Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chiselborough, Somerset

Chiselborough 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
LANGDON6818.83662,419.93
BEST267.2022267.21
GARD174.70911,827.96
HALLETT164.4321360.36
SEAWARD154.15512,380.95
DODGE123.3241845.07
FORD113.047131.29
HARRISON113.047113.73
GREENHAM113.04711,571.43
TAYLOR92.49313.90
HAMBLIN92.4931552.15
MAHONY82.2161975.61
CORBIN61.6620845.07
BARRETT61.662024.75
PITT61.662077.82
HOLLAND61.662023.35
JEANS61.6620495.87
OSBORNE61.662034.82
HERRINGTON61.6620441.18
PERRY51.385018.83
TANNER51.385061.73
OLD41.1080272.11
FOOTE41.1080287.77
HOCKEY41.1080363.64
STOWER30.83101,764.71
NEWELL30.831052.63
HUNT30.83106.26
TEMPLEMAN20.5540143.88
LUGG20.5540185.19
SLADE20.554027.78
MARSH20.55407.77
VOWLES20.5540115.61
LAWRANCE20.554084.75
FRENCH20.554011.35
FOOT20.554055.87
MASTERS10.277014.95
ENGLAND10.277013.44
CLOTHIER10.2770133.33
GREY10.277012.77
STILLMAN10.2770263.16
LAWRENCE10.27704.27
FROST10.27704.93
SPARKS10.277018.32
SALISBURY10.277027.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LANGDON0.363612419.9288
SEAWARD0.363612380.9524
GARD0.363611827.9570
STOWER0.363611764.7059
GREENHAM0.363611571.4286
MAHONY0.36361975.6098
CORBIN0.36361845.0704
DODGE0.36361845.0704
HAMBLIN0.36361552.1472
JEANS0.36361495.8678
HERRINGTON0.36361441.1765
HOCKEY0.36361363.6364
HALLETT0.36361360.3604
FOOTE0.36361287.7698
OLD0.36361272.1088
BEST0.36361267.2148
STILLMAN0.36361263.1579
LUGG0.36361185.1852
TEMPLEMAN0.36361143.8849
CLOTHIER0.36361133.3333
VOWLES0.36361115.6069
LAWRANCE0.3636184.7458
PITT0.3636177.8210
TANNER0.3636161.7284
FOOT0.3636155.8659
NEWELL0.3636152.6316
OSBORNE0.3636134.8230
FORD0.3636131.2856
SALISBURY0.3636127.8552
SLADE0.3636127.7778
BARRETT0.3636124.7525
HOLLAND0.3636123.3463
PERRY0.3636118.8324
SPARKS0.3636118.3150
MASTERS0.3636114.9477
HARRISON0.3636113.7277
ENGLAND0.3636113.4409
GREY0.3636112.7714
FRENCH0.3636111.3507
MARSH0.363617.7670
HUNT0.363616.2565
FROST0.363614.9261
LAWRENCE0.363614.2662
TAYLOR0.363613.8985

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 361 people called LANGDON in Chiselborough 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 2419.9288 in Chiselborough means that 2419.9288% of the people in Chiselborough on census day were called LANGDON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LANGDON 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 LANGDON 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 LANGDON 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 LANGDON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Chiselborough means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LANGDON in Chiselborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chiselborough in 1881

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

BARRETT (6)  BEST (26)  CLOTHIER (1)  CORBIN (6)  DODGE (12)  DRUCE (14)  EGLON (7)  ENGLAND (1)  FOOT (2)  FOOTE (4)  FORD (11)  FRENCH (2)  FROST (1)  FURZER (5)  GARD (17)  GREY (1)  GREENHAM (11)  HALLETT (16)  HAMBLIN (9)  HERRINGTON (6)  HARRISON (11)  HOCKEY (4)  HOLLAND (6)  HUNT (3)  JEANS (6)  LANGDON (68)  LAWRENCE (1)  LAWRANCE (2)  LUGG (2)  MAHONY (8)  MARSH (2)  MASTERS (1)  MUDFORD (4)  NEWELL (3)  OLD (4)  OSBORNE (6)  PATIMORE (1)  PERRY (5)  PITT (6)  PUDDEN (3)  SALISBURY (1)  SAMWAYS (6)  SEAWARD (15)  SLADE (2)  SPARKS (1)  STILLMAN (1)  STOWER (3)  TANNER (5)  TATCHELL (10)  TAYLOR (9)  TEMPLEMAN (2)  VOWLES (2)