Top surnames from the 1881 census in Easton, Somerset

Easton 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
BRYANT2311.0048257.56
PHILLIPS94.306224.07
ROWLAND83.8278134.68
GRIGG73.3493510.95
LAWRENCE73.349351.58
ROWLES73.3493760.87
BIGGS73.3493177.67
HACKER62.8708769.23
MEAD62.8708123.20
ENGLAND52.3923116.01
HENDY52.3923476.19
BUNKER41.9139476.19
MATTOCK41.9139740.74
LADD41.9139540.54
WADE41.913947.85
MASON41.913914.23
LINGO41.913940,000.00
ROOD31.43541,500.00
BROOM31.4354116.28
MAIL31.43541,875.00
PHIPPEN31.43541,153.85
PAYNE31.435415.95
HOLBROOK31.4354198.68
SHORT31.435436.76
PRESCOTT31.4354101.69
ELMS31.4354375.00
BARKER20.95697.31
WALKER20.95692.86
SIMMONS20.956923.45
DOGGETT20.9569370.37
HANCOCK20.956921.03
WEADON20.95696,666.67
FORD20.95699.82
KING20.95694.39
HARFORD20.9569294.12
WEEKS10.478522.37
PEARSON10.47854.12
JOHNSON10.47851.42
MORGAN10.47852.41
YATES10.47856.96
REEVES10.478511.68
BROAD10.478537.59
LIVINGS10.4785526.32
EMERY10.478521.93
COURT10.478537.59
MILES10.47858.11
HARVEY10.47854.48
WILLIAMS10.47850.67
WARD10.47852.19
FIRTH10.478514.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LINGO0.2120940000.0000
WEADON0.212096666.6667
MAIL0.212091875.0000
ROOD0.212091500.0000
PHIPPEN0.212091153.8462
HACKER0.21209769.2308
ROWLES0.21209760.8696
MATTOCK0.21209740.7407
LADD0.21209540.5405
LIVINGS0.21209526.3158
GRIGG0.21209510.9489
BUNKER0.21209476.1905
HENDY0.21209476.1905
ELMS0.21209375.0000
DOGGETT0.21209370.3704
HARFORD0.21209294.1176
BRYANT0.21209257.5588
HOLBROOK0.21209198.6755
BIGGS0.21209177.6650
ROWLAND0.21209134.6801
MEAD0.21209123.2033
BROOM0.21209116.2791
ENGLAND0.21209116.0093
PRESCOTT0.21209101.6949
TINSLEY0.2120978.7402
BURGE0.2120966.2252
MORSE0.2120952.0833
LAWRENCE0.2120951.5844
WADE0.2120947.8469
BROAD0.2120937.5940
COURT0.2120937.5940
SHORT0.2120936.7647
HILLIER0.2120935.4610
PHILLIPS0.2120924.0706
SIMMONS0.2120923.4467
WEEKS0.2120922.3714
EMERY0.2120921.9298
HANCOCK0.2120921.0305
PAYNE0.2120915.9490
FIRTH0.2120914.4092
MASON0.2120914.2349
REEVES0.2120911.6822
FORD0.212099.8232
MILES0.212098.1103
BARKER0.212097.3126
YATES0.212096.9638
PERRY0.212096.5062
HARVEY0.212094.4823
KING0.212094.3908
PEARSON0.212094.1186

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 209 people called LINGO in Easton 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 Easton means that 40000.0000% of the people in Easton on census day were called LINGO.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LINGO 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 LINGO 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 LINGO 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 LINGO here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Easton means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LINGO in Easton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Easton in 1881

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

BARKER (2)  BIGGS (7)  BROAD (1)  BROOM (3)  BRYANT (23)  BUNKER (4)  BURGE (1)  COURT (1)  DELVE (5)  DOGGETT (2)  ELMS (3)  EMERY (1)  ENGLAND (5)  FIRTH (1)  FORD (2)  GRIGG (7)  HACKER (6)  HANCOCK (2)  HARFORD (2)  HARVEY (1)  HENDY (5)  HILLIER (1)  HOLBROOK (3)  HOOKWAY (5)  JOHNSON (1)  KEKEWICH (1)  KING (2)  LADD (4)  LAWRENCE (7)  LINGO (4)  LIVINGS (1)  MAIL (3)  MANFIELD (1)  MASON (4)  MATTOCK (4)  MEAD (6)  MILES (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORSE (1)  NETHERCOT (3)  PAYNE (3)  PEARSON (1)  PERRY (1)  PHILLIPS (9)  PHIPPEN (3)  PILLINGER (8)  PRESCOTT (3)  REEVES (1)  ROWLAND (8)  ROWLES (7)  ROOD (3)  RUSSELL (1)  SAMBOURNE (3)  SHORT (3)  SIMMONS (2)  TINSLEY (1)  TRUKE (2)  WADE (4)  WALKER (2)  WARD (1)  WEADON (2)  WEEKS (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  YATES (1)  YOUNG (1)