Top surnames from the 1881 census in Farrington Gurney, Somerset

Farrington Gurney 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
ROGERS417.635058.81
CLARE397.2626501.93
SHEARN285.21424,516.13
WATTS275.027959.96
COOMER213.91064,666.67
ASHMAN162.9795458.45
MAGGS152.7933416.67
WEBB152.793320.61
DANDO142.6071707.07
KINGMAN142.60712,456.14
PEARCE132.420926.35
BAILEY112.048413.60
DOWLING112.0484184.87
STOKES91.676039.68
NORRIS91.676039.01
NICHOLS91.676051.43
THATCHER81.4898162.27
SALMON81.489865.31
WEST61.117311.61
MITCHEL61.1173114.29
TUCKER61.117320.19
OSMAN61.1173307.69
CHURCH50.931142.66
WEEKS50.931143.48
COX50.93116.14
SMITH50.93110.66
ADAMS40.74495.05
CULLEY40.7449175.44
TALBOT40.744929.92
WOOD40.74492.34
POOL40.744964.31
CLAPP40.7449200.00
RICHMOND40.744934.01
MOON40.744935.30
MILLER40.74494.16
BIDGOOD30.5587280.37
GOULD30.558715.46
CRUSE30.5587193.55
JAMES30.55872.84
BEES30.5587352.94
HAMBLEN30.55871,363.64
ALLEN30.55872.96
LYONS30.558725.10
KILLEN30.5587400.00
RENDALL20.372470.18
MOGG20.3724158.73
CHAPMAN20.37242.62
VINER20.3724114.94
GOVER20.3724144.93
LAMBERT20.37246.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COOMER0.545374666.6667
SHEARN0.545374516.1290
KERRICK0.545374000.0000
HAN0.545372500.0000
KINGMAN0.545372456.1404
HAMBLEN0.545371363.6364
CANES0.545371250.0000
DANDO0.54537707.0707
CLARE0.54537501.9305
ASHMAN0.54537458.4527
MAGGS0.54537416.6667
KILLEN0.54537400.0000
BEES0.54537352.9412
OSMAN0.54537307.6923
BIDGOOD0.54537280.3738
RANDAL0.54537217.3913
PORCH0.54537208.3333
CLAPP0.54537200.0000
CRUSE0.54537193.5484
DOWLING0.54537184.8739
CULLEY0.54537175.4386
THATCHER0.54537162.2718
MOGG0.54537158.7302
COMER0.54537144.9275
GOVER0.54537144.9275
PRESS0.54537129.0323
ELFORD0.54537122.6994
MEADEN0.54537116.2791
VINER0.54537114.9425
MITCHEL0.54537114.2857
CANDY0.54537104.7120
CARY0.5453776.3359
WITHEY0.5453773.5294
RENDALL0.5453770.1754
SALMON0.5453765.3061
POOL0.5453764.3087
WATTS0.5453759.9600
MULLETT0.5453759.5238
ROGERS0.5453758.8067
BLACKER0.5453756.8182
NICHOLS0.5453751.4286
DODSON0.5453748.0769
WEEKS0.5453743.4783
CHURCH0.5453742.6621
CHAPPEL0.5453742.3729
STOKES0.5453739.6825
NORRIS0.5453739.0117
DIX0.5453737.7358
MOON0.5453735.3045
RICHMOND0.5453734.0136

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 537 people called COOMER in Farrington Gurney 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 4666.6667 in Farrington Gurney means that 4666.6667% of the people in Farrington Gurney on census day were called COOMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COOMER 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 COOMER 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 COOMER 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 COOMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.54 in Farrington Gurney means that you are 0.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COOMER in Farrington Gurney than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Farrington Gurney in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ALLEN (3)  ASHMAN (16)  BAILEY (11)  BIDGOOD (3)  BLACKER (1)  BLINMAN (7)  BRAY (2)  BRIMBEL (9)  BROWN (2)  BUCKLAND (1)  BEES (3)  CANES (1)  CANDY (2)  CARY (1)  CARTER (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHAPPEL (1)  CHATE (1)  CHURCH (5)  CHURCHIL (5)  CHURCHILL (1)  CLAPP (4)  CLARE (39)  COLLINS (1)  COMER (2)  COOMER OR COMER (4)  COOMER (21)  COX (5)  CRUSE (3)  CULLEY (4)  CURTIS (2)  DANDO (14)  DANIEL (1)  DAVIS (1)  DIX (2)  DODSON (2)  DOUGHTY (1)  DOWLING (11)  DOWN (1)  ELFORD (2)  FIELD (1)  GAIT (5)  GIBBS (1)  GOULD (3)  GOVER (2)  HAMBLEN (3)  HAN (2)  JACOBS (1)  JAMES (3)  KILLEN (3)  KENEDY (1)  KERRICK (2)  KINGMAN (14)  LAMBERT (2)  LYONS (3)  MEADEN (1)  MAGGS (15)  MILLER (4)  MITCHEL (6)  MOGG (2)  MOON (4)  MULLETT (1)  NICHOLS (9)  NORRIS (9)  NORTON (1)  OSMAN (6)  PEARCE (13)  PENNY (1)  PERRY (2)  POOL (4)  PORCH (1)  PRESS (2)  PROWLES (4)  RENDAL (9)  RENDALL (2)  RANDAL (1)  RICHMOND (4)  ROGERS (41)  SALMON (8)  SALVIDGE (2)  SELBY (2)  SHEARN (28)  SMITH (5)  SPERRING (2)  SPURWAY (3)  STOKES (9)  TALBOT (4)  THATCHER (8)  TUCKER (6)  VENTING (4)  VINER (2)  WATTS (27)  WAY (2)  WEBB (15)  WEEKS (5)  WEST (6)  WESTLAKE (1)  WITHEY (1)  WOOD (4)  WYATT (1)  YOUNG (2)