Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leigh On Mendip, Somerset

Leigh On Mendip 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
ASHMAN5411.71371,806.02
PADFIELD286.07382,314.05
LANE194.121559.80
ROSSITER183.9046620.69
GEORGE153.253855.45
WEST153.253833.80
GIBBS122.603052.98
SPEAR122.6030553.00
MAHON112.3861539.22
BUTTON91.9523164.53
HERRIDGE81.7354615.38
DENNING81.7354451.98
RICH71.5184121.11
CULLEN71.518486.63
JAMES71.51847.73
DAY71.518416.13
PERKINS71.518433.75
CASH61.3015196.08
DUNFORD61.3015215.05
WISE61.301562.44
LEWIS61.30154.95
CHANDLER61.301540.51
WILLCOX51.0846200.80
VEASEY51.0846581.40
STEPHENS51.084619.55
HARDING40.867711.99
ORAM40.8677111.42
HUNTLEY40.8677123.08
PARSONS30.65088.57
TURNER30.65082.34
ELLERY30.6508240.00
SELWAY30.6508243.90
DREDGE30.6508250.00
CLARKE30.65083.21
MOORE20.43382.17
SMITH20.43380.31
MARCH20.433840.32
BURGE20.433859.88
LOXTON20.4338357.14
COX20.43382.86
JONES20.43380.38
MILLWARD20.433838.61
HODGES20.433814.79
BRIGHT20.433821.46
DAVIS20.43381.97
TREASURE20.4338298.51
FOWLER20.43387.60
EARL20.433833.17
MEES20.4338333.33
HOBBS20.433811.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PADFIELD0.464612314.0496
ASHMAN0.464611806.0201
MAPSTON0.464611250.0000
ROSSITER0.46461620.6897
HERRIDGE0.46461615.3846
VEASEY0.46461581.3953
SPEAR0.46461552.9954
MAHON0.46461539.2157
DENNING0.46461451.9774
LOXTON0.46461357.1429
MEES0.46461333.3333
TREASURE0.46461298.5075
DREDGE0.46461250.0000
SELWAY0.46461243.9024
ELLERY0.46461240.0000
DUNFORD0.46461215.0538
HUTCHENS0.46461212.7660
WILLCOX0.46461200.8032
PRATTEN0.46461200.0000
CASH0.46461196.0784
BUTTON0.46461164.5338
TAILOR0.46461123.4568
HUNTLEY0.46461123.0769
RICH0.46461121.1073
HISCOX0.46461119.0476
ORAM0.46461111.4206
AXFORD0.4646188.4956
CULLEN0.4646186.6337
WISE0.4646162.4350
CANDY0.4646160.9756
BURGE0.4646159.8802
LANE0.4646159.8048
RYE0.4646155.8659
GEORGE0.4646155.4529
GIBBS0.4646152.9801
FEAR0.4646149.0196
WESTBROOK0.4646146.5116
CHANDLER0.4646140.5132
MARCH0.4646140.3226
MILLWARD0.4646138.6100
WEST0.4646133.7990
PERKINS0.4646133.7512
EARL0.4646133.1675
WILMOT0.4646132.4675
CHIVERS0.4646124.5700
ABRAHAM0.4646121.9780
BRIGHT0.4646121.4592
STEPHENS0.4646119.5465
JENNER0.4646118.2815
DAY0.4646116.1290

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 461 people called PADFIELD in Leigh On Mendip 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 2314.0496 in Leigh On Mendip means that 2314.0496% of the people in Leigh On Mendip on census day were called PADFIELD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PADFIELD 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 PADFIELD 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 PADFIELD 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 PADFIELD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.46 in Leigh On Mendip means that you are 0.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PADFIELD in Leigh On Mendip than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Leigh On Mendip in 1881

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

ABRAHAM (1)  OFFERS (5)  ANDREWS (1)  ASHMAN (54)  AXFORD (1)  BODELY (6)  BANTING (4)  BRIGHT (2)  BURGE (2)  BUTTON (9)  CANDY (1)  CASH (6)  CHANDLER (6)  CHIVERS (1)  CLARKE (3)  CLARK (1)  COSH (5)  COX (2)  CULLEN (7)  DAVIDGE (1)  DAVIS (2)  DAY (7)  DENNING (8)  DREDGE (3)  DUNFORD (6)  EARL (2)  ELLERY (3)  EMBLEN (3)  FEAR (1)  FININEAR (2)  FOWLER (2)  FRY (1)  GAIT (6)  GEORGE (15)  GIBBS (12)  GISHFORD (1)  GREIG (1)  HARDING (4)  HERRIDGE (8)  HISCOX (1)  HOBBS (2)  HODGES (2)  HUBBARD (1)  HUNTLEY (4)  HUTCHENS (1)  JAMES (7)  JENNER (1)  JONES (2)  KEYFORD (3)  KNAPTON (6)  LANE (19)  LEWIS (6)  LILCOCKS (2)  LOXTON (2)  MAHON (11)  MARCH (2)  MAPSTON (1)  MEES (2)  MILLWARD (2)  MOORE (2)  OLORENSHAW (2)  ORAM (4)  PADFIELD (28)  PARSONS (3)  PERKINS (7)  PLAISTER (1)  PRATTEN (1)  RABBITS (32)  RYE (1)  RICH (7)  ROSSITER (18)  SAMLER (1)  SCOTT (1)  SEASON (7)  SELWAY (3)  SMITH (2)  SPEAR (12)  STEEDS (3)  STEPHENS (5)  TAILOR (1)  TREASURE (2)  TURNER (3)  VEASEY (5)  WEST (15)  WESTBROOK (1)  WILLCOX (5)  WILMOT (1)  WISE (6)