Top surnames from the 1881 census in East Chelborough, Dorset

East Chelborough 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
LEGG1916.81421,016.04
ROPER87.0796340.43
COPP87.07962,222.22
BISHOP76.194788.61
WILLS65.3097177.51
COOMBS54.4248261.78
HANN54.4248961.54
NEALE32.6549111.94
ELLIOTT32.654931.28
GUNDRY32.65491,666.67
GENGE21.76991,818.18
FINCHAM21.7699625.00
MEECH21.7699869.57
OSMAN21.7699487.80
COGGAN10.8850526.32
ABBOTT10.885020.08
VINE10.885095.24
GALE10.885029.50
THORNER10.88501,666.67
PAUL10.885035.34
COLE10.88509.72
BARTLETT10.885020.20
FRY10.885027.62
STRODE10.88501,666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COPP0.111132222.2222
GENGE0.111131818.1818
GUNDRY0.111131666.6667
THORNER0.111131666.6667
STRODE0.111131666.6667
LEGG0.111131016.0428
HANN0.11113961.5385
MEECH0.11113869.5652
FINCHAM0.11113625.0000
COGGAN0.11113526.3158
OSMAN0.11113487.8049
ROPER0.11113340.4255
COOMBS0.11113261.7801
WILLS0.11113177.5148
NEALE0.11113111.9403
VINE0.1111395.2381
BISHOP0.1111388.6076
PAUL0.1111335.3357
ELLIOTT0.1111331.2826
GALE0.1111329.4985
FRY0.1111327.6243
BARTLETT0.1111320.2020
ABBOTT0.1111320.0803
COLE0.111139.7182

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 113 people called COPP in East Chelborough 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 2222.2222 in East Chelborough means that 2222.2222% of the people in East Chelborough on census day were called COPP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COPP 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 COPP 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 COPP 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 COPP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in East Chelborough means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COPP in East Chelborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in East Chelborough in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  BARTLETT (1)  BENJEFIELD (2)  BISHOP (7)  CLEALL (12)  COGGAN (1)  COLE (1)  COOMBS (5)  COPP (8)  COCK (8)  DEWDNEY (3)  ELLIOTT (3)  FINCHAM (2)  FOYLE (1)  FRY (1)  GALE (1)  GENGE (2)  GUNDRY (3)  HANN (5)  HILDYARD (1)  LEGG (19)  MEECH (2)  NEALE (3)  OSMAN (2)  PAUL (1)  ROPER (8)  STRODE (1)  THORNER (1)  VINE (1)  WETHERALL (1)  WILLS (6)