Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cameley, Somerset

Cameley 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
PICKFORD183.4156419.58
BOWDITCH142.65651,068.70
LOVELL142.6565126.93
HOLBROOK132.4668342.11
PERRIN122.2770222.63
STOCK112.0873167.68
CHARD101.8975335.57
POLLETT101.89751,886.79
ATKINS101.897550.58
FERRIS101.8975191.94
TRUMAN101.8975304.88
ABBOTT91.707838.73
PERRY91.707823.22
DURBIN91.7078909.09
PURNELL91.7078326.09
MAGGS91.7078254.96
BERRY81.518019.13
LOCKWOOD81.518068.73
BOWDICH81.518013,333.33
PAYNE81.518016.87
MORLEY81.518037.97
PRESS81.5180526.32
HUNT81.518011.43
DANDO71.3283358.97
BARWELL71.3283429.45
VEATER61.13858,571.43
KEMP61.138520.53
BRANCH61.1385222.22
FLOWER61.1385116.50
BENNETT61.13856.93
LUCAS61.138524.62
FRANKS61.138591.32
COMPTON61.1385118.34
COLES61.138532.68
CHIVERS61.1385129.03
TEMPLEMAN50.9488245.10
GORE50.948884.03
SPEAR50.9488201.61
HILLARD50.9488632.91
VOKES50.9488531.91
CADDICK50.9488273.22
ASHMAN40.7590116.96
YOUNG40.75903.53
BAKER40.75903.46
ALSOP40.7590170.21
MILLARD40.759045.82
BIDGOOD40.7590380.95
HARDING40.759010.49
MOORE30.56932.85
CURTIS30.569310.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOWDICH0.5352713333.3333
VEATER0.535278571.4286
POLLETT0.535271886.7925
BRACH0.535271666.6667
BOWDITCH0.535271068.7023
GAIL0.535271000.0000
DURBIN0.53527909.0909
DUDDEN0.53527869.5652
HILLARD0.53527632.9114
VOKES0.53527531.9149
PRESS0.53527526.3158
BARWELL0.53527429.4479
PICKFORD0.53527419.5804
BIDGOOD0.53527380.9524
DURNELL0.53527370.3704
DANDO0.53527358.9744
HOLBROOK0.53527342.1053
CHARD0.53527335.5705
PURNELL0.53527326.0870
TRUMAN0.53527304.8780
CADDICK0.53527273.2240
MAGGS0.53527254.9575
SATCHELL0.53527252.1008
TEMPLEMAN0.53527245.0980
PERRIN0.53527222.6345
BRANCH0.53527222.2222
SPEAR0.53527201.6129
FERRIS0.53527191.9386
PERRINS0.53527187.5000
ELFORD0.53527187.5000
ALSOP0.53527170.2128
STOCK0.53527167.6829
SHEARN0.53527163.9344
KILLEN0.53527136.9863
CHIVERS0.53527129.0323
LOVELL0.53527126.9266
COMPTON0.53527118.3432
ASHMAN0.53527116.9591
FLOWER0.53527116.5049
HENNESSEY0.53527108.6957
COVENTRY0.5352795.6938
FRANKS0.5352791.3242
GORE0.5352784.0336
MERRIFIELD0.5352780.0000
PERRETT0.5352776.0456
MAYO0.5352774.0741
LOCKWOOD0.5352768.7285
RANDELL0.5352760.7903
ATKINS0.5352750.5817
WHATLEY0.5352749.0196

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 527 people called BOWDICH in Cameley 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 13333.3333 in Cameley means that 13333.3333% of the people in Cameley on census day were called BOWDICH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOWDICH 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 BOWDICH 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 BOWDICH 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 BOWDICH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Cameley means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOWDICH in Cameley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cameley in 1881

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

ABBOTT (9)  ADDICOTT (8)  ALLEN (1)  ALSOP (4)  ASHMAN (4)  ATKINS (10)  BAKER (4)  BALL (1)  BANFIELD (1)  BARNETT (3)  BARWELL (7)  BENJAFIELD (5)  BENNETT (6)  BERRY (8)  BIDGOOD (4)  BOSCOMBE (1)  BOWDITCH (14)  BOWDICH (8)  BRACH (1)  BRANCH (6)  BOURTON (9)  CADDICK (5)  CARTER (1)  CHARD (10)  CHIVERS (6)  CHURCH (3)  CLARKE (1)  COLES (6)  COLLIER (1)  COLLINS (1)  COMPTON (6)  COVENTRY (2)  CURTIS (3)  DANDO (7)  DAVIS (3)  DODDRELL (1)  DUDDEN (2)  DURBIN (9)  DURNELL (1)  ELFORD (3)  EMERY (1)  EMSON (3)  FEAR (1)  FERRIS (10)  FLOWER (6)  FORD (1)  FRANKS (6)  FURZE (1)  GAIL (1)  GAIT (4)  GILLARD (1)  GORE (5)  GRIST (1)  HARDING (4)  HAYES (1)  HENNESSEY (1)  HILLARD (5)  HELLIER (1)  HIPPISLEY (3)  HOLBROOK (13)  HUGHES (2)  HUNT (8)  JAMES (2)  JENNINGS (1)  JONES (1)  KILLEN (1)  KEMP (6)  KINGSTONE (2)  LANG (1)  LIPPIATT (1)  LOCKWOOD (8)  LOVELL (14)  LUCAS (6)  LUMB (1)  MAYO (3)  MAGGS (9)  MERRIFIELD (1)  MILLARD (4)  MITCHELL (1)  REES MOGG (10)  MOORE (3)  MORLEY (8)  MORTIMER (1)  NEWTH (1)  OLVER (6)  PERRETT (2)  PARSONS (1)  PAYNE (8)  PENNICOTT (5)  PERRIN (12)  PERRINS (3)  PERRY (9)  PICKFORD (18)  POLLETT (10)  POOL (2)  PRESS (8)  PRICE (2)  PULLEN (1)  PURNELL (9)  RANDELL (2)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROBINSON (1)  SAGE (2)  SATCHELL (3)  SAUNDERS (2)  SHEARN (1)  SEVIOUR (2)  SPEAR (5)  STEANE (1)  STOCK (11)  TEMPLEMAN (5)  THORNE (1)  TYTE (1)  TOVEY (1)  TRUMAN (10)  TUCKER (1)  VARDER (1)  VEATER (6)  VOKES (5)  WHEELY (3)  WALLER (1)  WATTS (2)  WATT (2)  WHATLEY (1)  WHITTAKER (1)  WILCOX (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIS (2)  WYATT (1)  YOUNG (4) 

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