Top surnames from the 1881 census in Corston, Somerset

Corston 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
DENSLEY184.67536,666.67
HUMPHRIES133.3766149.94
AYRES133.3766243.45
BROWN123.11694.73
COLMER112.85712,500.00
HATHWAY92.33771,607.14
GARDNER82.077930.62
NICHOLAS82.0779106.38
DAVEY82.077950.54
MADGE82.0779661.16
ALLEN71.81829.62
HIBBARD71.8182625.00
BENNETT71.818211.06
BRITTON71.8182102.64
TANNER71.818281.02
RIVERS71.8182292.89
BENDELL61.55841,875.00
MAY61.558424.48
BILLETT61.5584722.89
SALMON61.558468.34
HALL61.55845.30
PERCY51.2987139.28
MERCER51.298749.51
TUCKER51.298723.47
COOK51.29876.54
COATES51.298734.84
GREGORY41.039014.81
TAPLIN41.0390298.51
SHEPPARD41.039029.99
EDWARDS41.03903.73
CLARK41.03903.46
GUNNING41.0390283.69
HEARNE41.0390310.08
BILLINGS41.0390215.05
HULME41.039048.60
ARCHER30.779218.84
HARRILL30.77926,000.00
KNIGHT30.77926.32
ROGERS30.77926.00
JENKINS30.77926.61
TAYLOR30.77921.22
HILL30.77923.06
BRAIN30.779272.64
COMER30.7792303.03
MILLARD20.519531.35
WEBBER20.519517.01
MARTIN20.51952.11
PLUMMER20.519538.91
FLETCHER20.51954.55
MACEY20.519594.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DENSLEY0.393856666.6667
HARRILL0.393856000.0000
ALSBURY0.393855000.0000
COLMER0.393852500.0000
HARINGTON0.393852000.0000
BENDELL0.393851875.0000
HATHWAY0.393851607.1429
DUMMETT0.393851250.0000
CLAVEY0.39385833.3333
BILLETT0.39385722.8916
MADGE0.39385661.1570
HIBBARD0.39385625.0000
HEARNE0.39385310.0775
COMER0.39385303.0303
TAPLIN0.39385298.5075
BELFORD0.39385294.1176
RIVERS0.39385292.8870
GUNNING0.39385283.6879
AYRES0.39385243.4457
BILLINGS0.39385215.0538
POUNDS0.39385208.3333
GRIMMER0.39385204.0816
CREASE0.39385185.1852
HUMPHRIES0.39385149.9423
PERCY0.39385139.2758
FEAR0.39385116.9591
NICHOLAS0.39385106.3830
BROOKMAN0.39385105.2632
BRITTON0.39385102.6393
DREDGE0.39385100.0000
MACEY0.3938594.3396
TANNER0.3938581.0185
BRAIN0.3938572.6392
SALMON0.3938568.3371
FLOWER0.3938553.1915
DYKE0.3938552.3560
DAVEY0.3938550.5370
MERCER0.3938549.5050
HULME0.3938548.6027
HULBERT0.3938547.3934
JANES0.3938540.4858
PLUMMER0.3938538.9105
HILLIER0.3938538.5356
CHAPPLE0.3938538.3142
ROACH0.3938535.2734
COATES0.3938534.8432
MARCHANT0.3938533.5008
MILLARD0.3938531.3480
GARDNER0.3938530.6162
SHEPPARD0.3938529.9850

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 385 people called DENSLEY in Corston 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 6666.6667 in Corston means that 6666.6667% of the people in Corston on census day were called DENSLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DENSLEY 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 DENSLEY 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 DENSLEY 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 DENSLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Corston means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DENSLEY in Corston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Corston in 1881

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

ALLEN (7)  ALSBURY (2)  AMOS (1)  ARCHER (3)  BAILEY (2)  BELFORD (1)  BENDELL (6)  BENNETT (7)  BILLETT (6)  BILLINGS (4)  BLACKMORE (1)  BRAIN (3)  BRITTON (7)  BROOKMAN (1)  BROWN (12)  BUCKLAND (1)  CHAPPLE (1)  CHARLTON (1)  CLARK (4)  CLAVEY (1)  COATES (5)  COMER (3)  COOK (5)  CREASE (1)  DAVIES (2)  DAVEY (8)  DENSLEY (18)  DYKE (2)  DOVETON (5)  DOWN (1)  DREDGE (1)  DREWITT (4)  DUMMETT (2)  EDWARDS (4)  AYRES (13)  FEAR (2)  FLETCHER (2)  FLOWER (2)  FOWLER (2)  COLMER (11)  GARDNER (8)  GORE (1)  GREEN (1)  GREGORY (4)  GRIMMER (1)  GUNNING (4)  HALL (6)  HANHAM (8)  HARDWIDGE (1)  HARINGTON (2)  HARRILL (3)  HATHWAY (9)  HEARNE (4)  HIBBARD (7)  HILL (3)  HILLIER (2)  HOLBROW (1)  HULME (4)  HULBERT (1)  HUMPHRIES (13)  ENGLISH (1)  JANES (1)  JENKINS (3)  KNIGHT (3)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEWIS (1)  MADGE (8)  MARCHANT (2)  MARTIN (2)  MACEY (2)  MAY (6)  MERCER (5)  MILLARD (2)  MORGAN (1)  NICHOLAS (8)  OSBORNE (2)  PARKER (1)  PERCY (5)  PERRY (1)  PIKE (1)  PLUMMER (2)  POINTING (4)  POTTER (1)  POUNDS (1)  PRESCOTT (1)  PRIOR (1)  RANA (1)  RIVERS (7)  ROACH (2)  ROGERS (3)  SALMON (6)  SAYERS (1)  SHEPPARD (4)  SHEWRING (5)  SIMS (2)  TANNER (7)  TAPLIN (4)  TAYLOR (3)  TIDCOMBE (7)  TUCKER (5)  VENNELL (1)  VIGOUR (5)  WEBBER (2)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILTON (1)  WOOD (2)  WRAPPELL (1)  WRIGHTMORE (1)