Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stock Gayland, Dorset

Stock Gayland 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
ROBERTS1118.032847.93
COOMBS1016.3934970.87
RICHARDS914.754197.72
GILLINGHAM46.55741,481.48
CARTER23.278719.53
PITMAN23.2787357.14
WEST11.639317.04
SMITH11.63931.16
COOK11.63938.25
WARREN11.639324.51
MOGG11.6393714.29
DRUMMOND11.639382.64
YEATMAN11.63931,111.11
COLLINS11.639311.43
STOKES11.639338.76
LANE11.639323.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILLINGHAM0.06611481.4815
YEATMAN0.06611111.1111
COOMBS0.0661970.8738
MOGG0.0661714.2857
PITMAN0.0661357.1429
RICHARDS0.066197.7199
DRUMMOND0.066182.6446
ROBERTS0.066147.9303
STOKES0.066138.7597
WARREN0.066124.5098
LANE0.066123.8095
CARTER0.066119.5313
WEST0.066117.0358
COLLINS0.066111.4286
COOK0.06618.2508
SMITH0.06611.1610

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 61 people called GILLINGHAM in Stock Gayland 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 1481.4815 in Stock Gayland means that 1481.4815% of the people in Stock Gayland on census day were called GILLINGHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILLINGHAM 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 GILLINGHAM 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 GILLINGHAM 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 GILLINGHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Stock Gayland means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILLINGHAM in Stock Gayland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stock Gayland in 1881

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

CARTER (2)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (1)  COOMBS (10)  DOLLING (8)  DRUMMOND (1)  GILLINGHAM (4)  HEST (1)  LAGDEN (2)  LANE (1)  MOGG (1)  PITMAN (2)  RICHARDS (9)  ROBERTS (11)  SMITH (1)  STOKES (1)  VENABLES (2)  WARREN (1)  WEST (1)  YEATMAN (1)