Top surnames from the 1881 census in Marksbury, Somerset

Marksbury 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
SMITH135.65224.00
PRIOR125.2174225.56
SHORE125.2174485.83
SATCHELL104.34781,923.08
PEIRCE104.34781,282.05
DEACON93.9130230.18
JENKINS93.913033.21
BAKER83.478315.87
KING83.478315.96
HAPGOOD73.04357,000.00
HARDING73.043542.04
VEAL73.0435496.45
GAGE73.0435542.64
NASH62.608756.60
PATERSON62.608738.34
CHARLTON62.608791.05
ROGERS52.173916.74
WALL52.173962.19
DUNFORD52.1739359.71
BEECHAM41.7391645.16
RICKETTS41.7391179.37
HUTTON31.304343.67
HENNESSEY31.3043750.00
MARSHALL31.30437.78
DYMOND31.3043370.37
WEBB31.30439.62
BEES20.8696555.56
BAILY20.8696136.99
DAVEY20.869621.14
HAWKINS20.869612.01
MILES20.869614.74
BOULTER20.8696172.41
AGAR10.4348112.36
CREE10.4348144.93
PADFIELD10.4348163.93
WEAVER10.434816.72
CAREY10.434823.04
LANHAM10.4348172.41
HOLBROOK10.434860.24
WYATT10.434814.81
CLARKE10.43482.15
BROOM10.434835.21
LEWIS10.43481.65
HANNEY10.4348270.27
LANGFORD10.434827.62
ASH10.434826.32
JEFFERIES10.434839.22
CREEK10.4348238.10
HIGGINS10.43488.60
LAWRENCE10.43486.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAPGOOD0.232307000.0000
SATCHELL0.232301923.0769
PEIRCE0.232301282.0513
HENNESSEY0.23230750.0000
BEECHAM0.23230645.1613
BEES0.23230555.5556
GAGE0.23230542.6357
VEAL0.23230496.4539
SHORE0.23230485.8300
DYMOND0.23230370.3704
DUNFORD0.23230359.7122
HANNEY0.23230270.2703
CREEK0.23230238.0952
DEACON0.23230230.1790
PRIOR0.23230225.5639
RICKETTS0.23230179.3722
LANHAM0.23230172.4138
BOULTER0.23230172.4138
PADFIELD0.23230163.9344
CREE0.23230144.9275
BAILY0.23230136.9863
AGAR0.23230112.3596
CHARLTON0.2323091.0470
WALL0.2323062.1891
HOLBROOK0.2323060.2410
NASH0.2323056.6038
HUTTON0.2323043.6681
HARDING0.2323042.0420
JEFFERIES0.2323039.2157
PATERSON0.2323038.3387
BROOM0.2323035.2113
JENKINS0.2323033.2103
LANGFORD0.2323027.6243
ASH0.2323026.3158
CAREY0.2323023.0415
DAVEY0.2323021.1416
ROGERS0.2323016.7448
WEAVER0.2323016.7224
KING0.2323015.9585
BAKER0.2323015.8730
WYATT0.2323014.8148
MILES0.2323014.7384
HAWKINS0.2323012.0120
WEBB0.232309.6216
HIGGINS0.232308.5985
MARSHALL0.232307.7760
LAWRENCE0.232306.6934
SMITH0.232304.0031
CLARKE0.232302.1459
LEWIS0.232301.6537

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 230 people called HAPGOOD in Marksbury 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 7000.0000 in Marksbury means that 7000.0000% of the people in Marksbury on census day were called HAPGOOD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAPGOOD 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 HAPGOOD 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 HAPGOOD 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 HAPGOOD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Marksbury means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAPGOOD in Marksbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Marksbury in 1881

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

AGAR (1)  ALEXSANDER (6)  ASH (1)  BAILY (2)  BAKER (8)  BEECHAM (4)  BOULTER (2)  BRAINE (3)  BROOM (1)  BEES (2)  CAREY (1)  CHARLTON (6)  CLARKE (1)  CREEK (1)  CREE (1)  DAVEY (2)  DEACON (9)  DUNFORD (5)  DYMOND (3)  GAGE (7)  GREENSLADE (1)  HANNEY (1)  HARDING (7)  HAWKINS (2)  HENNESSEY (3)  HIGGINS (1)  HELYER (1)  HITCHINS (5)  HOLBROOK (1)  HAPGOOD (7)  HUTTON (3)  JEFFERIES (1)  JENKINS (9)  CAYFORD (1)  KING (8)  LANCASHIRE (1)  LANGFORD (1)  LANHAM (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEWIS (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MILES (2)  MIZEN (1)  NASH (6)  PADFIELD (1)  PATERSON (6)  PEIRCE (10)  PRIOR (12)  RICKETTS (4)  RIORDON (4)  ROGERS (5)  SATCHELL (10)  SHORE (12)  SMITH (13)  SPRYE (1)  VEAL (7)  WALL (5)  WEBB (3)  WEAVER (1)  WINDMILL (1)  WYATT (1)