Top surnames from the 1881 census in Exton, Somerset

Exton 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
HOWE368.8889226.42
PHILLIPS317.654342.78
WYATT174.1975143.10
BURNELL122.9630493.83
BOWERS122.9630162.38
BAKER112.716012.40
FARMER112.716086.89
BRYANT92.222252.02
GOLD92.2222391.30
WRIGHT92.22226.93
PITTS81.9753192.77
SCOTT81.97537.81
NORMAN81.975342.62
COURT71.7284135.92
STEVENS71.728416.56
DUNN71.728420.78
WEBBER71.728456.59
POPE71.728450.14
LAND71.7284239.73
BOWDEN61.481551.33
MIDDLETON61.481528.22
TARR61.4815405.41
GALE61.481549.46
MITCHELL61.48157.30
GUNTER61.4815422.54
CROSS51.234617.94
GAY51.234692.59
WARREN40.987714.77
GAMBLIN40.9877769.23
RIDLER40.9877396.04
MOORE40.98774.94
VENN40.9877217.39
HOOPER40.987723.32
REED40.987713.53
GREGORY30.740710.56
SIMS30.740724.71
DART30.7407159.57
HEARD30.740769.61
RAWLE20.4938250.00
TOUT20.4938294.12
POOLE20.493810.25
CHORLEY20.4938145.99
CHICK20.493890.09
TUCKER20.49388.92
HOYLE20.493821.39
WOOD20.49381.55
HOLE20.493857.64
DOWN20.493841.15
NEEDS10.2469169.49
HARWOOD10.24699.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GAMBLIN0.41405769.2308
YANDLE0.41405666.6667
BURNELL0.41405493.8272
GUNTER0.41405422.5352
TARR0.41405405.4054
RIDLER0.41405396.0396
GOLD0.41405391.3043
TOUT0.41405294.1176
RAWLE0.41405250.0000
HAGLEY0.41405250.0000
LAND0.41405239.7260
HOWE0.41405226.4151
VENN0.41405217.3913
PITTS0.41405192.7711
NEEDS0.41405169.4915
BOWERS0.41405162.3816
DART0.41405159.5745
CHORLEY0.41405145.9854
WYATT0.41405143.0976
COURT0.41405135.9223
BURGES0.4140599.0099
GAY0.4140592.5926
CHICK0.4140590.0901
FARMER0.4140586.8878
HYATT0.4140575.1880
HEARD0.4140569.6056
HOLE0.4140557.6369
WEBBER0.4140556.5885
OSMOND0.4140554.6448
BRYANT0.4140552.0231
BOWDEN0.4140551.3259
POPE0.4140550.1433
GALE0.4140549.4641
MARK0.4140549.0196
PERKIN0.4140545.8716
RADLEY0.4140542.9185
PHILLIPS0.4140542.7822
NORMAN0.4140542.6212
DOWN0.4140541.1523
BURGE0.4140534.1297
MIDDLETON0.4140528.2220
SIMS0.4140524.7117
HOOPER0.4140523.3236
PEARSE0.4140523.2019
HOYLE0.4140521.3904
STEER0.4140521.1416
DUNN0.4140520.7838
CROSS0.4140517.9404
BELLAMY0.4140516.9492
STEVENS0.4140516.5563

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 405 people called GAMBLIN in Exton 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 769.2308 in Exton means that 769.2308% of the people in Exton on census day were called GAMBLIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GAMBLIN 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 GAMBLIN 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 GAMBLIN 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 GAMBLIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Exton means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GAMBLIN in Exton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Exton in 1881

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

BADCOCK (7)  BAKER (11)  BELLAMY (1)  BENNETT (1)  BOADEN (4)  BOWDEN (6)  BOWERS (12)  BRYANT (9)  BURGES (1)  BURNELL (12)  BURGE (1)  BURROWS (1)  CHICK (2)  CHORLEY (2)  CLARKE (1)  CLATWORTHY (8)  COLES (1)  COURT (7)  CROSS (5)  DART (3)  DENSCOMBE (1)  DOWN (2)  DUNN (7)  EDBROOKE (1)  FARMER (11)  FRY (1)  GALE (6)  GAMBLIN (4)  GAY (5)  GOLD (9)  GREGORY (3)  GUNTER (6)  HAGLEY (1)  HARWOOD (1)  HEARD (3)  HERNIMAN (1)  HOBBS (1)  HOOPER (4)  HOWE (36)  HOLE (2)  HOYLE (2)  HUTCHINGS (1)  HOOKINS (1)  HYATT (1)  LAND (7)  LISCOMBE (1)  LYDDON (2)  MARK (1)  MIDDLETON (6)  MITCHELL (6)  MOORE (4)  MOGFORD (1)  NEEDS (1)  NORMAN (8)  OSMOND (1)  PALMER (1)  PEARSE (1)  PERKIN (1)  PHILLIPS (31)  PITTS (8)  POOLE (2)  POPE (7)  QUARTLY (8)  QUARTLEY (1)  REED (4)  RIDLER (4)  RADLEY (1)  RAWLE (2)  SALTER (1)  SCOTT (8)  SEDGEBEER (5)  SIMS (3)  SMITH (1)  STEER (1)  STEVENS (7)  SUTTON (1)  SYDENHAM (1)  TARR (6)  TOUT (2)  TROOD (2)  TRYBURN (1)  TUCKER (2)  TUDBALL (5)  VENN (4)  WARREN (4)  WEBBER (7)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (2)  WRIGHT (9)  WYATT (17)  YANDLE (1) 

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