Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lympsham, Somerset

Lympsham 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
COLLINS245.263236.68
HARDING194.166757.58
COOK183.947419.87
STONE122.631636.41
SEALEY112.4123738.26
BENNETT112.412314.68
CHAMPION102.1930209.64
BROCK102.1930188.68
HICKS102.193052.38
BUTT91.9737153.06
BOARD81.7544473.37
JEANES81.75441,081.08
PARKER71.53518.07
SPILLER71.5351270.27
COMER71.5351593.22
STEVENS71.535114.71
JARVIS71.535134.21
SLADE71.535176.92
FISHER71.535113.12
ADAMS61.31588.93
SHELTON61.3158111.94
CLARK61.31584.38
DIBBLE61.3158458.02
MILTON61.315895.39
HOUSE61.3158101.18
SPRATT61.3158236.22
MELLISH61.3158618.56
PLAYER51.0965285.71
HAINES51.096547.35
FROST51.096519.50
FIELD51.096522.04
CHAPMAN51.09657.72
BROOKS51.096511.22
FEAR51.0965247.52
FIELDS40.8772182.65
PIKE40.877230.17
SQUIRE40.877273.94
GADD40.8772131.58
SLOCOMBE40.8772273.97
COOMBS40.877251.88
STEPHENSON40.877215.33
DAY40.87729.32
FURBER40.8772344.83
CULL30.6579132.16
HUNT30.65794.95
BROWN30.65791.00
TAYLOR30.65791.03
COX30.65794.34
BOLEY30.65791,363.64
RICH30.657952.54

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HUETT0.464561666.6667
BOLEY0.464561363.6364
JEANES0.464561081.0811
SEALEY0.46456738.2550
AMESBURY0.46456714.2857
MELLISH0.46456618.5567
COMER0.46456593.2203
BOARD0.46456473.3728
DIBBLE0.46456458.0153
WORNER0.46456400.0000
FURBER0.46456344.8276
PLAYER0.46456285.7143
SLOCOMBE0.46456273.9726
SPILLER0.46456270.2703
STARKS0.46456256.4103
FEAR0.46456247.5248
SPRATT0.46456236.2205
CHAMPION0.46456209.6436
BROCK0.46456188.6792
FIELDS0.46456182.6484
BEACHAM0.46456157.4803
BUTT0.46456153.0612
CULL0.46456132.1586
GADD0.46456131.5789
SHELTON0.46456111.9403
HOUSE0.46456101.1804
MILTON0.4645695.3895
HARDACRE0.4645692.5926
SLADE0.4645676.9231
SQUIRE0.4645673.9372
CROKER0.4645673.5294
LAXTON0.4645671.9424
HARDING0.4645657.5758
RICH0.4645652.5394
HICKS0.4645652.3834
COOMBS0.4645651.8807
KIRTON0.4645648.0769
HAINES0.4645647.3485
VOWLES0.4645645.6621
PERRETT0.4645643.8596
HEAL0.4645641.1523
COLLINS0.4645636.6804
STONE0.4645636.4078
DUCKETT0.4645634.3643
JARVIS0.4645634.2131
PIKE0.4645630.1659
LOCKYER0.4645628.6533
FIELD0.4645622.0361
COOK0.4645619.8719
FROST0.4645619.5008

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 456 people called HUETT in Lympsham 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 1666.6667 in Lympsham means that 1666.6667% of the people in Lympsham on census day were called HUETT.

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

All the surnames recorded in Lympsham in 1881

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

ADAMS (6)  AMESBURY (2)  HONEYBALL (1)  ARTHUR (1)  BEACHAM (2)  BENNETT (11)  BISSICKS (1)  BOARD (8)  BOLEY (3)  BOWER (1)  BROOKS (5)  BROCK (10)  BROWN (3)  BRYANT (1)  BURGESS (1)  BUTT (9)  CHAMPION (10)  CHAPMAN (5)  CLARK (6)  COLES (2)  COLLINS (24)  COMER (7)  COOK (18)  COOME (5)  COOMBS (4)  COOPER (2)  COUNSELL (1)  COX (3)  COCK (5)  CRANDON (6)  CROKER (1)  CULL (3)  DAY (4)  DIBBLE (6)  DIFFORD (1)  DINWIDDY (1)  DUCKETT (1)  DUKE (1)  DUNSCOMBE (5)  DURSTON (9)  DYER (1)  FEAR (5)  FIELD (5)  FIELDS (4)  FISHER (7)  FROST (5)  FRY (1)  FURBER (4)  GAMLEN (2)  GADD (4)  HARDACRE (1)  HARDING (19)  HART (1)  HAINES (5)  HEAL (1)  HUETT (2)  HICKS (10)  HODGE (1)  HOUSE (6)  HOWELL (2)  HUCKMAN (2)  HUNT (3)  HUTCHINGS (1)  JARVIS (7)  JEANES (8)  JONES (2)  KIRTON (1)  LAXTON (1)  LEWIS (1)  LOCKYER (1)  MARTIN (1)  MELLISH (6)  MILTON (6)  MITCHELL (2)  MOORE (1)  NURTON (1)  NUTTYCOMBE (2)  PALMER (2)  PARKER (7)  PERRETT (1)  PETHERAM (6)  PIKE (4)  PLAYER (5)  PRICE (2)  PIMM (6)  REDMAN (1)  RICH (3)  SEALEY (11)  SHELTON (6)  SLADE (7)  SLOCOMBE (4)  SPERRING (14)  SPILLER (7)  SPRATT (6)  SQUIRE (4)  STARKS (1)  STEVENS (7)  STEPHENSON (4)  STOCKHOUSE (1)  STONE (12)  TAYLOR (3)  TUTTOW (1)  VINCENT (1)  VOWLES (1)  WORNER (1)  WILLIAMS (1)