Top surnames from the 1881 census in Durston, Somerset

Durston 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
GARDNER146.222291.68
BOND135.7778109.15
SUMMERHAYS83.555611,428.57
COUSINS83.5556197.53
BOWERMAN73.11111,060.61
EDNEY73.1111853.66
LOWMAN73.11111,400.00
WEBBER73.1111101.89
DAY62.666728.33
VICKERY52.2222306.75
BLACKMORE52.2222154.32
WORMAN52.22222,173.91
HILLMAN52.2222257.73
HERRIN41.77783,076.92
ELSON41.7778283.69
KIDNER41.77782,105.26
BISHOP41.777825.45
WILLIAMS31.33331.86
BAKER31.33336.09
HUBBARD31.333354.84
STOREY31.333352.45
BOWDITCH31.3333535.71
CLEAL31.3333937.50
SIMMONS31.333332.68
BECKEY20.888910,000.00
SOUTHWOOD20.8889307.69
WESTERN20.8889210.53
TAYLOR20.88891.39
MEAD20.888938.17
WILKINS20.888920.12
SMITH20.88890.63
BULT20.88894,000.00
NORRIS20.888920.70
BANFIELD20.8889194.17
WHITEHEAD20.888913.15
PITMAN20.888997.56
SULLY10.4444133.33
LEWIS10.44441.69
COOK10.44442.24
BURROWS10.444410.15
REED10.44446.09
OSMOND10.444498.04
DARE10.4444103.09
BARNETT10.44449.85
COLLINGS10.444437.31
HOUSE10.444434.13
WEST10.44444.62
POLLARD10.444412.20
HAMBLY10.4444136.99
TURNER10.44441.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SUMMERHAYS0.2322511428.5714
BECKEY0.2322510000.0000
BULT0.232254000.0000
HERRIN0.232253076.9231
WORMAN0.232252173.9130
KIDNER0.232252105.2632
LOWMAN0.232251400.0000
BOWERMAN0.232251060.6061
CLEAL0.23225937.5000
EDNEY0.23225853.6585
BOWDITCH0.23225535.7143
SOUTHWOOD0.23225307.6923
VICKERY0.23225306.7485
ELSON0.23225283.6879
HILLMAN0.23225257.7320
WESTERN0.23225210.5263
COUSINS0.23225197.5309
BANFIELD0.23225194.1748
BLACKMORE0.23225154.3210
STACY0.23225151.5152
HAMBLY0.23225136.9863
SULLY0.23225133.3333
BOND0.23225109.1520
DARE0.23225103.0928
WEBBER0.23225101.8923
OSMOND0.2322598.0392
PITMAN0.2322597.5610
GARDNER0.2322591.6830
BOWN0.2322580.6452
HUBBARD0.2322554.8446
STOREY0.2322552.4476
TOMKINS0.2322542.9185
MEAD0.2322538.1679
COLLINGS0.2322537.3134
HOUSE0.2322534.1297
SIMMONS0.2322532.6797
DAY0.2322528.3286
BISHOP0.2322525.4453
HUTCHINGS0.2322523.6407
NORRIS0.2322520.7039
WILKINS0.2322520.1207
WHITEHEAD0.2322513.1492
POLLARD0.2322512.1951
BURROWS0.2322510.1523
BARNETT0.232259.8522
REED0.232256.0901
BAKER0.232256.0852
WEST0.232254.6168
COOK0.232252.2376
MOORE0.232252.2227

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 225 people called SUMMERHAYS in Durston 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 11428.5714 in Durston means that 11428.5714% of the people in Durston on census day were called SUMMERHAYS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SUMMERHAYS 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 SUMMERHAYS 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 SUMMERHAYS 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 SUMMERHAYS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Durston means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SUMMERHAYS in Durston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Durston in 1881

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

BAKER (3)  BELLSHAW (2)  BANFIELD (2)  BARNETT (1)  BAZELY (1)  BECKEY (2)  BISHOP (4)  BLACKMORE (5)  BOND (13)  BOWDITCH (3)  BOWERMAN (7)  BOWN (1)  BULT (2)  BURROWS (1)  CLEAL (3)  CLOUTER (2)  COOK (1)  COUSINS (8)  CULVERWELL (1)  KEARLE (16)  DARE (1)  DAY (6)  DIGHT (1)  DIMENT (1)  EDNEY (7)  ELSON (4)  FACKRELL OR FASKRELL (4)  FAWN (1)  GARDNER (14)  GULLIFORD (1)  HAMBLY (1)  HERRIN (4)  HILLMAN (5)  HOUSE (1)  HUBBARD (3)  HUTCHINGS (1)  KIDNER (4)  LEWIS (1)  PITTARD OR LITTARD (2)  LOWMAN (7)  MAYLED (5)  COLLINGS (1)  MEAD (2)  MOORE (1)  NORRIS (2)  OSMOND (1)  PITMAN (2)  POLLARD (1)  REED (1)  SHEERE (1)  SULLY (1)  SIMMONS (3)  SMITH (2)  SOUTHWOOD (2)  STACY (1)  STOREY (3)  SUMMERHAYS (8)  TAYLOR (2)  TOMKINS (1)  TRAPNELL (4)  TURNER (1)  VICKERY (5)  WORMAN (5)  WEBBER (7)  WEST (1)  WESTERN (2)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WILKINS (2)  WILLIAMS (3)  WOOD (1)  YENDALL (5) 

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