Top surnames from the 1881 census in Berrow, Somerset

Berrow 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
PALMER276.108651.82
FROST245.429996.58
HUTCHINGS224.9774264.74
COOMBES224.9774465.12
HARRIS122.714910.68
HAM122.7149361.45
JOHNSON112.48877.41
MARSH112.488734.89
FORD102.262423.23
HAWKINGS102.26241,219.51
BOON102.2624241.55
DUNN102.262427.20
GOSS92.0362233.77
RICE81.810058.31
COLES81.810051.95
BRYANT71.583737.06
DYER71.583740.89
MILES71.583726.84
WELLAND71.58371,296.30
WESTCOTT61.3575205.48
RICHARDS61.35758.99
SMALL61.357553.52
CLARK51.13123.76
WEBB51.13128.35
GILLING51.1312641.03
HICKS51.131227.03
WINTER51.131231.91
CORP51.13121,020.41
HOOPER40.905021.37
BACON40.905036.00
JACQUES40.9050106.67
BOARD40.9050243.90
KEEN30.678733.86
STEVENS30.67876.50
GODFREY30.678722.88
MARSTON30.678772.99
THORN30.678745.45
REASONS30.67874,285.71
LEE30.67874.15
HARDING30.67879.38
CREED30.6787121.95
SEALY30.6787379.75
ELWORTHY30.6787434.78
TALBOT20.452518.18
DAVEY20.452511.01
SLADE20.452522.68
WASHER20.4525425.53
HOOK20.452530.53
EVANS20.45251.04
YOUNG20.45252.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HEMBY0.444425000.0000
REASONS0.444424285.7143
WELLAND0.444421296.2963
HAWKINGS0.444421219.5122
CORP0.444421020.4082
GILLING0.44442641.0256
COOMBES0.44442465.1163
LAWERANCE0.44442454.5455
BURDGE0.44442434.7826
ELWORTHY0.44442434.7826
WASHER0.44442425.5319
SEALY0.44442379.7468
AMESBURY0.44442370.3704
HAM0.44442361.4458
TIDBALL0.44442277.7778
HUTCHINGS0.44442264.7413
WASON0.44442263.1579
PADDEN0.44442263.1579
AVENT0.44442250.0000
BOARD0.44442243.9024
BOON0.44442241.5459
GOSS0.44442233.7662
WESTCOTT0.44442205.4795
HAGGETT0.44442151.5152
CREED0.44442121.9512
JACQUES0.44442106.6667
FROST0.4444296.5795
BARROWS0.4444290.0901
SANDIFORD0.4444284.7458
MARSTON0.4444272.9927
POLE0.4444272.9927
BRUNT0.4444265.7895
CLAPP0.4444260.9756
RICE0.4444258.3090
SMALL0.4444253.5236
HATCH0.4444252.6316
COLES0.4444251.9481
PALMER0.4444251.8234
THORN0.4444245.4545
DYER0.4444240.8879
BRYANT0.4444237.0566
BACON0.4444236.0036
MARSH0.4444234.8874
GADD0.4444234.0136
KEEN0.4444233.8600
WINTER0.4444231.9081
HOOK0.4444230.5344
MERRICK0.4444230.4878
DUNN0.4444227.2035
HICKS0.4444227.0270

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 442 people called HEMBY in Berrow 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 5000.0000 in Berrow means that 5000.0000% of the people in Berrow on census day were called HEMBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HEMBY 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 HEMBY 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 HEMBY 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 HEMBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Berrow means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HEMBY in Berrow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Berrow in 1881

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

AMESBURY (1)  AVENT (1)  AVERY (1)  BACON (4)  BARNES (2)  BOARD (4)  BOON (10)  BRADBEER (5)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (1)  BRUNT (2)  BRYANT (7)  BURDGE (1)  BARROWS (1)  CLAPP (1)  CLARK (5)  CLEMETT (4)  COLES (8)  COOMBES (22)  CORP (5)  CRANDON (1)  CREED (3)  DAVEY (2)  DINWIDDY (1)  DUDY (1)  DUNN (10)  DYER (7)  EDMUNDS (1)  ELWORTHY (3)  EVANS (2)  FORD (10)  FRINGLING (1)  FROST (24)  GAMLAI (3)  GADD (1)  GIFFORD (1)  GILLING (5)  GODFREY (3)  GOSS (9)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HAGGETT (1)  HAM (12)  HARDING (3)  HARDWIDGE (3)  HARRIS (12)  HATCH (2)  HAWKINGS (10)  HEMBY (1)  HICKS (5)  HOOPER (4)  HORDACRE (1)  HUNT (2)  HUTCHINGS (22)  HOOK (2)  JACQUES (4)  JOHNSON (11)  KEEN (3)  KERTON (8)  LAWERANCE (1)  LEE (3)  LEWIS (1)  LYNHAM (4)  MARSH (11)  MARSTON (3)  MERRICK (1)  MILES (7)  NORRIS (1)  PADDEN (1)  PALMER (27)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (1)  PITMAN (1)  POLE (1)  POPLE (17)  QUICK (1)  QUIER (3)  REASONS (3)  RICE (8)  RICHARDS (6)  SALMON (1)  SANDIFORD (1)  SAYFORD (1)  SEALY (3)  SLADE (2)  SMALL (6)  SMITH (1)  STEVENS (3)  STREET (1)  SWEET (1)  TALBOT (2)  THOMAS (1)  THORN (3)  TIDBALL (1)  TOLEMAN (1)  TUCKER (1)  WASHER (2)  WASON (1)  WATTS (1)  WEBB (5)  WELLAND (7)  WESTCOTT (6)  WILLIAMS (1)  WINTER (5)  YOUNG (2) 

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