Top surnames from the 1881 census in Over Compton, Dorset

Over Compton 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
GILLARD1611.11111,280.00
HANN1510.41672,272.73
GRIFFIN139.0278191.74
CORRY128.33334,285.71
BROWN64.16676.32
BOWLES53.4722211.86
COOK53.472217.48
FRAMPTON42.7778353.98
RENDALL42.7778526.32
BARTLETT32.083347.54
GOULD32.083357.69
WILLS21.388946.51
WHITTLE21.388963.69
KENDALL21.388964.52
BROOKS10.69447.10
GOSNEY10.6944370.37
PITMAN10.694476.34
LUNNON10.6944666.67
DAVIS10.69443.16
HOWARD10.69447.08
CARD10.6944119.05
BRINE10.6944227.27
PEARCE10.69447.56
FIELD10.694413.97
WRIGHT10.69442.16
GARRETT10.694430.58
PARSONS10.69449.14
DUNFORD10.6944114.94
HOWE10.694417.70
HALL10.69442.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CORRY0.141444285.7143
HANN0.141442272.7273
GILLARD0.141441280.0000
LUNNON0.14144666.6667
RENDALL0.14144526.3158
GOSNEY0.14144370.3704
FRAMPTON0.14144353.9823
BRINE0.14144227.2727
BOWLES0.14144211.8644
GRIFFIN0.14144191.7404
CARD0.14144119.0476
DUNFORD0.14144114.9425
PITMAN0.1414476.3359
KENDALL0.1414464.5161
WHITTLE0.1414463.6943
GOULD0.1414457.6923
BARTLETT0.1414447.5436
WILLS0.1414446.5116
GARRETT0.1414430.5810
HOWE0.1414417.6991
COOK0.1414417.4825
FIELD0.1414413.9665
PARSONS0.141449.1408
PEARCE0.141447.5586
BROOKS0.141447.1023
HOWARD0.141447.0771
BROWN0.141446.3211
DAVIS0.141443.1606
HALL0.141442.3607
WRIGHT0.141442.1645

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 144 people called CORRY in Over Compton 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 4285.7143 in Over Compton means that 4285.7143% of the people in Over Compton on census day were called CORRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CORRY 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 CORRY 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 CORRY 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 CORRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Over Compton means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CORRY in Over Compton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Over Compton in 1881

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

A'COURT (7)  BADDOCK (1)  BARTLETT (3)  BOWLES (5)  BRINE (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (6)  BRUNSDON (1)  CARD (1)  COOK (5)  CORRY (12)  DAVIS (1)  DUNFORD (1)  FIELD (1)  FRAMPTON (4)  GARRETT (1)  GILLARD (16)  GOODDEN (8)  GOSNEY (1)  GOULD (3)  GRIFFIN (13)  HALL (1)  HANN (15)  HOWARD (1)  HOWE (1)  KENDALL (2)  FEAVER (7)  LUNNON (1)  PARSONS (1)  PEARCE (1)  PITMAN (1)  RENDALL (4)  SAMWAYS (4)  SPART (SPRAT) (2)  SPRAT (3)  TROOD (3)  WHITTLE (2)  WILLS (2)  WRIGHT (1)