Top surnames from the 1881 census in Butcombe, Somerset

Butcombe 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
CLARK4021.276670.78
CROCKER3217.02131,269.84
VOWLES94.78721,000.00
WILLIAMS73.72345.18
COOK63.191516.07
STOKES63.191575.57
EDWARDS52.65969.54
MARSHALL52.659615.86
CRYER52.6596485.44
YOUNG52.659612.38
CARTWRIGHT52.659669.74
SALTER52.6596116.28
LIGHT42.1277231.21
MARKS42.1277103.90
FRANKS42.1277170.94
HILL31.59576.27
BRADFORD31.595781.74
COLE21.063811.68
CAMP10.531992.59
BAKER10.53192.43
CAM10.5319666.67
CROSS10.53197.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CROCKER0.191881269.8413
VOWLES0.191881000.0000
CAM0.19188666.6667
CRYER0.19188485.4369
LIGHT0.19188231.2139
FRANKS0.19188170.9402
SALTER0.19188116.2791
MARKS0.19188103.8961
CAMP0.1918892.5926
BRADFORD0.1918881.7439
STOKES0.1918875.5668
CLARK0.1918870.7839
CARTWRIGHT0.1918869.7350
COOK0.1918816.0686
MARSHALL0.1918815.8579
YOUNG0.1918812.3793
COLE0.1918811.6754
EDWARDS0.191889.5420
CROSS0.191887.7280
HILL0.191886.2657
WILLIAMS0.191885.1833
BAKER0.191882.4278

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 188 people called CROCKER in Butcombe 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 1269.8413 in Butcombe means that 1269.8413% of the people in Butcombe on census day were called CROCKER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CROCKER 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 CROCKER 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 CROCKER 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 CROCKER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Butcombe means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CROCKER in Butcombe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Butcombe in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BRADFORD (3)  CAM (1)  CAMP (1)  CARTWRIGHT (5)  CASLING (1)  CHEDZOY (6)  CLARK (40)  CLEVES (5)  COLE (2)  COOK (6)  CROCKER (32)  CROSS (1)  CRYER (5)  EDWARDS (5)  FRANKS (4)  FROUD (1)  HILL (3)  CURTAIN (1)  LIGHT (4)  LINTERN (1)  MARKS (4)  MARSHALL (5)  MATHLIN (4)  RITCHEN (1)  SALTER (5)  SHERBORNE (4)  STOKES (6)  VICKORY (1)  VOWLES (9)  WHARFORD (8)  WIDDICOMBE (1)  WILLIAMS (7)  YOUNG (5) 

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