Top surnames from the 1881 census in Winsham, Somerset

Winsham 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
ROWE404.656682.00
FORSEY222.56112,391.30
PERHAM212.44472,658.23
BROWN212.44473.71
WILLS192.211973.99
TRENCHARD192.21192,043.01
SPENCER182.095522.95
CROSS161.862627.07
HODDER161.8626380.95
PAULL151.7462503.36
SINGLETON141.629882.45
COOK141.62988.20
WHITE131.51344.71
WARREN131.513422.64
BUTLER121.397014.33
COX121.39709.22
LONG121.397021.53
DENNING111.2806333.33
BAGG111.2806733.33
COTTERELL101.1641274.73
HARVEY101.164110.90
CHICK101.1641212.31
SPEARING101.1641606.06
WELCH91.047729.79
PRENTICE91.047789.02
PHILLIPS91.04775.86
APLIN91.0477378.15
HADDER91.04773,214.29
SYMES80.9313126.38
HUTCHINGS80.931349.54
FRANCIS80.931315.63
CLARK80.93133.10
GOLDSWORTHY80.9313225.99
HUSSEY80.931392.38
JENNINGS70.814916.07
FRANKS70.814965.36
HALLETT70.814966.23
ACKLAND70.8149247.35
WYATT70.814927.78
FOWLER60.698512.23
SPILLER60.6985122.95
BARNES60.69855.80
DAVY60.698556.66
BURRIDGE60.6985102.92
BLACKMORE60.698548.50
BEER60.698543.64
PINNEY60.6985500.00
NORTH50.582117.56
BISHOP50.58218.33
SCRIVEN50.5821115.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHOWERS0.868593846.1538
HADDER0.868593214.2857
PERHAM0.868592658.2278
FORSEY0.868592391.3043
TRENCHARD0.868592043.0108
LOVING0.868591470.5882
HARDYMAN0.868591000.0000
BAGG0.86859733.3333
ANDRESS0.86859645.1613
SPEARING0.86859606.0606
PAULL0.86859503.3557
PINNEY0.86859500.0000
HODDER0.86859380.9524
APLIN0.86859378.1513
DENNING0.86859333.3333
MEECH0.86859282.4859
COTTERELL0.86859274.7253
PITFIELD0.86859273.9726
RECORD0.86859250.0000
ACKLAND0.86859247.3498
GENGE0.86859246.9136
STOWER0.86859243.9024
GOLDSWORTHY0.86859225.9887
CHICK0.86859212.3142
WHEATON0.86859169.4915
ROWSELL0.86859164.8352
BRAKE0.86859144.2308
BOWDITCH0.86859140.1869
SYLVESTER0.86859138.4083
SYMES0.86859126.3823
SPILLER0.86859122.9508
SCRIVEN0.86859115.7407
STRAWBRIDGE0.86859109.8901
BURRIDGE0.86859102.9160
WELLMAN0.86859102.5641
PERROTT0.86859101.6949
STOODLEY0.8685992.5926
HUSSEY0.8685992.3788
PRENTICE0.8685989.0208
MATTOCKS0.8685988.4956
DUNSTER0.8685986.5801
SINGLETON0.8685982.4499
ROWE0.8685982.0008
HILLARD0.8685978.1250
WILLS0.8685973.9875
BRAGG0.8685971.1238
PIDGEON0.8685969.9301
HALLETT0.8685966.2252
FRANKS0.8685965.3595
WALDEN0.8685963.5930

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 859 people called SHOWERS in Winsham 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 3846.1538 in Winsham means that 3846.1538% of the people in Winsham on census day were called SHOWERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHOWERS 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 SHOWERS 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 SHOWERS 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 SHOWERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.86 in Winsham means that you are 0.86 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHOWERS in Winsham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Winsham in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ACKLAND (7)  ADAM (1)  ANDRESS (2)  APLIN (9)  BAGG (11)  BAILEY (4)  BAKER (2)  BARNES (6)  BEER (6)  BENNETT (2)  BISHOP (5)  BLACKMORE (6)  BOAIT (13)  BOARD (2)  BOLT (1)  BOND (5)  BOWDITCH (3)  BRADFORD (2)  BRAGG (5)  BRAIT (3)  BRAKE (3)  BRIALE (3)  BRIDLE (10)  BROWN (21)  BULFORD (3)  BURRIDGE (6)  BUTLER (12)  CANE (2)  CHICK (10)  CHILDS (1)  CLARK (8)  CLARKE (1)  COLLARD (2)  COOK (14)  COTTERELL (10)  COUSINS (1)  COX (12)  CROSS (16)  DARE (1)  DAVY (6)  DENNING (11)  DOWN (1)  DUNSTER (2)  FARMER (1)  FORSEY (22)  FOWLER (6)  FRANCIS (8)  FRANKS (7)  GALE (5)  GARRATT (2)  GENGE (2)  GERHAM (5)  GINNER (1)  GODSELL (1)  GOLDSWORTHY (8)  GOOD (1)  GREEN (1)  GRIMSTER (8)  HADDER (9)  HALLETT (7)  HARDYMAN (3)  HARDING (2)  HARVEY (10)  HAWKER (3)  HAWKINS (2)  HAYES (1)  EBDON (5)  HYAMS (1)  HILLARD (1)  HITCHCOCK (1)  HOARE (4)  HODDER (16)  HODGES (3)  HOLBROOK (2)  HOOPER (3)  HORNER (1)  HOSKINS (2)  HOUSE (1)  HUSSEY (8)  HUTCHINGS (8)  HOOK (1)  IRELAND (1)  IRISH (1)  JENNINGS (7)  JOHNSON (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LACEY (3)  LANG (2)  LANGFORD (1)  LARCOMBE (12)  LOARING (14)  LONG (12)  LOVING (5)  MATTOCKS (1)  DOWELL (2)  MEECH (5)  MORSE (1)  MULLINS (2)  MUSGROVE (1)  NORMAN (1)  NORTH (5)  NORTHCOMBE (1)  NOTLEY (1)  PAGE (2)  PERROTT (3)  PAULL (15)  PEADON (4)  PINNEY (6)  PERSEY (7)  PERHAM (21)  PHILLIPS (9)  PHELPS (2)  PIDGEON (2)  PITFIELD (2)  PORTER (2)  POWELL (2)  PRENTICE (9)  PRING (1)  PROSSER (1)  RAISEN (2)  RECORD (3)  ROBINS (3)  ROPER (2)  ROWE (40)  ROWSELL (3)  SAINT (1)  SAMWAYS (12)  SCRIVEN (5)  SIRL (4)  SHOWERS (5)  SYLVESTER (4)  SYMES (8)  SINGLETON (14)  SMITH (2)  SPEARING (10)  SPENCER (18)  SPILLER (6)  SPURDLE (6)  STOWER (1)  STRAWBRIDGE (1)  STOODLEY (1)  SWAFFIELD (2)  THOMAS (1)  TIZAN (1)  TRENCHARD (19)  TUCK (1)  TURNER (2)  VAIZEY (1)  VINCENT (2)  WANE (1)  WALDEN (4)  WARE (3)  WARREN (13)  WAY (1)  WEBBER (2)  WELCH (9)  WHEATON (3)  WHENSLEY (3)  WHITE (13)  WELLMAN (2)  WILKINS (3)  WILLS (19)  WOODMAN (3)  WOOKEY (1)  WYATT (7)