Top surnames from the 1881 census in Biddisham, Somerset

Biddisham 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
BODY3730.08138,809.52
TUTTON118.94314,583.33
MILLARD97.3171441.18
STITCH64.878030,000.00
VOWLES54.0650847.46
HAM43.2520434.78
WEBB32.439018.00
POPHAM32.43901,071.43
SPRATT32.4390441.18
RAINES32.43901,200.00
PHILLIPS32.439013.63
PUDDY21.62601,428.57
PARSONS21.626021.41
BURROWS21.626037.17
MILLIER21.62605,000.00
STARR21.6260327.87
JOHNS21.626062.89
COOK10.81304.09
WILLIS10.813015.29
ADAMS10.81305.52
WALL10.813023.26
TRIPP10.8130166.67
STAGG10.8130121.95
RICH10.813064.94
OAKES10.813056.18
LANCE10.8130588.24
DUMMETT10.81302,000.00
WARREN10.813012.17
RICKARD10.8130119.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STITCH0.1212330000.0000
BODY0.121238809.5238
MILLIER0.121235000.0000
TUTTON0.121234583.3333
DUMMETT0.121232000.0000
PUDDY0.121231428.5714
RAINES0.121231200.0000
POPHAM0.121231071.4286
VOWLES0.12123847.4576
LANCE0.12123588.2353
MILLARD0.12123441.1765
SPRATT0.12123441.1765
HAM0.12123434.7826
STARR0.12123327.8689
TRIPP0.12123166.6667
STAGG0.12123121.9512
RICKARD0.12123119.0476
RICH0.1212364.9351
JOHNS0.1212362.8931
OAKES0.1212356.1798
BURROWS0.1212337.1747
WALL0.1212323.2558
PARSONS0.1212321.4133
WEBB0.1212317.9964
WILLIS0.1212315.2905
PHILLIPS0.1212313.6302
WARREN0.1212312.1655
ADAMS0.121235.5157
COOK0.121234.0933

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 123 people called STITCH in Biddisham 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 30000.0000 in Biddisham means that 30000.0000% of the people in Biddisham on census day were called STITCH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STITCH 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 STITCH 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 STITCH 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 STITCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Biddisham means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STITCH in Biddisham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Biddisham in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  BODY (37)  BURROWS (2)  CHURCHIS (1)  COOK (1)  COSH (1)  COUNSELL (6)  DUMMETT (1)  FILLEUL (2)  HAM (4)  JEFFIRES (1)  JOHNS (2)  LANCE (1)  MILLARD (9)  MILLIER (2)  OAKES (1)  OWINS (1)  PARSONS (2)  PHILLIPS (3)  POPHAM (3)  PUDDY (2)  RAINES (3)  RICH (1)  RICKARD (1)  STITCH (6)  SPRATT (3)  STAGG (1)  STARR (2)  TRIPP (1)  TUTTON (11)  VOWLES (5)  WALL (1)  WARREN (1)  WEBB (3)  WILLIS (1) 

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