Top surnames from the 1881 census in Raddington, Somerset

Raddington 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
CURTIS1010.2041179.86
NOTT88.16331,159.42
WILLIS88.1633153.55
GIBBS77.1429145.53
TARR55.10201,388.89
OWENS44.081682.14
JONES33.06122.70
WYATT22.040869.69
LANGDON22.0408263.16
WEBBER22.040866.89
MARSHALL22.040812.17
BAKER22.04089.32
LUXTON22.0408465.12
HILL22.04088.01
FEATHERSTONE22.0408227.27
CHORLEY11.0204303.03
NEEDS11.0204714.29
ATKINS11.020427.17
HANCOCK11.020422.42
REDWOOD11.0204384.62
DUNN11.020412.27
BROOM11.020482.64
WOOD11.02043.20
PERROTT11.0204294.12
STONE11.020414.12
PARKMAN11.02041,250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TARR0.10981388.8889
PARKMAN0.10981250.0000
NOTT0.10981159.4203
NEEDS0.1098714.2857
LUXTON0.1098465.1163
REDWOOD0.1098384.6154
CHORLEY0.1098303.0303
PERROTT0.1098294.1176
LANGDON0.1098263.1579
FEATHERSTONE0.1098227.2727
CURTIS0.1098179.8561
WILLIS0.1098153.5509
GIBBS0.1098145.5301
BROOM0.109882.6446
OWENS0.109882.1355
WYATT0.109869.6864
WEBBER0.109866.8896
ATKINS0.109827.1739
HANCOCK0.109822.4215
STONE0.109814.1243
DUNN0.109812.2699
MARSHALL0.109812.1655
BAKER0.10989.3153
HILL0.10988.0128
WOOD0.10983.2020
JONES0.10982.7029

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 98 people called TARR in Raddington 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 1388.8889 in Raddington means that 1388.8889% of the people in Raddington on census day were called TARR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TARR 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 TARR 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 TARR 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 TARR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Raddington means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TARR in Raddington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Raddington in 1881

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

ATKINS (1)  BAKER (2)  BROOM (1)  CHORLEY (1)  CURTIS (10)  DAVYS (15)  DUNN (1)  FEATHERSTONE (2)  GIBBS (7)  GREENSLADE (2)  HANCOCK (1)  HILL (2)  JONES (3)  NOTT (8)  LANGDON (2)  LUXTON (2)  MARSHALL (2)  NEEDS (1)  OWENS (4)  PARKMAN (1)  PERROTT (1)  REDWOOD (1)  SHORNEY (5)  STONE (1)  TARR (5)  TOTTLE (1)  VEANDLE (1)  WEBBER (2)  WERE (2)  WILLIS (8)  WOOD (1)  WYATT (2)