Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cossington, Somerset

Cossington 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
MOGG177.45613,148.15
HOUSE125.2632404.04
VOWLES104.3860909.09
BARTLETT93.947490.18
AMES83.5088509.55
PEPPARD83.508826,666.67
LEE73.070218.79
LEIGH73.0702133.33
HALLETT73.0702249.11
WHEADON52.19302,173.91
TILLEY52.1930167.22
DUNN52.193026.37
FRY52.193068.49
LEGG52.1930132.98
ROE41.754490.09
SPARKS41.7544115.94
SLOCOMBE41.7544547.95
CORAM41.75441,379.31
GORE41.7544155.64
MEAKER41.75442,105.26
CROSSMAN31.3158400.00
REYNOLDS31.315815.19
TURNER31.31584.73
CROSS31.315819.12
COOMBS31.315877.92
STOCK20.877270.42
BARNET20.8772183.49
SAUNDERS20.87729.56
THORNE20.877241.58
STAGG20.8772131.58
PITTS20.877285.47
THOMAS20.87722.13
GIBSON20.87727.23
SMART10.43869.63
LIGHTS10.438610,000.00
FOWLER10.43867.68
SELLARS10.438670.92
HARDING10.43866.06
COX10.43862.89
PRATT10.43867.63
GRAHAM10.43863.82
COLE10.43864.81
FISHER10.43863.75
KNIGHT10.43863.56
HARDIN10.43861,428.57
SMITHER10.4386400.00
BORUM10.4386
FRENCH10.43868.98
SHARMAN10.438631.85
ANDREWS10.43864.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PEPPARD0.2322826666.6667
LIGHTS0.2322810000.0000
MOGG0.232283148.1481
WHEADON0.232282173.9130
MEAKER0.232282105.2632
HARDIN0.232281428.5714
CORAM0.232281379.3103
VOWLES0.23228909.0909
SLOCOMBE0.23228547.9452
AMES0.23228509.5541
HOUSE0.23228404.0404
CROSSMAN0.23228400.0000
SMITHER0.23228400.0000
DUNSTON0.23228322.5806
HALLETT0.23228249.1103
RUGG0.23228227.2727
BARNET0.23228183.4862
TILLEY0.23228167.2241
GORE0.23228155.6420
LEIGH0.23228133.3333
LEGG0.23228132.9787
STAGG0.23228131.5789
SPARKS0.23228115.9420
BARTLETT0.2322890.1804
ROE0.2322890.0901
PITTS0.2322885.4701
SPRATT0.2322878.7402
COOMBS0.2322877.9221
SELLARS0.2322870.9220
STOCK0.2322870.4225
FRY0.2322868.4932
THORNE0.2322841.5800
PRIEST0.2322833.4448
SHARMAN0.2322831.8471
DUNN0.2322826.3713
CROSS0.2322819.1205
LEE0.2322818.7869
REYNOLDS0.2322815.1899
SMART0.232289.6339
SAUNDERS0.232289.5648
FRENCH0.232288.9847
FOWLER0.232287.6805
PRATT0.232287.6336
GIBSON0.232287.2254
HARDING0.232286.0606
COLE0.232284.8146
TURNER0.232284.7266
ANDREWS0.232284.5767
GRAHAM0.232283.8197
FISHER0.232283.7467

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 228 people called PEPPARD in Cossington 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 26666.6667 in Cossington means that 26666.6667% of the people in Cossington on census day were called PEPPARD.

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

All the surnames recorded in Cossington in 1881

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

ANDREWS (1)  BORUM (1)  BARNET (2)  BARTLETT (9)  BRAINLEY (2)  BRODERIP (5)  COLE (1)  COLNET (2)  COOMBS (3)  CORAM (4)  COX (1)  CROSS (3)  CROSSMAN (3)  DOWDON (1)  DUNN (5)  DUNSTON (1)  DUNSTONE (9)  AMES (8)  FISHER (1)  FOWLER (1)  FRENCH (1)  FRY (5)  GATTER (1)  GIBSON (2)  GORE (4)  GRAHAM (1)  HALLETT (7)  HARDING (1)  HARDIN (1)  HOUSE (12)  KNIGHT (1)  LEACOKE (1)  LEE (7)  LEIGH (7)  LEGG (5)  LIGHTS (1)  LINHAM (1)  MEAKER (4)  MOGG (17)  PEPPARD (8)  PERRAM (5)  PITTS (2)  PRATT (1)  PRIEST (1)  REYNOLDS (3)  ROE (4)  RUGG (1)  SAUNDERS (2)  SELLARS (1)  SHARMAN (1)  SLOCOMBE (4)  SMART (1)  SMITHER (1)  SPARKS (4)  SPRATT (1)  STAGG (2)  STOCK (2)  TAGFORD (1)  THOMAS (2)  THORNE (2)  TILLEY (5)  TURNER (3)  THYER (4)  UNWIN (7)  VIGERS (3)  VOWLES (10)  WHEADON (5) 

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