Top surnames from the 1881 census in Marston Magna, Somerset

Marston Magna 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
MARCH227.2131670.73
SHEPPARD134.2623123.11
TUCKER123.934471.09
HERRIDGE103.27871,162.79
WILLS92.950898.68
BUSH82.6230106.24
LAVER82.6230683.76
RAYMOND72.2951397.73
WILLIE72.29512,800.00
THORN72.2951153.51
HOCKEY72.2951752.69
HUNT61.967214.81
COLES61.967256.44
SALMON61.967286.21
HIGDON51.63933,571.43
MORRIS51.63937.36
BIDDISCOMBE51.63934,545.45
VOWLES51.6393340.14
FOOT51.6393165.56
WARREN41.311519.62
GOULD41.311536.30
PICKFORD30.9836120.97
ADAMS30.98366.67
HARRIS30.98363.87
BOWN30.9836177.51
HODGES30.983633.56
PARSONS30.983612.95
SANSOM30.9836145.63
LODGE30.983654.05
PITMAN30.9836107.91
STACEY30.983643.80
DAVIS30.98364.48
BRINE30.9836322.58
TAYLOR20.65571.03
NETTLETON20.6557152.67
LANSDELL20.6557769.23
TRAVERS20.6557130.72
FIELD20.655713.18
PRICE20.65573.75
AYRES20.655747.28
DYKE20.655766.01
EDEN20.655764.52
CHALKER20.6557465.12
BATSON10.3279117.65
YOUNG10.32791.53
EASON10.327976.34
HIGGINS10.32796.49
SILK10.327966.67
COTTLE10.327966.67
SARGENT10.327921.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BIDDISCOMBE0.313054545.4545
HIGDON0.313053571.4286
WILLIE0.313052800.0000
HERRIDGE0.313051162.7907
LANSDELL0.31305769.2308
HOCKEY0.31305752.6882
LAVER0.31305683.7607
MARCH0.31305670.7317
CHALKER0.31305465.1163
RAYMOND0.31305397.7273
PARDY0.31305370.3704
VOWLES0.31305340.1361
BRINE0.31305322.5806
WADMAN0.31305312.5000
BOWN0.31305177.5148
TUTTON0.31305169.4915
FOOT0.31305165.5629
MEECH0.31305158.7302
THORN0.31305153.5088
NETTLETON0.31305152.6718
SANSOM0.31305145.6311
TRAVERS0.31305130.7190
GUPPY0.31305123.4568
SHEPPARD0.31305123.1061
SELWAY0.31305121.9512
RUSS0.31305121.9512
PICKFORD0.31305120.9677
BATSON0.31305117.6471
PITMAN0.31305107.9137
BUSH0.31305106.2417
WILLS0.3130598.6842
SALMON0.3130586.2069
EASON0.3130576.3359
TUCKER0.3130571.0900
SILK0.3130566.6667
COTTLE0.3130566.6667
DYKE0.3130566.0066
EDEN0.3130564.5161
COLES0.3130556.4440
LODGE0.3130554.0541
AYRES0.3130547.2813
STACEY0.3130543.7956
WINDSOR0.3130539.3701
GOULD0.3130536.2976
ROY0.3130536.1011
HODGES0.3130533.5570
TUCK0.3130525.5102
SARGENT0.3130521.2766
WARREN0.3130519.6175
ATHERTON0.3130518.2482

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 305 people called BIDDISCOMBE in Marston Magna 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 4545.4545 in Marston Magna means that 4545.4545% of the people in Marston Magna on census day were called BIDDISCOMBE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BIDDISCOMBE 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 BIDDISCOMBE 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 BIDDISCOMBE 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 BIDDISCOMBE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Marston Magna means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BIDDISCOMBE in Marston Magna than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Marston Magna in 1881

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

ACOURT (1)  ADAMS (3)  ARTENS (1)  ATHERTON (1)  BATSON (1)  BIDDSCOMBE (7)  BIDDISCOMBE (5)  BLAGDON (1)  BOOL (1)  BOWN (3)  BRINE (3)  BULFORD (1)  BUSH (8)  CAREY (1)  CHALKER (2)  COLES (6)  COTTLE (1)  COUTANCHE (4)  CRANHILL (9)  CONNOCK (2)  DAVIS (3)  DYKE (2)  EASON (1)  EDEN (2)  AYRES (2)  FIELD (2)  FOOT (5)  GALE (1)  GILBERT (1)  GOULD (4)  GUPPY (1)  HARRIS (3)  HERFET (1)  HERRIDGE (10)  HIGDON (5)  HIGGINS (1)  HOCKEY (7)  HODGES (3)  HUNT (6)  HYMORE (5)  LAMBERT (1)  LAVER (8)  LODGE (3)  LANSDELL (2)  MARCH (22)  MEECH (1)  MILVERTON (7)  MORRIS (5)  NETTLETON (2)  PARSONS (3)  PICKFORD (3)  PITMAN (3)  PRICE (2)  PARDY (1)  RAYMOND (7)  RUSS (1)  ROY (1)  SALMON (6)  SANSOM (3)  SARBUCH (1)  SARGENT (1)  SERTAIN (6)  SELWAY (1)  SHEANE (4)  SHEPPARD (13)  SHERRING (9)  SHERSTON (1)  SILK (1)  SINGLAN (1)  STACEY (3)  STEVENS (1)  STILLING (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THORN (7)  TRAVERS (2)  TUCK (1)  TUCKER (12)  TUTTON (1)  VOWLES (5)  WARREN (4)  WEBBER (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILLS (9)  WINDSOR (1)  WADMAN (1)  WILLIE (7)  YOUNG (1)