Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thornford, Dorset

Thornford 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
MOORE348.232441.17
LANE276.537594.87
GRAY266.295444.10
HUNT184.358432.82
BRISTER122.90562,500.00
GOULD122.905680.43
FOOT112.6634268.95
HATCHER102.4213413.22
ABBOTT92.179249.42
HANN92.1792476.19
ANDREWS92.179222.74
FOOKS81.93701,212.12
GOSNEY81.93701,025.64
GABE81.93708,000.00
DRAKE81.937066.50
BUCKLAND81.9370183.07
VOWELL71.69497,777.78
WAKELY61.4528882.35
GARRETT61.452863.97
CRIDLAND61.4528845.07
GOOD51.210797.28
VICKERY51.2107166.67
WAREHAM51.2107216.45
VINCENT40.968531.06
PLACE40.9685184.33
PEARCE40.968510.54
LOCKYER30.726494.94
COMPTON30.726475.38
GARNER30.726422.99
NEAL30.726424.55
MASTERS30.726439.22
CORNISH30.726450.34
HAMMOND30.726412.76
BLAKE30.726415.00
ROBERTS30.72641.93
WAR20.48435,000.00
COLLINS20.48433.38
HOBBS20.484313.29
SOWERBY20.484389.69
BUGLER20.4843454.55
JEANES20.4843298.51
SMITH20.48430.34
CHAINEY20.4843714.29
HAINES20.484320.92
BARNS10.242137.59
TOOZE10.2421250.00
PARSONS10.24213.19
TAYLOR10.24210.38
CHILDS10.242113.18
WILLIAMS10.24210.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GALSON0.4141310000.0000
GABE0.414138000.0000
VOWELL0.414137777.7778
WAR0.414135000.0000
BRISTER0.414132500.0000
FOOKS0.414131212.1212
GOSNEY0.414131025.6410
WAKELY0.41413882.3529
CRIDLAND0.41413845.0704
CHAINEY0.41413714.2857
HANN0.41413476.1905
BUGLER0.41413454.5455
HATCHER0.41413413.2231
JEANES0.41413298.5075
FOOT0.41413268.9487
TOOZE0.41413250.0000
WAREHAM0.41413216.4502
PLACE0.41413184.3318
BUCKLAND0.41413183.0664
VICKERY0.41413166.6667
TOOP0.41413135.1351
MANSBRIDGE0.41413107.5269
DAINES0.41413102.0408
GOOD0.4141397.2763
PADDOCK0.4141395.2381
LOCKYER0.4141394.9367
LANE0.4141394.8700
GOVER0.4141394.3396
GUPPY0.4141391.7431
SOWERBY0.4141389.6861
GOULD0.4141380.4290
COMPTON0.4141375.3769
DRAKE0.4141366.5004
GARRETT0.4141363.9659
CORNISH0.4141350.3356
ABBOTT0.4141349.4234
GRAY0.4141344.0977
WARR0.4141342.5532
MOORE0.4141341.1672
MASTERS0.4141339.2157
BARNS0.4141337.5940
HUNT0.4141332.8168
PITCHER0.4141331.2500
COPLEY0.4141331.2500
TOMS0.4141331.2500
VINCENT0.4141331.0559
MOORES0.4141329.2398
GILLARD0.4141327.8552
NEAL0.4141324.5499
GARNER0.4141322.9885

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 413 people called GALSON in Thornford 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 10000.0000 in Thornford means that 10000.0000% of the people in Thornford on census day were called GALSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GALSON 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 GALSON 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 GALSON 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 GALSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Thornford means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GALSON in Thornford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thornford in 1881

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

ABBOTT (9)  ANDREWS (9)  BAKER (1)  BARNS (1)  BLAKE (3)  BRAG (1)  BRISTER (12)  BUCKLAND (8)  BUGLER (2)  CAVE (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHAINEY (2)  CHILDS (1)  CLAY (1)  COLLINS (2)  COMPTON (3)  COPLEY (1)  COPLLY (1)  CORNISH (3)  CRIDLAND (6)  CROCKER (1)  DAINES (1)  DELAMONT (1)  DRABEN (1)  DRAKE (8)  EYEARS (18)  FOOT (11)  FOOK (2)  FOOKS (8)  GABE (8)  GALSON (1)  GARNER (3)  GARRETT (6)  GILLARD (1)  GOOD (5)  GOSNEY (8)  GOULD (12)  GOVER (1)  GRAY (26)  GUPPY (1)  HALLARD (5)  HAMMOND (3)  HANN (9)  HATCHER (10)  HAINES (2)  HELLYAR (13)  HILLYAR (1)  HOBBS (2)  HUNT (18)  INGOFAY (2)  JEANES (2)  LANE (27)  LOCKYER (3)  MANSBRIDGE (1)  MASTERS (3)  MATHEWS (1)  MEAD (1)  MILLER (1)  MOORE (34)  MOORES (1)  NEAL (3)  NEEDHAM (1)  NOAKE (2)  OSMONT (3)  PADDOCK (1)  PARSONS (1)  PEARCE (4)  PITCHER (1)  PIKE (1)  PLACE (4)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBERTS (3)  ROXBY (3)  RYALL (7)  SAUNDERS (1)  SIMS (1)  SMITH (2)  SOWERBY (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TOMMS (3)  TOMS (1)  TOOP (1)  TOOZE (1)  VICKERY (5)  VINCENT (4)  VOWEL (2)  VOWELL (7)  WAKELY (6)  WAR (2)  WARR (1)  WAREHAM (5)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (1)  WISE (1)