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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Puriton, Somerset

Puriton 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
MEAKER293.84114,531.25
PARSONS212.781536.61
WARE172.2517136.99
NICHOLLS172.251743.11
CARP172.25176,296.30
GODFREY162.119271.46
WEBBER162.119269.35
COLES162.119260.84
WEBB141.854313.68
ARTHUR141.854385.11
YOUNG141.85438.63
GORE121.5894140.85
SMITH111.45701.03
PHELPS111.4570146.67
PARKHOUSE101.3245444.44
GUY101.324560.50
SEALEY101.3245404.86
BAKER101.32456.04
VERNON91.192172.41
STOKES91.192128.23
HOUSE91.192191.65
MEADE81.0596370.37
SHEARING81.0596437.16
WOOLEY81.0596165.63
MERRICK81.0596142.86
BURROUGHS81.0596330.58
BROWN81.05961.61
STAGG70.9272139.17
LEE70.92725.67
TUCKER70.927216.75
LANE70.927213.45
BRICE60.794796.31
WESTERN60.7947188.68
WOODWARD60.794716.11
PERHAM60.7947857.14
DYER60.794720.51
WINTER60.794722.41
COOMBS60.794747.02
WOODS60.794712.60
DUCKETT60.7947124.48
CHEYNE60.7947239.04
BACON60.794731.63
STOCKHAM60.7947600.00
DUCK50.6623123.46
KIDNER50.6623781.25
CRANE50.662331.39
CLEMENTS50.662319.96
CHICK50.6623120.77
HUNT40.52983.99
POLLARD40.529814.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CARP0.767556296.2963
MEAKER0.767554531.2500
SUGGS0.767554000.0000
WEADON0.76755909.0909
PERHAM0.76755857.1429
REASONS0.76755833.3333
KIDNER0.76755781.2500
CLICK0.76755714.2857
STOCKHAM0.76755600.0000
SAWTELL0.76755535.7143
FARRON0.76755535.7143
CONERY0.76755526.3158
PARKHOUSE0.76755444.4444
SHEARING0.76755437.1585
SEALEY0.76755404.8583
HIX0.76755370.3704
MEADE0.76755370.3704
BURROUGHS0.76755330.5785
HEROD0.76755266.6667
HAGGETT0.76755265.4867
PRIDHAM0.76755250.0000
CHEYNE0.76755239.0438
HAKE0.76755232.5581
CAPLE0.76755229.8851
EVELEIGH0.76755190.4762
WESTERN0.76755188.6792
WOOLEY0.76755165.6315
PHELPS0.76755146.6667
MERRICK0.76755142.8571
GORE0.76755140.8451
STAGG0.76755139.1650
WARE0.76755136.9863
DUCKETT0.76755124.4813
DUCK0.76755123.4568
CHICK0.76755120.7729
GOODLAND0.76755105.2632
BRICE0.7675596.3082
HOUSE0.7675591.6497
ARTHUR0.7675585.1064
SPEARMAN0.7675584.0336
SOMERS0.7675578.1250
VERNON0.7675572.4055
HOLLEY0.7675571.9424
GODFREY0.7675571.4605
WEBBER0.7675569.3541
ATWELL0.7675562.5000
GREENHILL0.7675561.3497
COLES0.7675560.8365
GUY0.7675560.4961
CARY0.7675554.3478

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 755 people called CARP in Puriton 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 6296.2963 in Puriton means that 6296.2963% of the people in Puriton on census day were called CARP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CARP 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 CARP 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 CARP 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 CARP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Puriton means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CARP in Puriton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Puriton in 1881

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

ALLEN (3)  ANDREWS (1)  ARTHUR (14)  ASH (1)  ASHTON (2)  ATWELL (1)  BACON (6)  BADCOCK (6)  BAKER (10)  BAWDRIP (4)  BIRD (1)  BISHOP (3)  BAWDEN (1)  BROWN (8)  BRICE (6)  BURROUGHS (8)  BURTON (2)  CABLE (1)  CANN (1)  CARY (1)  CARP (17)  CAURICOLL (4)  CHANNON (5)  CAPLE (2)  CHEDZOY (7)  CHEWINGS (7)  CHEYNE (6)  CHICK (5)  CHINN (1)  CHISWICK (8)  CLARKE (4)  CLEMENTS (5)  CLICK (1)  CLIST (4)  COLES (16)  CONERY (1)  COOK (2)  COOMBS (6)  CRANE (5)  DARCH (1)  DAY (4)  DINGLE (1)  DUCKETT (6)  DUCK (5)  DYER (6)  EDWARDS (1)  EVELEIGH (4)  FARRON (3)  GODFREY (16)  GOODLAND (1)  GORE (12)  GREENHILL (2)  GREENSLADE (6)  GRIFFITHS (3)  GULLIFORD (1)  GUY (10)  HAGGETT (3)  HAKE (2)  HAMER (1)  HARRIS (1)  HEROD (2)  HAYWARD (1)  HIX (1)  HELLIER (4)  HOBBS (3)  HODSON (1)  HOLLEY (2)  HOOPER (1)  HOUSE (9)  HUNT (4)  KIDNER (5)  KNAPTON (3)  LANE (7)  LEE (7)  SELBY OR LILLY (2)  LIVINGSTONE (1)  LOCKYER (2)  LINHAM (6)  LYNHAM (7)  MEAKER (29)  MALE (1)  MASONS (3)  MASON (1)  MEADE (8)  MERRICK (8)  MORSE (2)  MORRIS (1)  MOUNSTEVENS (1)  MULTERS (7)  NEATH (24)  NICHOLLS (17)  PALETHORPE (4)  PALMER (4)  PARKER (1)  PARKHOUSE (10)  PARSONS (21)  PERHAM (6)  PERRY (3)  PETHERHAM (4)  PHELPS (11)  PITMAN (1)  POLLARD (4)  POPLE (27)  POULTNEY (4)  PRIDHAM (3)  PURNELL (2)  PINE (1)  RADFORD (3)  REASONS (1)  REED (4)  RICE (1)  RISTE (2)  ROE (2)  SAWDAY (1)  SAWTELL (3)  SEALEY (10)  SHEARING (8)  SYMES (1)  SMITH (11)  SPEARMAN (1)  SPRIGGS (1)  SPURWAY (6)  STAGG (7)  STOCKHAM (6)  STOKES (9)  STOREY (2)  SUGGS (2)  SOMERS (2)  THOMAS (3)  TUCKER (7)  VERNION (3)  VERNON (9)  WARE (17)  WARNER (1)  WEBB (14)  WEBBER (16)  WEADON (1)  WESTERN (6)  WESTLAKE (2)  WINTER (6)  WOODS (6)  WOOD (2)  WOODWARD (6)  WOOLEY (8)  YOUNG (14)