Top surnames from the 1881 census in Porlock, Somerset

Porlock 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
BURGESS303.916456.39
FLOYD293.7859398.35
HUISH243.13322,068.97
PUGSLEY222.8721932.20
RAWLE222.87211,456.95
HAWKINS212.741537.87
RIDLER202.61101,052.63
MARLEY182.3499404.49
LEWIS182.34998.94
COOKSLEY182.34991,232.88
HOBBS162.088857.33
WARD151.95828.96
PERKINS151.958243.53
RED141.82776,363.64
POWELL131.697113.60
MOORE121.56667.83
WEBBER121.566651.28
COOK121.56667.89
ROOK111.4360210.33
ARNOLD101.305524.22
CARDER101.3055735.29
SNOW101.305596.53
HOOPER101.305530.83
POLLARD101.305535.80
PEARSE101.3055122.70
PERKIN91.1749217.92
GROVES91.174941.78
WILLIAMS91.17491.64
TAYLOR81.04441.63
NORTH81.044431.51
FRY81.044432.60
WESTCOTT81.0444158.10
HOOK81.044470.55
SANDERS70.913820.16
NICHOLS70.913828.04
KINGDON70.9138292.89
STENNER60.7833895.52
FOY60.783394.79
DAVIS60.78333.56
FOWLER60.783313.72
CHAPMAN60.78335.52
SNELL60.783341.38
SPARKES50.652789.13
SMITH50.65270.46
GODDARD50.652716.23
BROWN50.65270.99
KNIGHT50.65275.30
JERMAN50.6527434.78
RICHARDS50.65274.32
COURT40.522241.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RED0.777666363.6364
HEINEMAN0.777663333.3333
HUISH0.777662068.9655
RAWLE0.777661456.9536
COOKSLEY0.777661232.8767
RIDLER0.777661052.6316
PUGSLEY0.77766932.2034
STENNER0.77766895.5224
CARDER0.77766735.2941
JERMAN0.77766434.7826
MARLEY0.77766404.4944
FLOYD0.77766398.3516
CREECH0.77766294.1176
KINGDON0.77766292.8870
SPURRIER0.77766256.4103
PERKIN0.77766217.9177
BART0.77766217.3913
ROOK0.77766210.3250
WESTCOTT0.77766158.1028
CAPE0.77766153.8462
PEARSE0.77766122.6994
KINGDOM0.77766112.3596
SNOW0.7776696.5251
FOY0.7776694.7867
SPARKES0.7776689.1266
HOOK0.7776670.5467
CARDEN0.7776659.1716
SWEET0.7776657.8871
HOBBS0.7776657.3271
BURGESS0.7776656.3910
WEBBER0.7776651.2821
ROW0.7776650.7614
CHARD0.7776646.1894
FOREST0.7776645.4545
PERKINS0.7776643.5287
GROVES0.7776641.7827
SNELL0.7776641.3793
COURT0.7776641.0678
HAWKINS0.7776637.8651
POLLARD0.7776635.8038
FRY0.7776632.5998
NORTH0.7776631.5085
HOOPER0.7776630.8261
SAGE0.7776629.3686
NICHOLS0.7776628.0449
GERMAN0.7776628.0112
ABRAHAM0.7776626.4550
ARNOLD0.7776624.2189
SANDERS0.7776620.1613
GODDARD0.7776616.2338

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 766 people called RED in Porlock 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 6363.6364 in Porlock means that 6363.6364% of the people in Porlock on census day were called RED.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RED 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 RED 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 RED 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 RED here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.77 in Porlock means that you are 0.77 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RED in Porlock than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Porlock in 1881

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

ABRAHAM (2)  ADAMS (1)  ANDERSON (4)  ARNOLD (10)  BART (1)  BARTLETT (2)  BENDEN (1)  BERRY (3)  BLACKMORE (1)  BOON (1)  BREWER (3)  BROMHAM (7)  BROWN (5)  BURGESS (30)  BUSHEN (6)  CAPE (3)  CARDEN (1)  CARDER (10)  CHAPMAN (6)  CHARD (2)  CHIDGEY (3)  COLE (1)  COLES (1)  COOK (12)  COOKSLEY (18)  COOPER (1)  COURT (4)  COUDON (1)  CREECH (2)  CRICH (1)  CROCKFORD (3)  DARCH (1)  DATE (3)  DAVIS (6)  DYER (3)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (2)  FERRIS (1)  FOREST (1)  FORREST (3)  FOWLER (6)  FOY (6)  FRENCH (4)  FRY (8)  JERMAN (5)  GERMAN (1)  GILES (1)  GODDARD (5)  GOODING (1)  GRADDON (1)  GREENSLADE (1)  GREGORY (2)  GROVES (9)  HAMSHAR (6)  HARRIS (3)  HAWKINS (21)  HAIGH (1)  HEINEMAN (1)  HARBORD (1)  HEWER (2)  HOBBS (16)  HODGE (2)  HOOPER (10)  HOWE (3)  HUISH (24)  HUNT (1)  HOOK (8)  JARVIS (3)  JEWRY (7)  KETNOR (3)  KINGDON (7)  KINGDOM (2)  KNIGHT (5)  LANG (1)  LETTY (2)  LEWIS (18)  LINDUM (1)  LITSON (1)  FLOYD (29)  FLOYDE (1)  LOCK (1)  MANLEY (1)  MARLEY (18)  MAY (1)  MOGGRIDGE (6)  MOORE (12)  NICHOLS (7)  NORTH (8)  PATTERSON (1)  PEARSE (10)  PERKINS (15)  PERKIN (9)  POLLARD (10)  POOLE (2)  POWELL (13)  PRITCHARD (1)  PUGSLEY (22)  PULSFORD (9)  QUARTLEY (8)  RANDLE (1)  RED (14)  RICHARDS (5)  RIDLER (20)  ROOK (11)  ROWE (1)  ROW (2)  RAWLE (22)  SAGE (2)  SANDERS (7)  SLOWLEY (2)  SMITH (5)  SNELL (6)  SNOW (10)  SPARKES (5)  SPURRIER (2)  STACEY (1)  STADDON (2)  STANBURY (1)  STENNER (6)  SWEET (4)  TAKLE (7)  TAME (11)  TAKEL (1)  TAYLOR (8)  TOMPKINS (1)  TOWNSEND (2)  TRAYTE (1)  WALLACE (1)  WARD (15)  WARE (1)  WEBBER (12)  WESTCOTT (8)  WIDDICOME (3)  WHITE (2)  WIDLAKE (4)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (9)