Top surnames from the 1881 census in Exford, Somerset

Exford 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
ADAMS275.921140.18
REED153.289545.06
HUXTABLE132.8509653.27
MARLEY132.8509490.57
WILLIAMS132.85093.97
HOOPER122.631662.14
THORNE112.4123114.46
BURNELL112.4123402.93
NEWTON102.193028.62
PEARSE102.1930206.19
HAYES102.193035.27
DAVIS91.97378.98
HARDING91.973727.27
PERRY91.973726.84
MAY91.973731.00
STEER81.7544150.38
CANN81.7544189.57
COMER71.5351593.22
BAWDEN71.5351305.68
GIBBS71.535131.25
BAKER61.31586.00
PERKIN61.3158243.90
GOODING61.3158155.44
HORWOOD61.3158277.78
NORMAN61.315828.40
DOWN61.3158109.49
BLACKER61.3158402.68
OLAND51.09656,250.00
WINGER51.09658,333.33
BARROW51.096551.76
CROKER51.0965367.65
GEEN40.8772816.33
WILKINS40.877219.85
HODGE40.877234.81
ELLIS40.87726.04
HOBBS40.877224.08
PUGSLEY30.6579214.29
BROOMFIELD30.657997.72
LOCK30.657923.11
HAWKINS30.65799.09
ATKINSON30.65796.76
FORD30.65796.75
WESTCOTT30.657999.67
HEAL30.6579123.46
PARISH30.657942.67
KING30.65793.02
MOORE30.65793.29
WEBBER30.657921.54
SOUTHWELL20.438669.93
ESCOTT20.4386157.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WINGER0.464568333.3333
OLAND0.464566250.0000
GEEN0.46456816.3265
HUXTABLE0.46456653.2663
COMER0.46456593.2203
HUXFORD0.46456588.2353
MARLEY0.46456490.5660
SPURRIER0.46456434.7826
BURNELL0.46456402.9304
BLACKER0.46456402.6846
PESTER0.46456384.6154
CROKER0.46456367.6471
BAWDEN0.46456305.6769
HORWOOD0.46456277.7778
PERKIN0.46456243.9024
PUGSLEY0.46456214.2857
PEARSE0.46456206.1856
CANN0.46456189.5735
BRIANT0.46456161.2903
ESCOTT0.46456157.4803
GOODING0.46456155.4404
ANSTEY0.46456153.8462
STEER0.46456150.3759
PARKHOUSE0.46456147.0588
HOLCOMBE0.46456140.8451
NATION0.46456136.9863
HEAL0.46456123.4568
THORNE0.46456114.4641
DOWN0.46456109.4891
WESTCOTT0.4645699.6678
BROOMFIELD0.4645697.7199
HANDCOCK0.4645694.3396
SOUTHWELL0.4645669.9301
HOOPER0.4645662.1440
TARR0.4645660.2410
BARROW0.4645651.7598
REED0.4645645.0586
PARISH0.4645642.6743
ADAMS0.4645640.1786
CRICK0.4645636.6300
HAYES0.4645635.2734
HODGE0.4645634.8129
COURT0.4645634.4828
DOBBS0.4645632.4675
GIBBS0.4645631.2500
MAY0.4645631.0024
NEWTON0.4645628.6205
NORMAN0.4645628.3956
HARDING0.4645627.2727
PERRY0.4645626.8416

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 456 people called WINGER in Exford 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 8333.3333 in Exford means that 8333.3333% of the people in Exford on census day were called WINGER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WINGER 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 WINGER 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 WINGER 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 WINGER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.46 in Exford means that you are 0.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WINGER in Exford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Exford in 1881

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

ADAMS (27)  ANSTEY (2)  ATKINSON (3)  BAKER (6)  BALMOND (1)  BINDON (14)  BLACKER (6)  BAWDEN (7)  BROOMFIELD (3)  BRIANT (2)  BURNELL (11)  BARROW (5)  CANN (8)  CARTER (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHIDDEY (2)  COLES (2)  COMER (7)  CORDING (1)  COURT (2)  CRICK (1)  CROKER (5)  DAVIS (9)  DOBBS (1)  DOWN (6)  DUMMET (1)  ELLIS (4)  ESCOTT (2)  FISHER (2)  FORD (3)  FRIENDSHIP (2)  GIBBS (7)  GOODING (6)  GREENSLADE (9)  GULLIFORD (5)  HANDCOCK (1)  HARDING (9)  HORWOOD (6)  HAWKINS (3)  HUXFORD (1)  HAYES (10)  HEAL (3)  HERNIMAN (2)  HILL (1)  HOBBS (4)  HODGE (4)  HOLCOMBE (1)  HOOPER (12)  HOWES (1)  HUNT (2)  HUXTABLE (13)  GEEN (4)  KING (3)  LITSON (1)  LOCK (3)  MANLEY (1)  MARLEY (13)  MATHEWS (2)  MAY (9)  MILTON (1)  MOON (1)  MOORE (3)  MOULE (6)  NATION (1)  NEWTON (10)  NORMAN (6)  OLAND (5)  PAGE (1)  PARISH (3)  PARKHOUSE (2)  PEARSE (10)  PEARCE (1)  PERKIN (6)  PERRY (9)  PESTER (2)  PUGSLEY (3)  QUARTLEY (1)  QUICK (1)  REED (15)  SEDNHAM (3)  SHAPLAND (1)  SINGERTON (1)  SOUTHWELL (2)  SPURRIER (2)  STEER (8)  STEVENS (1)  TAME (1)  TARR (1)  THORNE (11)  TOTTERDELL (4)  TUDBALL (8)  VAULTER (2)  VELLACOTT (13)  WEBBER (3)  WESTCOTT (3)  WILKINS (4)  WILLIAMS (13)  WINGER (5)