Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bourton, Dorset

Bourton 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
TURNER283.337311.99
MOORES252.9797360.23
FARTHING212.5030475.11
STACEY202.3838106.21
STONE202.383832.98
SUTER202.3838800.00
BELL202.383812.69
READ182.145433.28
HARCOURT172.0262918.92
MOORS172.0262817.31
HICKS151.787842.71
HILL151.78787.02
WILLIAMS131.54952.16
GREEN131.54955.50
MULLINS121.4303149.44
JUKES121.4303237.62
HANNAM121.4303466.93
STACY121.4303491.80
PENNY101.191966.98
PARSONS101.191915.69
LUSH101.1919296.74
HART91.072712.58
CHARLTON91.072737.44
MAGGS91.0727160.14
SCREEN91.0727756.30
BUTT80.953573.94
EDWARDS80.95353.42
PITMAN80.9535104.44
WARREN80.953514.26
CARTER80.95355.68
EDMUNDS80.953573.13
CHUBB80.9535171.67
PAUL80.953538.10
YOUNG70.83433.88
HENDLEY70.8343500.00
SMITH70.83430.59
JONES70.83430.74
BARTLETT70.834319.05
ELLIS70.83435.75
SMART70.834318.32
HARRIS60.71512.81
MOODY60.715127.38
NOAKES60.715197.72
HORNE50.595927.38
WOODGATE50.5959126.90
OSBORNE50.595912.49
ELLIOTT50.59597.02
REEVES50.595914.55
SHORE50.595955.43
TAYLOR50.59590.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRISSEY0.8483913333.3333
YETMAN0.848392272.7273
HARCOURT0.84839918.9189
HAIMES0.84839833.3333
MOORS0.84839817.3077
SUTER0.84839800.0000
SCREEN0.84839756.3025
PALE0.84839500.0000
HENDLEY0.84839500.0000
STACY0.84839491.8033
FARTHING0.84839475.1131
HANNAM0.84839466.9261
CASSEL0.84839400.0000
POUNDS0.84839380.9524
CRIDGE0.84839365.8537
MOORES0.84839360.2305
LUSH0.84839296.7359
TERRELL0.84839283.6879
JUKES0.84839237.6238
CHUBB0.84839171.6738
BRACHER0.84839165.2893
MAGGS0.84839160.1423
TOPP0.84839156.2500
MULLINS0.84839149.4396
FRICKER0.84839143.8849
BRAMBLE0.84839127.3885
WOODGATE0.84839126.9036
GRACIE0.84839114.2857
BILLING0.84839107.0664
STACEY0.84839106.2135
PITMAN0.84839104.4386
SHEARN0.84839103.0928
NOAKES0.8483997.7199
TOVEY0.8483981.3008
HAYTER0.8483980.7754
BUTT0.8483973.9372
EDMUNDS0.8483973.1261
JEANES0.8483972.9927
PERRETT0.8483971.5990
LONGMAN0.8483970.7547
PENNY0.8483966.9792
ALLAWAY0.8483966.6667
DOWDING0.8483955.7103
SHORE0.8483955.4324
BATLEY0.8483955.0964
CROXFORD0.8483954.0541
RUDDICK0.8483950.0000
HICKS0.8483942.7107
FORWARD0.8483942.5532
DUNFORD0.8483939.4477

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 839 people called BRISSEY in Bourton 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 13333.3333 in Bourton means that 13333.3333% of the people in Bourton on census day were called BRISSEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRISSEY 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 BRISSEY 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 BRISSEY 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 BRISSEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.84 in Bourton means that you are 0.84 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRISSEY in Bourton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bourton in 1881

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

ALFORD (1)  ALLAWAY (1)  AMERY (3)  BAKER (3)  BAMFORD (2)  BURFITT (7)  BURFIT (9)  BARTLETT (7)  BATLEY (2)  BELL (20)  BIDDLECOMBE (1)  BILLING (5)  BISHOP (4)  BRACHER (2)  BRAMBEL (2)  BRAMBLE (2)  BRISEY (2)  BROMLEY (1)  BRISSEY (4)  BULLY (1)  BURTON (1)  BOURTON (2)  BUTT (8)  CARTER (8)  CASSEL (1)  CAVE (1)  CHALK (1)  CHARLTON (9)  CHUBB (8)  CLAPP (1)  COLE (1)  COLLINS (1)  COMBERMEN (1)  COOMBS (1)  COP (8)  COWLEY (1)  CRIDGE (3)  CROSS (1)  CROXFORD (1)  CULL (1)  CURTIS (1)  DAVIS (3)  DEVENISH (5)  DYKE (1)  DOGERALL (3)  DOWDING (2)  DRUCE (10)  DUNFORD (2)  DUTTON (1)  DYER (4)  EAVIS (2)  EDMUNDS (8)  EDWARDS (8)  ELLIOTT (5)  ELLIS (7)  ELLISS (1)  EVANCE (2)  EVANS (3)  FARTHING (21)  FOOT (1)  FORWARD (1)  FRANCIS (3)  FRICKER (4)  GARRATT (1)  GATEHOUSE (1)  GAWLER (1)  GEORGE (3)  GLOVER (1)  GOUGH (1)  GRACIE (2)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (13)  HALLETT (2)  HAIMES (4)  HANNAM (12)  HARCOURT (17)  HARDING (2)  HARDINIDGE (1)  HARRIS (6)  HART (9)  HAYTER (5)  HURDEN (5)  HENDLEY (7)  HICKS (15)  HILL (15)  HELLIER (9)  HOARE (3)  HORNE (5)  HUTCHINGS (2)  INGS (10)  ENGLISH (1)  JEANES (1)  JEFFREY (2)  JOATZ (1)  JONES (7)  JUKES (12)  KING (2)  KNAPTON (8)  LAWRENCE (3)  LIDBURY (1)  LONGMAN (3)  LOVE (2)  LOADER (1)  LUCAS (4)  LUSH (10)  MAIDMENT (3)  MARCH (2)  MAGGS (9)  MILES (1)  MILLARD (4)  MITCHELL (2)  MOODY (6)  MOON (1)  MOORES (25)  MOORS (17)  MULLINS (12)  MULLNS (1)  NOAKES (6)  NORRIS (2)  OSBORNE (5)  PALE (1)  PERRETT (3)  PARSONS (10)  PAUL (8)  PAYNE (1)  PENNY (10)  PHRIPP (4)  PITMAN (8)  PORTNELL (4)  POUNDS (4)  QUICK (1)  RABBITS (2)  REEVES (5)  READ (18)  RUDDICK (1)  SCREEN (9)  SCREETCH (1)  SHEARN (1)  SHEPPARD (1)  SHORE (5)  SMART (7)  SMITH (7)  SUTER (20)  STACY (12)  STACEY (20)  STONE (20)  STREET (4)  TAYLOR (5)  TOPP (3)  TOVEY (4)  TRIMBY (6)  TUCKET (2)  TURNER (28)  TERRELL (4)  WARREN (8)  WATTS (1)  WELSH (3)  WELCH (3)  WEBSTER (1)  WESTLOVE (1)  WHOLLON (1)  WILKINS (3)  WILLIAMS (13)  WILLIS (2)  WILTSHIRE (3)  WOOD (1)  WOODGATE (5)  YETMAN (5)  YOUNG (7)