Top surnames from the 1881 census in Winterborne Houghton, Dorset

Winterborne Houghton 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
JOYCE6726.80001,091.21
ROBBINS228.8000562.66
DAMON145.60009,333.33
ELFORD145.60001,842.11
DAVIS114.400020.02
EDWARDS114.400015.79
BUTT104.0000310.56
HANNAM93.60001,168.83
HOWE83.200081.47
BOLT62.4000331.49
CLERK52.0000769.23
STAY52.00003,846.15
CHAFFEY52.00001,250.00
RIGGS41.6000481.93
GODDARD41.600039.80
DOREY41.6000465.12
TOMS31.2000155.44
COLLIS31.2000116.28
COBB20.800056.34
LOADER20.8000143.88
LANE20.800011.61
BILES10.4000153.85
ALLEN10.40002.12
KINGSBURY10.4000175.44
FRAMPTON10.400050.76
BRINE10.4000131.58
SILCOX10.4000322.58
DRAKE10.400013.74
BABER10.4000196.08
WHITE10.40001.24
BUNGAY10.4000384.62
ARNOLD10.40007.42
TREVETT10.4000250.00
GIBBS10.40008.14
BULGIN10.4000666.67
SMITH10.40000.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DAMON0.252509333.3333
STAY0.252503846.1538
ELFORD0.252501842.1053
CHAFFEY0.252501250.0000
HANNAM0.252501168.8312
JOYCE0.252501091.2052
CLERK0.25250769.2308
BULGIN0.25250666.6667
ROBBINS0.25250562.6598
RIGGS0.25250481.9277
DOREY0.25250465.1163
BUNGAY0.25250384.6154
BOLT0.25250331.4917
SILCOX0.25250322.5806
BUTT0.25250310.5590
TREVETT0.25250250.0000
BABER0.25250196.0784
KINGSBURY0.25250175.4386
TOMS0.25250155.4404
BILES0.25250153.8462
LOADER0.25250143.8849
BRINE0.25250131.5789
COLLIS0.25250116.2791
HOWE0.2525081.4664
COBB0.2525056.3380
FRAMPTON0.2525050.7614
GODDARD0.2525039.8010
DAVIS0.2525020.0218
EDWARDS0.2525015.7887
DRAKE0.2525013.7363
LANE0.2525011.6077
GIBBS0.252508.1433
ARNOLD0.252507.4184
ALLEN0.252502.1173
WHITE0.252501.2444
SMITH0.252500.2833

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 250 people called DAMON in Winterborne Houghton 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 9333.3333 in Winterborne Houghton means that 9333.3333% of the people in Winterborne Houghton on census day were called DAMON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DAMON 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 DAMON 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 DAMON 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 DAMON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Winterborne Houghton means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DAMON in Winterborne Houghton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Winterborne Houghton in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ARNOLD (1)  BABER (1)  BILES (1)  BOLT (6)  BRINE (1)  BULGIN (1)  BUNGAY (1)  BUTT (10)  CHAFFEY (5)  CLERK (5)  COBB (2)  COLLIS (3)  DAMON (14)  DAVIS (11)  DOREY (4)  DRAKE (1)  EDWARDS (11)  ELFORD (14)  FRAMPTON (1)  GIBBS (1)  GODDARD (4)  HANNAM (9)  HOWE (8)  JOYCE (67)  KINGSBURY (1)  LANE (2)  LOADER (2)  REGLAR (5)  RIGGS (4)  ROBBINS (22)  SEXEY (3)  SILCOX (1)  SMITH (1)  STAY (5)  TOMS (3)  TREVETT (1)  TRIMBY (4)  VATCHER (1)  VATER (3)  WHITE (1)  WHITTEY (8)