Top surnames from the 1881 census in Emborough, Somerset

Emborough 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
YOUNG1910.674249.69
PONTING137.30342,500.00
TARGETT126.74163,428.57
PORTER105.618074.85
BARTLETT95.0562115.38
DURBIN95.05622,647.06
FORD95.056251.90
CHAPPELL73.9326233.33
COLES73.9326112.90
LOXTON63.37082,727.27
SALVAGE63.37083,157.89
FOXWELL63.37081,935.48
PORCH52.80903,125.00
WARE52.8090170.65
CHARD42.2472396.04
SELWAY42.2472833.33
COTTLE42.2472454.55
BAILEY42.247214.92
NORMAN42.247248.48
JAMES42.247211.44
ASHMAN31.6854258.62
HAM31.6854223.88
WEBB21.12368.29
BROWN21.12361.70
ELSON21.1236178.57
BROCK21.123696.62
ROWLAND10.561819.76
MINTY10.5618285.71
BURGE10.561877.52
TUCKER10.561810.15
BENNETT10.56183.42
BAKER10.56182.56
REEVES10.561813.72
GILSON10.5618181.82
BENNET10.561840.65
BURR10.561869.93
SMART10.561812.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TARGETT0.181783428.5714
SALVAGE0.181783157.8947
PORCH0.181783125.0000
LOXTON0.181782727.2727
DURBIN0.181782647.0588
PONTING0.181782500.0000
FOXWELL0.181781935.4839
SELWAY0.18178833.3333
COTTLE0.18178454.5455
CHARD0.18178396.0396
MINTY0.18178285.7143
ASHMAN0.18178258.6207
CHAPPELL0.18178233.3333
HAM0.18178223.8806
GILSON0.18178181.8182
ELSON0.18178178.5714
WARE0.18178170.6485
BARTLETT0.18178115.3846
COLES0.18178112.9032
BROCK0.1817896.6184
BURGE0.1817877.5194
PORTER0.1817874.8503
BURR0.1817869.9301
FORD0.1817851.9031
YOUNG0.1817849.6862
NORMAN0.1817848.4848
BENNET0.1817840.6504
ROWLAND0.1817819.7628
BAILEY0.1817814.9198
REEVES0.1817813.7174
SMART0.1817812.3457
JAMES0.1817811.4416
TUCKER0.1817810.1523
WEBB0.181788.2884
BENNETT0.181783.4176
BAKER0.181782.5641
BROWN0.181781.7044

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 178 people called TARGETT in Emborough 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 3428.5714 in Emborough means that 3428.5714% of the people in Emborough on census day were called TARGETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TARGETT 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 TARGETT 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 TARGETT 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 TARGETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Emborough means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TARGETT in Emborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Emborough in 1881

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

ASHMAN (3)  BAILEY (4)  BAKER (1)  BARTLETT (9)  BENNET (1)  BENNETT (1)  BROCK (2)  BROWN (2)  BURGE (1)  BURR (1)  CHAPPELL (7)  CHARD (4)  COLES (7)  COTTLE (4)  DURBIN (9)  ELSON (2)  FORD (9)  FOXWELL (6)  GILSON (1)  HAM (3)  JAMES (4)  CURTAIN (3)  LOXTON (6)  MINTY (1)  NORMAN (4)  PONTING (13)  PORCH (5)  PORTER (10)  REEVES (1)  ROWLAND (1)  SALVAGE (6)  SELWAY (4)  SMART (1)  STEEDS (1)  SWITHY (1)  TARGATT (1)  TARGETT (12)  TUCKER (1)  WARE (5)  WEBB (2)  YOUNG (19) 

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