Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pitcombe, Somerset

Pitcombe 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
SIMS214.9881166.40
HUNT214.988137.55
HILL184.275516.79
LOCKYER122.8504372.67
DAVIS112.612811.89
MORRIS102.375310.67
BARNES92.137817.76
KING81.90028.72
BAKER81.90028.67
HANNAM81.9002620.16
WHEELER81.900231.47
MEADEN81.90021,194.03
WATTS71.662719.83
HOLE71.6627193.91
GIFFORD71.6627191.26
BOND71.662731.42
PARFITT71.6627228.01
JAMES71.66278.46
FURBER71.6627648.15
FARRANT71.6627280.00
HARRIS61.42525.61
PITT61.425266.67
JENNINGS61.425228.12
MANSFIELD61.425275.95
WARREN61.425221.31
HODGE61.425256.55
LANNING61.42521,111.11
CHURCH61.425265.29
RENDELL61.4252340.91
HOWELL61.425233.80
NEWMAN51.187615.97
COLEMAN51.187623.83
PLOWMAN51.1876231.48
SPRATLING51.18763,333.33
SLOCOMBE40.9501296.30
RIDDICK40.9501579.71
PULLEN40.950172.20
SMITH40.95010.67
HALE40.950126.47
HIX40.95012,666.67
PERRY40.950112.92
WILLS30.712623.83
ANDREWS30.71267.44
CHAMPION30.712668.03
HUSSEY30.712670.75
FRY30.712622.24
PARHAM30.7126468.75
REYNOLDS30.71268.23
LEMMINGS20.47515,000.00
SNELL20.475125.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEMMINGS0.424215000.0000
SPRATLING0.424213333.3333
HIX0.424212666.6667
MEADEN0.424211194.0299
LANNING0.424211111.1111
FURBER0.42421648.1481
HANNAM0.42421620.1550
RIDDICK0.42421579.7101
PARHAM0.42421468.7500
LOCKYER0.42421372.6708
RENDELL0.42421340.9091
SLOCOMBE0.42421296.2963
DAWN0.42421285.7143
FARRANT0.42421280.0000
PLOWMAN0.42421231.4815
PARFITT0.42421228.0130
APPLIN0.42421222.2222
HOLE0.42421193.9058
GIFFORD0.42421191.2568
SIMS0.42421166.4025
BAYLY0.42421163.9344
RIDOUT0.42421133.3333
LONGMAN0.4242193.8967
WOODROW0.4242176.6284
MANSFIELD0.4242175.9494
PULLEN0.4242172.2022
HUSSEY0.4242170.7547
CHAMPION0.4242168.0272
PITT0.4242166.6667
CHURCH0.4242165.2884
LAVER0.4242161.7284
HODGE0.4242156.5504
BUTTON0.4242140.0802
HUNT0.4242137.5536
HOWELL0.4242133.8028
LEMON0.4242132.6797
WHEELER0.4242131.4713
BOND0.4242131.4183
JENNINGS0.4242128.1162
HALE0.4242126.4725
SWEET0.4242126.3158
PITMAN0.4242126.0417
SNELL0.4242125.0941
WILTON0.4242124.6914
COLEMAN0.4242123.8322
WILLS0.4242123.8284
FRY0.4242122.2387
WARREN0.4242121.3144
WATTS0.4242119.8300
BARNES0.4242117.7585

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 421 people called LEMMINGS in Pitcombe 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 5000.0000 in Pitcombe means that 5000.0000% of the people in Pitcombe on census day were called LEMMINGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEMMINGS 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 LEMMINGS 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 LEMMINGS 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 LEMMINGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Pitcombe means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEMMINGS in Pitcombe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pitcombe in 1881

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

ANDREWS (3)  APPLIN (1)  BAYLY (1)  BAKER (8)  BARNES (9)  BARTLETT (1)  BAZETTE (6)  BENNETT (1)  BINDON (3)  BOND (7)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (1)  BUTTON (2)  CHAMPION (3)  CHOPE (2)  CHURCH (6)  COLEMAN (5)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (1)  COCK (2)  CURTIS (1)  DAVIS (11)  DAWN (1)  DAY (1)  DOMEN (1)  DUMIS (1)  DUMFORD (2)  FARRANT (7)  FRANKLIN (2)  FRY (3)  FURBER (7)  GALTON (1)  GIFFORD (7)  GODDARD (1)  GOLLEDGE (1)  GULLIFORD (1)  HALE (4)  HANNAM (8)  HARRIS (6)  HAWKINS (1)  HEBDITCH (3)  HIX (4)  HILL (18)  HOBHOUSE (2)  HODDINOTT (6)  HODGE (6)  HOWELL (6)  HOLE (7)  HUNT (21)  HUSSEY (3)  JAMES (7)  JENNINGS (6)  KING (8)  LANNING (6)  LEMMINGS (2)  LEMON (1)  LAVER (1)  LOCKYER (12)  LODGE (1)  LONGMAN (2)  LUCAS (1)  LUMBER (4)  LUVDEN (4)  MEADEN (8)  MANN (1)  MANSFIELD (6)  MARSHALL (1)  MORRIS (10)  NEWMAN (5)  PARFITT (7)  PARHAM (3)  PEARNE (1)  PENGILLY (1)  PERRY (4)  PITMAN (1)  PITT (6)  PLOWMAN (5)  PULLEN (4)  RENDELL (6)  RARD (1)  REED (1)  REYNOLDS (3)  RIDOUT (2)  RIDDICK (4)  SIMS (21)  SLOCOMBE (4)  SMITH (4)  SNELL (2)  SPRATLING (5)  STARK (1)  STONE (1)  SWEET (1)  TARGET (1)  THICK (7)  VIGAR (1)  VINNELL (3)  WARREN (6)  WATTS (7)  WEBB (1)  WHEELER (8)  WILLS (3)  WILTON (1)  WOODROW (2)