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Surname Statistics

The following table shows the breakdown of surname frequencies in Merriott based on the combined Censuses of 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891.   A total of 70% of the population shared only 23 surnames.

RANK

SURNAME

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

1

LAWRENCE

901

9.46%

2

OSBORNE

696

7.31%

3

SWEET

655

6.88%

4

PATTEMORE

587

6.16%

5

WILLS

578

6.16%

6

MITCHELL

451

4.73%

7

TRASK

368

3.86%

8

EASON

285

2.99%

9

HOOPER

240

2.52%

10

ROUSELL

230

2.41%

11

ENGLAND

222

2.33%

12

SHUTLER

208

2.18%

13

RAINDELL/RENDALL

168

1.76%

14

PAUL/PAULL

159

1.67%

15

LACY/LACEY

155

1.63%

16

DAW/DAWE

116

1.21%

17

HIGGINS

108

1.13%

18

WARRY

102

1.07%

19

GREENHAM

100

1.05%

20

GIBB/GIBBS/GABE/GEEP

98

1.03%

21

DOUCH/DOUTCH

96

1.01%

22

CHANT

95

1.00%

23

FRENCH

91

0.96%

   

6709

70.50%

 

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Last Updated: 28 April 2008
All Parish Register information ©Somerset Archives
Other Data © Sue Osborne 2002-8
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