Top surnames from the 1881 census in Christon, Somerset

Christon 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
HOUSE610.5263810.81
SAGE58.7719980.39
CAREY47.0175373.83
HURSE47.017540,000.00
CAPEL47.01752,352.94
BEACHAM47.01752,500.00
HICKS47.0175167.36
FRENCH35.2632107.91
AVERY23.5088208.33
PERRETT23.5088714.29
DURBIN23.50881,818.18
WILKINSON23.508822.99
WALTERS11.754436.76
WHITE11.75445.46
TRIPP11.7544357.14
WEAVER11.754467.57
TAYLOR11.75442.74
MILLARD11.7544106.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HURSE0.065740000.0000
BEACHAM0.06572500.0000
CAPEL0.06572352.9412
DURBIN0.06571818.1818
SAGE0.0657980.3922
HOUSE0.0657810.8108
PERRETT0.0657714.2857
CAREY0.0657373.8318
TRIPP0.0657357.1429
AVERY0.0657208.3333
HICKS0.0657167.3640
FRENCH0.0657107.9137
MILLARD0.0657106.3830
WEAVER0.065767.5676
WALTERS0.065736.7647
WILKINSON0.065722.9885
WHITE0.06575.4585
TAYLOR0.06572.7435

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 57 people called HURSE in Christon 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 40000.0000 in Christon means that 40000.0000% of the people in Christon on census day were called HURSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HURSE 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 HURSE 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 HURSE 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 HURSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Christon means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HURSE in Christon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Christon in 1881

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

AVERY (2)  BEACHAM (4)  CAREY (4)  CAPEL (4)  DURBIN (2)  FRENCH (3)  HICKS (4)  HOUSE (6)  HURSE (4)  KERTON (2)  MILLARD (1)  PERRETT (2)  POPEL (7)  SAGE (5)  TAYLOR (1)  TRIPP (1)  WALTERS (1)  WEAVER (1)  WHITE (1)  WILKINSON (2)