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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Farmborough, Somerset

Farmborough 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
BRIDGES505.9102371.47
PARFITT455.3191728.16
LEWIS364.255316.19
FLOWER303.5461363.20
WEAVER242.8369109.09
SMITH232.71871.93
BAKER202.364110.79
ASHMAN182.1277327.87
WEEKS151.773082.83
CARTER151.773010.56
PERRY151.773024.11
BIGGS151.773094.04
BRANCH151.7730346.42
COLLINS141.654811.53
HUTTON131.536651.44
WILLIAMS121.41841.97
DANDO121.4184383.39
BOULTER111.3002257.01
TUCKER111.300223.50
YOUNG111.30026.05
ROGERS101.18209.10
CURTIS101.182020.83
JOHNSON101.18203.52
HATHWAY91.0638731.71
VINER91.0638327.27
DRURY80.945659.52
WAIT80.9456187.35
HARRIS80.94563.72
SANDS80.945684.48
EVANS80.94562.16
GOODING80.9456111.73
JAMES70.82744.21
CLEAVES70.82741,627.91
BROOKS70.82748.46
MAXWELL70.827434.83
PAYNE60.70927.88
WITHERS60.709243.26
CROSS50.59108.59
EMERY50.591027.07
LONG50.59109.11
HALE50.591016.47
GOULD50.591016.36
CAREY50.591031.35
SHORT50.591015.13
HEDGES50.591051.65
HANNEY40.4728296.30
PRIOR40.472820.43
HEAL40.472888.89
GAGE40.472884.03
EDWARDS40.47281.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WORREL0.858461818.1818
CLEAVES0.858461627.9070
HATHWAY0.85846731.7073
PARFITT0.85846728.1553
WELCHMAN0.85846612.2449
FLAGG0.85846454.5455
DANDO0.85846383.3866
BRIDGES0.85846371.4710
FLOWER0.85846363.1961
BRANCH0.85846346.4203
VOWELS0.85846333.3333
ASHMAN0.85846327.8689
VINER0.85846327.2727
HANNEY0.85846296.2963
DUDDEN0.85846270.2703
BOULTER0.85846257.0093
GULLICK0.85846256.4103
GOODIN0.85846227.2727
WAIT0.85846187.3536
BEACHAM0.85846169.4915
SPENDER0.85846151.5152
RICHENS0.85846121.9512
GOODING0.85846111.7318
WEAVER0.85846109.0909
CARY0.8584697.0874
BIGGS0.8584694.0439
PRIDDY0.8584693.4579
HEAL0.8584688.8889
SANDS0.8584684.4773
GAGE0.8584684.0336
WEEKS0.8584682.8272
BLACKER0.8584672.2022
MAGGS0.8584670.5467
BEAUCHAMP0.8584669.4444
DRURY0.8584659.5238
HEDGES0.8584651.6529
HUTTON0.8584651.4444
STRICKLAND0.8584644.4444
WITHERS0.8584643.2588
MULLETT0.8584637.7358
MAXWELL0.8584634.8259
HOLBROOK0.8584632.7869
CAREY0.8584631.3480
BRICE0.8584628.6533
EMERY0.8584627.0709
PERRY0.8584624.1080
TUCKER0.8584623.4993
WALTER0.8584623.1481
MILLARD0.8584621.4133
CREED0.8584621.2766

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 846 people called WORREL in Farmborough 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 1818.1818 in Farmborough means that 1818.1818% of the people in Farmborough on census day were called WORREL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WORREL 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 WORREL 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 WORREL 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 WORREL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.85 in Farmborough means that you are 0.85 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WORREL in Farmborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Farmborough in 1881

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

ASHMAN (18)  BAKER (20)  BARTLETT (2)  BATES (1)  BEAUCHAMP (2)  BEACHAM (4)  BELL (3)  BELSH (8)  BENLTY (1)  BIGGS (15)  BLAKE (3)  BLACKER (2)  BLANING (2)  BOND (1)  BOTHAM (2)  BOULTER (11)  BRANCH (15)  BRIDGES (50)  BRIMBLE (9)  BRODRIBB (10)  BROOKS (7)  BROWN (2)  BRICE (2)  BUTLER (2)  CARY (2)  CAREY (5)  CARTER (15)  CLARKE (1)  CLEAVES (7)  COLLIER (1)  COLLINS (14)  COOK (2)  COOMBS (3)  CREED (1)  CROSS (5)  CUNDICT (5)  CURTIS (10)  CUTLER (2)  DAGGER (2)  DANDO (12)  DIX (1)  DRURY (8)  DUDDEN (1)  DURY (2)  EDWARDS (4)  EMERY (5)  EVANS (8)  FLAGG (2)  FLOWER (30)  FORD (1)  FRAPPELL (2)  GAGE (4)  GAY (1)  GILES (2)  GOLLEDGE (8)  GOODING (8)  GOODIN (1)  GOULD (5)  GREGORY (1)  GULLICK (2)  HALE (5)  HANNEY (4)  HARDING (1)  HARRIS (8)  HARVY (2)  HATHWAY (9)  HAYWARD (2)  HEAL (4)  HURBERT (2)  HERBERT (4)  HEDGES (5)  HOLBROOK (2)  HOOPER (1)  HUDICH (1)  HUTTON (13)  JAMES (7)  JOHNSON (10)  KEMPR (1)  KING (1)  LEAKEY (22)  LANE (2)  LAUARANCE (3)  LEWIS (36)  LIPPIATT (5)  LONG (5)  LOVE (1)  MADELEY (1)  MERCHANT (1)  MARTIN (2)  MAXWELL (7)  MAGGS (4)  MERCER (1)  MILLARD (3)  MOOR (1)  MORGAN (2)  MULLETT (1)  NEWMAN (2)  PARFITT (45)  PAYNE (6)  PERRY (15)  POW (15)  PRICE (1)  PRIDDY (1)  PRIOR (4)  PROBERT (1)  RAPPS (12)  RIESLEY (1)  RICHENS (2)  RICKITTS (8)  ROGERS (10)  SALMON (1)  SANDS (8)  SHORE (1)  SHORT (5)  SCOTTER (1)  SMITH (23)  SPENDER (1)  SPERRIN (1)  STRICKLAND (3)  TIDCOMBE (2)  TUCKER (11)  VATER (3)  VENTIN (5)  VINER (9)  VOWELS (1)  WALTER (3)  WEAVER (24)  WEEKS (15)  WELCHMAN (3)  WHITE (1)  WHITTOCK (6)  WILLIAMS (12)  WITHERS (6)  WORREL (2)  WARREL (1)  WRIGHT (2)  WAIT (8)  YOUNG (11)