Top surnames from the 1881 census in Combe Hay, Somerset

Combe Hay 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
BURRIDGE126.4171944.88
HILL105.347621.00
SALTER73.7433163.55
HEAL73.7433700.00
ASHMAN63.2086495.87
BREWER63.2086120.97
OWEN63.208627.04
WEAVER52.6738102.88
DANDO52.6738724.64
WESTON52.673865.53
PARADISE52.67384,166.67
DAVIS42.13909.73
LAZARD42.139040,000.00
SMITH42.13901.52
BODDY42.1390384.62
BEWLEY42.1390800.00
WHITELOCK42.1390740.74
GIBBS31.604332.64
PURCHASE31.6043468.75
WILLIAMS31.60432.23
DAVEY31.604339.01
SHIP31.60431,034.48
BUTT31.6043124.48
BROWN31.60432.43
FISHER31.604313.70
LEWIS21.06954.07
SUMMERS21.069538.17
WARD21.06954.90
WEST21.069511.11
MORGAN21.06955.38
HUGGINS21.0695127.39
CARR21.069514.83
BISHOP10.53487.65
CARPENTER10.534815.60
HAYS10.5348125.00
WRIGHT10.53481.67
BUTLER10.53485.49
PARSONS10.53487.04
MYER10.5348769.23
BIGGS10.534828.41
CAVE10.534837.31
HIBBARD10.5348181.82
CAINES10.5348263.16
HAMBLEN10.53481,250.00
FRANCIS10.53488.98
TUCKER10.53489.66
PAYNE10.53485.94
GREGORY10.53487.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAZARD0.1918740000.0000
PARADISE0.191874166.6667
HAMBLEN0.191871250.0000
SHIP0.191871034.4828
BURRIDGE0.19187944.8819
BEWLEY0.19187800.0000
MYER0.19187769.2308
WHITELOCK0.19187740.7407
DANDO0.19187724.6377
HEAL0.19187700.0000
ASHMAN0.19187495.8678
PURCHASE0.19187468.7500
BODDY0.19187384.6154
CAINES0.19187263.1579
HIBBARD0.19187181.8182
SALTER0.19187163.5514
HUGGINS0.19187127.3885
HAYS0.19187125.0000
BUTT0.19187124.4813
BREWER0.19187120.9677
WEAVER0.19187102.8807
WESTON0.1918765.5308
DAVEY0.1918739.0117
SUMMERS0.1918738.1679
CAVE0.1918737.3134
GIBBS0.1918732.6442
BIGGS0.1918728.4091
OWEN0.1918727.0392
HILL0.1918720.9952
CARPENTER0.1918715.6006
CARR0.1918714.8258
FISHER0.1918713.7049
WEST0.1918711.1111
DAVIS0.191879.7347
TUCKER0.191879.6618
FRANCIS0.191878.9767
BISHOP0.191877.6511
GREGORY0.191877.6220
PARSONS0.191877.0373
PAYNE0.191875.9418
BUTLER0.191875.4855
MORGAN0.191875.3778
WARD0.191874.8960
LEWIS0.191874.0683
BROWN0.191872.4337
WILLIAMS0.191872.2333
WRIGHT0.191871.6669
SMITH0.191871.5150

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 187 people called LAZARD in Combe Hay 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 40000.0000 in Combe Hay means that 40000.0000% of the people in Combe Hay on census day were called LAZARD.

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

All the surnames recorded in Combe Hay in 1881

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

ASHMAN (6)  BADDEN (2)  BEALING (1)  BEWLEY (4)  BIGGS (1)  BISHOP (1)  BODDY (4)  BREWER (6)  BROWN (3)  BURRIDGE (12)  BUTLER (1)  BUTT (3)  CAINES (1)  KANLEN (7)  CARPENTER (1)  CARR (2)  CAVE (1)  DANDO (5)  DAVEY (3)  DAVIS (4)  FISHER (3)  FRANCIS (1)  GIBBS (3)  GOODROP (5)  GREGORY (1)  HAMBLEN (1)  HAYS (1)  HEAL (7)  HIBBARD (1)  HILL (10)  HILLMAN OR MILLMAN (4)  HUGGINS (2)  LAZARD (4)  LEWIS (2)  MORGAN (2)  MYER (1)  OWEN (6)  PARADISE (5)  PARSONS (1)  PAYNE (1)  PURCHASE (3)  POTHICART (1)  RAACK (1)  SALTER (7)  SHELLARD (12)  SHIP (3)  SMITH (4)  SUMMERS (2)  TOODGOLD OR TOOGOOD (2)  TUCKER (1)  WARD (2)  WEAVER (5)  WEST (2)  WESTON (5)  WHITELOCK (4)  WILLIAMS (3)  WRIGHT (1) 

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