Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dormston, Worcestershire

Dormston is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Worcestershire

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
ANDREWS1312.8713134.30
GARDNER76.9307102.04
SUMMERTON65.94064,000.00
MORRIS65.940626.69
JONES65.94065.25
HATHAWAY54.9505961.54
PUGH54.9505129.53
COLLEY54.9505390.63
GLOVER43.960492.81
FARMER43.9604126.58
COWLEY43.9604215.05
SAVAGE32.970377.32
COTTRILL32.97031,500.00
GREEN32.970310.55
SHERWOOD32.9703232.56
BURFORD21.9802357.14
GOWER21.9802188.68
GROVES10.990135.21
FEATHERSTONE10.9901109.89
BULLOCK10.990130.40
GROVE10.990184.75
STEVENS10.99019.49
HALFORD10.9901133.33
BADGER10.9901172.41
PAIN10.9901109.89
HOWES10.990156.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SUMMERTON4,000.0065.9406
COTTRILL1,500.0032.9703
HATHAWAY961.5454.9505
COLLEY390.6354.9505
BURFORD357.1421.9802
SHERWOOD232.5632.9703
COWLEY215.0543.9604
GOWER188.6821.9802
BADGER172.4110.9901
ANDREWS134.301312.8713
HALFORD133.3310.9901
PUGH129.5354.9505
FARMER126.5843.9604
FEATHERSTONE109.8910.9901
PAIN109.8910.9901
GARDNER102.0476.9307
GLOVER92.8143.9604
GROVE84.7510.9901
SAVAGE77.3232.9703
HOWES56.5010.9901
GROVES35.2110.9901
BULLOCK30.4010.9901
MORRIS26.6965.9406
GREEN10.5532.9703
STEVENS9.4910.9901
JONES5.2565.9406

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called SUMMERTON in Dormston 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 5.9406 in Dormston means that 5.9406% of the people in Dormston on census day were called SUMMERTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SUMMERTON 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 SUMMERTON 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 SUMMERTON 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 SUMMERTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,000.00 in Dormston means that you are 4,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SUMMERTON in Dormston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dormston in 1881

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

ANDREWS (13)  BADGER (1)  BULLOCK (1)  BURFORD (2)  COLLEY (5)  COTTRILL (3)  COTTERILL (8)  COWLEY (4)  EDGCOME (1)  EWINS (1)  FARMER (4)  FEATHERSTONE (1)  GARDNER (7)  GLOVER (4)  GOWER (2)  GREEN (3)  GROVE (1)  GROVES (1)  HALFORD (1)  HATHAWAY (5)  HOWES (1)  JONES (6)  LAIGHT (1)  MORRIS (6)  PAIN (1)  PUGH (5)  SAVAGE (3)  SHERWOOD (3)  STEVENS (1)  SUMMERTON (6)