Top surnames from the 1881 census in Locking, Somerset

Locking 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
PALMER118.730274.07
CAVILL86.34922,000.00
PARSONS64.761962.70
STARKS53.96834,545.45
DAY53.968342.16
STAGG43.1746476.19
CHAPLIN43.1746220.99
SALMON32.3810104.53
PIKE32.381081.97
MESSENGER32.3810309.28
BLACKMORE32.3810165.75
BURGE32.3810329.67
JONES32.38102.10
BARRETT21.587323.64
RAINS21.5873952.38
WILSON21.58733.46
BRYANT10.793718.59
DICKINSON10.793718.59
CURRY10.793755.56
CLAVEY10.79372,500.00
WHITE10.79372.47
HAYDON10.7937126.58
DICKENSON10.793752.36
ROWE10.793713.97
COX10.79375.24
CHICK10.7937144.93
LUKE10.793781.30
WELLS10.79379.54
FEAR10.7937178.57
BISHOP10.793711.36
SOPER10.7937128.21
COLE10.79378.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STARKS0.131264545.4545
CLAVEY0.131262500.0000
CAVILL0.131262000.0000
RAINS0.13126952.3810
STAGG0.13126476.1905
BURGE0.13126329.6703
MESSENGER0.13126309.2784
CHAPLIN0.13126220.9945
FEAR0.13126178.5714
BLACKMORE0.13126165.7459
CHICK0.13126144.9275
SOPER0.13126128.2051
HAYDON0.13126126.5823
SALMON0.13126104.5296
PIKE0.1312681.9672
LUKE0.1312681.3008
PALMER0.1312674.0741
PARSONS0.1312662.6959
CURRY0.1312655.5556
DICKENSON0.1312652.3560
DAY0.1312642.1585
BARRETT0.1312623.6407
BRYANT0.1312618.5874
DICKINSON0.1312618.5874
ROWE0.1312613.9665
BISHOP0.1312611.3636
WELLS0.131269.5420
COLE0.131268.7108
COX0.131265.2356
WILSON0.131263.4560
WHITE0.131262.4691
JONES0.131262.1023

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 126 people called STARKS in Locking 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 4545.4545 in Locking means that 4545.4545% of the people in Locking on census day were called STARKS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STARKS 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 STARKS 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 STARKS 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 STARKS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Locking means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STARKS in Locking than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Locking in 1881

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

BARRETT (2)  BISDEE (2)  BISHOP (1)  BLACKMORE (3)  BRYANT (1)  BURGE (3)  CAVILL (8)  CHAPLIN (4)  CHEDZOY (1)  CHICK (1)  CHORVLA (1)  CLAVEY (1)  CLIFTON MOGG (6)  CLOTHER (1)  COLE (1)  COOME (1)  COX (1)  CURRY (1)  DAY (5)  DEMACH (4)  DICKINSON (1)  DICKENSON (1)  FEAR (1)  GLIMSTED (10)  GUNNINGHAM (1)  HAYDON (1)  HUCKER (7)  JONES (3)  KNIBBS (1)  LUKE (1)  MESSENGER (3)  PALMER (11)  PARSONS (6)  PIKE (3)  PRIDDLE (3)  RAINS (2)  ROWE (1)  SALMON (3)  SOPER (1)  STAGG (4)  STARKS (5)  STARK (STARKS) (2)  WELLS (1)  WHITE (1)  WYLD (3)  WILSON (2)