Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holford, Somerset

Holford 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
WELSH159.5541241.16
PALMER95.732548.62
BERRYMAN85.0955919.54
HILL85.095520.01
FORD74.458645.78
SHORT74.4586114.19
VENN63.8217845.07
BRYANT53.184774.52
BROWNING53.1847156.25
ANDREWS42.547826.60
ROWE42.547844.84
COURT42.5478200.00
PRENTICE42.5478216.22
COLES42.547873.13
WILLIAMS42.54783.55
STROUD31.9108185.19
LANE31.910827.73
CHILCOTT31.9108638.30
JONES31.91081.69
WEBBER21.273941.67
HANSFORD21.2739259.74
BAKER21.27395.81
GODBY21.27391,818.18
DINHAM21.27391,176.47
WOOLEY21.2739200.00
HAYMAN10.636983.33
MAY10.636910.01
WITHERS10.636938.91
HOBBS10.636917.48
BARROWS10.6369256.41
SMITH10.63690.45
FARTHING10.6369120.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GODBY0.161571818.1818
DINHAM0.161571176.4706
BERRYMAN0.16157919.5402
VENN0.16157845.0704
CHILCOTT0.16157638.2979
HANSFORD0.16157259.7403
BARROWS0.16157256.4103
WELSH0.16157241.1576
PRENTICE0.16157216.2162
COURT0.16157200.0000
WOOLEY0.16157200.0000
STROUD0.16157185.1852
BROWNING0.16157156.2500
FARTHING0.16157120.4819
SHORT0.16157114.1925
HAYMAN0.1615783.3333
BRYANT0.1615774.5156
COLES0.1615773.1261
PALMER0.1615748.6224
FORD0.1615745.7816
ROWE0.1615744.8430
WEBBER0.1615741.6667
WITHERS0.1615738.9105
LANE0.1615727.7264
ANDREWS0.1615726.5957
HILL0.1615720.0050
HOBBS0.1615717.4825
MAY0.1615710.0100
BAKER0.161575.8140
WILLIAMS0.161573.5467
JONES0.161571.6872
SMITH0.161570.4511

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 157 people called GODBY in Holford 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 1818.1818 in Holford means that 1818.1818% of the people in Holford on census day were called GODBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GODBY 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 GODBY 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 GODBY 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 GODBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Holford means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GODBY in Holford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holford in 1881

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

ANDREWS (4)  BAKER (2)  BERRYMAN (8)  BIFFEN (1)  BROWNING (5)  BRYANT (5)  BARROWS (1)  BYART (1)  CHILCOTT (3)  COLES (4)  COURT (4)  DATE (1)  DINHAM (2)  DUDDRIDGE (1)  EVERED (2)  FARTHING (1)  FLEAY (1)  FORD (7)  GODBY (2)  GREED (1)  HAYMAN (1)  HANSFORD (2)  HILL (8)  HOBBS (1)  JONES (3)  KEWER (5)  LANE (3)  MAY (1)  NETHEY (5)  PALFREY (1)  PALMER (9)  PRENTICE (4)  ROWE (4)  SCRIBBINS (4)  SHORT (7)  SMITH (1)  STROUD (3)  TUCKFIELD (8)  VENN (6)  WEBBER (2)  WHEDDON (1)  WELSH (15)  WILLIAMS (4)  WITHERS (1)  WOOLEY (2) 

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