Top surnames from the 1881 census in North Brewham, Somerset

North Brewham 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
WHITE229.691630.15
AUSTIN219.2511189.19
CANNON135.7269316.30
BALCH125.28634,137.93
HULL114.8458232.07
DUKES93.96481,071.43
GOULD93.9648109.76
JEFFRIES83.5242280.70
BARBER73.083751.24
LEAR73.0837526.32
MOON73.0837146.14
TREASURE52.20261,515.15
FARR52.2026148.37
HOSKINS52.2026226.24
HILLIER52.2026163.40
HILL41.76216.92
MILLER41.76219.85
DAVIS41.76218.02
JONES31.32161.17
ASHFORD31.3216133.33
MILLARD31.321679.79
DAY20.88119.36
WOODS20.881113.98
GREEN20.88113.13
BARNES20.88117.32
LAMPERT20.88112,857.14
JAMES20.88114.49
SPRATLING20.88112,500.00
BERGMAN20.88112,500.00
CLOSE10.440550.51
PERRY10.44055.99
BUTLER10.44054.52
HANN10.440596.15
BEACH10.440546.30
TANNER10.440519.65
CLARKE10.44052.17
PADFIELD10.4405166.67
HICKS10.440510.53
BURLINGTON10.44051,111.11
COX10.44052.91
HEDGES10.440538.46
MEAD10.440518.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BALCH0.232274137.9310
LAMPERT0.232272857.1429
BERGMAN0.232272500.0000
SPRATLING0.232272500.0000
TREASURE0.232271515.1515
BURLINGTON0.232271111.1111
DUKES0.232271071.4286
LEAR0.23227526.3158
CANNON0.23227316.3017
JEFFRIES0.23227280.7018
HULL0.23227232.0675
HOSKINS0.23227226.2443
AUSTIN0.23227189.1892
PADFIELD0.23227166.6667
HILLIER0.23227163.3987
FARR0.23227148.3680
MOON0.23227146.1378
ASHFORD0.23227133.3333
GOULD0.23227109.7561
HANN0.2322796.1538
MILLARD0.2322779.7872
BARBER0.2322751.2445
CLOSE0.2322750.5051
BEACH0.2322746.2963
HEDGES0.2322738.4615
WHITE0.2322730.1494
TANNER0.2322719.6464
MEAD0.2322718.9036
WOODS0.2322713.9762
HICKS0.2322710.5263
MILLER0.232279.8474
DAY0.232279.3589
DAVIS0.232278.0192
BARNES0.232277.3206
HILL0.232276.9180
PERRY0.232275.9916
BUTLER0.232274.5188
JAMES0.232274.4853
GREEN0.232273.1289
COX0.232272.9070
CLARKE0.232272.1739
JONES0.232271.1669

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 227 people called BALCH in North Brewham 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 4137.9310 in North Brewham means that 4137.9310% of the people in North Brewham on census day were called BALCH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BALCH 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 BALCH 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 BALCH 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 BALCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in North Brewham means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BALCH in North Brewham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in North Brewham in 1881

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

ASHFORD (3)  AUSTIN (21)  BARBER (7)  BURFITT (12)  BARNES (2)  BEACH (1)  BALCH (12)  BERGMAN (2)  BURLINGTON (1)  BUTLER (1)  CANNON (13)  CLARKE (1)  CLOSE (1)  COX (1)  DAVIS (4)  DAY (2)  DUKES (9)  EASTMINT (1)  FARR (5)  GAIT (2)  GOULD (9)  GREEN (2)  GULLIFORD (7)  HANN (1)  HURDEN (1)  HICKS (1)  HEDGES (1)  HILL (4)  HILLIER (5)  HOSKINS (5)  HULL (11)  JAMES (2)  JEFFRIES (8)  JONES (3)  KEEVIL (2)  LEAR (7)  LAMPERT (2)  MEAD (1)  MILLARD (3)  MILLER (4)  MOON (7)  PADFIELD (1)  PERRY (1)  SPRATLING (2)  STEEDS (6)  TANNER (1)  TREASURE (5)  WHITE (22)  WOODS (2)