Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chilcombe, Dorset

Chilcombe 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
GREEN615.000053.29
APLIN410.00003,636.36
WALDRON37.5000857.14
HALLETT37.5000612.24
GROVES37.5000267.86
PITCHER25.0000645.16
LAXTON25.00001,666.67
LEGG25.0000303.03
CHENEY12.5000833.33
BROWN12.50003.79
MOORE12.500012.50
CRABB12.5000243.90
BAGG12.50001,428.57
TUCK12.5000196.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
APLIN0.04403636.3636
LAXTON0.04401666.6667
BAGG0.04401428.5714
WALDRON0.0440857.1429
CHENEY0.0440833.3333
PITCHER0.0440645.1613
HALLETT0.0440612.2449
LEGG0.0440303.0303
GROVES0.0440267.8571
CRABB0.0440243.9024
TUCK0.0440196.0784
GREEN0.044053.2860
MOORE0.044012.5000
BROWN0.04403.7922

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 40 people called APLIN in Chilcombe 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 3636.3636 in Chilcombe means that 3636.3636% of the people in Chilcombe on census day were called APLIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called APLIN 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 APLIN 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 APLIN 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 APLIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Chilcombe means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of APLIN in Chilcombe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chilcombe in 1881

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

APLIN (4)  BAGG (1)  BROWN (1)  CHENEY (1)  CRABB (1)  GREEN (6)  GROVES (3)  HALLETT (3)  LATHEY (1)  LAXTON (2)  LEGG (2)  LEVERSHAM (1)  MOORE (1)  PITCHER (2)  SAMWAYS (7)  TUCK (1)  WALDRON (3)