Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tolpuddle, Dorset

Tolpuddle 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
LOVELESS165.24592,500.00
SYMES154.9180666.67
CAKE154.91804,687.50
RUSSELL134.262334.92
ROBINS134.2623201.24
CROSS123.934457.17
HAMMETT123.93441,176.47
RIGGS113.60661,078.43
WHITE92.95089.18
OLIVER82.623036.76
SMITH82.62301.86
BOWRING82.6230816.33
DANIEL72.2951103.86
MITCHELL72.295111.31
CHILD61.9672115.61
ELLIS61.967213.55
WAY61.9672178.57
NASH61.967242.67
BEATON61.9672170.94
STANDFIELD51.63932,777.78
HANSFORD51.6393331.13
WELLMAN41.3115579.71
ROPER41.311562.99
GUPPY41.3115493.83
TRENT41.3115909.09
PAINE41.311595.24
GREENING41.3115235.29
DRAKE30.983633.75
TRAVERS30.9836196.08
HILL30.98363.86
SPICER30.983673.17
HARDEY30.98361,153.85
LEGG30.983659.52
CRANE30.983646.66
BULLEN30.983692.88
LANE20.65579.51
PHILLIPS20.65573.67
BRINE20.6557215.05
MATTHEWS20.65577.52
LOCK20.655723.04
RIDOUT20.6557185.19
HOMER20.655786.21
PUCKETT20.6557689.66
BOWLES10.327920.04
BARNES10.32792.72
SIBLEY10.327940.65
BENHAM10.327961.35
DAVIS10.32791.49
CROCKER10.327924.39
PENNINGTON10.327922.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CAKE0.313054687.5000
STANDFIELD0.313052777.7778
LOVELESS0.313052500.0000
HAMMETT0.313051176.4706
HARDEY0.313051153.8462
RIGGS0.313051078.4314
TRENT0.31305909.0909
BOWRING0.31305816.3265
PUCKETT0.31305689.6552
SYMES0.31305666.6667
WELLMAN0.31305579.7101
GUPPY0.31305493.8272
HANSFORD0.31305331.1258
GREENING0.31305235.2941
BRINE0.31305215.0538
ROBINS0.31305201.2384
TRAVERS0.31305196.0784
RIDOUT0.31305185.1852
WAY0.31305178.5714
BEATON0.31305170.9402
CHILD0.31305115.6069
DANIEL0.31305103.8576
PAINE0.3130595.2381
BULLEN0.3130592.8793
HOMER0.3130586.2069
SPICER0.3130573.1707
ROPER0.3130562.9921
BENHAM0.3130561.3497
LEGG0.3130559.5238
CROSS0.3130557.1701
CRANE0.3130546.6563
NASH0.3130542.6743
SIBLEY0.3130540.6504
OLIVER0.3130536.7647
RUSSELL0.3130534.9181
DRAKE0.3130533.7458
EDMUNDS0.3130525.1256
CROCKER0.3130524.3902
MAJOR0.3130524.3309
LOCK0.3130523.0415
PENNINGTON0.3130522.1239
BOWLES0.3130520.0401
HOARE0.3130516.8067
ELLIS0.3130513.5471
MITCHELL0.3130511.3140
SIMS0.3130510.9409
LANE0.313059.5147
WHITE0.313059.1799
MATTHEWS0.313057.5188
HILL0.313053.8620

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 305 people called CAKE in Tolpuddle 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 4687.5000 in Tolpuddle means that 4687.5000% of the people in Tolpuddle on census day were called CAKE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CAKE 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 CAKE 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 CAKE 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 CAKE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Tolpuddle means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CAKE in Tolpuddle than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tolpuddle in 1881

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

BARNES (1)  BATTRICK (8)  BEATON (6)  BENHAM (1)  BOWLES (1)  BOWRING (8)  BRINE (2)  BULLEN (3)  CAKE (15)  CHILD (6)  COSH (7)  CRANE (3)  CROCKER (1)  CROSS (12)  DANIEL (7)  DAVIS (1)  DRAKE (3)  EDMUNDS (1)  EFENEY (1)  ELLIS (6)  EMMERTON (1)  GALTON (2)  GOLDRING (1)  GREENING (4)  GUPPY (4)  HAMMETT (12)  HANSFORD (5)  HARDEY (3)  HILL (3)  HOARE (1)  HOMER (2)  HORLOCK (6)  LANE (2)  LEGG (3)  LOCK (2)  LOVELESS (16)  MAJOR (1)  MATTHEWS (2)  MITCHELL (7)  NASH (6)  OLIVER (8)  PAINE (4)  PENNINGTON (1)  PHILLIPS (2)  PUCKETT (2)  RIDOUT (2)  RIGGS (11)  ROBINS (13)  ROPER (4)  RUSSELL (13)  SCOTT (1)  SCARD (2)  SIBLEY (1)  SYMES (15)  SIMS (1)  SMITH (8)  SPICER (3)  STANDFIELD (5)  SWAFFIELD (1)  TOOGOOD (1)  TRAVERS (3)  TRENT (4)  VALENCE (3)  WAY (6)  WHITE (9)  WELLMAN (4)  WOODSFORD (2)