Top surnames from the 1881 census in North Wooton, Dorset

North Wooton 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
GILLARD1826.08703,000.00
GILLINGHAM913.04352,903.23
GUPPY710.14493,888.89
DAY57.246476.92
PARK57.2464233.64
SMITH34.34783.08
GOSNEY34.34782,307.69
STACEY34.3478193.55
STEVENS22.898627.78
RIDOUT22.8986800.00
WARREN11.449321.69
BOURNE11.449374.63
MILES11.449324.57
HOOPER11.449334.25
WILKINS11.449332.79
BUTTON11.4493121.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GUPPY0.07693888.8889
GILLARD0.07693000.0000
GILLINGHAM0.07692903.2258
GOSNEY0.07692307.6923
RIDOUT0.0769800.0000
PARK0.0769233.6449
STACEY0.0769193.5484
BUTTON0.0769121.9512
DAY0.076976.9231
BOURNE0.076974.6269
HOOPER0.076934.2466
WILKINS0.076932.7869
STEVENS0.076927.7778
MILES0.076924.5700
WARREN0.076921.6920
SMITH0.07693.0794

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 69 people called GUPPY in North Wooton 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 3888.8889 in North Wooton means that 3888.8889% of the people in North Wooton on census day were called GUPPY.

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

All the surnames recorded in North Wooton in 1881

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

BOURNE (1)  BUTTON (1)  DAY (5)  GILLARD (18)  GILLINGHAM (9)  GOSNEY (3)  GUPPY (7)  HOOPER (1)  MILES (1)  PARK (5)  RIDOUT (2)  RYALL (4)  SMITH (3)  STACEY (3)  STEVENS (2)  WARREN (1)  WHEBBY (2)  WILKINS (1)