Top surnames from the 1881 census in Breane, Somerset

Breane 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
MILES106.7114113.77
MILLIER106.711420,000.00
CURRY96.0403422.54
BOND85.3691101.39
HICKS74.6980112.18
COX74.698031.00
BRYANT74.6980109.89
DAVIS64.026818.33
BANWELL53.35572,272.73
CHAPMAN42.684618.90
HARRIS42.684610.56
LEWIS42.684610.21
WHITELOCK32.0134697.67
NORMAN32.013443.42
BOARD32.0134545.45
SEALEY32.0134612.24
CLAPP32.0134545.45
ROBINSON21.34234.21
WILLS21.342344.94
BROWING10.67111,666.67
TURNER10.67112.41
HUTCHINGS10.671135.71
GOBLE10.6711232.56
PEACOCK10.671118.83
JONES10.67110.59
SLOCOMBE10.6711208.33
REDMAN10.671151.02
DENHAM10.671176.34
MADDOCK10.671173.53
VOWELS10.67112,000.00
JOHNSON10.67112.00
POPE10.671119.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MILLIER0.1514920000.0000
BANWELL0.151492272.7273
VOWELS0.151492000.0000
BROWING0.151491666.6667
WHITELOCK0.15149697.6744
SEALEY0.15149612.2449
CLAPP0.15149545.4545
BOARD0.15149545.4545
CURRY0.15149422.5352
GOBLE0.15149232.5581
SLOCOMBE0.15149208.3333
MILES0.15149113.7656
HICKS0.15149112.1795
BRYANT0.15149109.8901
BOND0.15149101.3942
DENHAM0.1514976.3359
MADDOCK0.1514973.5294
REDMAN0.1514951.0204
WILLS0.1514944.9438
NORMAN0.1514943.4153
HUTCHINGS0.1514935.7143
COX0.1514931.0009
POPE0.1514919.4553
CHAPMAN0.1514918.9036
PEACOCK0.1514918.8324
DAVIS0.1514918.3262
HARRIS0.1514910.5625
LEWIS0.1514910.2119
ROBINSON0.151494.2096
TURNER0.151492.4108
JOHNSON0.151491.9976
JONES0.151490.5926

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 149 people called MILLIER in Breane 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 20000.0000 in Breane means that 20000.0000% of the people in Breane on census day were called MILLIER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MILLIER 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 MILLIER 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 MILLIER 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 MILLIER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Breane means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MILLIER in Breane than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Breane in 1881

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

BANWELL (5)  BOARD (3)  BOND (8)  BROWING (1)  BRYANT (7)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLAPP (3)  COX (7)  CURRY (9)  DAVIS (6)  DENHAM (1)  DURSTON (3)  GOBLE (1)  HALLIFAX (2)  HARRIS (4)  HICKS (7)  HUTCHINGS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (1)  KERTON (4)  LEWIS (4)  LYNHAM (3)  MADDOCK (1)  MILES (10)  MILLIER (10)  NORMAN (3)  PEACOCK (1)  PEDDLE (1)  POPE (1)  POPLE (3)  PYM (3)  QUN OR QUI (2)  REDMAN (1)  ROBINSON (2)  RYALL (8)  SEALEY (3)  SLOCOMBE (1)  SPERRING (5)  TIBBALL (1)  TINKLING (1)  TURNER (1)  VOWELS (1)  WHITELOCK (3)  WILLS (2) 

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