Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cloford, Somerset

Cloford 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
COX157.575849.98
SMITH126.06064.29
GUNNING115.55561,527.78
GILES94.5455119.21
VEASEY84.04042,162.16
MILLARD73.5354213.41
CLARK73.535411.76
MARTIN73.535414.35
GEORGE73.535460.24
TAPP73.5354823.53
MOON73.5354167.46
RICHARDS63.030320.07
YOUNG63.030314.10
SMALL52.525399.60
PRINCE42.020289.29
CROCKER31.5152112.78
MATHIS31.51525,000.00
HOLLY31.5152600.00
SWEET21.0101111.73
HARDING21.010113.96
STRIDE21.0101285.71
RICH21.010180.65
WHEELDON21.0101204.08
PARSONS21.010113.30
WILLES10.5051416.67
PAYNE10.50515.61
VAUGHAN10.505114.79
MORLEY10.505112.64
MAY10.50517.94
SHEPPERD10.5051116.28
JOYCE10.505120.58
HALLETT10.505140.98
COWARD10.505144.05
SHEAN10.5051370.37
NOAKES10.505168.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MATHIS0.201985000.0000
VEASEY0.201982162.1622
GUNNING0.201981527.7778
TAPP0.20198823.5294
HOLLY0.20198600.0000
WILLES0.20198416.6667
SHEAN0.20198370.3704
STRIDE0.20198285.7143
MILLARD0.20198213.4146
WHEELDON0.20198204.0816
MOON0.20198167.4641
GILES0.20198119.2053
SHEPPERD0.20198116.2791
CROCKER0.20198112.7820
SWEET0.20198111.7318
SMALL0.2019899.6016
PRINCE0.2019889.2857
RICH0.2019880.6452
NOAKES0.2019868.9655
GEORGE0.2019860.2410
COX0.2019849.9833
COWARD0.2019844.0529
HALLETT0.2019840.9836
JOYCE0.2019820.5761
RICHARDS0.2019820.0669
VAUGHAN0.2019814.7929
MARTIN0.2019814.3501
YOUNG0.2019814.1044
HARDING0.2019813.9567
PARSONS0.2019813.2979
MORLEY0.2019812.6422
CLARK0.2019811.7627
MAY0.201987.9365
PAYNE0.201985.6117
SMITH0.201984.2923

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 198 people called MATHIS in Cloford 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 5000.0000 in Cloford means that 5000.0000% of the people in Cloford on census day were called MATHIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MATHIS 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 MATHIS 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 MATHIS 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 MATHIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Cloford means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MATHIS in Cloford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cloford in 1881

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

BOODLE (4)  CLARK (7)  COWARD (1)  COX (15)  CREES (9)  CROCKER (3)  GEORGE (7)  GILES (9)  GUNNING (11)  HALLETT (1)  HARDING (2)  HELLIER (3)  HOLLY (3)  JOYCE (1)  MARTIN (7)  MATHIS (3)  MAY (1)  MILLARD (7)  MOON (7)  MORLEY (1)  MOTELEY (1)  NOAKES (1)  PARSONS (2)  PAYNE (1)  PRINCE (4)  RABBETS (7)  RICH (2)  RICHARDS (6)  SEVOUR (21)  SEVIOUR (SEVOUR) (2)  SHEAN (1)  SHEPPERD (1)  SMALL (5)  SMITH (12)  STRIDE (2)  SWEET (2)  TAPP (7)  VEASEY (8)  VAUGHAN (1)  WHEELDON (2)  WHEALER (1)  WILLES (1)  YOUNG (6)