Top surnames from the 1881 census in Foxcote, Somerset

Foxcote 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
MONTAGUE813.11482,580.65
VEAL711.47541,891.89
ROBBINS711.4754736.84
EDGELL69.83616,000.00
RUSSELL69.836180.54
LONG46.5574101.01
TAYLOR34.91807.69
LAWRENCE34.918075.76
ELWELL23.27871,176.47
PARFITT11.6393222.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EDGELL0.06616000.0000
MONTAGUE0.06612580.6452
VEAL0.06611891.8919
ELWELL0.06611176.4706
ROBBINS0.0661736.8421
PARFITT0.0661222.2222
LONG0.0661101.0101
RUSSELL0.066180.5369
LAWRENCE0.066175.7576
TAYLOR0.06617.6903

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 61 people called EDGELL in Foxcote 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 6000.0000 in Foxcote means that 6000.0000% of the people in Foxcote on census day were called EDGELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EDGELL 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 EDGELL 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 EDGELL 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 EDGELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Foxcote means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EDGELL in Foxcote than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Foxcote in 1881

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

CRADOCK (1)  EASTMENT (3)  EDGELL (6)  ELWELL (2)  ESTMENT (3)  LAWRENCE (3)  LONG (4)  MONTAGUE (8)  PARFITT (1)  POBJOY (6)  ROBBINS (7)  RUSSELL (6)  SLINGS (1)  TAYLOR (3)  VEAL (7)