Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sandford Orcas, Somerset

Sandford Orcas 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
LEGG155.8824356.29
MARTIN124.705919.10
CROFTS114.3137533.98
SMITH103.92162.78
BISHOP103.921656.12
DOWN93.5294294.12
ADAMS83.137321.29
HAGGETT83.13732,105.26
BROWN83.13734.76
PENNY72.7451154.19
COOK72.745113.82
BRINE72.7451897.44
HAMMOND72.745148.21
STACEY72.7451122.38
WHITELOCK62.3529821.92
SNOOK51.9608277.78
MARKS51.960895.79
NEALE51.960882.64
GILLINGHAM51.9608438.60
WHITEMORE51.96083,333.33
MITCHELL41.56867.73
PICKFORD41.5686192.31
DODD41.568638.57
OSMOND31.1765260.87
WAKELY31.1765714.29
IRELAND31.176550.68
BEATON20.784368.26
HUTCHINGS20.784341.75
MORRIS20.78433.52
FRY20.784324.48
BARTER20.7843142.86
NORTHAM20.7843425.53
LONGMAN20.7843155.04
FOOT20.784379.05
CROFT20.784333.22
ROGERS20.78436.04
CHISMAN20.78431,250.00
WESTON10.39229.62
DARK10.3922108.70
HARDY10.39226.55
RAYMOND10.392268.03
CHILDES10.39221,666.67
POOLE10.39228.14
PARKER10.39222.06
HODGES10.392213.37
COLLINS10.39222.73
GRIFFEN10.3922120.48
PUGSLEY10.3922126.58
BURT10.392216.50
WHITE10.39221.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHITEMORE0.262553333.3333
HAGGETT0.262552105.2632
CHILDES0.262551666.6667
CHISMAN0.262551250.0000
BRINE0.26255897.4359
WHITELOCK0.26255821.9178
WAKELY0.26255714.2857
CROFTS0.26255533.9806
GILLINGHAM0.26255438.5965
NORTHAM0.26255425.5319
LEGG0.26255356.2945
DOWN0.26255294.1176
SNOOK0.26255277.7778
OSMOND0.26255260.8696
PICKFORD0.26255192.3077
LONGMAN0.26255155.0388
PENNY0.26255154.1850
BARTER0.26255142.8571
PUGSLEY0.26255126.5823
STACEY0.26255122.3776
GRIFFEN0.26255120.4819
DARK0.26255108.6957
MARKS0.2625595.7854
BANFIELD0.2625585.4701
NEALE0.2625582.6446
FOOT0.2625579.0514
BEATON0.2625568.2594
RAYMOND0.2625568.0272
BISHOP0.2625556.1167
HENLEY0.2625551.2821
IRELAND0.2625550.6757
HAMMOND0.2625548.2094
HUTCHINGS0.2625541.7537
DODD0.2625538.5728
CROFT0.2625533.2226
HALLETT0.2625531.8471
FRY0.2625524.4798
ADAMS0.2625521.2879
MARTIN0.2625519.1022
BURT0.2625516.5017
COOK0.2625513.8203
LOCK0.2625513.7741
HODGES0.2625513.3690
PARK0.2625512.6582
WESTON0.262559.6154
POOLE0.262558.1367
MITCHELL0.262557.7325
HARDY0.262556.5488
ROGERS0.262556.0405
BROWN0.262554.7591

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 255 people called WHITEMORE in Sandford Orcas 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 3333.3333 in Sandford Orcas means that 3333.3333% of the people in Sandford Orcas on census day were called WHITEMORE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHITEMORE 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 WHITEMORE 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 WHITEMORE 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 WHITEMORE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Sandford Orcas means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHITEMORE in Sandford Orcas than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sandford Orcas in 1881

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

ADAMS (8)  ANSTY (4)  BANFIELD (1)  BARTER (2)  BEATON (2)  BISHOP (10)  BRINE (7)  BROWN (8)  BURT (1)  CHILDES (1)  CHISMAN (2)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (7)  CORFE (2)  CRANTON (7)  CROFT (2)  CROFTS (11)  DARK (1)  DODD (4)  DOWN (9)  ELLIS (1)  ESDAILE (2)  FOOT (2)  FRY (2)  GILLINGHAM (5)  GRIFFEN (1)  GURNETTS (2)  HAGGETT (8)  HALLETT (1)  HAMMOND (7)  HARDY (1)  HENLEY (1)  HODGES (1)  HUTCHINGS (2)  IRELAND (3)  LEGG (15)  LINNINGTON (1)  LOCK (1)  LONGMAN (2)  MAIDMENT (9)  MARKS (5)  MARTIN (12)  MILDEN (2)  MITCHELL (4)  MORRIS (2)  NEALE (5)  NORTHAM (2)  OSMOND (3)  PARK (1)  PARKER (1)  PENNY (7)  PICKFORD (4)  POOLE (1)  PRICE (1)  PUGSLEY (1)  RAYMOND (1)  ROGERS (2)  RYALL (3)  SMITH (10)  SNOOK (5)  STACEY (7)  TRAVE (3)  WAKELY (3)  WESTON (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITELOCK (6)  WHITEMORE (5)