1)  BALCH (11)  BILLEN (1)  BIRD (1)  BISHOP (5)  BOARD (6)  BOND (1)  BOWN (10)  BOYCE (1)  BRAIN (2)  BRAY (1)  BROWN (2)  BRIANT (2)  BUTLER (14)  BUTT (1)  KANE (1)  SCAMMELL (3)  CANDY (1)  CARD (2)  CARY (3)  CARVER (8)  CHAMBERS (9)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARKE (1)  CLARK (2)  CLACEE (5)  CLIFFORD (2)  COMPTON (1)  COCK (10)  CREED (2)  CROOM (1)  CUFF (18)  CUMMING (1)  CURTIS (1)  DAUBNY (1)  DAVIS (5)  DICKENS (5)  DUNFORD (7)  ELLIOTT (2)  ERNST (2)  FOX (1)  FRANCIS (3)  FRYER (1)  FULFORD (2)  GAIT (2)  GEORGE (1)  GIBBONS (23)  GILES (1)  GILLARD (2)  GILLIAND (1)  GLYNN (1)  GODDARD (3)  GOLLEDGE (2)  GOODFELLOW (8)  GORDON (1)  GOVARD (1)  GREY (1)  GREEN ((SAGE)) (2)  GROVE (1)  HAMBLYN (2)  HANDBURY (1)  HARRIS (1)  HIGGINS (1)  HILL (2)  HOCKEY (2)  HODGES (5)  HOPKINS (1)  HUMPHREY (1)  HUNT (1)  HUTTON (4)  JACOBS (6)  JAMES (23)  JOYCE (3)  LAMBERT (16)  LEE (2)  LEVETT (1)  LOCK (3)  LUMBER (4)  MANNING (1)  MANSFIELD (4)  MACEY (2)  MASTERS (3)  MILES (1)  MILKS (2)  MILLARD (4)  MITCHEL (1)  MOODY (2)  MOON (1)  MURPHY (1)  NEALE (2)  NEAL (1)  NOBLE (8)  NURSE (1)  ORAM (5)  OSMENT (3)  PARFITT (8)  PARROTT (6)  PAYNE (7)  PEARCE (4)  PILSON (2)  PENDOCK (1)  PITMAN (1)  PONSONBY (1)  QUANCE (2)  RABBITTS (1)  REX (6)  ROSE (4)  ROWLS (1)  RUSSELL (4)  SAGE (5)  SAINSBURY (3)  SARGENT (5)  SHAKESPEAR (1)  SHEARS (7)  SHEPPARD (1)  SIMS (9)  SYMS (1)  SMALLRIDGE (2)  SMITH (3)  STEEDS (15)  STOCK (1)  STONE (5)  STOPFORD (1)  SWAINE (4)  TAYLOR (17)  THOMAS (13)  THOMPSON (8)  TOOMER (8)  TREASURE (5)  VACHER (5)  VESEY (1)  VENTIN (4)  VERNON (1)  VINCENT (1)  VINING (15)  WALKER (1)  WALTER (1)  WARE (1)  WARREN (1)  WATSON (3)  WEATHERLY (1)  WEBB (1)  WHELLER (3)  WHITE (17)  WILSHIRE (7)  WINSLOW (3)  WADMAN (6)  WOODWARD (2)  YOUNG (1)