Top surnames from the 1881 census in Warmwell, Dorset

Warmwell 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
WELLMAN147.73483,414.63
RUSSELL137.182358.82
BEST94.9724184.43
THORNE94.9724235.60
CAMBRIDGE94.97241,636.36
JAMES94.972425.32
CROCKER73.8674288.07
DICKER73.8674985.92
FARNHAM63.31491,621.62
EVERETT63.3149184.62
COX63.314921.87
MITCHAM52.76242,000.00
BUSSELL52.76241,250.00
CHRISTOPHER42.2099377.36
PEACH42.2099204.08
KEATS31.6575750.00
BUSHROD31.65754,285.71
PARKER31.65758.71
SMITH21.10500.78
HOARE21.105056.66
RIDOUT21.1050312.50
WHITE21.10503.44
LONG21.105017.04
JESSUP21.1050400.00
GREGORY21.105015.75
ROLLS21.1050246.91
BONNET10.55251,111.11
PEARCE10.55256.01
DAWE10.552563.29
TREVIS10.5525909.09
GALE10.552518.45
BISS10.5525357.14
BOWERING10.5525416.67
RICHARDS10.55253.66
FOOKS10.5525344.83
BILES10.5525212.77
LANGFORD10.552535.09
STOKES10.552513.09
GARLAND10.552541.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUSHROD0.181814285.7143
WELLMAN0.181813414.6341
MITCHAM0.181812000.0000
CAMBRIDGE0.181811636.3636
FARNHAM0.181811621.6216
BUSSELL0.181811250.0000
BONNET0.181811111.1111
DICKER0.18181985.9155
TREVIS0.18181909.0909
KEATS0.18181750.0000
BOWERING0.18181416.6667
JESSUP0.18181400.0000
CHRISTOPHER0.18181377.3585
BISS0.18181357.1429
FOOKS0.18181344.8276
RIDOUT0.18181312.5000
CROCKER0.18181288.0658
ROLLS0.18181246.9136
THORNE0.18181235.6021
BILES0.18181212.7660
PEACH0.18181204.0816
EVERETT0.18181184.6154
BEST0.18181184.4262
DAWE0.1818163.2911
RUSSELL0.1818158.8235
HOARE0.1818156.6572
GARLAND0.1818141.6667
LANGFORD0.1818135.0877
JAMES0.1818125.3165
COX0.1818121.8739
GALE0.1818118.4502
LONG0.1818117.0358
GREGORY0.1818115.7480
STOKES0.1818113.0890
PARKER0.181818.7133
PEARCE0.181816.0132
RICHARDS0.181813.6590
WHITE0.181813.4376
SMITH0.181810.7826

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 181 people called BUSHROD in Warmwell 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 Warmwell means that 4285.7143% of the people in Warmwell on census day were called BUSHROD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUSHROD 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 BUSHROD 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 BUSHROD 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 BUSHROD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Warmwell means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUSHROD in Warmwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Warmwell in 1881

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

ALLINGHAM (9)  BEST (9)  BILES (1)  BISS (1)  BONNET (1)  BOWERING (1)  BRIDLE (2)  BUSHROD (3)  BUSSELL (5)  CAMBRIDGE (9)  CHRISTOPHER (4)  COX (6)  CROCKER (7)  DAWE (1)  DICKER (7)  EVERETT (6)  FANCY (4)  FARNHAM (6)  FOOKS (1)  GALE (1)  GARLAND (1)  GOLDRING (3)  GREGORY (2)  HELLIAR (8)  HOARE (2)  JAMES (9)  JESSUP (2)  KEATS (3)  KILCATT (2)  LANGFORD (1)  LONG (2)  MITCHAM (5)  PARKER (3)  PEACH (4)  PEARCE (1)  RICHARDS (1)  RIDOUT (2)  ROLLS (2)  RUSSELL (13)  SAMWAYS (2)  SMITH (2)  STOKES (1)  THORNE (9)  TREVIS (1)  WHITE (2)  WELLMAN (14)