Top surnames from the 1881 census in Compton Vallence, Dorset

Compton Vallence 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
PALMER1411.111194.28
WATTS118.7302104.07
PARRIS107.93652,941.18
CLARK107.936526.41
ROSE86.349285.65
CHICK64.7619869.57
CHURCHILL64.7619402.68
NEALE64.7619200.67
COOK53.968319.98
GALE43.1746105.82
SQUIBB43.17461,481.48
VINCENT43.1746101.78
HUTCHINGS43.1746168.78
STANDFIELD32.38103,750.00
BURT32.3810100.33
MEECH32.38101,153.85
ROLES21.58731,250.00
HOBBS21.587343.57
DAVIS21.58737.22
LOVING10.79372,000.00
BARBER10.793713.19
HORSEY10.7937434.78
MILLER10.79374.44
LEGG10.793748.08
PRIER10.79372,500.00
BROOM10.793764.52
HILE10.79371,666.67
PEARCE10.79378.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STANDFIELD0.131263750.0000
PARRIS0.131262941.1765
PRIER0.131262500.0000
LOVING0.131262000.0000
HILE0.131261666.6667
SQUIBB0.131261481.4815
ROLES0.131261250.0000
MEECH0.131261153.8462
CHICK0.13126869.5652
HORSEY0.13126434.7826
CHURCHILL0.13126402.6846
NEALE0.13126200.6689
HUTCHINGS0.13126168.7764
GALE0.13126105.8201
WATTS0.13126104.0681
VINCENT0.13126101.7812
BURT0.13126100.3344
PALMER0.1312694.2761
ROSE0.1312685.6531
BROOM0.1312664.5161
LEGG0.1312648.0769
HOBBS0.1312643.5730
CLARK0.1312626.4061
COOK0.1312619.9760
BARBER0.1312613.1926
PEARCE0.131268.6430
DAVIS0.131267.2228
MILLER0.131264.4366

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 126 people called STANDFIELD in Compton Vallence 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 3750.0000 in Compton Vallence means that 3750.0000% of the people in Compton Vallence on census day were called STANDFIELD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STANDFIELD 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 STANDFIELD 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 STANDFIELD 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 STANDFIELD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Compton Vallence means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STANDFIELD in Compton Vallence than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Compton Vallence in 1881

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

BARBER (1)  BROOM (1)  BURT (3)  CHICK (6)  CHURCHILL (6)  CLARK (10)  COOK (5)  COSH (4)  COZENS (1)  DAVIS (2)  GALE (4)  HILE (1)  HOBBS (2)  HORSEY (1)  HUTCHINGS (4)  LARCOMBE (1)  LEGG (1)  LOVING (1)  MEECH (3)  MILLER (1)  NEALE (6)  PALMER (14)  PARRIS (10)  PEARCE (1)  PRIER (1)  ROSE (8)  ROLES (2)  SQUIBB (4)  STANDFIELD (3)  STURMEY (4)  VINCENT (4)  WATTS (11)