Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Orchard, Dorset

West Orchard 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
ROBERTS1916.814244.70
TUFFIN1412.38947,368.42
PLOWMAN108.84961,724.14
ROSE87.079695.47
MILES87.0796119.94
STOKES87.0796167.71
MOORE65.309726.55
PIKE65.3097182.37
JENKINS43.539830.03
JEFFERY43.5398163.27
LOCK43.5398124.22
ARNOLD32.654949.26
FARNHAM32.65491,304.35
JOHNSON32.65497.90
LEMON21.7699243.90
GROVES10.885031.45
ROBBINS10.885056.50
WATERS10.885022.03
LANNING10.8850714.29
ELSWORTH10.8850243.90
YATES10.885012.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TUFFIN0.111137368.4211
PLOWMAN0.111131724.1379
FARNHAM0.111131304.3478
LANNING0.11113714.2857
LEMON0.11113243.9024
ELSWORTH0.11113243.9024
PIKE0.11113182.3708
STOKES0.11113167.7149
JEFFERY0.11113163.2653
LOCK0.11113124.2236
MILES0.11113119.9400
ROSE0.1111395.4654
ROBBINS0.1111356.4972
ARNOLD0.1111349.2611
ROBERTS0.1111344.6954
GROVES0.1111331.4465
JENKINS0.1111330.0300
MOORE0.1111326.5487
WATERS0.1111322.0264
YATES0.1111312.8700
JOHNSON0.111137.9010

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 113 people called TUFFIN in West Orchard 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 7368.4211 in West Orchard means that 7368.4211% of the people in West Orchard on census day were called TUFFIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TUFFIN 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 TUFFIN 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 TUFFIN 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 TUFFIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in West Orchard means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TUFFIN in West Orchard than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Orchard in 1881

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

ARNOLD (3)  ELSWORTH (1)  FARNHAM (3)  GROVES (1)  JEFFERY (4)  JENKINS (4)  JOHNSON (3)  LANNING (1)  LEMON (2)  LOCK (4)  MILES (8)  MOCKRIDGE (4)  MOORE (6)  PIKE (6)  PLOWMAN (10)  ROBERTS (19)  ROBBINS (1)  ROSE (8)  SKYVINGTON (1)  STOKES (8)  TUFFIN (14)  WATERS (1)  YATES (1)