Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nynehead, Somerset

Nynehead 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
COOKSLEY247.38463,870.97
WOOD185.538517.38
BLACKMORE154.6154320.51
BAKER144.307719.66
PHILLIPS144.307724.08
BALL103.076937.24
GOULD92.769276.66
TAYLOR92.76924.33
FOWLER82.461543.10
JENNINGS72.153842.48
GOLLOP72.15382,000.00
WARREN72.153832.21
WALTERS61.846238.71
LUDLOW61.8462352.94
SPARKES61.8462252.10
MERRY61.8462246.91
HOUSE51.5385118.20
BAILEY51.538510.21
HODGE51.538561.05
GRIFFIN41.230826.16
BURCH41.2308163.27
HITCHCOCK41.2308106.67
HAYES41.230819.79
BRYANT41.230828.80
BRICE41.2308149.25
CARRO30.923115,000.00
SCOTT30.92313.65
FRY30.923128.82
CORAM30.9231731.71
KING30.92314.24
BROWNING30.923145.39
SEWARD20.6154111.73
KIDNER20.6154714.29
EVANS20.61541.41
MARTIN20.61542.50
BROOM20.615449.88
CALWAY20.61541,538.46
SAWYER20.615433.39
JACOBS20.615425.67
LANGFORD10.307719.57
APLIN10.3077111.11
GILES10.30778.07
PRING10.307767.11
BROWN10.30770.47
HOWELL10.30777.30
PARKMAN10.3077384.62
BRALEY10.3077909.09
CORNISH10.307721.32
SPENCER10.30773.37
KITCH10.3077416.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CARRO0.3332515000.0000
COOKSLEY0.333253870.9677
GOLLOP0.333252000.0000
CALWAY0.333251538.4615
BODILY0.333251428.5714
BRALEY0.33325909.0909
CORAM0.33325731.7073
KIDNER0.33325714.2857
KITCH0.33325416.6667
PARKMAN0.33325384.6154
LUDLOW0.33325352.9412
BLACKMORE0.33325320.5128
SPARKES0.33325252.1008
MERRY0.33325246.9136
MURLEY0.33325227.2727
ELWORTHY0.33325196.0784
BURCH0.33325163.2653
BRICE0.33325149.2537
HOUSE0.33325118.2033
SEWARD0.33325111.7318
APLIN0.33325111.1111
HITCHCOCK0.33325106.6667
TARR0.3332584.7458
GOULD0.3332576.6610
PRING0.3332567.1141
HODGE0.3332561.0501
BROOM0.3332549.8753
BROWNING0.3332545.3858
FOWLER0.3332543.1034
JENNINGS0.3332542.4757
HAYTER0.3332541.6667
WALTERS0.3332538.7097
BALL0.3332537.2439
WINDSOR0.3332536.9004
SAWYER0.3332533.3890
WARREN0.3332532.2135
FRY0.3332528.8184
BRYANT0.3332528.7977
GRIFFIN0.3332526.1609
JACOBS0.3332525.6739
PHILLIPS0.3332524.0757
CORNISH0.3332521.3220
DICKENSON0.3332520.2840
HAYES0.3332519.7922
BAKER0.3332519.6602
LANGFORD0.3332519.5695
WOOD0.3332517.3829
PAUL0.3332512.3001
BAILEY0.3332510.2145
GILES0.333258.0710

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 325 people called CARRO in Nynehead 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 15000.0000 in Nynehead means that 15000.0000% of the people in Nynehead on census day were called CARRO.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CARRO 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 CARRO 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 CARRO 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 CARRO here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Nynehead means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CARRO in Nynehead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Nynehead in 1881

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

HONIBALL (2)  APLIN (1)  ARBERY (3)  BODILY (1)  BAILEY (5)  BAKER (14)  BALL (10)  BURCH (4)  BISHOP (1)  BLAKE (1)  BLACKMORE (15)  BRALEY (1)  BROOM (2)  BROWN (1)  BROWNING (3)  BRYANT (4)  BRICE (4)  CALWAY (2)  CARBYN (4)  CARRO (3)  CARO (CARRO) (8)  CARO CARRO) (2)  CHIPLING (2)  COOKLEY (COOKSLEY) (4)  COOKSLEY (24)  CORAM (3)  CORNISH (1)  DERBE (10)  DICKENSON (1)  ELWORTHY (1)  EVANS (2)  FOWLER (8)  FRY (3)  GOLLOP (7)  GILES (1)  GOULD (9)  GRIFFIN (4)  HANNABUSS (7)  HARRIS (1)  HAYES (4)  HAYTER (1)  HEWITT (1)  HITCHCOCK (4)  HODGE (5)  HOUSE (5)  HOWEL (1)  HOWELL (1)  JACOBS (2)  JENNINGS (7)  KEIGHTLEY (1)  KIDNER (2)  KING (3)  KITCH (1)  LANGFORD (1)  LUDLOW (6)  MARTIN (2)  MEESON (3)  MERRY (6)  MURLEY (1)  PARKMAN (1)  PAUL (1)  PHILLIPS (14)  PRING (1)  PYM (1)  SAWYER (2)  SCOTT (3)  SEWARD (2)  SPARKES (6)  SPENCER (1)  TARR (1)  TAYLOR (9)  TOTTLE (11)  WALROUND (3)  WALTERS (6)  WARREN (7)  WILMINGTON (1)  WINDSOR (1)  WOOD (18) 

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