Top surnames from the 1881 census in Broadway, Somerset

Broadway 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
PRING194.1850913.46
SPILLER173.7445658.91
DERRICK143.0837551.18
BAKER112.422911.06
WATTS102.202626.27
KITCH102.20263,030.30
MOLE102.2026284.09
SHOWERS91.982412,857.14
SAMPSON91.9824116.13
BREWER81.762166.45
BLAKE81.762136.38
BRYANT81.762141.24
BARTLETT71.541935.21
WHITEFIELD71.5419744.68
DINHAM71.54191,458.33
DAVIS71.54197.02
TROTT71.5419234.90
DURMAN71.54191,707.32
JEFFERY61.321660.85
PAINTER61.321696.31
BROOM61.3216107.14
GRANGER61.3216129.31
COLEMAN61.321626.53
BATH61.3216175.95
GEARY61.3216169.01
PALMER61.321611.21
WILLIAMS61.32161.84
HARVEY61.321612.38
PHILLIPS61.32167.39
HUNT51.10138.29
CLARKE51.10135.44
DEAN51.101315.86
MANNING51.101334.63
BISHOP51.101315.76
BOND40.881116.65
TURNER40.88113.17
COX40.88115.81
BICKLEY40.8811212.77
FIELD40.881117.71
SULLY40.8811263.16
HUSSEY40.881187.34
HODGES40.881130.05
TAYLOR40.88111.38
FORWARD30.6608236.22
PEARCE30.66087.19
BURRIDGE30.660897.40
RICHARDS30.66084.38
JONES30.66080.58
ATKINS20.440511.74
ROWLAND20.440515.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHOWERS0.4545412857.1429
KITCH0.454543030.3030
DURMAN0.454541707.3171
DINHAM0.454541458.3333
PRING0.45454913.4615
WAITS0.45454833.3333
WHITEFIELD0.45454744.6809
SPILLER0.45454658.9147
LOKER0.45454588.2353
DERRICK0.45454551.1811
NIGHT0.45454434.7826
WILLY0.45454400.0000
HUTCHING0.45454384.6154
CLEAL0.45454307.6923
MOLE0.45454284.0909
SALWAY0.45454277.7778
SULLY0.45454263.1579
FORWARD0.45454236.2205
TROTT0.45454234.8993
BICKLEY0.45454212.7660
BATH0.45454175.9531
GEARY0.45454169.0141
MANLY0.45454147.0588
WEYMOUTH0.45454140.8451
GRANGER0.45454129.3103
SAMPSON0.45454116.1290
BROOM0.45454107.1429
TAPP0.45454102.5641
BURRIDGE0.4545497.4026
PAINTER0.4545496.3082
HUSSEY0.4545487.3362
VINER0.4545467.5676
BREWER0.4545466.4452
JEFFERY0.4545460.8519
HENDY0.4545443.6681
CRABB0.4545442.4628
BRYANT0.4545441.2371
BLAKE0.4545436.3802
BARTLETT0.4545435.2113
MANNING0.4545434.6260
HODGES0.4545430.0526
AUSTEN0.4545428.6533
COLEMAN0.4545426.5252
WATTS0.4545426.2674
GILLARD0.4545425.3165
SLADE0.4545422.0751
QUICK0.4545419.6464
FIELD0.4545417.7069
BOND0.4545416.6459
DEAN0.4545415.8629

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 454 people called SHOWERS in Broadway 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 12857.1429 in Broadway means that 12857.1429% of the people in Broadway on census day were called SHOWERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHOWERS 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 SHOWERS 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 SHOWERS 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 SHOWERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Broadway means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHOWERS in Broadway than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Broadway in 1881

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

ATKINS (2)  AUSTEN (1)  BAKER (11)  BARTLETT (7)  BATH (6)  BICKLEY (4)  BINDON (9)  BISHOP (5)  BLAKE (8)  BOND (4)  BONE (1)  BREWER (8)  BROOM (6)  BRYANT (8)  BULPIN (6)  BURRIDGE (3)  BURT (1)  CHARLES (1)  CLARKE (5)  CLEAL (2)  COLEMAN (6)  COX (4)  CRABB (2)  DAVIS (7)  DAVEY (2)  DEAN (5)  DURMAN (7)  DERRICK (14)  DINHAM (7)  DOLLING (2)  FIELD (4)  FORWARD (3)  GEARY (6)  GILES (2)  GILLARD (1)  GRANGER (6)  GREGORY (1)  OMMANNLY ((HAMAWREY)) (2)  HARVEY (6)  HUSSEY OR HARVEY (12)  HAYES (1)  HENDY (1)  HELLIAR (1)  HODGES (4)  HOLMAN (1)  HONIBUN (1)  HONEYBUN (1)  HUNT (5)  HUSSEY (4)  HUTCHING (1)  JEFFERY (6)  JONES (3)  KINGLAKE (7)  KITCH (10)  WIGHT OR NIGHT (2)  NIGHT (1)  LOCK (2)  LOKER (1)  MALE (4)  MANLY (1)  MANNING (5)  MATTRAVERS (4)  MATRAVERS (3)  MURRAN (2)  MOLE (10)  NORRIS (1)  NORTH (1)  PAINTER (6)  PALMER (6)  PEARCE (3)  PHILLIPS (6)  PODGER (7)  POTTER (2)  PRING (19)  QUICK (1)  RAISON (8)  RICHARDS (3)  ROWLAND (2)  RUMSBY (1)  SALWAY (2)  SAMPSON (9)  SULLY (4)  SHOWERS (9)  SLADE (2)  SPILLER (17)  STONE (1)  TAPP (2)  TAYLOR (4)  TROTT (7)  TURNER (4)  TYTHERLEIGH (4)  VINER (1)  WARRY (11)  WATTS (10)  WEBBER (1)  WEYMOUTH (1)  WILLICOMBE (1)  WHITEFIELD (7)  WIGHMAN (1)  WILLIAMS (6)  WIMBRIDGE (1)  WADDAM (1)  WAITS (2)  WILLY (2)