Top surnames from the 1881 census in Puckington, Somerset

Puckington 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
WOODLAND3515.28383,017.24
VILE2410.48036,153.85
BRIDGE135.6769280.17
OLD125.24021,290.32
GUMMER114.80353,928.57
CLARKE104.366821.55
WELCH93.9301111.80
MEAD93.9301168.54
TAYLOR73.05684.78
BULLEN62.6201246.91
ALLAN62.620141.72
SAVIDGE52.18341,666.67
BOND41.746733.00
ENGLAND41.746784.75
FOX31.310014.11
ELIOTT31.31001,250.00
WHITE31.31004.08
LYE31.3100483.87
VIRGO20.8734338.98
SLOCOMBE20.8734273.97
REASON20.8734298.51
DRAYTON20.8734246.91
KELLY20.87347.97
DENMAN20.8734196.08
BAILEY10.43672.90
ALEXANDER10.43678.25
PHILIPS10.436723.58
MOLE10.436756.18
LAWRENCE10.43676.72
ALLEN10.43672.31
PAGE10.43675.46
BEYNON10.436760.98
SHAW10.43672.38
GILLARD10.436750.25
PRINCE10.436719.31
ELLIOTT10.43675.15
WATTS10.43675.21
HARWOOD10.436716.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VILE0.232296153.8462
GUMMER0.232293928.5714
WOODLAND0.232293017.2414
SAVIDGE0.232291666.6667
OLD0.232291290.3226
ELIOTT0.232291250.0000
LYE0.23229483.8710
VIRGO0.23229338.9831
REASON0.23229298.5075
BRIDGE0.23229280.1724
SLOCOMBE0.23229273.9726
BULLEN0.23229246.9136
DRAYTON0.23229246.9136
DENMAN0.23229196.0784
MEAD0.23229168.5393
WELCH0.23229111.8012
ENGLAND0.2322984.7458
BEYNON0.2322960.9756
MOLE0.2322956.1798
GILLARD0.2322950.2513
ALLAN0.2322941.7246
BOND0.2322933.0033
PHILIPS0.2322923.5849
CLARKE0.2322921.5517
PRINCE0.2322919.3050
HARWOOD0.2322916.3132
FOX0.2322914.1110
ALEXANDER0.232298.2508
KELLY0.232297.9745
LAWRENCE0.232296.7249
PAGE0.232295.4615
WATTS0.232295.2083
ELLIOTT0.232295.1467
TAYLOR0.232294.7798
WHITE0.232294.0755
BAILEY0.232292.8994
SHAW0.232292.3770
ALLEN0.232292.3116

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 229 people called VILE in Puckington 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 6153.8462 in Puckington means that 6153.8462% of the people in Puckington on census day were called VILE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VILE 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 VILE 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 VILE 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 VILE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Puckington means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VILE in Puckington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Puckington in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ALLAN (6)  ALLEN (1)  BAILEY (1)  BEYNON (1)  BOND (4)  BRIDGE (13)  BULLEN (6)  CLARKE (10)  DENMAN (2)  DRAYTON (2)  EALES (1)  ELIOTT (3)  ELLIOTT (1)  ENGLAND (4)  FOX (3)  GILLARD (1)  GULLARD (1)  GUMMER (11)  HARWOOD (1)  HEXT (2)  KELLY (2)  LAWRENCE (1)  LYE (3)  MACPAS (1)  MALE (13)  MEAD (9)  MOLE (1)  OLD (12)  PAGE (1)  PHILIPS (1)  PRIDDLE (8)  PRINCE (1)  REASON (2)  ROWSEL (8)  SAVIDGE (5)  SHAW (1)  SLOCOMBE (2)  TAYLOR (7)  TRATT (2)  VILE (24)  VIRGO (2)  WATTS (1)  WELCH (9)  WHITE (3)  WOODLAND (35)