Top surnames from the 1881 census in Preston Plucknett, Somerset

Preston Plucknett 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
GARLAND104.4248333.33
PURCHASE93.98231,153.85
CROCKER83.5398263.16
DAVEY73.097375.35
CORPE73.09737,000.00
BAULCH62.65493,529.41
BIRD62.654934.74
CHILDS62.6549144.58
MARSH52.212431.02
BOWYER52.2124203.25
OSBORNE52.212446.34
RUSSELL52.212418.12
GARRETT52.212497.47
OLD52.2124543.48
RICKETTS52.2124228.31
DAUBNEY41.76991,212.12
BURT41.769974.49
WALL41.769950.63
HILL41.76996.95
BARTLETT41.769940.40
MARKS41.769986.58
BURRIDGE41.7699261.44
AUSTIN41.769936.20
ROWLAND41.769962.31
ADAMS31.32749.01
WESTLAKE31.3274182.93
RENDALL31.3274250.00
MOORE31.32746.64
COLES31.327438.12
WALE31.3274277.78
HAWKINS31.327418.34
LUFFMAN31.32741,200.00
BRAGG31.3274162.16
PAFFORD20.88504,000.00
NEWBERY20.8850307.69
ROPER20.885042.55
COOPER20.88503.64
FRAMPTON20.8850112.36
DEWEY20.8850208.33
HARBIN20.88502,857.14
WEARE20.8850512.82
LANGDON20.8850113.64
HAMBLIN20.8850196.08
PITMAN20.885097.09
DUNN20.885010.64
HARRISON10.44251.99
SNOOK10.442562.50
GOULD10.442512.24
GAY10.442533.22
LEWIS10.44251.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CORPE0.232267000.0000
PAFFORD0.232264000.0000
BAULCH0.232263529.4118
HARBIN0.232262857.1429
DAUBNEY0.232261212.1212
LUFFMAN0.232261200.0000
PURCHASE0.232261153.8462
OLD0.23226543.4783
WEARE0.23226512.8205
GENGE0.23226476.1905
GARLAND0.23226333.3333
NEWBERY0.23226307.6923
WALE0.23226277.7778
CROCKER0.23226263.1579
BURRIDGE0.23226261.4379
RENDALL0.23226250.0000
RICKETTS0.23226228.3105
DEWEY0.23226208.3333
BOWYER0.23226203.2520
HAMBLIN0.23226196.0784
WESTLAKE0.23226182.9268
BRAGG0.23226162.1622
CHILDS0.23226144.5783
PAULL0.23226128.2051
LANGDON0.23226113.6364
FRAMPTON0.23226112.3596
GARRETT0.2322697.4659
PITMAN0.2322697.0874
MARKS0.2322686.5801
SOWERBY0.2322681.9672
DAVEY0.2322675.3498
BURT0.2322674.4879
SNOOK0.2322662.5000
ROWLAND0.2322662.3053
WALL0.2322650.6329
OSBORNE0.2322646.3392
HOSKINS0.2322645.4545
DYKE0.2322644.6429
ROPER0.2322642.5532
BARTLETT0.2322640.4040
COLES0.2322638.1194
AUSTIN0.2322636.1991
BIRD0.2322634.7423
GAY0.2322633.2226
MARSH0.2322631.0174
MILNER0.2322619.3050
HAWKINS0.2322618.3374
RUSSELL0.2322618.1225
GOULD0.2322612.2399
DUNN0.2322610.6383

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 226 people called CORPE in Preston Plucknett 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 7000.0000 in Preston Plucknett means that 7000.0000% of the people in Preston Plucknett on census day were called CORPE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CORPE 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 CORPE 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 CORPE 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 CORPE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Preston Plucknett means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CORPE in Preston Plucknett than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Preston Plucknett in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  AUSTIN (4)  BARTLETT (4)  BAULCH (6)  BIRD (6)  BOWYER (5)  BRAGG (3)  BURRIDGE (4)  BURT (4)  CARETON (2)  CHILDS (6)  COLES (3)  COOPER (2)  CORPE (7)  CROCKER (8)  CONNOCK (2)  DAUBNEY (4)  DAVEY (7)  DEWEY (2)  DYKE (1)  DUNN (2)  EASTMENT (1)  EGLEN (1)  FRAMPTON (2)  GAMBLING (12)  GARLAND (10)  GARRETT (5)  GAY (1)  GENGE (1)  GIBBS (1)  GOULD (1)  GREENSLADE (1)  HAMBLIN (2)  HARBIN (2)  HARRISON (1)  HAWKINS (3)  HILL (4)  HOSKINS (1)  KINESTON (1)  LANGDON (2)  LEWIS (1)  LUFFMAN (3)  MARKS (4)  MARSH (5)  MILNER (1)  MOORE (3)  NEWBERY (2)  OLD (5)  OSBORNE (5)  PAFFORD (2)  PARKER (1)  PATTEMORE (1)  PAULL (1)  PURCHASE (9)  PITMAN (2)  RENDALL (3)  RICKETTS (5)  ROBERTS (1)  RODBERD (2)  RODBER (2)  RODBIRD (1)  ROPER (2)  ROWLAND (4)  RUSSELL (5)  SNOOK (1)  SOWERBY (1)  TOWNSEND (1)  TUCKER (1)  WALL (4)  WALE (3)  WALLBRIDGE (2)  WATTS (1)  WEARE (2)  WESTLAKE (3)