Top surnames from the 1881 census in Longbredy, Dorset

Longbredy 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
VINE146.1674663.51
DAWE146.1674707.07
BARTLETT114.8458110.66
ELLERY114.84581,774.19
FRY104.4053137.55
WILLS104.4053147.28
TAYLER73.0837560.00
WARREN73.083746.11
BURT62.6432111.32
TURNER62.64329.50
BEALE62.6432208.33
ROPER62.6432126.85
COX52.202614.53
SQUIBB41.7621816.33
DUNFORD41.7621291.97
COUSINS41.762198.04
BROWN41.76212.67
LEGG41.7621106.67
LEAKE31.3216322.58
SYMES31.3216179.64
CRABB31.3216127.12
STEELE31.321649.42
ROLLS31.3216297.03
BAKER20.88114.02
GUPPY20.8811333.33
MABEY20.8811588.24
LANGFORD20.881156.02
DAMON20.88111,428.57
HARVEY20.88118.25
ELLIOTT20.881110.38
LANE20.881112.79
HANSFORD20.8811178.57
SAUNDERS20.88119.61
BEST10.440516.34
DARBY10.440527.47
HUMBER10.4405270.27
COLLINS10.44053.07
RUSH10.440540.98
FOOT10.440544.44
SCANTLEBURY10.4405285.71
GROVES10.440515.67
CHENEY10.4405142.86
VINEY10.4405116.28
THORNER10.4405833.33
CORNICK10.4405303.03
CHARD10.440578.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELLERY0.232271774.1935
DAMON0.232271428.5714
THORNER0.23227833.3333
SQUIBB0.23227816.3265
DAWE0.23227707.0707
VINE0.23227663.5071
MABEY0.23227588.2353
TAYLER0.23227560.0000
GUPPY0.23227333.3333
LEAKE0.23227322.5806
CORNICK0.23227303.0303
ROLLS0.23227297.0297
DUNFORD0.23227291.9708
SCANTLEBURY0.23227285.7143
HUMBER0.23227270.2703
BEALE0.23227208.3333
SYMES0.23227179.6407
HANSFORD0.23227178.5714
WILLS0.23227147.2754
CHENEY0.23227142.8571
FRY0.23227137.5516
CRABB0.23227127.1186
ROPER0.23227126.8499
VINEY0.23227116.2791
BURT0.23227111.3173
BARTLETT0.23227110.6640
LEGG0.23227106.6667
COUSINS0.2322798.0392
CHARD0.2322778.1250
LANGFORD0.2322756.0224
STEELE0.2322749.4234
WARREN0.2322746.1133
FOOT0.2322744.4444
RUSH0.2322740.9836
DARBY0.2322727.4725
BEST0.2322716.3399
GROVES0.2322715.6740
COX0.2322714.5349
LANE0.2322712.7877
ELLIOTT0.2322710.3842
SAUNDERS0.232279.6061
TURNER0.232279.4952
HARVEY0.232278.2508
BAKER0.232274.0209
COLLINS0.232273.0703
BROWN0.232272.6731

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 227 people called ELLERY in Longbredy 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 1774.1935 in Longbredy means that 1774.1935% of the people in Longbredy on census day were called ELLERY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Longbredy in 1881

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

BAKER (2)  BARTLETT (11)  BEALE (6)  BEST (1)  BROWN (4)  BURT (6)  CHARD (1)  CHENEY (1)  COLLINS (1)  CORNICK (1)  COURTNAY (5)  COUSINS (4)  COX (5)  CRABB (3)  DAMON (2)  DARBY (1)  DAWE (14)  DUNFORD (4)  ELLERY (11)  ELLIOTT (2)  FOOT (1)  FRY (10)  GAPE (1)  GROVES (1)  GUPPY (2)  GUSH (1)  HANSFORD (2)  HARVEY (2)  HOUNSELL (2)  HUMBER (1)  LEAKE (3)  LANE (2)  LANGFORD (2)  LEGG (4)  MABEY (2)  NANCARROW (5)  PIGON (2)  ROPER (6)  ROLLS (3)  RUSH (1)  SAMWAYS (2)  SAUNDERS (2)  SCANTLEBURY (1)  SYMES (3)  SHINAR (4)  SQUIBB (4)  STEELE (3)  SWAFFIELD (1)  TAYLER (7)  THORNER (1)  TURL (5)  TURNER (6)  VALLENS (4)  VINE (14)  VINEY (1)  WADDLETON (5)  WARREN (7)  WILLS (10)  WOODSFORD (9)