Top surnames from the 1881 census in Compton Dando, Somerset

Compton Dando 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
BEES288.53665,384.62
HARDING206.097684.25
BAILEY195.792738.45
BARNES164.878040.53
BROOKS154.573246.79
BATES144.268367.08
FLOWER113.3537343.75
FORD103.048831.30
PARKER103.048816.03
COX103.048820.12
DANDO92.7439743.80
KING82.439011.19
ROSEWELL82.43903,478.26
HILLIER82.4390181.00
BROOKMAN72.1341864.20
ADLAM61.8293705.88
BUCKINGHAM61.8293137.30
BAKER61.82938.35
CHAPPLE61.8293269.06
INNES61.8293118.11
THOMPSON51.52445.09
FRANCIS51.524425.59
HOUSE41.219593.68
HILL41.21954.79
MOXHAM41.2195677.97
BAGG41.2195701.75
BLACKER41.2195373.83
ALLEN41.21956.46
SMITH41.21950.86
COOK41.21956.14
WEEKS30.914642.74
MOORE30.91464.57
WILLIAMS30.91461.27
SEAWARD20.6098350.88
RADFORD20.609832.15
COLES20.609817.50
PITMAN20.609866.89
HERVEY20.6098476.19
WYATT20.609820.79
RAKES20.60985,000.00
PARSONS20.60988.03
HAYTER20.609882.64
CHRISTIE20.609818.81
NEAL10.304910.31
CARD10.304952.08
HATCHER10.304951.81
CHARLTON10.304910.64
GADD10.304945.66
STEPHENS10.30495.49
KENNARD10.304962.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEES0.333285384.6154
RAKES0.333285000.0000
ROSEWELL0.333283478.2609
BROOKMAN0.33328864.1975
DANDO0.33328743.8017
ADLAM0.33328705.8824
BAGG0.33328701.7544
MOXHAM0.33328677.9661
HERVEY0.33328476.1905
BLACKER0.33328373.8318
SEAWARD0.33328350.8772
FLOWER0.33328343.7500
CHAPPLE0.33328269.0583
BINNING0.33328217.3913
HILLIER0.33328180.9955
BUCKINGHAM0.33328137.2998
INNES0.33328118.1102
HOPGOOD0.33328116.2791
TUTT0.33328106.3830
HOUSE0.3332893.6768
HARDING0.3332884.2460
HAYTER0.3332882.6446
FEAR0.3332868.9655
BATES0.3332867.0819
PITMAN0.3332866.8896
KENNARD0.3332862.5000
CARD0.3332852.0833
HATCHER0.3332851.8135
BROOKS0.3332846.7873
GADD0.3332845.6621
WEEKS0.3332842.7350
BARNES0.3332840.5268
BAILEY0.3332838.4538
RADFORD0.3332832.1543
FORD0.3332831.2989
FRANCIS0.3332825.5885
COBB0.3332821.4592
WYATT0.3332820.7900
COX0.3332820.1167
CHRISTIE0.3332818.8147
COLES0.3332817.4978
PARKER0.3332816.0308
KING0.3332811.1919
CHARLTON0.3332810.6383
NEAL0.3332810.3093
BAKER0.333288.3484
PARSONS0.333288.0257
BARTLETT0.333286.9638
ALLEN0.333286.4558
COOK0.333286.1397

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 328 people called BEES in Compton Dando 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 5384.6154 in Compton Dando means that 5384.6154% of the people in Compton Dando on census day were called BEES.

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

All the surnames recorded in Compton Dando in 1881

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

ADLAM (6)  ALLEN (4)  BAGG (4)  BAILEY (19)  BAKER (6)  BARNES (16)  BARTLETT (1)  BATES (14)  BINNING (1)  BLACKER (4)  BLANNING (3)  BRIMBLE (2)  BROOKMAN (7)  BROOKS (15)  BUCKINGHAM (6)  BEES (28)  CARD (1)  CHAPPLE (6)  CHARLTON (1)  CHISWELL (8)  CHRISTIE (2)  COBB (1)  COLES (2)  COOK (4)  COX (10)  DANDO (9)  FEAR (1)  FLOWER (11)  FORD (10)  FRANCIS (5)  GADD (1)  HARDING (20)  HERVEY (2)  HARVEY (1)  HATCHER (1)  HAYTER (2)  HILL (4)  HILLIER (8)  HOPGOOD (1)  HOUSE (4)  INNES (6)  KING (8)  KENNARD (1)  MOORE (3)  MOXHAM (4)  NEAL (1)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (10)  PARSONS (2)  PITMAN (2)  POW (1)  RADFORD (2)  RAKES (2)  ROSEWELL (8)  SEAWARD (2)  SMITH (4)  STEPHENS (1)  THOMPSON (5)  TUTT (1)  WEEKS (3)  WILLIAMS (3)  WINSTONE (5)  WYATT (2)