Top surnames from the 1881 census in Buckland Dinham, Somerset

Buckland Dinham 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
CARVER245.2863583.94
WEAVER204.4053169.35
GREY143.0837142.28
GRANT143.083731.08
PAINTER132.8634208.67
DIX112.4229245.54
CLARK102.20267.33
ALLWOOD102.2026540.54
CLARKE102.202610.87
BRAY102.202665.53
GOUGH91.982467.62
BUTLER91.982420.33
BEST91.982473.59
WILLIS91.982437.28
CARY91.9824810.81
DAVIS81.76218.02
HIBBERD71.5419250.90
PRESCOTT61.321693.75
ELTON61.3216327.87
FRICKER61.3216397.35
DOWDEN51.1013505.05
NEWNHAM51.1013257.73
WILCOX51.101358.48
DOWDING51.1013257.73
WHITTINGTON40.8811125.00
JORDAN40.881119.94
SLEDGE40.88112,500.00
RICH40.881170.30
CRABBE40.8811625.00
FIELD40.881117.71
SHEPPARD40.881125.43
MATTHEWS40.881110.10
TAYLOR40.88111.38
GREENLAND40.8811279.72
BAILY30.6608104.53
CROSS30.66089.60
TAYLER30.6608120.00
GRAY30.66084.63
HORWOOD30.6608139.53
QUICK30.660858.94
PHIPPEN30.6608535.71
PEARCE30.66087.19
WALTERS20.44059.24
FITCH20.440556.34
MILLER20.44052.46
WHITE20.44051.37
PHIPPIN20.44053,333.33
PERCY20.440547.28
HISCOX20.4405240.96
SHEPHERD20.44056.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PHIPPIN0.454543333.3333
SLEDGE0.454542500.0000
CARY0.45454810.8108
CRABBE0.45454625.0000
CARVER0.45454583.9416
ALLWOOD0.45454540.5405
PHIPPEN0.45454535.7143
DOWDEN0.45454505.0505
FRICKER0.45454397.3510
ELTON0.45454327.8689
GREENLAND0.45454279.7203
NEWNHAM0.45454257.7320
DOWDING0.45454257.7320
HIBBERD0.45454250.8961
DIX0.45454245.5357
HISCOX0.45454240.9639
KELSON0.45454222.2222
VINING0.45454212.7660
PAINTER0.45454208.6677
ELIOTT0.45454208.3333
WEAVER0.45454169.3480
GREY0.45454142.2764
HORWOOD0.45454139.5349
WHITTINGTON0.45454125.0000
TAYLER0.45454120.0000
BAILY0.45454104.5296
TAPPER0.45454102.0408
PRESCOTT0.4545493.7500
ESCOTT0.4545478.7402
GANE0.4545477.5194
BEST0.4545473.5895
RICH0.4545470.2988
GOUGH0.4545467.6183
HARFORD0.4545467.5676
BRAY0.4545465.5308
QUICK0.4545458.9391
WILCOX0.4545458.4795
FITCH0.4545456.3380
MILLETT0.4545455.5556
PERCY0.4545447.2813
STARR0.4545444.6429
WILLIS0.4545437.2825
DAW0.4545431.7460
GRANT0.4545431.0766
SHEPPARD0.4545425.4291
BUSHELL0.4545422.7273
BUTLER0.4545420.3298
JORDAN0.4545419.9402
FIELD0.4545417.7069
CLARKE0.4545410.8707

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 454 people called PHIPPIN in Buckland Dinham 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 3333.3333 in Buckland Dinham means that 3333.3333% of the people in Buckland Dinham on census day were called PHIPPIN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Buckland Dinham in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ALLWOOD (10)  ARTHUR (1)  BAILY (3)  BARNES (1)  BEACHIM (6)  BEST (9)  BLATCH (1)  BOERADARLE (1)  BRAY (10)  BRIMSON (5)  BROWNJOHN (15)  BUSHELL (1)  BUTLER (9)  CARY (9)  CARVER (24)  CLARKE (10)  CLARK (10)  CLUTTERBUCK (1)  CRABBE (4)  CROSS (3)  CURTIS (1)  DAVAGE (17)  DAVIS (8)  DAW (1)  DIX (11)  DOWDEN (5)  DOWDING (5)  ELIOTT (1)  ELTON (6)  ESCOTT (1)  FIELD (4)  FITCH (2)  FRICKER (6)  JORDAN (4)  GOUGH (9)  GRANT (14)  GRAY (3)  GREY (14)  GREENLAND (4)  HAPPERFIELD (2)  HARFORD (1)  HARPER (1)  HORWOOD (3)  HELPS (5)  HIBBERD (7)  HILL (1)  HISCOX (2)  HODDINOTT (1)  HEUGH (2)  GANE (1)  KELSON (1)  KING (1)  MARTIN (1)  MATTHEWS (4)  MILLER (2)  MILLETT (1)  NEWNHAM (5)  PAINTER (13)  PEARCE (3)  PERCY (2)  PERKINS (1)  PHIPPIN (2)  PHIPPEN (3)  POBJOY (1)  PRESCOTT (6)  QUICK (3)  RABBITS (5)  RICH (4)  SAXTY (1)  SHEET (9)  SHEPHERD (2)  SHEPPARD (4)  SLEDGE (4)  SPERRING (12)  STARR (1)  STERREY (5)  STRED OR STREET (14)  SWANSBOROUGH (1)  TAPPER (1)  TAYLER (3)  TAYLOR (4)  YONDLE OR YOUDLE (6)  VINING (1)  WALTERS (2)  WEAVER (20)  WHITE (2)  WHITTINGTON (4)  WILCOX (5)  WILLIS (9)  WITCHELL (9)  WOODROOFFE (1)