Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lovington, Somerset

Lovington 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
COOPER2311.330046.58
TRAVERS199.35961,862.75
GARLAND104.9261371.75
THORNE83.9409186.92
GOODLAND83.94093,200.00
MILLARD73.4483208.33
STEVENS62.955728.32
GRIMES62.9557256.41
RAYMOND62.9557512.82
NAISH52.4631684.93
BARRETT52.463136.68
MARTIN52.463110.00
DAWE52.4631282.49
COLLINS52.463117.16
WHITTLE52.4631113.12
GREET52.46311,612.90
PITMAN41.9704216.22
JAMES41.970410.03
CORRY31.4778750.00
CLARE31.4778102.04
PERRY31.477820.09
CHAMBERLAIN20.985236.23
FLAGG20.98521,818.18
PALMER20.98528.36
MEECH20.9852476.19
FELTHAM20.9852224.72
SMITH20.98520.70
COOK20.98524.96
WALLACE10.49267.19
SHEAN10.4926370.37
HOOPER10.492611.63
HICKS10.492611.76
PARKER10.49262.59
TROWBRIDGE10.4926185.19
BURGE10.492668.03
DAVIS10.49262.24
REEVES10.492612.03
HILLARD10.4926333.33
PHELPS10.492649.51
GILLARD10.492656.50
BISHOP10.49267.05
JACOBS10.492620.58
CROSE10.49265,000.00
HIGGINS10.49269.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CROSE0.202035000.0000
GOODLAND0.202033200.0000
TRAVERS0.202031862.7451
FLAGG0.202031818.1818
GREET0.202031612.9032
CORRY0.20203750.0000
NAISH0.20203684.9315
RAYMOND0.20203512.8205
MEECH0.20203476.1905
GARLAND0.20203371.7472
SHEAN0.20203370.3704
HILLARD0.20203333.3333
DAWE0.20203282.4859
GRIMES0.20203256.4103
FELTHAM0.20203224.7191
PITMAN0.20203216.2162
MILLARD0.20203208.3333
THORNE0.20203186.9159
TROWBRIDGE0.20203185.1852
WHITTLE0.20203113.1222
CLARE0.20203102.0408
BURGE0.2020368.0272
GILLARD0.2020356.4972
PHELPS0.2020349.5050
COOPER0.2020346.5776
BARRETT0.2020336.6838
CHAMBERLAIN0.2020336.2319
STEVENS0.2020328.3152
JACOBS0.2020320.5761
PERRY0.2020320.0938
COLLINS0.2020317.1644
REEVES0.2020312.0337
HICKS0.2020311.7647
HOOPER0.2020311.6279
JAMES0.2020310.0326
MARTIN0.202039.9980
HIGGINS0.202039.7466
PALMER0.202038.3577
WALLACE0.202037.1942
BISHOP0.202037.0472
COOK0.202034.9603
PARKER0.202032.5900
DAVIS0.202032.2416
SMITH0.202030.6978

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 203 people called CROSE in Lovington 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 5000.0000 in Lovington means that 5000.0000% of the people in Lovington on census day were called CROSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CROSE 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 CROSE 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 CROSE 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 CROSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Lovington means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CROSE in Lovington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lovington in 1881

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

BARRETT (5)  BISHOP (1)  BURGE (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (2)  CHINNOCK (9)  CLARE (3)  COLLINS (5)  COOK (2)  COOPER (23)  CORRY (3)  CROSE (1)  DAUANCEY (1)  DAVIS (1)  DAWE (5)  DURSTON (2)  FELTHAM (2)  FLAGG (2)  FRAYLING (1)  GARLAND (10)  GILLARD (1)  GOLLEDGE (6)  GOODLAND (8)  GREET (5)  GRIMES (6)  HICKS (1)  HIGGINS (1)  HILLARD (1)  HODDINOTT (3)  HOOPER (1)  JACOBS (1)  JAMES (4)  LINTERN (2)  LOCKETTS (1)  MARTIN (5)  MEECH (2)  MILLARD (7)  MOYSEY (1)  NAISH (5)  PALMER (2)  PARKER (1)  PERRY (3)  PHELPS (1)  PITMAN (4)  RAYMOND (6)  REEVES (1)  SHEAN (1)  SKYGOR (1)  SMITH (2)  STEVENS (6)  THORNE (8)  TIZZARD (1)  TRAVERS (19)  TROWBRIDGE (1)  WALLACE (1)  WHITTLE (5)