Top surnames from the 1881 census in Laverton, Somerset

Laverton 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
DREDGE118.94313,437.50
WILLIS97.3171137.61
CHIVERS86.5041733.95
PICKFORD86.5041800.00
PENNY64.8780273.97
COX64.878032.19
BUSH54.0650164.47
ELLIOTT54.065047.89
WHITE43.252010.12
HOSIER43.25202,500.00
MOGER32.43903,000.00
CARTER32.439014.53
HALL32.43908.29
ROSSITER32.4390389.61
FENNELL32.4390517.24
HAIL21.62602,500.00
ANDREWS21.626016.96
PURNELL21.6260307.69
BAKER21.62607.42
GARRATT21.6260160.00
MARCHANT21.6260104.71
GOUGH21.626055.40
GOODE10.813062.89
HILLIER10.813060.24
GOWER10.813077.52
ASHLY10.81302,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DREDGE0.121233437.5000
MOGER0.121233000.0000
HAIL0.121232500.0000
HOSIER0.121232500.0000
ASHLY0.121232000.0000
PICKFORD0.12123800.0000
CHIVERS0.12123733.9450
FENNELL0.12123517.2414
ROSSITER0.12123389.6104
PURNELL0.12123307.6923
PENNY0.12123273.9726
BUSH0.12123164.4737
GARRATT0.12123160.0000
WILLIS0.12123137.6147
MARCHANT0.12123104.7120
GOWER0.1212377.5194
GOODE0.1212362.8931
HILLIER0.1212360.2410
GOUGH0.1212355.4017
ELLIOTT0.1212347.8927
COX0.1212332.1888
ANDREWS0.1212316.9635
CARTER0.1212314.5278
WHITE0.1212310.1163
HALL0.121238.2896
BAKER0.121237.4212

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 123 people called DREDGE in Laverton 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 3437.5000 in Laverton means that 3437.5000% of the people in Laverton on census day were called DREDGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DREDGE 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 DREDGE 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 DREDGE 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 DREDGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Laverton means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DREDGE in Laverton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Laverton in 1881

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

ANDREWS (2)  ASHLY (1)  BACKHOUSE (5)  BAKER (2)  BUSH (5)  SCAMELS (1)  CARTER (3)  CHIVERS (8)  COX (6)  DREDGE (11)  ELLIOTT (5)  FENNELL (3)  GARRATT (2)  GOODE (1)  GOUGH (2)  GOWER (1)  HAIL (2)  HALL (3)  HILLIER (1)  HOSIER (4)  CAYFORD (9)  CURTAIN (7)  MARCHANT (2)  MOGER (3)  PENNY (6)  PICTOR (1)  PICKFORD (8)  PURNELL (2)  RABBITS (1)  ROSSITER (3)  WHITE (4)  WILLIS (9)