Top surnames from the 1881 census in Priddy, Somerset

Priddy 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
WEEKS3816.8142785.12
BISHOP156.637295.00
SIMMONS156.6372162.69
SPEED146.1947769.23
PALMER125.309745.05
SPENCER83.539838.78
MAIN83.5398216.22
HANN83.5398776.70
MATTHEWS83.539840.59
PITMAN73.0973339.81
LOVELL73.0973147.99
JAMES62.654913.52
BARNARD62.6549106.95
LOXTON52.21241,785.71
DOWN52.2124184.50
BROCK41.7699152.09
RAYSON41.7699615.38
PERRY41.769924.07
SALVAGE41.76991,666.67
DUNFORD41.7699291.97
ASHMAN31.3274204.08
PAINE31.327496.46
ELLICOTT31.32741,153.85
PAIN31.3274147.78
RUSSELL20.88507.25
HALE20.885024.66
HERRINGTON20.8850235.29
DEW20.8850151.52
LAVEN20.88502,000.00
SMITH10.44250.31
MANNING10.442513.91
WEBB10.44253.26
PONTING10.4425151.52
SWEET10.442549.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAVEN0.232262000.0000
LOXTON0.232261785.7143
SALVAGE0.232261666.6667
ELLICOTT0.232261153.8462
WEEKS0.23226785.1240
HANN0.23226776.6990
SPEED0.23226769.2308
RAYSON0.23226615.3846
PITMAN0.23226339.8058
DUNFORD0.23226291.9708
HERRINGTON0.23226235.2941
MAIN0.23226216.2162
ASHMAN0.23226204.0816
DOWN0.23226184.5018
SIMMONS0.23226162.6898
BROCK0.23226152.0913
PONTING0.23226151.5152
DEW0.23226151.5152
LOVELL0.23226147.9915
PAIN0.23226147.7833
BARNARD0.23226106.9519
PAINE0.2322696.4630
BISHOP0.2322694.9968
SWEET0.2322649.0196
PALMER0.2322645.0450
MATTHEWS0.2322640.5885
SPENCER0.2322638.7785
HALE0.2322624.6609
PERRY0.2322624.0674
MANNING0.2322613.9082
JAMES0.2322613.5166
RUSSELL0.232267.2490
WEBB0.232263.2648
SMITH0.232260.3134

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 226 people called LAVEN in Priddy 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 2000.0000 in Priddy means that 2000.0000% of the people in Priddy on census day were called LAVEN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Priddy in 1881

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

ASHMAN (3)  BARNARD (6)  BISHOP (15)  BROCK (4)  BURLTON (4)  COUNSEL (1)  DALLIMORE (2)  DEW (2)  DOWN (5)  DUNFORD (4)  ELLICOTT (3)  HALE (2)  HANN (8)  HERRINGTON (2)  JAMES (6)  LAVEN (2)  LOVELL (7)  LOXTON (5)  MAIN (8)  MANNING (1)  MATTHEWS (8)  PALMER (12)  PAIN (3)  PAINE (3)  PERRY (4)  PIDGLEY (1)  PITMAN (7)  PONTING (1)  RAYSON (4)  RUSSELL (2)  SALVAGE (4)  SIMMONS (15)  SMITH (1)  SPEED (14)  SPENCER (8)  SPERRING (5)  SWEET (1)  VOKE (4)  WEBB (1)  WEEKS (38)