Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sampford Brett, Somerset

Sampford Brett 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
MORSE146.4516703.52
PERRY115.069168.92
SAWYER104.6083250.00
SULLY94.14751,250.00
DURIE83.68662,222.22
TRIPP83.6866754.72
MILTON73.2258234.11
HAWKINS73.225844.56
LANGDON73.2258414.20
BURNELL62.7650461.54
JENKINS62.765023.47
GRIFFITH62.765084.87
PENNY52.3041129.53
FOURACRE52.30412,272.73
SHEARS41.8433421.05
PINN41.84331,600.00
THORNE41.843387.34
CHAMBERLAIN41.843367.80
CORNER31.3825189.87
GUARD31.38251,034.48
FORD31.382514.19
GROVES31.382549.18
STONE20.921712.75
BOND20.921717.41
DENTON20.921750.13
GOULD20.921725.51
FISHER20.92177.87
BENNETT10.46082.80
HURFORD10.4608169.49
RAWLE10.4608232.56
BACKER10.4608833.33
HEYWOOD10.460823.15
GRATTON10.4608116.28
KERSLAKE10.4608138.89
SEWARD10.460884.03
BARKER10.46083.52
HOLLOWAY10.460815.04
PRING10.4608101.01
HAYMAN10.460860.61
WILLIAMS10.46080.64
COOK10.46082.32
BURGE10.460863.69
SHORT10.460811.79
BESLEY10.4608312.50
BAKER10.46082.10
HOLE10.460853.76
CRIDDLE10.4608277.78
PIPPIN10.46081,250.00
VESEY10.4608555.56
BRYANT10.460810.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FOURACRE0.222172272.7273
DURIE0.222172222.2222
PINN0.222171600.0000
PIPPIN0.222171250.0000
SULLY0.222171250.0000
GUARD0.222171034.4828
BACKER0.22217833.3333
TRIPP0.22217754.7170
MORSE0.22217703.5176
VESEY0.22217555.5556
BURNELL0.22217461.5385
SHEARS0.22217421.0526
LANGDON0.22217414.2012
BESLEY0.22217312.5000
CRIDDLE0.22217277.7778
SAWYER0.22217250.0000
MILTON0.22217234.1137
RAWLE0.22217232.5581
CORNER0.22217189.8734
HURFORD0.22217169.4915
KERSLAKE0.22217138.8889
PENNY0.22217129.5337
GRATTON0.22217116.2791
PRING0.22217101.0101
THORNE0.2221787.3362
GRIFFITH0.2221784.8656
SEWARD0.2221784.0336
PERRY0.2221768.9223
CHAMBERLAIN0.2221767.7966
BURGE0.2221763.6943
HAYMAN0.2221760.6061
HOLE0.2221753.7634
DENTON0.2221750.1253
GROVES0.2221749.1803
HAWKINS0.2221744.5576
GOULD0.2221725.5102
JENKINS0.2221723.4650
HEYWOOD0.2221723.1481
BOND0.2221717.4064
HOLLOWAY0.2221715.0376
FORD0.2221714.1911
STONE0.2221712.7470
SHORT0.2221711.7925
BRYANT0.2221710.7875
FISHER0.222177.8740
BARKER0.222173.5211
BENNETT0.222172.8035
COOK0.222172.3202
BAKER0.222172.1030
WILLIAMS0.222170.6415

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 217 people called FOURACRE in Sampford Brett 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 2272.7273 in Sampford Brett means that 2272.7273% of the people in Sampford Brett on census day were called FOURACRE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FOURACRE 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 FOURACRE 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 FOURACRE 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 FOURACRE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Sampford Brett means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FOURACRE in Sampford Brett than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sampford Brett in 1881

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

BACKER (1)  BAKER (1)  BARKER (1)  BARTRAHAM (8)  BENNETT (1)  BESLEY (1)  BOND (2)  BRYANT (1)  BURNELL (6)  BURGE (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (4)  CHIDGEY (4)  COOK (1)  CORNER (3)  CRANG (8)  CRIDDLE (1)  DATE (9)  DAVYS (2)  DENTON (2)  DURIE (8)  FISHER (2)  FORD (3)  FOURACRE (5)  GUARD (3)  GOULD (2)  GRATTON (1)  GRIFFITH (6)  GROVES (3)  HAYMAN (1)  HAWKINS (7)  HEYWOOD (1)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HOSEGOOD (5)  HOLE (1)  HURFORD (1)  JENKINS (6)  KERSLAKE (1)  LANGDON (7)  MILTON (7)  MORLE (1)  MORSE (14)  NETHERCOTT (1)  PENNY (5)  PERRY (11)  PINN (4)  PIPPIN (1)  PRING (1)  ROUTLEY (4)  RAWLE (1)  SAWYER (10)  SCRIBBINGS (4)  SEWARD (1)  SHAPLIN (1)  SHEARS (4)  SULLY (9)  SHORT (1)  STONE (2)  THORNE (4)  TRIPP (8)  VESEY (1)  WILLIAMS (1)