Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lamyatt, Somerset

Lamyatt 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
GARLAND197.6000574.02
WHITE176.800021.15
HOLE176.8000794.39
TANNER156.0000267.38
BURROWS104.000091.41
BEATON104.0000348.43
OWENS93.600072.46
HIGGINS93.600071.20
TALBOT83.2000128.62
SHEPHERD83.200043.67
NORTON72.800084.24
SALVAGE62.40002,222.22
DREDGE62.4000923.08
SQUIRES62.4000169.49
BARTLETT52.000045.66
GUYON52.00008,333.33
MOON52.000094.88
PARSONS52.000026.33
OVENS52.0000781.25
WILLIAMS52.00002.78
HISCOCK52.0000271.74
OSBORNE41.600033.53
HOLLY41.6000634.92
CREED41.6000287.77
SHEAN41.60001,176.47
SNOOK31.2000170.45
PARK31.200038.71
JACKMAN20.800086.21
PENNY20.800044.94
WHITTING20.8000606.06
HIX20.80002,222.22
PLOWMAN20.8000156.25
CHARD10.400070.92
HARDING10.40005.53
NEWPORT10.400078.74
GREEN10.40001.42
EMERY10.400018.32
HOBBS10.400010.98
CROSS10.40005.81
HILLARD10.4000270.27
GOULD10.400011.07
POORE10.4000217.39
NORMAN10.40008.63
GURR10.4000116.28
MILLER10.40002.24
DOWDING10.400093.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GUYON0.252508333.3333
HIX0.252502222.2222
SALVAGE0.252502222.2222
SHEAN0.252501176.4706
DREDGE0.25250923.0769
HOLE0.25250794.3925
OVENS0.25250781.2500
HOLLY0.25250634.9206
WHITTING0.25250606.0606
GARLAND0.25250574.0181
BEATON0.25250348.4321
CREED0.25250287.7698
HISCOCK0.25250271.7391
HILLARD0.25250270.2703
TANNER0.25250267.3797
POORE0.25250217.3913
SNOOK0.25250170.4545
SQUIRES0.25250169.4915
PLOWMAN0.25250156.2500
TALBOT0.25250128.6174
GURR0.25250116.2791
MOON0.2525094.8767
DOWDING0.2525093.4579
BURROWS0.2525091.4077
JACKMAN0.2525086.2069
NORTON0.2525084.2359
NEWPORT0.2525078.7402
OWENS0.2525072.4638
HIGGINS0.2525071.2025
CHARD0.2525070.9220
BARTLETT0.2525045.6621
PENNY0.2525044.9438
SHEPHERD0.2525043.6681
PARK0.2525038.7097
OSBORNE0.2525033.5289
PARSONS0.2525026.3296
WHITE0.2525021.1548
EMERY0.2525018.3150
GOULD0.2525011.0742
HOBBS0.2525010.9769
NORMAN0.252508.6281
CROSS0.252505.8140
HARDING0.252505.5279
WILLIAMS0.252502.7841
MILLER0.252502.2356
GREEN0.252501.4205

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 250 people called GUYON in Lamyatt 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 8333.3333 in Lamyatt means that 8333.3333% of the people in Lamyatt on census day were called GUYON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GUYON 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 GUYON 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 GUYON 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 GUYON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Lamyatt means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GUYON in Lamyatt than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lamyatt in 1881

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

BARTLETT (5)  BEATON (10)  BURROWS (10)  CHARD (1)  CHINNOCK (5)  COPLESTON (1)  CREED (4)  CROSS (1)  DARVILL (3)  DAUNCEY (3)  DOWDING (1)  DREDGE (6)  EMERY (1)  GARLAND (19)  GOULD (1)  GREEN (1)  GURR (1)  GUYON (5)  HARDING (1)  HIX (2)  HIGGINS (9)  HILLARD (1)  HISCOCK (5)  HOBBS (1)  HOLLY (4)  HOLE (17)  JACKMAN (2)  JENEWAY (3)  LAUNCECRAFT (1)  MILLER (1)  MOON (5)  NEWPORT (1)  NORMAN (1)  NORTON (7)  OSBORNE (4)  OVENS (5)  OWENS (9)  PARK (3)  PARSONS (5)  PENNY (2)  PLOWMAN (2)  POORE (1)  PRIDDLE (1)  SALVAGE (6)  SHEAN (4)  SHEPHERD (8)  SNOOK (3)  SQUIRES (6)  TALBOT (8)  TANNER (15)  TUDGAY (5)  WHITE (17)  WHITTING (2)  WILLIAMS (5)