Top surnames from the 1881 census in Podimore Milton, Somerset

Podimore Milton 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
AVERY1920.43011,217.95
MOORS99.67743,913.04
BROWN66.45169.79
PITMAN55.3763588.24
MARTIN44.301117.46
HAYES44.301169.20
PIGOTT44.30111,111.11
FORD33.225833.11
DUMMETT22.15055,000.00
WALTER22.1505140.85
BURKE11.075336.50
GREEN11.07533.82
READ11.075316.67
PICKFORD11.0753131.58
MILES11.075318.21
JEFFREY11.075358.14
COCKRELL11.07531,000.00
PATCH11.0753555.56
BENNETT11.07536.54
MASTERS11.075358.14
WALKER11.07533.21
FIELD11.075321.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DUMMETT0.09935000.0000
MOORS0.09933913.0435
AVERY0.09931217.9487
PIGOTT0.09931111.1111
COCKRELL0.09931000.0000
PITMAN0.0993588.2353
PATCH0.0993555.5556
WALTER0.0993140.8451
PICKFORD0.0993131.5789
HAYES0.099369.2042
MASTERS0.099358.1395
JEFFREY0.099358.1395
BURKE0.099336.4964
FORD0.099333.1126
FIELD0.099321.5983
MILES0.099318.2149
MARTIN0.099317.4596
READ0.099316.6667
BROWN0.09939.7863
BENNETT0.09936.5402
GREEN0.09933.8183
WALKER0.09933.2123

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 93 people called DUMMETT in Podimore Milton 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 Podimore Milton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Podimore Milton on census day were called DUMMETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DUMMETT 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 DUMMETT 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 DUMMETT 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 DUMMETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Podimore Milton means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DUMMETT in Podimore Milton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Podimore Milton in 1881

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

ACREMAN (4)  ANDRUS OR ANDREWS (2)  AVERY (19)  BENNETT (1)  BURKE (1)  BROWN (6)  COCKRELL (1)  DISKETT (2)  DUMMETT (2)  FIELD (1)  FORD (3)  GREEN (1)  HAYES (4)  JEFFREY (1)  MAIDMENT (3)  MARTIN (4)  MASTERS (1)  MILES (1)  MOORS OR MIRRS (6)  MUNCKTON (5)  MOORS (9)  PATCH (1)  PICKFORD (1)  PIGOTT (4)  PITMAN (5)  READ (1)  SAMWAYS (1)  WALKER (1)  WALTER (2)