Top surnames from the 1881 census in Timberscombe, Somerset

Timberscombe 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
WEBBER338.4833277.54
WILLIAMS143.59905.01
BOWDEN112.827897.95
GOODING112.8278334.35
QUICK82.0566183.49
MERSON82.05661,818.18
TOWNSEND71.799542.37
HENSLEY71.79951,458.33
BLACKMORE71.7995125.00
COWLIN71.79951,944.44
DOREY71.7995522.39
WHITE61.54244.80
SAYER61.5424117.65
COLES61.542444.28
GIBBS51.285326.16
POOLE51.285326.68
HUXTABLE51.2853294.12
DANIEL51.285358.21
HURFORD41.0283377.36
DENNETT41.0283238.10
CROSSWELL41.02831,290.32
SKINNER41.028320.25
BALE41.0283136.99
BREWER41.028338.76
EDWARDS30.77122.77
PATMAN30.7712638.30
CALLAWAY30.7712283.02
MORGAN30.77123.88
GOULD30.771221.34
JOYCE30.771231.41
CLARKE30.77123.81
TUCKER30.771213.93
NICHOLS30.771223.68
HEMMINGS30.771290.63
BAYLES20.5141259.74
CHAPMAN20.51413.62
HICKS20.514112.29
TAPP20.5141119.76
BARWICK20.5141120.48
DOWN20.514142.83
HARRISON20.51412.32
LUXTON10.257158.14
HALE10.25717.16
SCRUTON10.2571144.93
COURT10.257120.20
KENDALL10.257111.95
ADAMS10.25711.74
GLASS10.257124.81
HAYWOOD10.257112.25
LANGDON10.257133.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COWLIN0.393891944.4444
MERSON0.393891818.1818
HENSLEY0.393891458.3333
CROSSWELL0.393891290.3226
PATMAN0.39389638.2979
DOREY0.39389522.3881
HURFORD0.39389377.3585
GOODING0.39389334.3465
HUXTABLE0.39389294.1176
CALLAWAY0.39389283.0189
WEBBER0.39389277.5442
BAYLES0.39389259.7403
DENNETT0.39389238.0952
QUICK0.39389183.4862
SCRUTON0.39389144.9275
BALE0.39389136.9863
BLACKMORE0.39389125.0000
BARWICK0.39389120.4819
TAPP0.39389119.7605
SAYER0.39389117.6471
BOWDEN0.3938997.9519
HEMMINGS0.3938990.6344
TARR0.3938970.4225
DANIEL0.3938958.2072
LUXTON0.3938958.1395
COLES0.3938944.2804
DOWN0.3938942.8266
TOWNSEND0.3938942.3729
BREWER0.3938938.7597
BROOMFIELD0.3938938.3142
CANE0.3938937.7358
LANGDON0.3938933.1126
JOYCE0.3938931.4136
HOLE0.3938929.9401
POOLE0.3938926.6809
HOSKINS0.3938926.3852
GIBBS0.3938926.1643
GLASS0.3938924.8139
NICHOLS0.3938923.6780
GOULD0.3938921.3371
SKINNER0.3938920.2532
COURT0.3938920.2020
TUCKER0.3938913.9340
ROPER0.3938912.3457
HICKS0.3938912.2850
HAYWOOD0.3938912.2549
KENDALL0.3938911.9474
PAUL0.3938910.2669
CHAMBERLAIN0.393899.4518
FRY0.393898.0257

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 389 people called COWLIN in Timberscombe 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 1944.4444 in Timberscombe means that 1944.4444% of the people in Timberscombe on census day were called COWLIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COWLIN 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 COWLIN 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 COWLIN 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 COWLIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Timberscombe means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COWLIN in Timberscombe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Timberscombe in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  BALE (4)  BARHAN (5)  BARWICK (2)  BOYLES OR BAYLES (2)  BAYLES (2)  BLACKMORE (7)  BOWDEN (11)  BREWER (4)  BROOMFIELD (1)  CANE (1)  CALLAWAY (3)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARKE (3)  COLES (6)  CORDING (1)  COURT (1)  COWLIN (7)  CROSSWELL (4)  DANIEL (5)  DAVIS (1)  DENNETT (4)  DOREY (7)  DOWN (2)  EDWARDS (3)  FLEW (3)  FRY (1)  GIBBS (5)  GLASS (1)  GOODING (11)  GOULD (3)  GOVIER (GOVER) (4)  GOVER (GOVIER) (2)  HALE (1)  HALE (HOLE) (36)  HOLE (HALE) (2)  HARRISON (2)  HEMMINGS (3)  HENSLEY (7)  HAYWOOD (1)  HICKS (2)  HOSKINS (1)  HOLE (1)  HURFORD (4)  HUXTABLE (5)  JOYCE (3)  KENDALL (1)  KING (1)  LANGDON (1)  FLOYDE (11)  LUXTON (1)  LYDDEN (LYDEN) (10)  LYDEN (LYDDEN) (2)  MAGFORD (1)  MERSON (8)  MORGAN (3)  NICHOLS (3)  NORMAN (1)  PARIMORE (1)  PATMAN (3)  PAUL (1)  POOLE (5)  PRISCOTT (8)  PUGSLY (6)  QUICK (8)  ROPER (1)  SAYER (6)  SCRUTON (1)  CHAVE (1)  SKINNER (4)  STANBURY (6)  STANDBURY (3)  TAPP (2)  TARR (1)  THOMAS (1)  TOWNSEND (7)  TRUMAN (TRUEMAN) (2)  TRUEMAN (TRUMAN) (4)  TUCKER (3)  TUDBALL (1)  VALTURE (4)  WEBBER (33)  WYBAURN (8)  WYBOURN (1)  WHITE (6)  WILLIAMS (14)  YEANDLE (17)