Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lydeard St Lawrence, Somerset

Lydeard St Lawrence 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
SAUNDERS173.219735.10
CRIDDLE173.21971,931.82
HAYES173.219751.78
COLES132.462170.69
STEVENS122.272721.77
HOOPER112.083349.20
BURNETT91.704561.60
REDWOOD91.7045629.37
ALLEN91.70459.02
DAVIS91.70457.76
CROSS81.515222.01
COMER81.5152588.24
BIRD81.515219.83
COLLARD81.5152249.22
HARTNELL71.3258555.56
POOLE71.325827.52
LANG71.325859.47
TURNER71.32584.76
CASWELL71.3258273.44
TAYLOR71.32582.07
KINGS61.1364588.24
MEADE61.1364397.35
BOWERMAN61.1364384.62
BARKER61.13648.68
TULLY61.1364212.01
WESTCOTT61.1364171.92
ALDERMAN50.9470240.38
CREED50.9470170.07
SPRATT50.9470170.07
KING50.94704.35
PAINE50.947068.78
MARTIN50.94703.84
PAYNE50.947010.52
NORMAN50.947020.43
UPHAM50.9470724.64
EMERY40.757634.69
PALMER40.75766.43
WOOD40.75762.38
BURSTON40.7576380.95
COGGAN40.7576449.44
VENN40.7576166.67
WILLIAM40.757688.69
TOUT30.5682337.08
ROGERS30.56824.38
WEBBER30.568218.60
HANCOCK30.568212.49
PERRY30.56827.73
KNIGHT30.56824.61
WOODBERRY30.56821,666.67
BURTON30.56826.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STONG0.5352815000.0000
CRIDDLE0.535281931.8182
WOODBERRY0.535281666.6667
UPHAM0.53528724.6377
REDWOOD0.53528629.3706
KINGS0.53528588.2353
COMER0.53528588.2353
HARTNELL0.53528555.5556
COGGAN0.53528449.4382
MEADE0.53528397.3510
BOWERMAN0.53528384.6154
BURSTON0.53528380.9524
TOUT0.53528337.0787
SARAH0.53528285.7143
CASWELL0.53528273.4375
COLLARD0.53528249.2212
ALDERMAN0.53528240.3846
TULLY0.53528212.0141
WESTCOTT0.53528171.9198
SPRATT0.53528170.0680
CREED0.53528170.0680
VENN0.53528166.6667
BETTY0.53528153.8462
SOUTHWOOD0.53528130.7190
PELLOW0.53528111.1111
CREWS0.53528107.5269
CLAPP0.53528102.0408
WESTERN0.5352890.0901
WILLIAM0.5352888.6918
SELLICK0.5352870.9220
COLES0.5352870.6906
PAINE0.5352868.7758
BURNETT0.5352861.6016
LANG0.5352859.4732
CHORLEY0.5352855.8659
DRAYTON0.5352853.7634
HAYES0.5352851.7819
HOOPER0.5352849.1950
LANGDON0.5352848.7805
GILLARD0.5352843.5730
BLACKMORE0.5352839.4737
SAUNDERS0.5352835.1022
EMERY0.5352834.6921
SIMON0.5352828.8184
POOLE0.5352827.5157
RAWLINGS0.5352825.9067
CROSS0.5352822.0143
STEVENS0.5352821.7707
NORMAN0.5352820.4332
BIRD0.5352819.8265

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 528 people called STONG in Lydeard St Lawrence 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 15000.0000 in Lydeard St Lawrence means that 15000.0000% of the people in Lydeard St Lawrence on census day were called STONG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STONG 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 STONG 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 STONG 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 STONG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Lydeard St Lawrence means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STONG in Lydeard St Lawrence than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lydeard St Lawrence in 1881

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

ALDERMAN (5)  ALLEN (9)  ALLERCOTT (2)  AMERY (15)  APPS (4)  ARTERY (2)  ASHELFORD (5)  BARKER (6)  BATTY (1)  BEFFIN (1)  BELLSINGER (BELL) (6)  BETTY (1)  BIRD (8)  BLACKMORE (3)  BOND (2)  BOWERMAN (6)  BRIDGE (1)  BURNETT (9)  BURSTON (4)  BURTON (3)  CARROT (4)  CARROTT (1)  CASWELL (7)  CHORLEY (1)  CLAPP (2)  COGGAN (4)  COLES (13)  COLLARD (8)  COLLENS (7)  COMER (8)  COOK (1)  COURT (1)  CREED (5)  CRIDDLE (17)  CROSS (8)  CROSSWOOD (11)  CREWS (1)  DAVIS (9)  DRAYTON (1)  EMERY (4)  GAMBLING (2)  GIBB (1)  GILLARD (2)  GOODINGS (4)  GREEDY (8)  GREENSLADE (1)  GUNNINGHAM (3)  GUSH (1)  HALE (1)  HANCOCK (3)  HARMES (6)  HARTNELL (7)  HAWKINS (2)  HAYES (17)  HEMBROW (1)  HILL (2)  HOBBS (2)  HOOPER (11)  HUTCHINGS (1)  JONES (1)  KINGS (6)  KING (5)  KNIGHT (3)  LANG (7)  LANGDON (2)  LEWIS (1)  LOCK (1)  LYDDON (2)  MANNING (2)  MARTIN (5)  MEADE (6)  MURSON (4)  NORMAN (5)  PALMER (4)  PASMORE (1)  PAINE (5)  PAYNE (5)  PEARCE (1)  PELLOW (1)  PERRY (3)  POOLE (7)  REDWOOD (9)  REED (2)  RICHARDS (2)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (3)  RAWLINGS (2)  SARAH (1)  SAUNDERS (17)  SANDERS (1)  SCRATCHLEY (5)  SELLICK (1)  SHATTOCK (3)  SHORNEY (10)  SIMON (1)  SKINNER (1)  SOUTHWOOD (2)  SPRATT (5)  STACEY (2)  STEVENS (12)  STONE (2)  STONG (3)  TAYLOR (7)  TOUT (3)  TOUTE (1)  TREBBLE (5)  TREEBY (9)  TULLY (6)  TURNER (7)  UPHAM (5)  VEARNCOMBE (4)  VENN (4)  VIGAR (7)  WASSEN (2)  WEBBER (3)  WESTCOTT (6)  WESTERN (2)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILLIAM (4)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (4)  WOODBERRY (3)  WRIGHT (1) 

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