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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Horsington, Somerset

Horsington 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
PARSONS324.266756.16
SHEPPARD283.7333107.78
KNIGHT253.333327.04
HALLETT222.9333238.35
HANNAM212.8000913.04
WADMAN182.40002,250.00
RAYMOND182.4000415.70
GODFREY152.000067.45
COLLIS141.8667180.65
HICKS131.733341.41
FOX131.733318.67
PERRETT131.7333346.67
HISCOCK131.7333235.93
MASON121.600011.90
DAVIS121.60007.28
MARTIN111.46675.95
PENNY101.333374.91
BURT101.333356.15
SMITH101.33330.94
IMBER91.20001,800.00
LUFFMAN91.20001,084.34
RODD91.2000769.23
PERRY91.200016.32
HINKS81.0667262.30
WEARE81.0667615.38
FOOT81.0667107.67
HUTTON81.066735.71
DYKE81.0667107.53
SHEPHERD81.066714.56
MEAD70.933340.05
LAMB70.933317.69
HOLLIS60.800057.80
KING60.80003.67
HYDE60.800026.01
CORP60.8000722.89
HOLLY60.8000319.15
COLES60.800022.96
DOVE60.800069.93
SMART60.800017.57
DAY60.80008.50
POPE60.800023.21
CROWFORD60.80003,157.89
HAZARD50.6667387.60
PITTMAN50.6667271.74
ROWDEN50.6667277.78
HERRIDGE50.6667236.97
KINGSBURY50.6667294.12
COX40.53333.52
TARR40.5333146.52
JENKINS40.53334.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CROWFORD0.757503157.8947
WADMAN0.757502250.0000
IMBER0.757501800.0000
SERRELL0.757501111.1111
LUFFMAN0.757501084.3373
HANNAM0.75750913.0435
BULGIN0.75750888.8889
SHARLEY0.75750833.3333
RODD0.75750769.2308
CORP0.75750722.8916
MEARES0.75750625.0000
WEARE0.75750615.3846
MOGER0.75750491.8033
RAYMOND0.75750415.7044
HAZARD0.75750387.5969
PERRETT0.75750346.6667
HOLLY0.75750319.1489
KINGSBURY0.75750294.1176
ROWDEN0.75750277.7778
PITTMAN0.75750271.7391
HINKS0.75750262.2951
HALLETT0.75750238.3532
HERRIDGE0.75750236.9668
HISCOCK0.75750235.9347
KEOUGH0.75750192.3077
COLLIS0.75750180.6452
RIDDICK0.75750162.6016
VILE0.75750155.0388
TARR0.75750146.5201
EVELEIGH0.75750143.5407
FORWARD0.75750142.8571
HOCKEY0.75750131.5789
SHEPPARD0.75750107.7752
FOOT0.75750107.6716
DYKE0.75750107.5269
MYALL0.75750106.3830
LONGMAN0.75750105.5409
HOWSE0.75750103.4483
DOWDING0.7575093.4579
TERRELL0.7575079.3651
BURRIDGE0.7575078.5855
PENNY0.7575074.9064
DOVE0.7575069.9301
GODFREY0.7575067.4460
WICKHAM0.7575059.1716
PITMAN0.7575058.4795
HOLLIS0.7575057.8035
GALPIN0.7575057.8035
PARSONS0.7575056.1601
BURT0.7575056.1482

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 750 people called CROWFORD in Horsington 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 3157.8947 in Horsington means that 3157.8947% of the people in Horsington on census day were called CROWFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CROWFORD 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 CROWFORD 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 CROWFORD 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 CROWFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.75 in Horsington means that you are 0.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CROWFORD in Horsington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Horsington in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  BAGLEY (2)  BAILWARD (1)  BAKER (1)  BATTEN (2)  BEATON (2)  BELBEN (1)  BELGIN (1)  BIGGIN (2)  BEWSEY (3)  BRIDLE (5)  BROWNING (3)  BULGIN (4)  BURRIDGE (4)  BURT (10)  SHARLEY (2)  CLARKE (3)  COLES (6)  COLLIS (14)  COOMBS (2)  CORP (6)  COX (4)  CRADDOCK (3)  CROWFORD (6)  CROSS (2)  DARSONS (1)  DAVIS (12)  DAVY (3)  DAY (6)  DYKE (8)  DODINGTON (6)  DOVE (6)  DOWDING (3)  EDGE (4)  EVELEIGH (3)  FOOT (8)  FORWARD (3)  FOX (13)  FRAMPTON (1)  FRANCIS (3)  GALPIN (1)  GODDARD (3)  GODFRY (10)  GODFREY (15)  GULLIFORD (5)  HALLETT (22)  HAMBOROUGH (1)  HANN (1)  HANNAM (21)  HAINES (4)  HAYTER (2)  HAZARD (5)  HEADFORD (1)  HERRIDGE (5)  HILBERD (1)  HIBBERD (1)  HICKS (13)  HILL (1)  HILLIAR (21)  HINKS (8)  HISCOCK (13)  HOCKEY (3)  HOLLY (6)  HOLLIS (6)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HORSWORTHY (1)  HOWSE (3)  HUTTON (8)  HYDE (6)  IMBER (9)  JEANS (1)  JENKINS (4)  JONSTON (9)  JONES (4)  KEOUGH (1)  KING (6)  KINGSBURY (5)  KNIGHT (25)  LACY (1)  LAMB (7)  LINTREN (1)  LONGMAN (4)  LUFFMAN (9)  MARTIN (11)  MASON (12)  MAUNDER (1)  MEAD (7)  MYALL (1)  MITCHELL (2)  MOGER (3)  MOORSE (14)  MULLINS (3)  MEARES (2)  NEAL (1)  NICHOLLS (1)  ORGEL (1)  PARKINS (1)  PERRETT (13)  PARSONS (32)  PELL (1)  PENNY (10)  PERRY (9)  PIKE (1)  PITMAN (4)  PITTMAN (5)  POPE (6)  RAYMOND (18)  READER (1)  READ (1)  ROWDEN (5)  ROGERS (2)  ROY (2)  RODD (9)  RIDDICK (2)  SERRELL (2)  SHEPPARD (28)  SHEPHERD (8)  SIMS (1)  SMART (6)  SMITH (10)  STACEY (1)  STREET (1)  SWAFFIELD (2)  TALBOT (1)  TARR (4)  THARLEY (7)  TRIM (1)  TERRELL (1)  UNDERHILL (2)  VOYSEY (8)  VILE (2)  WEARE (8)  WHITE (1)  WICKHAM (3)  WILLETT (2)  WILLIAMS (3)  WITHEY (1)  WADMAN (18)  WAIT (1)  YOUNG (2)