Top surnames from the 1881 census in Babington, Somerset

Babington 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
HERRINGTON136.70101,780.82
BRYANT126.1856144.75
TURNER126.185622.22
CHAMPION105.1546492.61
DEACON84.1237242.42
COLES73.6082103.55
APPLEGATE73.60821,944.44
COOMBS63.0928182.93
PERKINS63.092868.73
CLEMENTS63.092893.17
BULL63.092873.17
EDGELL52.57731,666.67
ASHMAN52.5773396.83
BROWN52.57733.91
BALL42.061924.97
SWANTON42.06192,666.67
HAMBLIN42.0619454.55
GOODING42.0619243.90
BOURNE31.546479.79
WILLCOX21.0309190.48
HUTCHINS21.0309102.04
LEWIS10.51551.96
ANDREWS10.51555.38
GULLY10.5155294.12
ROSSITER10.515581.97
EVES10.5155123.46
BASHAM10.5155208.33
PLUMLEY10.5155357.14
WHATLEY10.5155133.33
HANCOCK10.515511.33
CARTER10.51553.07
SAUNDERS10.51555.62
GRAY10.51553.61
ROBBINS10.515532.89
ELKINS10.5155133.33
BARNES10.51554.28
HUNT10.51553.88
RUGG10.5155263.16
PONTING10.5155175.44
EDWARDS10.51551.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SWANTON0.191942666.6667
APPLEGATE0.191941944.4444
HERRINGTON0.191941780.8219
EDGELL0.191941666.6667
CHAMPION0.19194492.6108
HAMBLIN0.19194454.5455
ASHMAN0.19194396.8254
PLUMLEY0.19194357.1429
GULLY0.19194294.1176
RUGG0.19194263.1579
GOODING0.19194243.9024
DEACON0.19194242.4242
BASHAM0.19194208.3333
WILLCOX0.19194190.4762
COOMBS0.19194182.9268
PONTING0.19194175.4386
BRYANT0.19194144.7527
WHATLEY0.19194133.3333
ELKINS0.19194133.3333
EVES0.19194123.4568
COLES0.19194103.5503
HUTCHINS0.19194102.0408
CLEMENTS0.1919493.1677
ROSSITER0.1919481.9672
BOURNE0.1919479.7872
BULL0.1919473.1707
PERKINS0.1919468.7285
ROBBINS0.1919432.8947
BALL0.1919424.9688
TURNER0.1919422.2222
HANCOCK0.1919411.3250
SAUNDERS0.191945.6211
ANDREWS0.191945.3792
BARNES0.191944.2827
BROWN0.191943.9099
HUNT0.191943.8805
GRAY0.191943.6101
CARTER0.191943.0713
LEWIS0.191941.9608
EDWARDS0.191941.8495

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 194 people called SWANTON in Babington 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 2666.6667 in Babington means that 2666.6667% of the people in Babington on census day were called SWANTON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Babington in 1881

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

ANDREWS (1)  APPLEGATE (7)  ASHMAN (5)  BALL (4)  BARNES (1)  BASHAM (1)  BERIAN (1)  BROWN (5)  BRYANT (12)  BULL (6)  BOURNE (3)  CARTER (1)  CHAMPION (10)  CLEMENTS (6)  COLES (7)  COOMBS (6)  DEACON (8)  EVES (1)  EDGELL (5)  EDWARDS (1)  ELKINS (1)  GOODING (4)  GRAY (1)  GULLIFORD (3)  GULLY (1)  HAMBLIN (4)  HANCOCK (1)  HERRINGTON (13)  HORLER (6)  HUNT (1)  HUTCHINS (2)  KNATCHBULL (6)  LEWIS (1)  MITCHARD (7)  PAFFIN (1)  PERKINS (6)  PLUMLEY (1)  PONTING (1)  ROBBINS (1)  ROSSITER (1)  RUGG (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SPRACKLING (2)  STEEDS (5)  SWANTON (4)  TURNER (12)  WHATLEY (1)  WIDCOMBE (1)  WITCOMBE (12)  WILLCOX (2)