Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kilmington, Somerset

Kilmington 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
LAPHAM408.29888,163.27
HERRINGTON204.14941,104.97
EDWARDS183.734413.40
GRAY163.319523.25
SMITH153.11202.20
BISHOP142.904641.57
DAVIS142.904613.22
STRIDE142.9046823.53
HOWELL132.697163.98
BRIXEY112.28225,500.00
BIRD112.282229.87
PRINCE102.074791.74
MILLS91.867214.40
MARSHALL91.867211.13
HARDING91.867225.80
STONE81.659822.96
GAISFORD81.65981,666.67
HORRELL71.4523933.33
LUSH71.4523362.69
COOMBS71.452385.89
CREESE71.4523864.20
WHITMORE61.2448141.84
SHELL61.2448594.06
RUSS61.2448461.54
COOK61.24486.27
PIKE61.244842.83
SMART51.037322.78
GASCOIGNE51.0373225.23
MARKEY51.0373581.40
FRANCIS51.037317.42
CANNON51.037357.27
HUGHES51.03733.70
HOOPER51.037324.50
CARPENTER51.037330.25
DUNFORD51.0373171.82
NEWTON40.829910.83
WARBURTON40.829933.64
JEFFERY30.622428.65
WELCH30.622417.70
HAINES30.622426.88
SIMS30.622420.76
REEVES30.622415.20
CLARK30.62242.07
DOMAN30.6224666.67
WHITE30.62241.94
HEAD30.622425.58
FLICKER30.62241,578.95
GREEN20.41491.47
DAWSON20.41493.76
COWARD20.414936.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAPHAM0.484828163.2653
BRIXEY0.484825500.0000
GAISFORD0.484821666.6667
FLICKER0.484821578.9474
HERRINGTON0.484821104.9724
JEW0.48482952.3810
HORRELL0.48482933.3333
CREESE0.48482864.1975
STRIDE0.48482823.5294
DOMAN0.48482666.6667
SHELL0.48482594.0594
MARKEY0.48482581.3953
RUSS0.48482461.5385
LUSH0.48482362.6943
SAWTELL0.48482277.7778
GASCOIGNE0.48482225.2252
DUNFORD0.48482171.8213
MOORS0.48482168.0672
WHITMORE0.48482141.8440
FELTHAM0.4848294.3396
PRINCE0.4848291.7431
COOMBS0.4848285.8896
HOWELL0.4848263.9764
CANNON0.4848257.2738
DOWDING0.4848248.5437
PIKE0.4848242.8266
BISHOP0.4848241.5677
CLEMENT0.4848241.2371
COWARD0.4848236.1664
WARBURTON0.4848233.6417
CARPENTER0.4848230.2480
BIRD0.4848229.8670
JEFFERY0.4848228.6533
HAINES0.4848226.8817
HARDING0.4848225.7954
HEAD0.4848225.5754
HOOPER0.4848224.4978
GRAY0.4848223.2524
STONE0.4848222.9621
SMART0.4848222.7790
PITMAN0.4848222.7273
RICKETTS0.4848221.3675
SIMS0.4848220.7612
GARRETT0.4848218.2815
ANSELL0.4848217.9533
WELCH0.4848217.6991
BURT0.4848217.4672
FRANCIS0.4848217.4155
REEVES0.4848215.1976
MILLS0.4848214.3977

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 482 people called LAPHAM in Kilmington 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 8163.2653 in Kilmington means that 8163.2653% of the people in Kilmington on census day were called LAPHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAPHAM 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 LAPHAM 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 LAPHAM 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 LAPHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.48 in Kilmington means that you are 0.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAPHAM in Kilmington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kilmington in 1881

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

ABERY (2)  ANSELL (1)  BEALING (16)  BIRD (11)  BISHOP (14)  BRIXEY (11)  BURT (2)  BOURTON (1)  CANNON (5)  CARPENTER (5)  CLARK (3)  CLEMENT (2)  COOK (6)  COOMBS (7)  COWARD (2)  CREESE (7)  DARKNELL (8)  DAVIS (14)  DAWSON (2)  DOMAN (3)  DOWDING (1)  DUNFORD (5)  EDWARDS (18)  FELTHAM (2)  FLICKER (3)  FORD (2)  FRANCIS (5)  GAISFORD (8)  GARRETT (2)  GASCOIGNE (5)  GASCOYNE (3)  GATEHOUSE (1)  GODDARD (1)  GRAY (16)  GREEN (2)  GREGORY (2)  GULLIFORD (2)  HARDING (9)  HERRINGTON (20)  HARRIS (1)  HAINES (3)  HAYWARD (1)  HEAD (3)  HILL (1)  HOOPER (5)  HORRELL (7)  HOWELL (13)  HUGHES (5)  INGS OR INGES (4)  JARVIS (1)  JEFFERY (3)  JEW (2)  JOHN (1)  LAPHAM (40)  LONG (1)  LORD (1)  LUCAS (1)  LUSH (7)  MARKEY (5)  MARSHALL (9)  MILES (2)  MILLS (9)  MOORS (2)  MOUNTY OR MOWETY (6)  NEWTON (4)  PHRIPP (3)  PIKE (6)  PITMAN (1)  PRINCE (10)  RADMORE (1)  REEVES (3)  READ (1)  RICKETTS (1)  RUSS (6)  RYALL (5)  SAWTELL (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHELL (6)  SIMS (3)  SMART (5)  SMITH (15)  STONE (8)  STRIDE (14)  TABOUR (2)  TRIMBY (6)  VIGAR (1)  WARBURTON (4)  WELCH (3)  WHITE (3)  WHITMORE (6)  WITMORE (1) 

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