Top surnames from the 1881 census in Melbury Sampford, Dorset

Melbury Sampford 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
GOULD710.0000276.68
ROPER710.0000479.45
BARTLETT57.1429162.87
SMITH45.71434.05
WILLIAMS22.85713.98
STODDART22.8571344.83
ELLIOTT22.857133.67
CRAPP22.85712,857.14
GROVES22.8571101.52
BURR11.4286178.57
STRINGER11.428671.94
FRY11.428644.64
PHILPOTT11.4286185.19
DAVIS11.42866.50
MARKS11.428669.93
CHILDS11.428677.52
INGRAM11.428646.73
BOND11.428626.95
GOODWIN11.428627.10
ROLLS11.4286322.58
OAKLEY11.428667.57
LOADER11.4286256.41
BURT11.428660.24
TOMS11.4286185.19
BEVAN11.428658.48
GIBSON11.428611.76
PITCHER11.4286185.19
DUNFORD11.4286238.10
MURRAY11.428611.52
COLLINS11.42869.96
JONES11.42861.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CRAPP0.07702857.1429
ROPER0.0770479.4521
STODDART0.0770344.8276
ROLLS0.0770322.5806
GOULD0.0770276.6798
LOADER0.0770256.4103
DUNFORD0.0770238.0952
PITCHER0.0770185.1852
TOMS0.0770185.1852
PHILPOTT0.0770185.1852
BURR0.0770178.5714
BARTLETT0.0770162.8664
GROVES0.0770101.5228
CHILDS0.077077.5194
STRINGER0.077071.9424
MARKS0.077069.9301
OAKLEY0.077067.5676
BURT0.077060.2410
BEVAN0.077058.4795
INGRAM0.077046.7290
FRY0.077044.6429
ELLIOTT0.077033.6700
GOODWIN0.077027.1003
BOND0.077026.9542
GIBSON0.077011.7647
MURRAY0.077011.5207
COLLINS0.07709.9602
DAVIS0.07706.5020
SMITH0.07704.0469
WILLIAMS0.07703.9777
JONES0.07701.2614

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 70 people called CRAPP in Melbury Sampford 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 2857.1429 in Melbury Sampford means that 2857.1429% of the people in Melbury Sampford on census day were called CRAPP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CRAPP 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 CRAPP 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 CRAPP 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 CRAPP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Melbury Sampford means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CRAPP in Melbury Sampford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Melbury Sampford in 1881

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

ALLWORTH (1)  BARTLETT (5)  BEVAN (1)  BOND (1)  BURR (1)  BURT (1)  CHILDS (1)  COLLINS (1)  CRAPP (2)  DAVIS (1)  DUNFORD (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  FRY (1)  GIBSON (1)  GOLDRING (1)  GOODWIN (1)  GOULD (7)  GROVES (2)  INGRAM (1)  JONES (1)  LOADER (1)  MARKS (1)  MAXLED (1)  MOFF (1)  MURRAY (1)  OAKLEY (1)  PHILPOTT (1)  PITCHER (1)  PAULET (1)  ROPER (7)  ROLLS (1)  SHEARNE (1)  SMITH (4)  SOLLOWAY (1)  STODDART (2)  STORIER (1)  STRANGWAY (5)  STRINGER (1)  TOMS (1)  TREVITT (1)  VATCHER (1)  WILLIAMS (2)