Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kenn, Somerset

Kenn 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
DYER134.4983116.07
STAPLES124.1522434.78
RAWLINGS113.8062260.05
GRIFFIN113.806280.88
LOCK113.8062133.66
FRY103.4602107.99
GOODING93.1142367.35
WATKINS93.114251.40
PIKE82.768295.24
AMESBURY82.76824,444.44
BOARD82.7682747.66
HEDGES72.4221211.48
HARDWICK72.4221158.37
HARRIS72.42219.53
BAKER62.07619.48
PARSLEY62.07611,578.95
HAVARD62.0761800.00
BRAY62.076161.73
STEVENS51.730116.57
BAILEY51.730111.49
STILL51.7301274.73
MITCHELL51.73018.53
HALE51.730148.22
INGRAM41.384145.35
MUSTOE41.3841975.61
JAMES41.38417.05
PARSONS41.384118.21
WITHEY41.3841547.95
MARSH31.038114.55
WEAVER31.038139.89
WALL31.038129.67
STUCKEY20.6920303.03
HARPER20.692010.81
WALLIS20.692020.43
AVERY20.692041.24
HERBERT20.692018.52
DAVIES20.69201.36
TILEY10.3460140.85
GOSLING10.346022.12
CURTIS10.34606.10
WILLIAMS10.34600.48
SPRATT10.346062.11
MARTIN10.34601.40
PRITCHARD10.34606.43
THOMAS10.34600.84
PHILLIPS10.34601.93
HICKLING10.346064.52
STOCK10.346027.78
PARNELL10.346035.84
STEPHENS10.34606.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AMESBURY0.292894444.4444
GOWIN0.292892500.0000
SEAMEN0.292891666.6667
PARSLEY0.292891578.9474
MUSTOE0.29289975.6098
HAVARD0.29289800.0000
BOARD0.29289747.6636
WITHEY0.29289547.9452
STAPLES0.29289434.7826
GOODING0.29289367.3469
STUCKEY0.29289303.0303
STILL0.29289274.7253
RAWLINGS0.29289260.0473
HEDGES0.29289211.4804
HARDWICK0.29289158.3710
TILEY0.29289140.8451
LOCK0.29289133.6574
DYER0.29289116.0714
FRY0.29289107.9914
PIKE0.2928995.2381
GRIFFIN0.2928980.8824
PRING0.2928975.7576
HICKLING0.2928964.5161
SPRATT0.2928962.1118
BRAY0.2928961.7284
WATKINS0.2928951.3992
HALE0.2928948.2160
INGRAM0.2928945.3515
AVERY0.2928941.2371
WEAVER0.2928939.8936
SWEET0.2928938.3142
PARNELL0.2928935.8423
ORCHARD0.2928932.5733
WALL0.2928929.6736
STOCK0.2928927.7778
GOSLING0.2928922.1239
COOMBS0.2928920.4499
WALLIS0.2928920.4290
HERBERT0.2928918.5185
PARSONS0.2928918.2149
STEVENS0.2928916.5728
BECK0.2928914.7929
MARSH0.2928914.5490
BAILEY0.2928911.4863
HARPER0.2928910.8108
HARRIS0.292899.5303
BAKER0.292899.4757
MITCHELL0.292898.5281
JAMES0.292897.0460
PRITCHARD0.292896.4267

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 289 people called AMESBURY in Kenn 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 4444.4444 in Kenn means that 4444.4444% of the people in Kenn on census day were called AMESBURY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AMESBURY 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 AMESBURY 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 AMESBURY 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 AMESBURY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Kenn means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AMESBURY in Kenn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kenn in 1881

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

AMESBURY (8)  AVERY (2)  BAILEY (5)  BAKER (6)  BANWEL (1)  BECK (1)  BOARD (8)  BRAY (6)  BRIDBERE (7)  CAVIL (2)  COOMBS (1)  CURTIS (1)  DAVIES (2)  DYER (13)  FRY (10)  GIBSON (1)  GOODING (9)  GOSLING (1)  GOWIN (1)  GRIFFIN (11)  HALE (5)  HARDWICK (7)  HARPER (2)  HARRIS (7)  HAVARD (6)  HERBERT (2)  HICKLING (1)  HEDGES (7)  HOLLYMAN (2)  HUCKER (1)  INGRAM (4)  JAMES (4)  KEATES (1)  LOCK (11)  MARSH (3)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTIN (1)  MITCHELL (5)  MOORE (1)  MUSTOE (4)  NEADS (2)  ORCHARD (1)  PARNELL (1)  PARSLEY (6)  PARSONS (4)  PHILLIPS (1)  PIKE (8)  PRING (1)  PRITCHARD (1)  RAWLINGS (11)  SEAMEN (1)  SPRATT (1)  SPROD (7)  STAPLES (12)  STILL (5)  STEPHENS (1)  STEVENS (5)  STOCK (1)  STUKEY (5)  STUCKEY (2)  SWEET (1)  THOMAS (1)  TILEY (1)  TINKLIN (15)  TROAT (1)  WALL (3)  WALLIS (2)  WATKINS (9)  WEAVER (3)  WEDMORE (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WITHEY (4)