Top surnames from the 1881 census in Queen Camel, Somerset

Queen Camel 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
WINDSOR285.0817610.02
BROOKS234.174242.70
PAYNE193.448338.31
BROWN183.26684.96
PARSONS173.085340.61
THORN162.9038194.41
WILLIS142.540847.78
BOWDEN111.996469.18
DEACON111.9964117.52
PERROTT101.8149526.32
SWEET91.6334181.09
WHITE91.63345.08
COLES91.633446.88
CHEESEMAN91.6334207.37
REEVES91.633439.88
CAREW81.45191,538.46
HAMMOND81.451925.50
JONES81.45191.28
OWENS71.270425.58
WINSOR71.2704421.69
HALL61.08893.70
NEWMAN61.088914.64
BIDDISCOMBE61.08893,000.00
HUNT61.08898.20
DYER61.088928.12
REED61.088914.92
KEECH50.9074431.03
BENNETTS50.9074243.90
SYMES50.9074123.15
MORRIS50.90744.08
CHUBB50.9074163.40
FARTHING50.9074172.41
KNIGHT50.90747.36
MILES40.726012.30
HANNAM40.7260236.69
RAYMOND40.7260125.79
BROOKE40.726048.72
POMEROY40.7260261.44
GRIFFEN40.7260222.22
MARRINER40.7260439.56
BISHOP40.726010.39
VINCENT40.726023.28
RIDOUT40.7260204.08
HOBBS40.726019.93
BAILEY30.54453.61
APPLEBY30.544533.33
FOOT30.544554.95
MANNS30.5445361.45
DUNFORD30.544590.09
THOMAS30.54451.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BIDDISCOMBE0.555513000.0000
CAREW0.555511538.4615
SHANK0.55551833.3333
APSEY0.55551666.6667
WINDSOR0.55551610.0218
PERROTT0.55551526.3158
VOWELS0.55551500.0000
MARRINER0.55551439.5604
KEECH0.55551431.0345
WINSOR0.55551421.6867
MANNS0.55551361.4458
TRAVES0.55551312.5000
POMEROY0.55551261.4379
BENNETTS0.55551243.9024
HANNAM0.55551236.6864
GRIFFEN0.55551222.2222
CHEESEMAN0.55551207.3733
RIDOUT0.55551204.0816
THORN0.55551194.4107
REVEL0.55551192.3077
SHIRE0.55551188.6792
SWEET0.55551181.0865
CAINES0.55551180.1802
FARTHING0.55551172.4138
CHUBB0.55551163.3987
RAYMOND0.55551125.7862
SYMES0.55551123.1527
DEACON0.55551117.5214
CORRY0.5555192.5926
DUNFORD0.5555190.0901
MORRISS0.5555189.2857
KIDDLE0.5555184.0336
OSMOND0.5555180.3213
BROMFIELD0.5555177.5194
BOWDEN0.5555169.1824
RUSS0.5555167.1141
HURFORD0.5555166.2252
EASTMAN0.5555166.2252
PENNEY0.5555165.7895
HOCKEY0.5555159.5238
FOOT0.5555154.9451
SANSOM0.5555153.7634
BROOKE0.5555148.7211
WILLIS0.5555147.7816
COLES0.5555146.8750
LANGDON0.5555146.7290
BROOKS0.5555142.7033
PARSONS0.5555140.6116
REEVES0.5555139.8759
GIDDINGS0.5555139.8406

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 551 people called BIDDISCOMBE in Queen Camel 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 3000.0000 in Queen Camel means that 3000.0000% of the people in Queen Camel on census day were called BIDDISCOMBE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BIDDISCOMBE 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 BIDDISCOMBE 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 BIDDISCOMBE 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 BIDDISCOMBE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Queen Camel means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BIDDISCOMBE in Queen Camel than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Queen Camel in 1881

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

APPLEBY (3)  APSEY (3)  ASHMAN (1)  BAILEY (3)  BARTLETT (3)  BEATON (2)  BENNETT (1)  BENNETTS (5)  BIDDISCOMBE (6)  BINDON (1)  BISHOP (4)  BOWDEN (11)  BROOK (3)  BROOKE (4)  BROOKS (23)  BROMFIELD (1)  BROWN (18)  BUTCHER (1)  CAINES (2)  CAVE (3)  CHARD (1)  CHEESEMAN (9)  CHUBB (5)  CLARK (2)  COLES (9)  CORRY (1)  COX (2)  DEACON (11)  DODARELL (7)  DUNFORD (3)  DYER (6)  EASTMAN (1)  EASTMENT (1)  ELLIS (2)  FAOVER (FEOVER) (2)  FARTHING (5)  FEOVER (2)  FEOVER (FEAVER) (14)  FIELD (1)  FOOT (3)  GARE (10)  GIBBS (1)  GIFFORD (1)  GIDDINGS (1)  GRIFFEN (4)  HALL (6)  HAMMOND (8)  HANNAM (4)  HAINES (1)  HURMAN (2)  HOBBS (4)  HOCKEY (1)  HODGES (1)  OTTON (1)  HUNT (6)  HURFORD (1)  HIDE (12)  JEFFREY (2)  JONES (8)  JUKES (1)  CASE (1)  KEECH (5)  KENDALL (1)  CAREW (8)  KIDDLE (1)  KNIGHT (5)  LANGDON (2)  LAWRENCE (1)  FEAVER (2)  LEMON (1)  LONG (1)  MANNS (3)  MARRINER (4)  MARTIN (2)  COLLINGS (1)  MILES (4)  MORRISS (3)  MORRIS (5)  NEWMAN (6)  OSMOND (2)  OWENS (7)  PALMER (2)  PERROTT (10)  PARSONS (17)  PAYNE (19)  PAINE (1)  PEARCE (3)  PENNY (1)  PENNEY (2)  PENNEY OR PERMEY (2)  PERHAIN (1)  PITMAN (1)  PLUCKNETT (9)  POMEROY (4)  RAYMOND (4)  REEVES (9)  REED (6)  REVEL (1)  RIDOUT (4)  ROBERTS (1)  RUSS (1)  SANSOM (2)  SHANK (1)  SHARPLY (1)  SHIRE (1)  SYMES (5)  SPURDLE (1)  SQUIRE (1)  STONE (3)  STOVIN (4)  SWEET (9)  THOMAS (3)  THORN (16)  TORSTER (2)  TRAVES (1)  TUCKER (1)  VINCENT (4)  VINCENTE (1)  VOWELS (1)  WARREN (3)  WEBBER (2)  WHITE (9)  WILCOX (3)  WILLIS (14)  WINDSO (1)  WINSOR (7)  WINDSOR (28)  WOODSFORD (4)