Top surnames from the 1881 census in Edmondsham, Dorset

Edmondsham 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
STRATTON187.8261904.52
SMITH135.65224.00
MILLER114.782626.73
THORNE114.7826226.80
MAYER104.3478757.58
BAILEY104.347828.87
BREWER104.3478163.93
CUTLER93.9130314.69
KERLEY83.47831,904.76
FRANCIS73.043551.09
FAY73.0435729.17
POPE73.043588.27
BARTLETT62.608759.58
INGRAM52.173971.23
BAKER52.17399.92
HOWARD52.173922.15
ROBERTS41.73914.62
GAY41.7391130.29
BENDELL41.73912,105.26
HENNING41.73911,176.47
WILLIAMS31.30431.82
FINCH31.304339.16
AMEY31.3043468.75
WYATT31.304344.44
HIBBERD31.3043212.77
COOMBS31.304377.12
POLSON31.3043566.04
DAWKINS20.8696119.76
HIGGINSON20.869686.96
SAUNDERS20.86969.48
OXFORD20.8696253.16
VINCENT20.869627.89
COOPER10.43481.79
HASKELL10.4348169.49
BRACHER10.4348303.03
PLOWMAN10.434884.75
WATERFIELD10.4348105.26
HUNT10.43483.27
WITHERINGTON10.4348384.62
FRAMPTON10.434855.25
DOWLAND10.4348833.33
STRANGE10.434840.49
COURTNEY10.434860.61
ROGERS10.43483.35
FRYE10.43481,111.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BENDELL0.232302105.2632
KERLEY0.232301904.7619
HENNING0.232301176.4706
FRYE0.232301111.1111
STRATTON0.23230904.5226
DOWLAND0.23230833.3333
MAYER0.23230757.5758
FAY0.23230729.1667
POLSON0.23230566.0377
AMEY0.23230468.7500
WITHERINGTON0.23230384.6154
CUTLER0.23230314.6853
BRACHER0.23230303.0303
OXFORD0.23230253.1646
THORNE0.23230226.8041
HIBBERD0.23230212.7660
HASKELL0.23230169.4915
BREWER0.23230163.9344
GAY0.23230130.2932
DAWKINS0.23230119.7605
WATERFIELD0.23230105.2632
POPE0.2323088.2724
HIGGINSON0.2323086.9565
PLOWMAN0.2323084.7458
COOMBS0.2323077.1208
INGRAM0.2323071.2251
COURTNEY0.2323060.6061
BARTLETT0.2323059.5829
FRAMPTON0.2323055.2486
FRANCIS0.2323051.0949
WYATT0.2323044.4444
STRANGE0.2323040.4858
FINCH0.2323039.1645
BAILEY0.2323028.8684
VINCENT0.2323027.8940
MILLER0.2323026.7315
HOWARD0.2323022.1533
BAKER0.232309.9206
SAUNDERS0.232309.4832
ROBERTS0.232304.6227
SMITH0.232304.0031
ROGERS0.232303.3490
HUNT0.232303.2733
WILLIAMS0.232301.8158
COOPER0.232301.7873

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 230 people called BENDELL in Edmondsham 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 2105.2632 in Edmondsham means that 2105.2632% of the people in Edmondsham on census day were called BENDELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BENDELL 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 BENDELL 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 BENDELL 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 BENDELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Edmondsham means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BENDELL in Edmondsham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Edmondsham in 1881

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

BAILEY (10)  BAKER (5)  BARTLETT (6)  BENDELL (4)  BRACHER (1)  BREWER (10)  CAILS (1)  COLBORNE (17)  CUELL (1)  COOMBS (3)  COOPER (1)  COURTNEY (1)  KERLEY (8)  CUTLER (9)  DAWKINS (2)  DOWLAND (1)  DOWNE (1)  AMEY (3)  FAY (7)  FINCH (3)  FRAMPTON (1)  FRANCIS (7)  FRYE (1)  GAY (4)  HASKELL (1)  HENNING (4)  HIBBERD (3)  HIGGINSON (2)  HOWARD (5)  HUNT (1)  INGRAM (5)  MEABY (1)  MILLER (11)  MAYER (10)  OXFORD (2)  PLOWMAN (1)  POLSON (3)  POPE (7)  ROBERTS (4)  ROGERS (1)  RUNYARD (1)  RYALL (3)  SAUNDERS (2)  SHERGOLD (1)  SHERING (2)  SMITH (13)  STRATTON (18)  STRANGE (1)  THORNE (11)  VINCENT (2)  WATERFIELD (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WITHERINGTON (1)  WYATT (3)