Top surnames from the 1881 census in Combe Florey, Somerset

Combe Florey 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
BURNELL144.4164736.84
BAKER123.785517.28
WEBBER113.4700113.52
KNIGHT113.470028.15
GULLIVER113.47001,018.52
KIDNER103.15463,703.70
COLES92.839181.52
MORRIS82.523711.34
HARRIS82.52379.93
CAVILL82.5237792.08
COOMBES82.5237235.99
LOVELL82.5237120.66
SKINNER82.523749.72
WESTERN72.2082526.32
EVANS72.20825.05
BATON72.20827,777.78
WHITE72.20826.87
PORTER61.892725.22
RICH61.8927151.13
WELLS61.892722.75
HOLE51.5773183.82
BOND51.577329.80
ADAMS41.26188.56
THORNE41.261859.88
LOCKE41.2618140.35
DAVIS41.26185.74
HICKS41.261830.14
GAGE41.2618224.72
SWEETLAND30.9464731.71
TAYLOR30.94641.48
LAW30.946420.92
GANGE30.94641,578.95
HOOPER30.946422.34
CREED20.6309113.64
WILKINS20.630914.28
FUDGE20.6309169.49
BISHOP20.63099.03
HOWE20.630916.06
ASH20.630938.17
WHITEFIELD20.6309307.69
QUICK20.630956.34
ALLEN20.63093.34
SANFORD20.6309338.98
GRANT10.31553.18
BONIFANT10.31555,000.00
PALMER10.31552.68
WARREN10.31554.72
HALLETT10.315525.64
BURSTON10.3155158.73
DAVEY10.31557.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BATON0.323177777.7778
BONIFANT0.323175000.0000
KIDNER0.323173703.7037
GANGE0.323171578.9474
GULLIVER0.323171018.5185
CAVILL0.32317792.0792
BURNELL0.32317736.8421
SWEETLAND0.32317731.7073
WESTERN0.32317526.3158
SANFORD0.32317338.9831
WHITEFIELD0.32317307.6923
COOMBES0.32317235.9882
GAGE0.32317224.7191
HOLE0.32317183.8235
ELLARD0.32317181.8182
FUDGE0.32317169.4915
BURSTON0.32317158.7302
RICH0.32317151.1335
LOCKE0.32317140.3509
LOVELL0.32317120.6637
CREED0.32317113.6364
WEBBER0.32317113.5191
TARR0.3231786.9565
COLES0.3231781.5217
THORNE0.3231759.8802
QUICK0.3231756.3380
SKINNER0.3231749.7203
HAYMAN0.3231741.3223
LOCKYER0.3231741.3223
LANGDON0.3231740.6504
ASH0.3231738.1679
MULLINS0.3231733.0033
HICKS0.3231730.1432
JEWELL0.3231730.0300
BOND0.3231729.7974
KNIGHT0.3231728.1474
HALLETT0.3231725.6410
PORTER0.3231725.2207
WELLS0.3231722.7531
HOOPER0.3231722.3380
BLACKMORE0.3231721.8818
LAW0.3231720.9205
BAKER0.3231717.2761
HOWE0.3231716.0643
WILKINS0.3231714.2755
MORRIS0.3231711.3379
HARRIS0.323179.9305
BISHOP0.323179.0293
ADAMS0.323178.5616
DAVEY0.323177.6746

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 317 people called BATON in Combe Florey 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 7777.7778 in Combe Florey means that 7777.7778% of the people in Combe Florey on census day were called BATON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BATON 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 BATON 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 BATON 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 BATON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Combe Florey means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BATON in Combe Florey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Combe Florey in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ALLEN (2)  ALLERCOTT (13)  AMERY (5)  ASH (2)  BAKER (12)  BATON (7)  BISHOP (2)  BLACKMORE (1)  BOND (5)  BONIFANT (1)  BUNCOMBE (10)  BURNELL (14)  BURSTON (1)  CAVILL (8)  COLES (9)  CONIBEER (1)  COOMBES (8)  CREED (2)  DATE (7)  DAVEY (1)  DAVIS (4)  ELLARD (1)  EVANS (7)  FUDGE (2)  GAGE (4)  GANGE (3)  GRANT (1)  GULLIVER (11)  HALLETT (1)  HAYMAN (1)  HARRIS (8)  HICKS (4)  HOOPER (3)  HOWE (2)  HOLE (5)  JEWELL (1)  KIDNER (10)  KNIGHT (11)  LANGDON (1)  LAW (3)  LOCKE (4)  LOCKYER (1)  LOVELL (8)  LOVEL (1)  MORRIS (8)  MULLINS (1)  PALMER (1)  PEASLEND (3)  POIEL (9)  PORTER (6)  PROLE (4)  QUICK (2)  RICH (6)  SANFORD (2)  SHATTOCK (2)  SKINNER (8)  SWEETLAND (3)  TARR (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THORNE (4)  TOTTERDELL (5)  TURNER (1)  WARREN (1)  WEBBER (11)  WELLS (6)  WESTERN (7)  WHITE (7)  WHITEFIELD (2)  WILKINS (2) 

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