Top surnames from the 1881 census in Caundle Purse, Dorset

Caundle Purse 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
HAMBLIN2412.37112,727.27
RIDOUT105.15461,449.28
PENNY105.1546289.86
HARRIS94.639218.26
PITMAN94.6392508.47
SANDS84.1237368.66
LUFFMAN73.60823,333.33
BURGESS73.608251.97
BUGG63.0928681.82
GOSNEY63.09281,666.67
BURGE52.5773357.14
FRANCES52.5773409.84
ANGEL52.5773602.41
BARTER42.0619377.36
CURTIS42.061936.33
CLARKE42.061910.18
HANN42.0619449.44
MATTHEWS31.546417.73
STRANGE31.5464144.23
ABBOTT31.546435.05
READ31.546423.98
GULLIVER31.5464454.55
WILLIAMS31.54642.15
COOK31.54647.79
BROWN31.54642.35
LEMON21.0309141.84
BROUGHTON21.030955.25
MOOR21.030973.53
LANE21.030914.96
HYDE21.030933.50
YOUNG10.51552.40
HAWKINS10.51557.12
PURNELL10.515598.04
WORKMAN10.515578.13
ANSTEY10.5155181.82
MACEY10.515593.46
COWARD10.515545.05
STENNER10.5155588.24
CLARK10.51551.72
BATT10.515576.34
MEAD10.515522.12
DURRANT10.515532.89
RALPH10.515533.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUFFMAN0.191943333.3333
HAMBLIN0.191942727.2727
GOSNEY0.191941666.6667
RIDOUT0.191941449.2754
BUGG0.19194681.8182
ANGEL0.19194602.4096
STENNER0.19194588.2353
PITMAN0.19194508.4746
GULLIVER0.19194454.5455
HANN0.19194449.4382
FRANCES0.19194409.8361
BARTER0.19194377.3585
SANDS0.19194368.6636
BURGE0.19194357.1429
PENNY0.19194289.8551
ANSTEY0.19194181.8182
STRANGE0.19194144.2308
LEMON0.19194141.8440
PURNELL0.1919498.0392
MACEY0.1919493.4579
WORKMAN0.1919478.1250
BATT0.1919476.3359
MOOR0.1919473.5294
BROUGHTON0.1919455.2486
BURGESS0.1919451.9673
COWARD0.1919445.0450
CURTIS0.1919436.3306
ABBOTT0.1919435.0467
RALPH0.1919433.8983
HYDE0.1919433.5008
DURRANT0.1919432.8947
READ0.1919423.9808
MEAD0.1919422.1239
HARRIS0.1919418.2556
MATTHEWS0.1919417.7305
LANE0.1919414.9589
CLARKE0.1919410.1755
COOK0.191947.7861
HAWKINS0.191947.1225
YOUNG0.191942.3992
BROWN0.191942.3459
WILLIAMS0.191942.1527
CLARK0.191941.7150

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 194 people called LUFFMAN in Caundle Purse 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 3333.3333 in Caundle Purse means that 3333.3333% of the people in Caundle Purse on census day were called LUFFMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LUFFMAN 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 LUFFMAN 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 LUFFMAN 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 LUFFMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Caundle Purse means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LUFFMAN in Caundle Purse than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Caundle Purse in 1881

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

ABBOTT (3)  ANGEL (5)  ANSTEY (1)  BARTER (4)  BATT (1)  BROUGHTON (2)  BROWN (3)  BUGG (6)  BURGESS (7)  BURGE (5)  CLARKE (4)  CLARK (1)  COOK (3)  COWARD (1)  CURTIS (4)  DURRANT (1)  FRANCES (5)  GOSNEY (6)  GULLIVER (3)  HAMBLIN (24)  HAMLEN (5)  HANN (4)  HARRIS (9)  HAWKINS (1)  HYDE (2)  LANE (2)  LEMON (2)  LINTERN (4)  LUFFMAN (7)  MANCHINTON (1)  MACEY (1)  MATTHEWS (3)  MEAD (1)  MOOR (2)  NOBBS (7)  PELLY (1)  PENNY (10)  PITMAN (9)  PURNELL (1)  READ (3)  RIDOUT (10)  RALPH (1)  SANDS (8)  STENNER (1)  STRANGE (3)  SURTEES (2)  WILLIAMS (3)  WORKMAN (1)  YOUNG (1)