Top surnames from the 1881 census in Aller, Somerset

Aller 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
LUXTON316.55391,483.25
LOCK316.5539230.14
SHEPHERD265.496875.01
WILLMOTT245.0740810.81
GLOVER153.171274.40
FRANCIS132.748446.13
WILLIAMS122.53703.53
SHERRIN122.53703,428.57
GENT122.5370295.57
HARRIS112.32569.15
WEBB102.114215.60
MITCHELL102.114210.42
SHEPPARD102.114261.05
WHEADON102.11422,083.33
PORTER91.902725.36
HARWOOD91.902771.09
BAKER91.90278.68
COX91.902712.55
ANDREWS71.479915.45
PETTY71.4799149.57
BARNARD71.479959.63
CULLEN71.479984.44
HARVEY61.268511.88
ROGERS61.26859.77
LEGG61.268576.82
SAGE61.2685142.86
CURTIS51.057118.63
SMALL51.057141.67
LANGFORD40.845753.76
SALWAY40.8457533.33
WHITE40.84572.63
LUCAS40.845718.29
STACEY40.845737.66
NICHOLSON40.845711.90
COATE40.84571,025.64
GRIFFIN40.845717.97
OVARD40.845713,333.33
EADES30.6342123.46
DEAN30.63429.14
GILLARD30.634272.99
KIDDLE30.6342294.12
FREEMAN30.63429.93
HUNT30.63424.78
DOBIN20.42282,500.00
FUDGE20.4228112.99
COLLINS20.42282.95
FARROW20.422822.52
PRESCOTT20.422829.99
DYER20.422810.92
PREECE20.422826.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OVARD0.4747313333.3333
SHERRIN0.474733428.5714
DOBIN0.474732500.0000
WHEADON0.474732083.3333
LUXTON0.474731483.2536
COATE0.474731025.6410
WILLMOTT0.47473810.8108
SALWAY0.47473533.3333
MERRIOTT0.47473384.6154
GENT0.47473295.5665
KIDDLE0.47473294.1176
LOCK0.47473230.1411
GOODLAND0.47473169.4915
PETTY0.47473149.5726
SAGE0.47473142.8571
EADES0.47473123.4568
FUDGE0.47473112.9944
DOWNTON0.47473112.3596
LAVIS0.47473109.8901
OSTLER0.47473100.0000
CULLEN0.4747384.4391
LEGG0.4747376.8246
SHEPHERD0.4747375.0144
GLOVER0.4747374.4048
GILLARD0.4747372.9927
HARWOOD0.4747371.0900
SHEPPARD0.4747361.0501
BARNARD0.4747359.6252
ROWSON0.4747358.4795
LOCKYER0.4747355.2486
LANGFORD0.4747353.7634
REDDING0.4747350.2513
PIPE0.4747347.6190
FRANCIS0.4747346.1320
SMALL0.4747341.6667
STACEY0.4747337.6648
PRESCOTT0.4747329.9850
PREECE0.4747326.0078
PORTER0.4747325.3593
FARROW0.4747322.5225
CURTIS0.4747318.6289
LUCAS0.4747318.2899
GRIFFIN0.4747317.9695
CUTLER0.4747316.9779
HOUSE0.4747316.2338
WEBB0.4747315.5958
ANDREWS0.4747315.4457
BOWLES0.4747312.9199
COX0.4747312.5541
NICHOLSON0.4747311.9012

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 473 people called OVARD in Aller 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 13333.3333 in Aller means that 13333.3333% of the people in Aller on census day were called OVARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OVARD 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 OVARD 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 OVARD 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 OVARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Aller means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OVARD in Aller than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Aller in 1881

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

ANDREWS (7)  BAKER (9)  BARNARD (7)  BISGROVE (5)  BOWLES (1)  BRIMBLE (3)  BORROUGH (4)  CHIDLEY (7)  COATE (4)  COLLINS (2)  COX (9)  CULLEN (7)  KEIRL (9)  KEIRLE (1)  CURTIS (5)  CUTLER (1)  DEAN (3)  DOBIN (2)  DOWNTON (1)  DUDRIDGE (4)  DYER (2)  EADES (3)  EDWARDS (1)  FARROW (2)  FRANCIS (13)  FREEMAN (3)  FUDGE (2)  GENT (12)  GILLARD (3)  GLOVER (15)  GODDARD (1)  GOODLAND (1)  GOULD (1)  GRIFFIN (4)  GULLIDGE (9)  HARRIS (11)  HARVEY (6)  HARWOOD (9)  OTTON (5)  HOUSE (1)  HUNT (3)  KIDDLE (3)  LANGFORD (4)  LAVIS (1)  LEGG (6)  LETHERBY (2)  LOCK (31)  LOCKYER (2)  LUCAS (4)  LUXTON (31)  LE MARCHANT (1)  MERRIOTT (1)  MITCHELL (10)  MUNCKTON (8)  MORGAN (1)  NICHOLSON (4)  OSTLER (1)  OVARD (4)  PARKER (1)  PENDELL (2)  PETTY (7)  PHILLIPS (1)  PIPE (1)  PORTER (9)  PREECE (2)  PRESCOTT (2)  ROWSON (1)  REDDING (1)  RICHARDS (1)  ROGERS (6)  SAGE (6)  SALWAY (4)  SHEPHERD (26)  SHEPPARD (10)  SHERRIN (12)  SMALL (5)  STACEY (4)  WEBB (10)  WHEADON (10)  WHITE (4)  WILLIAMS (12)  WILLMOTT (24)