Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pensford St Thomas, Somerset

Pensford St Thomas 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
PRICE134.905728.03
FLOWER134.9057501.93
PENNY124.5283254.24
SMART103.773682.85
POWELL103.773630.25
PRIMROSE93.39622,571.43
PERRETT93.3962681.82
COX93.396222.41
SAMPSON83.0189176.99
THOMPSON72.64158.82
HARRIS72.641510.39
SALTER72.6415115.51
JANES72.6415411.76
HARVEY62.264221.21
BAKER62.264210.33
HARCOURT51.8868862.07
WILTON51.8868196.08
LUXTON51.8868427.35
HAILSTONE51.88681,063.83
ATKINS41.509440.24
HIGGINS41.509429.85
SMITH41.50941.07
SAUNDERS31.132112.35
COLE31.132112.43
LANGFORD31.132171.94
WEST31.132111.76
BARRELL31.1321297.03
FORD31.132111.62
HANNEY31.1321714.29
BREWER31.132142.67
ADAMS20.75475.12
GREEN20.75472.68
PEARCE20.75478.22
HEATH20.754715.20
ALLEN20.75474.00
CHAPPELL20.754744.74
LONGMAN20.7547149.25
JUDSON20.7547165.29
WARREN20.754711.29
SPENCER20.75478.27
ARTER20.7547666.67
SHORT20.754719.32
COLES20.754721.67
HARDING20.754710.43
CARPENTER20.754722.00
MAYNE10.377463.69
ANDREWS10.37743.94
LOVE10.377415.92
BUCKINGHAM10.377428.33
JAMES10.37741.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PRIMROSE0.272652571.4286
HAILSTONE0.272651063.8298
HARCOURT0.27265862.0690
HANNEY0.27265714.2857
PERRETT0.27265681.8182
ARTER0.27265666.6667
ADKINSON0.27265666.6667
FLOWER0.27265501.9305
LUXTON0.27265427.3504
JANES0.27265411.7647
BARRELL0.27265297.0297
HATHWAY0.27265256.4103
PENNY0.27265254.2373
WILTON0.27265196.0784
SAMPSON0.27265176.9912
JUDSON0.27265165.2893
LONGMAN0.27265149.2537
SALTER0.27265115.5116
VEALE0.2726587.7193
SMART0.2726582.8500
LANGFORD0.2726571.9424
MAYNE0.2726563.6943
CHAPPELL0.2726544.7427
BREWER0.2726542.6743
ATKINS0.2726540.2414
POWELL0.2726530.2480
HIGGINS0.2726529.8507
BUCKINGHAM0.2726528.3286
PRICE0.2726528.0293
BEER0.2726523.5849
COX0.2726522.4104
CARPENTER0.2726522.0022
COLES0.2726521.6685
HARVEY0.2726521.2089
SHORT0.2726519.3237
BAIRD0.2726517.6367
LOVE0.2726515.9236
HEATH0.2726515.1976
COLE0.2726512.4275
SAUNDERS0.2726512.3457
WEST0.2726511.7601
FORD0.2726511.6234
WARREN0.2726511.2867
HARDING0.2726510.4275
HARRIS0.2726510.3935
BAKER0.2726510.3324
GODDARD0.272659.3809
DAVEY0.272659.1827
THOMPSON0.272658.8172
PERKINS0.272658.3893

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 265 people called PRIMROSE in Pensford St Thomas 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 2571.4286 in Pensford St Thomas means that 2571.4286% of the people in Pensford St Thomas on census day were called PRIMROSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PRIMROSE 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 PRIMROSE 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 PRIMROSE 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 PRIMROSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Pensford St Thomas means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PRIMROSE in Pensford St Thomas than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pensford St Thomas in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALLEN (2)  ANDREWS (1)  ARTER (2)  ATKINS (4)  ADKINSON (1)  BAIRD (1)  BAKER (6)  BEER (1)  BREWER (3)  BUCKINGHAM (1)  BARRELL (3)  CARPENTER (2)  CHAPPELL (2)  COLES (2)  COLE (3)  COX (9)  DAVEY (1)  FLOWER (13)  FORD (3)  GILL (1)  GODDARD (1)  GREEN (2)  HAILSTONE (5)  HANNEY (3)  HARCOURT (5)  HARDING (2)  HARRIS (7)  HARVEY (6)  HATHWAY (1)  HEATH (2)  HIGGINS (4)  HIGNELL (1)  HINGE (2)  HUNTER (1)  JAMES (1)  JANES (7)  JUDSON (2)  LANGFORD (3)  LEWIS (1)  LONGMAN (2)  LOVE (1)  LUXTON (5)  MAYNE (1)  MARSH (1)  MOCKRIDGE (2)  MORGAN (1)  ORLIDGE (3)  PERRETT (9)  PEARCE (2)  PENNY (12)  PERKINS (1)  POWELL (10)  PRICE (13)  PRIMROSE (9)  SALTER (7)  SAMPSON (8)  SAUNDERS (3)  SEADER (1)  SHORT (2)  SMART (10)  SMITH (4)  SPENCER (2)  THOMPSON (7)  VEALE (1)  WARREN (2)  WEST (3)  WHEELER (1)  WITCOMB (5)  WILTON (5)  WINDMILL (7)  WOOKEY OR WOOHEY (6)