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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Blagdon, Somerset

Blagdon 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
FEAR343.4343774.49
CARPENTER323.232394.23
FILER282.82831,365.85
LYONS252.5253113.48
DAVIS242.424211.03
HARRIS242.42429.54
BRUNT232.3232337.24
DERRICK181.8182324.32
DAY181.818219.31
GALLOP171.7172539.68
CLARK161.61625.38
LEWIS161.61626.15
VOWLES151.5152315.13
HOLLIER131.3131663.27
WOOD131.31314.12
NICHOLS121.212137.21
QUICK121.2121108.21
MONK121.212157.69
HURLEY121.2121103.90
LODGE111.111161.11
ORGAN111.1111278.48
MAYBEE111.11114,074.07
HART101.010111.84
THATCHER101.0101109.89
HILES101.0101446.43
FORD90.90919.33
WESTCOTT90.9091137.40
BODY90.9091265.49
WEEKS90.909142.47
ALLEN90.90914.81
BOARD90.9091244.57
BATT90.9091134.33
WILSON90.90911.98
CROSS90.909113.21
BROWN90.90911.38
RAYSON80.8081281.69
ADAMS80.80815.48
CROKER80.8081270.27
BAKER80.80813.69
LAWRENCE80.808112.44
BRICE80.808197.92
COLES70.707120.30
KING70.70713.24
PURNELL70.7071134.87
STEVENS70.70716.77
HENDY70.7071140.28
MOSS70.707111.47
WATTS70.70718.43
GILLING70.7071402.30
CHALLENGER70.7071355.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MAYBEE0.999904074.0741
FILER0.999901365.8537
HURLSTON0.999901290.3226
CRESS0.99990909.0909
FEAR0.99990774.4875
PHILLIS0.99990740.7407
HOLLIER0.99990663.2653
GALLOP0.99990539.6825
BUGLER0.99990471.6981
HILES0.99990446.4286
GILLING0.99990402.2989
CHALLENGER0.99990355.3299
GRIFFIS0.99990344.8276
BRUNT0.99990337.2434
DERRICK0.99990324.3243
VOWLES0.99990315.1261
RAYSON0.99990281.6901
ORGAN0.99990278.4810
CROKER0.99990270.2703
BODY0.99990265.4867
CAPLE0.99990263.1579
BOARD0.99990244.5652
DUDDEN0.99990232.5581
BOLEY0.99990212.7660
DIBBLE0.99990210.5263
KINGMAN0.99990188.6792
SAINT0.99990165.0165
WITHEY0.99990160.0000
EVENS0.99990153.8462
PLUMLEY0.99990140.8451
HENDY0.99990140.2806
WESTCOTT0.99990137.4046
PURNELL0.99990134.8748
BATT0.99990134.3284
SOMERS0.99990119.4030
LYONS0.99990113.4816
RACKHAM0.99990111.1111
ATWOOD0.99990110.4972
CRYER0.99990110.0917
THATCHER0.99990109.8901
QUICK0.99990108.2056
HURLEY0.99990103.8961
BRICE0.9999097.9192
WEAR0.9999096.7742
SEYMORE0.9999094.3396
CARPENTER0.9999094.2285
HARTNELL0.9999084.7458
HOLLISTER0.9999078.7402
LEMON0.9999069.5410
BESLEY0.9999068.4932

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 990 people called MAYBEE in Blagdon 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 4074.0741 in Blagdon means that 4074.0741% of the people in Blagdon on census day were called MAYBEE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MAYBEE 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 MAYBEE 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 MAYBEE 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 MAYBEE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.99 in Blagdon means that you are 0.99 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MAYBEE in Blagdon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Blagdon in 1881

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

ADAMS (8)  ADDICOTT (6)  ALLEN (9)  ALWOOD (1)  ATWOOD (2)  AVERY (2)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (8)  BARLER (3)  BARNES (1)  BATEMAN (1)  BATH (1)  BATT (9)  BATTEN (1)  BESLEY (1)  BOARD (9)  BODY (9)  BOLEY (1)  BRAINE (1)  BROADBEAR (6)  BROOM (1)  BROWN (9)  BRUNT (23)  BRICE (8)  BUGLER (5)  BUGLAR (1)  CARPENTER (32)  CARTER (1)  CHALLENGER (7)  CAPLE (3)  CLARK (16)  CLARKE (2)  CLEMENTS (4)  COATES (4)  COLES (7)  COLLINS (4)  COOK (3)  COOKSLEY (1)  CORFIELD (6)  CRESS (2)  CROKER (8)  CROSS (9)  CRYER (6)  DAVIS (24)  DAY (18)  DERRICK (18)  DIBBLE (6)  DIRRICK (2)  DOWDEY (6)  DRISSELL (1)  DUDDEN (1)  DURBAN (7)  EDWARDS (6)  EVENS (4)  FARMER (1)  FEAR (34)  FIELD (1)  FILER (28)  FOORD (6)  FORD (9)  FOWLES (1)  GALLOP (17)  GADD (2)  GILLING (7)  GRAY (2)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFIS (1)  HABERFIELD (1)  HALL (2)  HAM (2)  HARDING (2)  HARDWIDGE (1)  HARLER (4)  HURLEY (12)  HARRIS (24)  HARES (2)  HARRISON (1)  HART (10)  HARTNELL (2)  HAINES (1)  HAYTER (2)  HEAD (5)  HEAL (1)  HENDY (7)  HERRING (5)  HILES (10)  HOLBROOKE (1)  HOLLIER (13)  HOLLISTER (1)  HUISH (1)  HUMPHRIS (7)  HUNT (1)  HURLSTON (4)  HYDE (1)  KEEL (1)  KEMBERY (4)  KERSLAKE (1)  KING (7)  KINGMAN (2)  LAWRENCE (8)  LEMON (5)  LEWIS (16)  LINTERN (6)  LODGE (11)  LYONS (25)  LYON (5)  MAYBEE (11)  MAIDMENT (5)  MARCH (1)  MIDDLE (4)  MITCHEL (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MONK (12)  MOSS (7)  MULLINS (3)  NICHOLS (12)  OLIVER (2)  ORCHARD (4)  ORGAN (11)  PALMER (3)  PANES (12)  PARRY (1)  PHILLIPS (2)  PHILLIS (6)  PLUMLEY (2)  POWELL (1)  PURNELL (7)  QUICK (12)  RACKHAM (3)  RAYSON (8)  RODBARD (5)  RUSSELL (2)  SAINT (5)  SALTER (1)  SALVIDGE (7)  SEYMORE (1)  SHAW (1)  SHURLOCK (3)  SIMMONS (3)  SIMS (1)  SLEE (1)  SMITH (1)  SOMERVILLE (1)  STEPHENS (6)  STEVENS (7)  STOCKLEY (2)  STOCK (4)  STOKES (1)  SOMERS (4)  SWEET (1)  TAYLOR (5)  TEDBALL (9)  THATCHER (10)  TOSSELL (10)  TREGALLAS (8)  VENN (1)  VOWLES (15)  WALKER (3)  WATTS (7)  WEAVER (1)  WEEKS (9)  WEAR (3)  WESTCOTT (9)  WESTON (4)  WILKINS (3)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILSON (9)  WINSTONE (4)  WINTER (2)  WITHEY (4)  WOOD (13)  WYATT (1)  YEATES (2)  YOUNG (6)