census vs roll call

census

noun
  • An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals. 

  • Count, tally. 

verb
  • To collect a census. 

  • To conduct a census on. 

roll call

noun
  • The subset of those members of a specific group who are present or available out of the full set of all the members of said group. 

  • The time of day fixed for such an event. 

  • Such an event in a legislative body in order to determine if a quorum exists. 

How often have the words census and roll call occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )