Top surnames from the 1881 census in Langridge, Somerset

Langridge 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
BENNETT78.750053.23
JONES78.75007.73
PRITCHARD78.7500162.41
GUNNING56.25001,724.14
WRIGHT33.750011.69
KNIGHT33.750030.43
SHIPTON22.5000606.06
GRANT11.250012.59
STONE11.250017.30
LYE11.2500454.55
WAREHAM11.2500222.22
TAUNTON11.25001,111.11
DAVIS11.25005.69
SOUTHCOTT11.2500714.29
LANE11.250018.15
WAKEFIELD11.250069.93
SURMAN11.2500555.56
COX11.25008.25
SMITH11.25000.89
PALMER11.250010.60
TRICKEY11.2500909.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GUNNING0.08801724.1379
TAUNTON0.08801111.1111
TRICKEY0.0880909.0909
SOUTHCOTT0.0880714.2857
SHIPTON0.0880606.0606
SURMAN0.0880555.5556
LYE0.0880454.5455
WAREHAM0.0880222.2222
PRITCHARD0.0880162.4130
WAKEFIELD0.088069.9301
BENNETT0.088053.2319
KNIGHT0.088030.4260
LANE0.088018.1488
STONE0.088017.3010
GRANT0.088012.5945
WRIGHT0.088011.6913
PALMER0.088010.6045
COX0.08808.2508
JONES0.08807.7263
DAVIS0.08805.6883
SMITH0.08800.8853

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 80 people called GUNNING in Langridge 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 1724.1379 in Langridge means that 1724.1379% of the people in Langridge on census day were called GUNNING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GUNNING 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 GUNNING 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 GUNNING 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 GUNNING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Langridge means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GUNNING in Langridge than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Langridge in 1881

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

ALWOSP (1)  BENNETT (7)  COX (1)  DANUCEY (2)  DAVIS (1)  DIMINT (4)  GRANT (1)  GUNNING (5)  JONES (7)  KNIGHT (3)  LANE (1)  LYE (1)  MORRES (13)  NENDLE (1)  NOAD (7)  NORGATE (1)  PALMER (1)  PRITCHARD (7)  SHIPTON (2)  SMITH (1)  SOUTHCOTT (1)  STONE (1)  SURMAN (1)  TAUNTON (1)  TRICKEY (1)  TRIGGER (1)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WAREHAM (1)  WINSTONE (2)  WRIGHT (3) 

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