Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hammoon, Dorset

Hammoon 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
YEATMAN67.89475,454.55
STEVENS67.894775.66
RIDOUT67.89472,222.22
ROSE56.578988.65
OSMOND56.57891,470.59
COATE56.57898,333.33
WHITE45.263216.37
AYLES33.94742,307.69
SAWYER33.9474214.29
SAVORY22.6316714.29
HARRIS11.31585.18
SIMS11.315843.86
DAVIS11.31585.99
ROBERTS11.31583.50
MITCHELL11.31586.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COATE0.08768333.3333
YEATMAN0.08765454.5455
AYLES0.08762307.6923
RIDOUT0.08762222.2222
OSMOND0.08761470.5882
SAVORY0.0876714.2857
SAWYER0.0876214.2857
ROSE0.087688.6525
STEVENS0.087675.6620
SIMS0.087643.8596
WHITE0.087616.3733
MITCHELL0.08766.4851
DAVIS0.08765.9880
HARRIS0.08765.1787
ROBERTS0.08763.4977

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 76 people called COATE in Hammoon 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 8333.3333 in Hammoon means that 8333.3333% of the people in Hammoon on census day were called COATE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COATE 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 COATE 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 COATE 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 COATE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Hammoon means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COATE in Hammoon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hammoon in 1881

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

COATE (5)  DAVIS (1)  DOUCH (25)  AYLES (3)  FUTCHER (1)  HARRIS (1)  MITCHELL (1)  OSMOND (5)  RIDOUT (6)  ROBERTS (1)  ROSE (5)  SAVORY (2)  SAWYER (3)  SIMS (1)  STEVENS (6)  WHITE (4)  YEATMAN (6)