Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holton, Somerset

Holton 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
NORRIS116.5089151.52
ROWDEN105.91722,439.02
PERRY95.325472.41
ASHFORD95.3254538.92
FORD84.733748.60
COOMBS84.7337279.72
HINE74.1420522.39
HOWES74.1420237.29
ENGLISH74.1420220.13
CLARK74.142013.78
JUKES74.1420686.27
BARNES52.958624.58
NEWMAN52.958639.78
HYDE42.366976.92
SEWARD42.3669430.11
TUCKER42.366942.78
LUFFMAN31.77511,578.95
READ31.775127.55
MORRIS31.77517.97
PICKFORD21.1834144.93
GODDARD21.183429.41
NORMAN21.183425.54
DOWN21.183498.52
BULL21.183428.01
WADMAN21.18341,111.11
PITMAN21.1834129.87
WHITE21.18343.68
STACY21.1834408.16
BROOK10.591715.34
HINKS10.5917144.93
AMES10.591786.21
WALTERS10.591712.41
THOMAS10.59171.43
SIMS10.591719.72
SWEETMAN10.5917166.67
LAWRANCE10.591790.91
BROOKS10.59176.05
GOULD10.591716.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROWDEN0.171692439.0244
LUFFMAN0.171691578.9474
WADMAN0.171691111.1111
JUKES0.17169686.2745
ASHFORD0.17169538.9222
HINE0.17169522.3881
SEWARD0.17169430.1075
STACY0.17169408.1633
COOMBS0.17169279.7203
HOWES0.17169237.2881
ENGLISH0.17169220.1258
SWEETMAN0.17169166.6667
NORRIS0.17169151.5152
HINKS0.17169144.9275
PICKFORD0.17169144.9275
PITMAN0.17169129.8701
DOWN0.1716998.5222
LAWRANCE0.1716990.9091
AMES0.1716986.2069
HYDE0.1716976.9231
PERRY0.1716972.4055
FORD0.1716948.6027
TUCKER0.1716942.7807
NEWMAN0.1716939.7772
GODDARD0.1716929.4118
BULL0.1716928.0112
READ0.1716927.5482
NORMAN0.1716925.5428
BARNES0.1716924.5821
SIMS0.1716919.7239
GOULD0.1716916.3666
BROOK0.1716915.3374
CLARK0.1716913.7795
WALTERS0.1716912.4069
MORRIS0.171697.9745
BROOKS0.171696.0533
WHITE0.171693.6819
THOMAS0.171691.4339

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 169 people called ROWDEN in Holton 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 2439.0244 in Holton means that 2439.0244% of the people in Holton on census day were called ROWDEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROWDEN 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 ROWDEN 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 ROWDEN 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 ROWDEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Holton means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROWDEN in Holton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holton in 1881

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

ANSFORD (1)  ARNES (1)  ASHFORD (9)  BARNES (5)  BELBIN (5)  BROOKS (1)  BROOK (1)  BULL (2)  CLARK (7)  COOMBS (8)  DOWN (2)  AMES (1)  FORD (8)  GODDARD (2)  GOULD (1)  HELPS (1)  HINE (7)  HINKS (1)  HOWES (7)  HYDE (4)  ENGLISH (7)  JUKES (7)  LAWRANCE (1)  LINTERN (1)  LUFFMAN (3)  MORRIS (3)  NEWMAN (5)  NORMAN (2)  NORRIS (11)  PERRY (9)  PICKFORD (2)  PITMAN (2)  PLUCKNETT (1)  READ (3)  ROWDEN (10)  SEWARD (4)  SIMS (1)  STACY (2)  SWEETMAN (1)  THICK (2)  THOMAS (1)  THRING (1)  TUCKER (4)  WALTERS (1)  WHITE (2)  WADMAN (2)  WOOF (7)