Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Pennard, Somerset

West Pennard 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
CORP385.02654,523.81
CREED222.9101523.81
WASON222.91013,437.50
CARTER202.645515.76
NAISH202.6455740.74
BATSON192.5132900.47
JACOBS162.116488.35
DAVIS151.98419.03
HOLE151.9841231.12
LESTER141.8519117.65
HILL141.85197.27
GREEN141.85196.58
BAKER141.85198.45
HAIMES131.71963,023.26
GIFFORD111.4550167.43
OSBORNE111.455030.49
WALKER111.45504.35
GUM91.19053,103.45
EARL91.190591.00
NORRIS91.190527.72
EDWARDS91.19054.27
SELWAY81.0582396.04
WILKINS81.058223.94
PADFIELD81.0582402.01
SIMS81.058235.30
RUGG81.0582547.95
WELCHMAN81.05821,818.18
NURSE81.0582217.39
SLY70.9259244.76
PIKE70.925931.85
WHITE70.92592.88
APPLEBY70.925956.68
MARTIN70.92593.76
JACOB60.7937102.04
SWANTON60.79371,016.95
MASON60.79375.90
RAPSON60.7937379.75
POLE60.7937255.32
FIELD60.793715.95
CHAMPION60.793775.85
HOARE60.793740.68
LOOK50.66141,282.05
PENNY50.661437.17
NEWPORT50.6614129.87
LOADER50.6614119.05
BROOK50.661417.15
BETHELL50.6614179.21
ROE50.661433.94
GRIFFIN50.661414.06
WALTERS40.529111.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CORP0.767564523.8095
WASON0.767563437.5000
GUM0.767563103.4483
HAIMES0.767563023.2558
WELCHMAN0.767561818.1818
LOOK0.767561282.0513
SWANTON0.767561016.9492
STRODE0.76756930.2326
BATSON0.76756900.4739
HIGDON0.76756833.3333
NAISH0.76756740.7407
SHINGLETON0.76756638.2979
RUGG0.76756547.9452
CREED0.76756523.8095
PORCH0.76756447.7612
PADFIELD0.76756402.0101
LUTTON0.76756400.0000
SELWAY0.76756396.0396
RAPSON0.76756379.7468
CLEAVES0.76756256.4103
POLE0.76756255.3191
SLY0.76756244.7552
HOLE0.76756231.1248
NURSE0.76756217.3913
PETIT0.76756204.0816
TABOR0.76756180.7229
BETHELL0.76756179.2115
GIFFORD0.76756167.4277
CARY0.76756163.0435
GULLICK0.76756144.9275
NEWPORT0.76756129.8701
PRATTEN0.76756121.9512
TRASK0.76756119.0476
LOADER0.76756119.0476
LESTER0.76756117.6471
WALLEN0.76756112.3596
JACOB0.76756102.0408
PLUMLEY0.7675692.5926
EARL0.7675691.0010
AKERMAN0.7675690.9091
JACOBS0.7675688.3490
CHAMPION0.7675675.8534
MUNDY0.7675671.3012
APPLEBY0.7675656.6802
FARTHING0.7675650.2513
STOCKER0.7675649.2611
DEANE0.7675647.5436
HOARE0.7675640.6780
WISEMAN0.7675638.5356
PENNY0.7675637.1747

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 756 people called CORP in West Pennard 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 4523.8095 in West Pennard means that 4523.8095% of the people in West Pennard on census day were called CORP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CORP 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 CORP 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 CORP 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 CORP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in West Pennard means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CORP in West Pennard than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Pennard in 1881

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

AKERMAN (1)  APPLEBY (7)  AUSTIN (1)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (14)  BURFITT (3)  BARNES (1)  BATSON (19)  BEAL (1)  BENNETT (1)  BETHELL (5)  BIGGS (1)  BLINMAN (2)  BOWMAN (1)  BROOK (5)  BROWN (4)  BRYANT (2)  BUTLER (1)  BUXTON (1)  CANNON (1)  CARY (3)  CARTER (20)  CHAMPION (6)  CLARK (2)  CLAXTON (1)  CLEAVES (1)  CORP (38)  COSINS (1)  COWARD (2)  COCK (5)  COX (2)  CREED (22)  CREW (1)  DAVIS (15)  DAY (2)  DEANE (3)  DUNKERTON (10)  EARL (9)  EAVIS (3)  EDWARDS (9)  FARRANT (1)  FARTHING (2)  FIELD (6)  FORD (1)  FRANCES (1)  GIBSON (1)  GIFFORD (11)  GILL (2)  GREY (1)  GREEN (14)  GRIFFIN (5)  GULLICK (1)  GUM (9)  HALE (HEAL) (14)  HAIMES (13)  HART (1)  HATCHER (1)  HAWKINS (4)  HAYES (3)  HELPS (2)  HIGDON (3)  HIGGINS (3)  HILL (14)  HOARE (6)  HOOPER (1)  HOWARD (3)  HOLE (15)  HUNT (4)  JACOBS (16)  JACOB (6)  JOCE (7)  KEATES (1)  KING (3)  LINTERN (8)  LESTER (14)  LOCK (1)  LOOK (5)  LOADER (5)  LUTTON (1)  LINHAM (1)  MAIDMENT (15)  MANLEY (2)  MARTIN (7)  MASON (6)  MASTERS (3)  COLLINGS (2)  MILLARD (1)  MOODY (1)  MUNDY (4)  NAISH (20)  NEWPORT (5)  NICHOLAS (3)  NORRIS (9)  NUNN (2)  NURSE (8)  ORLEDGE (1)  OSBORNE (11)  PADFIELD (8)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (4)  PEDDLE (4)  PENNY (5)  PETIT (1)  PIKE (7)  PLUMLEY (1)  POLE (6)  PORCH (3)  PRATTEN (1)  RENDAL (6)  REAKES (4)  REDMAN (3)  READ (1)  RIDLEY (4)  ROBSON (2)  RAPSON (6)  ROGERS (4)  ROE (5)  ROWLEY (2)  RUGG (8)  SALTFORD (1)  SCRIVEN (1)  SELWAY (8)  SIMS (8)  SHINGLETON (3)  SLY (7)  STEEDS (1)  STOCKER (2)  STRODE (4)  STILES (1)  SWANTON (6)  TABOR (3)  TARGET (4)  TAYLOR (2)  TRASK (1)  TUCKER (4)  THYER (1)  WALKER (11)  WALTERS (4)  WASON (22)  WEBB (2)  WELCHMAN (8)  WALLEN (1)  WHITCOMBE (2)  WITCOMBE (5)  WHITE (7)  WILKINS (8)  WILLIAMS (1)  WISEMAN (4)  WITHERS (1)