Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norton Hawkfield, Somerset

Norton Hawkfield 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
KING1027.0270124.07
SILCOX924.324318,000.00
KINGSTON513.51351,428.57
ROGERS410.810883.33
CROSS38.1081117.65
HARDY38.1081135.14
SMALL12.7027106.38
PENNY12.7027151.52
LODGE12.7027149.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SILCOX0.043718000.0000
KINGSTON0.04371428.5714
PENNY0.0437151.5152
LODGE0.0437149.2537
HARDY0.0437135.1351
KING0.0437124.0695
CROSS0.0437117.6471
SMALL0.0437106.3830
ROGERS0.043783.3333

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 37 people called SILCOX in Norton Hawkfield 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 18000.0000 in Norton Hawkfield means that 18000.0000% of the people in Norton Hawkfield on census day were called SILCOX.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SILCOX 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 SILCOX 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 SILCOX 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 SILCOX here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Norton Hawkfield means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SILCOX in Norton Hawkfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Norton Hawkfield in 1881

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

CROSS (3)  HARDY (3)  KING (10)  KINGSTON (5)  LODGE (1)  PENNY (1)  ROGERS (4)  SILCOX (9)  SMALL (1)