Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashmore, Dorset

Ashmore is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Dorset

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
RIDEOUT3713.45459,487.18
TAYLOR228.000012.51
YOUNG82.909113.54
DENNETT82.9091672.27
SHARP72.545530.54
ANTELL72.54554,666.67
ROSS72.545523.29
GRAY72.545517.83
HARE72.5455165.09
WHITE72.54557.92
MYALL72.54552,058.82
WHEELER62.181836.14
GIFFORD62.1818251.05
SUTTON62.181834.27
FRY62.181868.10
LANGLEY62.181899.50
KELLEY62.1818188.09
WEST51.818218.88
GOLDIE51.8182292.40
KIDDLE41.4545666.67
DAVIDSON41.454517.30
SPICER41.4545108.11
MOREY31.0909333.33
BROWN31.09091.65
TURNER31.09093.92
LAMBERT31.090919.99
PLOWMAN20.7273141.84
HALL20.72732.47
PARSONS20.72739.57
TUFFIN20.7273434.78
CALE10.3636178.57
HEAD10.363614.95
HARRIS10.36361.43
WOOLCOCK10.3636128.21
PITMAN10.363639.84
PAINE10.363626.39
TILLEY10.363627.70
BRIXEY10.3636833.33
PICKFORD10.363644.64
DONNE10.3636454.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RIDEOUT0.282759487.1795
ANTELL0.282754666.6667
MYALL0.282752058.8235
BRIXEY0.28275833.3333
DENNETT0.28275672.2689
KIDDLE0.28275666.6667
DONNE0.28275454.5455
TUFFIN0.28275434.7826
MOREY0.28275333.3333
GOLDIE0.28275292.3977
GIFFORD0.28275251.0460
KELLEY0.28275188.0878
CALE0.28275178.5714
HARE0.28275165.0943
PLOWMAN0.28275141.8440
WOOLCOCK0.28275128.2051
SPICER0.28275108.1081
LANGLEY0.2827599.5025
FRY0.2827568.1044
PICKFORD0.2827544.6429
PITMAN0.2827539.8406
WHEELER0.2827536.1446
SUTTON0.2827534.2661
SHARP0.2827530.5410
TILLEY0.2827527.7008
PAINE0.2827526.3852
ROSS0.2827523.2945
LAMBERT0.2827519.9867
WEST0.2827518.8822
GRAY0.2827517.8299
DAVIDSON0.2827517.3010
HEAD0.2827514.9477
YOUNG0.2827513.5410
TAYLOR0.2827512.5100
PARSONS0.282759.5740
WHITE0.282757.9186
TURNER0.282753.9190
HALL0.282752.4722
BROWN0.282751.6549
HARRIS0.282751.4308

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 275 people called RIDEOUT in Ashmore 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 9487.1795 in Ashmore means that 9487.1795% of the people in Ashmore on census day were called RIDEOUT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RIDEOUT 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 RIDEOUT 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 RIDEOUT 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 RIDEOUT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Ashmore means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RIDEOUT in Ashmore than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashmore in 1881

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

ADLEM (9)  ANTELL (7)  BEALING (13)  BRIXEY (1)  BROWN (3)  DAVIDGE (21)  DAVIDSON (4)  DENNETT (8)  DONNE (1)  FANCY (1)  FRY (6)  GIFFORD (6)  GOLDIE (5)  GRAY (7)  HALL (2)  HARE (7)  HARRIS (1)  HEAD (1)  KELLEY (6)  CALE (1)  KIDDINGTON (1)  KIDDLE (4)  LAMBERT (3)  LANGLEY (6)  MEREFIELD (1)  MYALL (7)  MOREY (3)  PARSONS (2)  PAINE (1)  PICKFORD (1)  PITMAN (1)  PLOWMAN (2)  RABBETTS (9)  RIDEOUT (37)  ROSS (7)  SHARP (7)  SPICER (4)  STAINER (8)  SUTTON (6)  TAYLOR (22)  TILLEY (1)  TUFFIN (2)  TURNER (3)  WEST (5)  WHEELER (6)  WHITE (7)  WOOLCOCK (1)  YOUNG (8)