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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Freshford, Somerset

Freshford 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
SMITH245.92594.20
ROSE235.679076.59
BAKER102.469111.27
FLETCHER92.222219.47
DIXON92.222220.28
WITHERS92.2222135.54
ALEXANDER81.975337.31
GERRISH81.9753919.54
MORRIS81.97538.87
CLIFT81.9753360.36
MARCHANT71.7284111.47
HUMPHRIES71.728476.75
FRYER71.728493.21
DICKS71.7284353.54
PERRY61.481520.15
LEE61.48159.06
ALLEN61.48157.84
FLEMMING61.4815368.10
MILLET61.48152,222.22
FREEMAN51.234619.33
DUNNING51.2346145.35
MILLS51.23469.52
GEE51.234648.36
WESTON51.234630.27
AUST40.9877888.89
FORSTER40.987730.12
WHITTAKER40.987720.86
BRACHER40.9877689.66
MILES40.987716.74
COOMBS40.987758.39
WILLIAMS40.98771.37
BEES40.9877625.00
FRANCES40.9877156.86
GREENE40.9877360.36
HILLIER40.987773.26
COTTLE30.7407150.75
WILLIS30.740713.93
POOLE30.740715.38
MINES30.7407600.00
WATTS30.74078.83
AMES30.7407107.53
WILSON30.74071.61
TAYLOR30.74071.16
SCOTT30.74072.93
NEWMAN30.74079.96
BASKETT30.7407652.17
LEWIS20.49381.88
BROWNE20.493826.95
TANNER20.493822.00
SMYTHE20.4938256.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MILLET0.414052222.2222
GERRISH0.41405919.5402
AUST0.41405888.8889
BRACHER0.41405689.6552
BASKETT0.41405652.1739
BEES0.41405625.0000
MINES0.41405600.0000
UDELL0.41405555.5556
VINING0.41405476.1905
BLANCHE0.41405370.3704
FLEMMING0.41405368.0982
GREENE0.41405360.3604
CLIFT0.41405360.3604
DICKS0.41405353.5354
PORCH0.41405277.7778
SMYTHE0.41405256.4103
FRANCES0.41405156.8627
TEESDALE0.41405153.8462
COTTLE0.41405150.7538
DUNNING0.41405145.3488
WITHERS0.41405135.5422
CLEVERLY0.41405112.3596
MARCHANT0.41405111.4650
AMES0.41405107.5269
GABRIEL0.4140593.4579
FRYER0.4140593.2091
WINGROVE0.4140584.0336
HUMPHRIES0.4140576.7544
ROSE0.4140576.5901
HILLIER0.4140573.2601
BUNKER0.4140561.3497
PICKFORD0.4140560.6061
COOMBS0.4140558.3942
FELTHAM0.4140556.1798
MANNERS0.4140550.0000
HENDY0.4140549.0196
CLEMENT0.4140549.0196
GEE0.4140548.3559
PURNELL0.4140547.1698
BOWYER0.4140545.2489
BAILY0.4140539.0625
ALEXANDER0.4140537.3134
RUSSEL0.4140535.8423
MUNDY0.4140533.3333
HAZELL0.4140531.7460
WESTON0.4140530.2663
BOWLES0.4140530.1659
FORSTER0.4140530.1205
MOULD0.4140528.8184
BROWNE0.4140526.9542

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 405 people called MILLET in Freshford 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 2222.2222 in Freshford means that 2222.2222% of the people in Freshford on census day were called MILLET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MILLET 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 MILLET 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 MILLET 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 MILLET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Freshford means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MILLET in Freshford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Freshford in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (8)  ALLEN (6)  AUST (4)  BAILY (1)  BAKER (10)  BASKETT (3)  BLANCHE (1)  BOSANQUET (1)  BOWLES (2)  BOWYER (2)  BRACHER (4)  BROOKS (1)  BROWNE (2)  BROWN (1)  BULLOCK (1)  BUNKER (1)  BUTLER (1)  BEES (4)  CAREY (1)  CASTLE (2)  CLARK (1)  CLEALL (1)  CLEMENT (2)  CLEVERLY (1)  CLIFT (8)  COLES (1)  COLE (1)  COOMBS (4)  COTTLE (3)  COX (1)  DAINTON (2)  DAVIS (1)  DICKS (7)  DIXON (9)  DUNNING (5)  DUNSDON (2)  AMES (3)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIS (1)  FELTHAM (1)  FLEMMING (6)  FLETCHER (9)  FORSTER (4)  FRANCIS (2)  FRANCES (4)  FRAPWELL (5)  FREEMAN (5)  FRYER (7)  GABRIEL (1)  GARDINER (2)  GEE (5)  GERRISH (8)  GOODHIND (1)  GREENE (4)  HALL (2)  HAMMOND (1)  HARRIS (1)  HAZELL (1)  HELPS (2)  HENDY (1)  HEYWOOD (1)  HILL (1)  HILLIER (4)  HOLDER (1)  HORTON (1)  HOWE (1)  HUMPHRIES (7)  HUNT (1)  ISAAC (1)  JAMES (2)  JEFFERIES (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEE (6)  LEWIS (2)  LIPPIATT (1)  MC MAHON (1)  MALCOMBER (5)  MARCHANT (7)  MASSI (1)  MANNERS (1)  COLLINGS (1)  MEAD (1)  MILES (4)  MILLET (6)  MILLS (5)  MINES (3)  MITCHELL (1)  MITCHEL (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (8)  MOULD (1)  MUMBER (1)  MUNDAY (1)  MUNDY (1)  NEAL (1)  NEWMAN (3)  PASQUET (1)  PEARCE (1)  PERRY (6)  PICKERING (1)  PICKFORD (2)  POOLE (3)  PORCH (1)  PORTER (1)  POTTER (1)  PURNELL (1)  READ (2)  ROBARTS (1)  ROSE (23)  RUSSEL (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SCOTT (3)  SMITH (24)  SMYTHE (2)  SPUR (1)  STEVENS (2)  TALBOT (1)  TANNER (2)  TAYLOR (3)  TEESDALE (1)  TERRY (1)  THRING (1)  TILLEY (1)  TITMARSH (7)  UDELL (1)  VINING (2)  WALL (1)  WARDALE (1)  WARRY (1)  WATTS (3)  WESTON (5)  WHITAKER (1)  WHITTAKER (4)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (4)  WILLIS (3)  WILSON (3)  WINGROVE (1)  WITHERS (9)  YOUNGHUSBAND (2)