Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cann, Dorset

Cann 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
BRICKELL376.60714,204.55
LODGE193.3929186.64
MILES162.857148.43
SIMS162.857195.29
BROCKWAY142.50001,728.40
BROWN142.50003.79
ROGERS132.321417.88
LANE132.321433.69
WRIGHT132.32147.24
BURRIDGE132.3214342.11
FOOT111.9643198.20
COOMBS101.7857105.60
MAYO91.6071209.30
LUSH91.6071400.00
FANNER91.60714,090.91
TRIM81.4286476.19
DENNIS71.250042.25
FRICKER71.2500376.34
ANDREWS71.250013.05
CROSS71.250018.16
BEALE71.250098.45
PEACH71.2500115.51
PINNEY61.0714769.23
GENGE61.07141,132.08
BARNES61.07148.90
BIDDISCOMBE61.07143,000.00
SAWYER61.071458.08
GAMLIN61.07141,200.00
DAVIS61.07144.88
MULLINS61.0714111.94
ARNOLD50.892916.56
CHITTY50.8929233.64
MULLENS50.8929694.44
BURDEN50.892969.74
MOODY50.892934.20
JANSONS50.892950,000.00
RANSOM50.8929165.02
ALFORD50.8929104.82
HOSIER40.7143540.54
HUNT40.71435.38
READ40.714311.08
SPINNEY40.71431,428.57
WHITE40.71432.22
CASE40.714371.56
LAMBERT40.714313.09
GUY40.714332.63
BETHEL40.7143439.56
JEANS40.7143212.77
MOORE40.71433.57
SHORT30.535713.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JANSONS0.5656050000.0000
BRICKELL0.565604204.5455
FANNER0.565604090.9091
BIDDISCOMBE0.565603000.0000
BROCKWAY0.565601728.3951
SPINNEY0.565601428.5714
GAMLIN0.565601200.0000
GENGE0.565601132.0755
PINNEY0.56560769.2308
MULLENS0.56560694.4444
HOSIER0.56560540.5405
TRIM0.56560476.1905
BETHEL0.56560439.5604
LUSH0.56560400.0000
FRICKER0.56560376.3441
BURRIDGE0.56560342.1053
CHITTY0.56560233.6449
JEANS0.56560212.7660
MAYO0.56560209.3023
FOOT0.56560198.1982
LODGE0.56560186.6405
ELSEY0.56560174.4186
RANSOM0.56560165.0165
GALPIN0.56560155.0388
MYALL0.56560142.8571
PEACH0.56560115.5116
MULLINS0.56560111.9403
BLANDFORD0.56560109.2896
COOMBS0.56560105.5966
ALFORD0.56560104.8218
DIBBEN0.56560104.1667
RIDOUT0.56560100.5025
BEALE0.5656098.4529
HOLLEY0.5656097.0874
SIMS0.5656095.2948
CLOTHIER0.5656086.2069
GILLINGHAM0.5656079.6813
CASE0.5656071.5564
BURDEN0.5656069.7350
PADFIELD0.5656067.5676
CHUBB0.5656064.3087
WAREHAM0.5656063.8978
BRINE0.5656058.4795
SAWYER0.5656058.0833
CHOWN0.5656057.1429
FLOWER0.5656054.8446
MILES0.5656048.4262
BRAGG0.5656043.6681
DENNIS0.5656042.2450
JAY0.5656040.8163

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 560 people called JANSONS in Cann 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 50000.0000 in Cann means that 50000.0000% of the people in Cann on census day were called JANSONS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JANSONS 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 JANSONS 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 JANSONS 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 JANSONS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.56 in Cann means that you are 0.56 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JANSONS in Cann than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cann in 1881

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

ALDRIDGE (2)  ALFORD (5)  ALNER (7)  ANDREWS (7)  ARNOLD (5)  BAKER (1)  BARNES (6)  BEAL (2)  BEALE (7)  BEASLEY (1)  BETHEL (4)  BIDDISCOMBE (6)  BISHOP (3)  BLANDFORD (2)  BOLWELL (2)  BURDEN (5)  BRAGG (2)  BRICKELL (37)  BRINE (1)  BROCKWAY (14)  BROWN (14)  BROWNE (1)  BURRIDGE (13)  SCAMMELL (13)  CHITTY (5)  CHOWN (1)  CHUBB (2)  CLENCH (4)  CLOTHIER (1)  COOMBS (10)  CROSS (7)  DARBY (2)  DAVIS (6)  DENNIS (7)  DIBBEN (1)  DREW (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELSEY (3)  FANNER (9)  FARR (1)  FLOWER (3)  FOOT (11)  FOREMAN (1)  FRANCIS (1)  FRICKER (7)  GAMLIN (6)  GATEHOUSE (6)  JAY (2)  GENGE (6)  GILLINGHAM (2)  GALPIN (2)  GREY (1)  GRAY (3)  GUESIN (5)  GUY (4)  HARDY (2)  HOARE (2)  HOLLEY (2)  HOPKINS (1)  HOSIER (4)  HOSKINS (2)  HUNT (4)  HUSSEY (1)  JANSONS (5)  JEANS (4)  JOLIFFE (1)  CASE (4)  KELLEY (1)  KING (2)  LAMBERT (4)  LANE (13)  LODGE (19)  LUCAS (2)  LUSH (9)  MAIDMENT (9)  MAYO (9)  MEATYARD (1)  MELMOTH (4)  MERRYFIELD (2)  MYALL (1)  MILES (16)  MOODY (5)  MOORE (4)  MOSES (2)  MULLINS (6)  MULLENS (5)  PADFIELD (1)  PEACH (7)  PINNEY (6)  PENNEY (1)  RANSOM (5)  READ (4)  RIDOUT (2)  ROBERTS (2)  ROGERS (13)  ROSE (3)  RYALL (1)  SAWYER (6)  SCAMJMELL (2)  SCOTT (3)  SENIOR (2)  SHARP (1)  SHEEDY (?) (1)  SHORT (3)  SIMS (16)  SPINNEY (4)  STAINER (12)  STEEL (1)  STONE (2)  THOMAS (1)  THRING (1)  TRIM (8)  WALSH (3)  WAREHAM (2)  WATERS (1)  WHITE (4)  WILLIAMS (1)  WRIGHT (13)  YOUNG (1)