Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sampford Arundel, Somerset

Sampford Arundel 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
HARTNELL96.04032,500.00
PHILLIPS96.040333.76
CRUISE85.36915,714.29
COOKSON74.6980397.73
BURGE74.6980648.15
FARRANT74.6980795.45
VICKERY53.3557462.96
RADFORD53.3557176.68
TRENCHARD53.35573,125.00
STEVENS53.355732.15
COLES42.684677.07
MILTON42.6846195.12
DREW32.013476.14
HITCHCOCK32.0134174.42
HARDING32.013427.83
PAGE32.013425.19
DAVEY32.013448.94
HAYWARD32.013447.24
KEMP32.013436.32
THOMAS21.34233.25
BAKER21.34236.13
GILL21.342318.98
CROWDEN21.34231,538.46
GALE21.342344.84
ROSE10.67119.05
PALMER10.67115.69
NICHOLLS10.671112.85
STONE10.67119.29
WINTER10.671118.94
CRIDLAND10.6711384.62
GREGORY10.67119.57
NORTHAM10.6711370.37
WHITE10.67112.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CRUISE0.151495714.2857
TRENCHARD0.151493125.0000
HARTNELL0.151492500.0000
CROWDEN0.151491538.4615
FARRANT0.15149795.4545
BURGE0.15149648.1481
VICKERY0.15149462.9630
COOKSON0.15149397.7273
CRIDLAND0.15149384.6154
NORTHAM0.15149370.3704
MILTON0.15149195.1220
RADFORD0.15149176.6784
HITCHCOCK0.15149174.4186
COLES0.1514977.0713
DREW0.1514976.1421
DAVEY0.1514948.9396
HAYWARD0.1514947.2441
GALE0.1514944.8430
KEMP0.1514936.3196
PHILLIPS0.1514933.7584
STEVENS0.1514932.1543
HARDING0.1514927.8293
PAGE0.1514925.1889
GILL0.1514918.9753
WINTER0.1514918.9394
NICHOLLS0.1514912.8535
GREGORY0.151499.5694
STONE0.151499.2851
ROSE0.151499.0498
BAKER0.151496.1256
PALMER0.151495.6948
THOMAS0.151493.2526
WHITE0.151492.0881

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 149 people called CRUISE in Sampford Arundel 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 5714.2857 in Sampford Arundel means that 5714.2857% of the people in Sampford Arundel on census day were called CRUISE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CRUISE 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 CRUISE 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 CRUISE 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 CRUISE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Sampford Arundel means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CRUISE in Sampford Arundel than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sampford Arundel in 1881

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

BAKER (2)  BRADDICK (10)  BURGE (7)  CANEVER (6)  COLES (4)  COOKSON (7)  CRIDLAND (1)  CRUISE (8)  CROWDEN (2)  DAVEY (3)  DREW (3)  FARRANT (7)  GALE (2)  GILL (2)  GREGORY (1)  HARDING (3)  HARTNELL (9)  HAYWARD (3)  HITCHCOCK (3)  KEIGHTLEY (6)  KEMP (3)  MILTON (4)  NICHOLLS (1)  NORTHAM (1)  OISTEN (2)  PAGE (3)  PALMER (1)  PHILLIPS (9)  RADFORD (5)  ROSE (1)  SHARLAND (1)  STEVENS (5)  STONE (1)  THOMAS (2)  TRENCHARD (5)  TROAKE (3)  VICARY (5)  VICKERY (5)  WHITE (1)  WINTER (1)  ZAUDELL (1)