Top surnames from the 1881 census in Powerstock, Dorset

Powerstock 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
GALE10713.0329434.96
LEGG718.6480523.99
GREENING313.7759679.82
WALBRIDGE293.53236,170.21
STONE273.288745.49
SLADE202.4361122.10
BILES182.1924849.06
HANSFORD172.0706419.75
NORTHOVER161.9488909.09
READ151.827028.34
SMITH141.70521.21
WHITTLE111.339861.49
COUSINS111.339874.48
WAY111.3398121.55
PALMER91.09629.30
DUNHAM91.0962215.31
PITCHER91.0962141.29
CHILCOTT91.0962368.85
TRAVERS91.0962218.45
HINE80.9744123.27
CRABB80.974493.90
BROWN80.97441.48
MILLER80.97445.45
BAGG80.9744559.44
GREEN80.97443.46
CRAWFORD80.974419.91
ALLEN70.85264.51
STEVENS70.85268.17
LAVER70.8526221.52
PAINTER70.852662.17
PESTER60.7308645.16
LANSFORD60.730812,000.00
THOMAS60.73081.77
PAULL60.7308210.53
BUGLER50.6090568.18
SAMPSON50.609035.69
GODDEN50.609088.18
SHUTE50.6090151.52
LEAF50.6090357.14
DARE50.6090141.24
WILLETT50.609077.28
HAYWARD50.609014.28
PARKER40.48722.56
DUNN40.48725.86
DAVIS40.48722.22
MARSH40.48726.83
HOUSE40.487237.45
ELLIOTT40.48725.74
KNIGHT40.48723.95
SCORE40.4872975.61

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LANSFORD0.8282112000.0000
WALBRIDGE0.828216170.2128
WALBORN0.828214000.0000
MACDOWELL0.828213000.0000
SCORE0.82821975.6098
NORTHOVER0.82821909.0909
BILES0.82821849.0566
GREENING0.82821679.8246
PESTER0.82821645.1613
BUGLER0.82821568.1818
BAGG0.82821559.4406
LEGG0.82821523.9852
RIGLER0.82821454.5455
GALE0.82821434.9593
HANSFORD0.82821419.7531
SCADDEN0.82821416.6667
HADDER0.82821370.3704
CHILCOTT0.82821368.8525
LEAF0.82821357.1429
MABEY0.82821245.9016
JEFFORD0.82821241.9355
LAVER0.82821221.5190
TRAVERS0.82821218.4466
DUNHAM0.82821215.3110
PAULL0.82821210.5263
BART0.82821204.0816
SHUTE0.82821151.5152
PITCHER0.82821141.2873
DARE0.82821141.2429
GUPPY0.82821138.2488
HINE0.82821123.2666
SLADE0.82821122.1001
WAY0.82821121.5470
KELLAWAY0.82821113.6364
CRABB0.8282193.8967
GODDEN0.8282188.1834
RENDLE0.8282182.6446
WILLETT0.8282177.2798
COUSINS0.8282174.4753
PAINTER0.8282162.1670
CORBIN0.8282161.7284
WHITTLE0.8282161.4869
MELLISH0.8282157.1429
GILLINGHAM0.8282154.3478
STONE0.8282145.4928
CHARD0.8282143.1034
HOUSE0.8282137.4532
SALISBURY0.8282136.7647
SAMPSON0.8282135.6888
BEATON0.8282131.7797

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 821 people called LANSFORD in Powerstock 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 12000.0000 in Powerstock means that 12000.0000% of the people in Powerstock on census day were called LANSFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LANSFORD 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 LANSFORD 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 LANSFORD 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 LANSFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Powerstock means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LANSFORD in Powerstock than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Powerstock in 1881

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

ALLEN (7)  ALLSOPP (1)  BAGG (8)  BART (1)  BEATON (3)  BILES (18)  BLIGDON (1)  BRETT (1)  BRIDLE (2)  BRIDGE (1)  BROWN (8)  BUGLER (5)  BUGLAR (1)  BURROWS (2)  CHANT (1)  CHARD (2)  CHILCOTT (9)  CHURCHEL (1)  COOK (3)  CORBIN (1)  COUSINS (11)  CRABB (8)  CRAWFORD (8)  CRITCHELL (1)  DARE (5)  DATE (1)  DAWBNEY (22)  DAVIS (4)  DENNETT (1)  DOWNE (4)  DUNHAM (9)  DUNN (4)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIOTT (4)  FRAMPTON (1)  FRY (2)  GALE (107)  JERRARD (6)  JEFFORD (3)  GILL (1)  GILLINGHAM (2)  GODDEN (5)  GREEN (8)  GREENING (31)  GUPPY (3)  HADDER (1)  HANSFORD (17)  HARRIS (1)  HAYWARD (5)  HICKS (3)  HINE (8)  HOOPER (1)  HOUNSELL (7)  HOUSE (4)  HUTCHINGS (3)  HYDE (3)  KELLAWAY (2)  KNIGHT (4)  LANSFORD (6)  LATHEY (3)  LEAF (5)  LEGG (71)  LEGGE (1)  LAVER (7)  LUCAS (1)  MABEY (3)  MARSH (4)  MACDOWELL (3)  MILLER (8)  MELLISH (1)  NEWLYND (2)  NORTHOVER (16)  PAINTER (7)  PALMER (9)  PARKER (4)  PAULL (6)  PEACH (2)  PESTER (6)  PITCHER (9)  RENDLE (2)  READ (15)  RIGLAR (30)  RIGLER (1)  WRIXON (25)  ROLLS (1)  RUSSELL (2)  SALISBURY (3)  SAMPSON (5)  SANCTUARY (2)  SANSOM (1)  SARGENT (1)  SCADDEN (2)  SCORE (4)  SHUTE (5)  SLADE (20)  SMITH (14)  SPRACKLING (3)  STEVENS (7)  STONE (27)  STROUD (1)  THOMAS (6)  TRAVERS (9)  TRAVESS (2)  TRAVIS (1)  TUCKER (1)  UPSALL (1)  WALBERTON (8)  WALBRIDGE (29)  WALBORN (2)  WARREN (1)  WAY (11)  WHITE (1)  WHITTLE (11)  WILLETT (5)