Top surnames from the 1881 census in Langport, Somerset

Langport 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
WHITEMORE94.01796,428.57
BLAKE83.571473.73
COLES83.5714102.56
BUTT73.1250242.21
JANES73.1250486.11
BOWDITCH62.67861,071.43
SMITH62.67861.90
PHILLIPS62.678614.97
THOMAS62.67866.49
CHALLIS52.2321352.11
TOUT41.78571,052.63
EVES41.7857425.53
GARLAND41.7857134.68
PALMER41.785715.15
HUNT41.785713.45
DAVIS41.78578.13
STUBBS41.785767.68
LEWIS31.33935.09
PAUL31.339353.48
MILLARD31.339380.86
LUCAS31.339328.96
LANE31.339319.43
CALDER31.339395.85
HOLLOWAY31.339343.73
HART20.892910.47
GOUGH20.892930.44
CHANT20.8929215.05
BRIDGER20.8929105.82
HILL20.89293.51
DENHAM20.8929101.52
SLADE20.892944.74
TURNER20.89293.21
TALBOT20.892935.84
GODFREY20.892930.12
DYKE20.892990.09
LUXON10.4464588.24
BLATCHFORD10.4464188.68
SMALL10.446417.61
COUSINS10.446424.81
ALFORD10.446452.36
WAKE10.446455.56
SALWAY10.4464277.78
KEW10.4464151.52
GILLETT10.446442.19
CABLE10.446489.29
HUTCHINGS10.446423.75
TEMPLEMAN10.4464114.94
SQUIRE10.446437.59
WEST10.44644.64
HARDING10.44646.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHITEMORE0.222246428.5714
COGAR0.222245000.0000
BOWDITCH0.222241071.4286
TOUT0.222241052.6316
FIDO0.22224588.2353
LUXON0.22224588.2353
SAWTELL0.22224588.2353
JANES0.22224486.1111
EVES0.22224425.5319
CHALLIS0.22224352.1127
LOUCH0.22224333.3333
SALWAY0.22224277.7778
BUTT0.22224242.2145
CHANT0.22224215.0538
BLATCHFORD0.22224188.6792
KEW0.22224151.5152
JURY0.22224138.8889
GARLAND0.22224134.6801
TEMPLEMAN0.22224114.9425
BRIDGER0.22224105.8201
COLES0.22224102.5641
DENHAM0.22224101.5228
CALDER0.2222495.8466
DYKE0.2222490.0901
CABLE0.2222489.2857
GOODSON0.2222489.2857
MILLARD0.2222480.8625
BLAKE0.2222473.7327
STUBBS0.2222467.6819
EAMES0.2222464.9351
WAKE0.2222455.5556
PAUL0.2222453.4759
ALFORD0.2222452.3560
SLADE0.2222444.7427
HOLLOWAY0.2222443.7318
GILLETT0.2222442.1941
HEARD0.2222442.0168
SQUIRE0.2222437.5940
TALBOT0.2222435.8423
TILLEY0.2222434.0136
MILTON0.2222432.3625
GOUGH0.2222430.4414
GODFREY0.2222430.1205
LUCAS0.2222428.9575
COUSINS0.2222424.8139
HUTCHINGS0.2222423.7530
LANE0.2222419.4301
BURT0.2222418.7970
BARNARD0.2222417.9856
SMALL0.2222417.6056

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 224 people called WHITEMORE in Langport 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 6428.5714 in Langport means that 6428.5714% of the people in Langport on census day were called WHITEMORE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Langport in 1881

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

ALLDIS (1)  ALFORD (1)  HONEYBALL (3)  ATYEO (3)  BARLING (2)  BARNARD (1)  BLAKE (8)  BLATCHFORD (1)  BOOBYER (3)  BOWDITCH (6)  BRIDGER (2)  BURT (1)  BUTT (7)  BAGEHOT (1)  CABLE (1)  CALDER (3)  CHALLIS (5)  CHANT (2)  KEW (1)  COGAR (1)  COLES (8)  COUSINS (1)  CULLIFORD (5)  CONDICK (2)  DAVIDGE (1)  DAVIS (4)  DENHAM (2)  DYKE (2)  EAMES (1)  EVES (4)  FIDO (1)  GANICOTT (1)  GARLAND (4)  GAYLARD (2)  GILLETT (1)  GODFREY (2)  GOODSON (1)  GOUGH (2)  GOULD (1)  GUSH (1)  HARDING (1)  HART (2)  HARTLAND (2)  HEARD (1)  HILLBURN (3)  HILL (2)  HOLLOWAY (3)  HUNT (4)  HUTCHINGS (1)  JANES (7)  JURY (1)  KELWAY (6)  KINGSMILL (1)  LANE (3)  LEACH (1)  LENTHALL (4)  LEWIS (3)  LOUCH (1)  LUCAS (3)  LUXON (1)  MALE (5)  MAY (1)  MILLARD (3)  MILTON (1)  PALMER (4)  PAUL (3)  PENDELL (4)  PHILLIPS (6)  POLLARD (1)  SALWAY (1)  SAWTELL (1)  SLADE (2)  SMALL (1)  SMITH (6)  SQUIRE (1)  STUBBS (4)  TALBOT (2)  TEMPLEMAN (1)  THOMAS (6)  TILLEY (1)  TOUT (4)  TRAPNELL (1)  TUCKER (1)  TURNER (2)  WAKE (1)  WEBB (1)  WEST (1)  WHITEMORE (9)  WINTER (1)