Top surnames from the 1881 census in Limington, Somerset

Limington 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
COX279.121660.19
ELFORD196.41892,111.11
PITT144.7297221.52
SMITH134.39193.11
MEAKER124.05414,800.00
SLY124.05411,071.43
STUCKEY103.37841,492.54
RENDELL93.0405725.81
FIELD82.702754.31
TUCKER72.364942.74
WAKE72.3649294.12
HAWKER62.0270264.32
ORCHARD62.0270190.48
LUCAS62.027043.83
HOCKEY62.0270666.67
CAREY62.0270107.53
WILMOTT51.6892500.00
BARRETT51.689225.15
HOWE51.689243.03
BARTLETT41.351430.86
ENGLAND41.351465.57
ASHMAN41.3514208.33
FARR41.351490.91
HARDIMAN41.3514459.77
BARNES41.351411.23
GIBSON41.351411.13
SAUNDERS31.013511.05
BRAKE31.0135416.67
MARTIN31.01354.11
HALLETT20.675754.95
MOORE20.67573.38
GARD20.6757263.16
RENDALL20.6757127.39
WHITE20.67572.10
EVANS20.67571.55
RODGERS20.675724.69
KNIGHT10.33782.74
PENNY10.337818.98
CAREW10.3378357.14
BOWDITCH10.3378135.14
LUXTON10.337876.34
ROW10.337865.79
COOK10.33781.70
GOODWIN10.33786.41
BROCK10.337829.07
FIELDING10.337815.13
BOLLEN10.3378294.12
WOOD10.33781.06
DAY10.33783.59
HANN10.337874.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MEAKER0.302964800.0000
ELFORD0.302962111.1111
STUCKEY0.302961492.5373
SLY0.302961071.4286
RENDELL0.30296725.8065
HOCKEY0.30296666.6667
WILMOTT0.30296500.0000
HARDIMAN0.30296459.7701
BRAKE0.30296416.6667
SNOOKS0.30296384.6154
CAREW0.30296357.1429
WAKE0.30296294.1176
BOLLEN0.30296294.1176
HAWKER0.30296264.3172
GARD0.30296263.1579
PITT0.30296221.5190
ASHMAN0.30296208.3333
ORCHARD0.30296190.4762
BOWDITCH0.30296135.1351
RENDALL0.30296127.3885
CAREY0.30296107.5269
FARR0.3029690.9091
NEWBERRY0.3029682.6446
LUXTON0.3029676.3359
HANN0.3029674.0741
ROW0.3029665.7895
ENGLAND0.3029665.5738
COX0.3029660.1872
HALLETT0.3029654.9451
FIELD0.3029654.3109
LUCAS0.3029643.8276
HOWE0.3029643.0293
TUCKER0.3029642.7350
BARTLETT0.3029630.8642
BROCK0.3029629.0698
BARRETT0.3029625.1509
RODGERS0.3029624.6914
PENNY0.3029618.9753
FIELDING0.3029615.1286
BARNES0.3029611.2265
GIBSON0.3029611.1328
SAUNDERS0.3029611.0497
GOODWIN0.302966.4103
MARTIN0.302964.1141
DAY0.302963.5881
MOORE0.302963.3789
SMITH0.302963.1105
KNIGHT0.302962.7405
WHITE0.302962.1019
COOK0.302961.7007

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 296 people called MEAKER in Limington 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 4800.0000 in Limington means that 4800.0000% of the people in Limington on census day were called MEAKER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MEAKER 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 MEAKER 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 MEAKER 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 MEAKER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Limington means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MEAKER in Limington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Limington in 1881

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

ASHMAN (4)  BARNES (4)  BARRETT (5)  BARTLETT (4)  BOLLEN (1)  BOLLEW (1)  BOWDITCH (1)  BRAKE (3)  BROCK (1)  CAREY (6)  COLBORNE (1)  COOK (1)  COX (27)  CULLIFORD (1)  DAY (1)  ELFORD (19)  ENGLAND (4)  EVANS (2)  FARR (4)  FIELD (8)  FIELDING (1)  GARD (2)  GIBSON (4)  GOODWIN (1)  HALLETT (2)  HANN (1)  HARDIMAN (4)  HAWKER (6)  HIRLE (1)  HOCKEY (6)  HOWE (5)  GEPP (1)  CAREW (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LUCAS (6)  LUXTON (1)  MEAKER (12)  MARTIN (3)  MOORE (2)  MOUCHTON (1)  NAPSON (11)  NEWBERRY (1)  OMASLE (1)  ORCHARD (6)  PENNY (1)  PITT (14)  RENDELL (9)  RENDALL (2)  RODGERS (2)  ROW (1)  RAOLINS (8)  SAUNDERS (3)  SHERSTON (5)  SLY (12)  SMITH (13)  SNOOKS (1)  STUCKEY (10)  TEISTRESBURY (?) (3)  TEWKESBURY (3)  TUCKER (7)  WAKE (7)  WITCOMB (9)  WHITE (2)  WILMOTT (5)  WOOD (1) 

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