Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dundry, Somerset

Dundry 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
PARSONS315.486772.23
MARSHALL295.132730.60
WEAVER264.6018176.99
BROCK193.3628289.19
CLEMENTS183.185896.05
YEATES173.0088544.87
PAYTON142.4779622.22
SAMPSON132.3009134.85
HALE111.946954.27
GADD111.9469292.55
COX111.946912.85
READ101.769927.46
VOWLES81.4159295.20
GALLOP81.4159444.44
SWEET81.4159156.86
PUGH81.415937.05
BALL81.415917.14
GRIFFIN81.415930.10
HAWKINS81.415919.56
FEAR81.4159318.73
EDWARDS81.41595.08
NAISH71.2389346.53
GOLDING71.238970.28
HARWOOD71.238946.27
CUFF71.2389318.18
PEARCE71.238913.49
ATKINS71.238933.03
LUDLOW61.0619203.39
COLE61.061911.66
BOARD61.0619285.71
LUCAS61.061922.97
WINTER61.061929.94
WITHEY61.0619419.58
CUTLER50.885071.12
AMOR50.8850370.37
WITHERS50.885053.94
HART50.885010.38
WILLIAMS50.88501.23
SIMPSON50.88505.06
BOND40.708013.37
EVANS40.70801.62
LIGHT40.708076.78
HARRISON40.70803.19
WALL40.708020.24
HARVEY40.70806.63
WALKER40.70802.11
MOXHAM30.5310294.12
COOMBS30.531031.41
BEAVEN30.5310182.93
HARRIS30.53102.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARM0.57565833.3333
PAYTON0.57565622.2222
YEATES0.57565544.8718
VOWELS0.57565500.0000
GALLOP0.57565444.4444
WITHEY0.57565419.5804
AMOR0.57565370.3704
NAISH0.57565346.5347
FEAR0.57565318.7251
CUFF0.57565318.1818
VOWLES0.57565295.2030
MOXHAM0.57565294.1176
GADD0.57565292.5532
BROCK0.57565289.1933
BOARD0.57565285.7143
SILCOX0.57565281.6901
ROSEWELL0.57565256.4103
LUDLOW0.57565203.3898
BEAVEN0.57565182.9268
WEAVER0.57565176.9912
SWEET0.57565156.8627
PESTER0.57565156.2500
SAMPSON0.57565134.8548
CORE0.57565125.0000
KEW0.57565120.4819
BRADFIELD0.57565111.7318
CLEMENTS0.5756596.0512
STUCKEY0.5756578.1250
LIGHT0.5756576.7754
PARSONS0.5756572.2274
BROOKMAN0.5756571.4286
CUTLER0.5756571.1238
GOLDING0.5756570.2811
HALE0.5756554.2674
WITHERS0.5756553.9374
TIPPETT0.5756550.2513
HARWOOD0.5756546.2657
BOYS0.5756545.0450
RICH0.5756542.3729
BROAD0.5756541.7827
PUGH0.5756537.0542
BLACKMORE0.5756536.8550
NURSE0.5756536.3636
GILLETT0.5756533.5008
ATKINS0.5756533.0345
COOMBS0.5756531.4136
MARSHALL0.5756530.6004
GRIFFIN0.5756530.0978
WINTER0.5756529.9401
READ0.5756527.4574

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 565 people called HARM in Dundry 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 833.3333 in Dundry means that 833.3333% of the people in Dundry on census day were called HARM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARM 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 HARM 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 HARM 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 HARM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.57 in Dundry means that you are 0.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARM in Dundry than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dundry in 1881

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

AMOR (5)  ATKINS (7)  AVERY (1)  BEAD (4)  BACON (1)  BALL (8)  BARNES (2)  BAZELEY (1)  BATT (1)  BELLAMY (1)  BEAVEN (3)  BLACKMORE (3)  BLINMAN (9)  BOARD (6)  BOND (4)  BOUTFLOWER (3)  BOYS (1)  BRADFIELD (2)  BRETT (1)  BROAD (3)  BROOKMAN (1)  BROCK (19)  BROOKS (1)  CORE (1)  CURRIL (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARK (2)  CLEMENTS (18)  KEW (2)  COLE (6)  COLEMAN (2)  COOKOLEY (3)  COOMBS (3)  COX (11)  CUFF (7)  CUTLER (5)  DOWZELL (1)  DYER (1)  EATON (1)  EDWARDS (8)  EMERY (1)  EVANS (4)  FARROL (2)  FEAR (8)  FROUD (3)  GALLOP (8)  GADD (11)  GIBBS (2)  GILLETT (2)  GOLDING (7)  GRIFFIN (8)  HABBERFIELD (1)  HALE (11)  HARM (1)  HARRIS (3)  HARRISON (4)  HART (5)  HARVEY (4)  HARWOOD (7)  HAWKINS (8)  HOBBS (1)  HARROCK (4)  HOUSE (1)  JAMES (1)  JEFFREY (1)  JENKINS (2)  KEEDWELL (7)  KINGSTON (1)  LEE (1)  LEWIS (1)  LIGHT (4)  LOVELL (2)  LUCAS (6)  LUDLOW (6)  MARSHALL (29)  MAGGS (1)  MERRICK (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOXHAM (3)  NAISH (7)  NURSE (1)  PARSONS (31)  PAYTON (14)  PEARCE (7)  PESTER (1)  PIKE (1)  PIPPETT (1)  PUGH (8)  READ (10)  RICH (3)  ROSEWELL (1)  SAMPSON (13)  SAUNDERS (1)  SCRIBBINS (3)  SHORLAND (5)  SIDWICK (5)  SILCOX (2)  SIMPSON (5)  SMART (1)  STACEY (1)  STANDURN (1)  STOKES (2)  STUCKEY (1)  SWEET (8)  TAMPSON (3)  TIPPETT (1)  TOLD (1)  VOWLES (8)  VOWELS (1)  WALKER (4)  WALL (4)  WEBB (2)  WEAVER (26)  WEDMORE (7)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (5)  WINTER (6)  WITHERS (5)  WITHEY (6)  YEATES (17)  YOUNG (2)