Top surnames from the 1881 census in Abbotsbury, Dorset

Abbotsbury 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
GILL444.494463.52
FORD383.881539.85
SYMES262.6558360.61
GEE242.451596.04
WHITE232.34937.31
HAYNE222.2472901.64
TOMS212.1450277.41
BARTLETT212.145048.99
KEECH202.0429966.18
TREVETT191.94081,202.53
CRIBB171.73651,140.94
DUNFORD161.6343270.27
DOWNTON161.6343869.57
LEE161.634310.00
PITTMAN151.5322625.00
HALL141.43004.86
ROPER131.327963.79
MUNDY131.3279179.06
GREEN131.32794.72
CHURCHILL131.3279111.97
TAYLOR121.22571.92
PITCHER121.2257158.10
GARDNER111.123616.55
BRYER111.1236932.20
HAYWARD111.123626.35
WALLIS111.123633.17
LAKE101.021546.08
DARK101.0215282.49
GIBBONS101.021531.78
RANDELL90.9193147.30
FERRY80.8172258.90
PENNY80.817245.92
KELLAWAY80.8172380.95
HANSFORD80.8172165.63
MARSH80.817211.45
HODDER80.8172167.01
DENNETT80.8172189.13
CLAXTON80.8172129.03
GOULD70.715019.79
HOPSON70.7150271.32
BEALE70.715056.32
DARBY70.715044.53
THOMPSON70.71502.39
WILLIAMS70.71501.00
DAMON70.71501,166.67
ARNOLD60.612911.37
VALLANCE60.6129136.05
CARTER60.61293.65
WOOD60.61291.92
BRADFORD60.612931.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TREVETT0.989791202.5316
DAMON0.989791166.6667
CRIBB0.989791140.9396
KEECH0.98979966.1836
BRYER0.98979932.2034
HAYNE0.98979901.6393
DOWNTON0.98979869.5652
PITTMAN0.98979625.0000
WALBRIDGE0.98979535.7143
KEARLEY0.98979517.2414
FIGGINS0.98979449.4382
KINGMAN0.98979380.9524
KELLAWAY0.98979380.9524
SYMES0.98979360.6103
CORNICK0.98979357.1429
ROSSI0.98979333.3333
CHAFFEY0.98979318.4713
DARK0.98979282.4859
TOMS0.98979277.4108
THRESHER0.98979272.7273
HOPSON0.98979271.3178
DUNFORD0.98979270.2703
FERRY0.98979258.8997
WINGETT0.98979256.4103
HAMLEY0.98979241.9355
DENNETT0.98979189.1253
MUNDY0.98979179.0634
BAGG0.98979175.4386
HODDER0.98979167.0146
HANSFORD0.98979165.6315
STOODLEY0.98979162.6016
PITCHER0.98979158.1028
RANDELL0.98979147.2995
BALSON0.98979147.0588
POYNTER0.98979142.1801
VALLANCE0.98979136.0544
CLAXTON0.98979129.0323
JEANES0.98979125.0000
STAR0.98979119.0476
CHURCHILL0.98979111.9724
SAINT0.98979100.3344
GEE0.9897996.0384
VIVIAN0.9897988.1057
CHARD0.9897972.3327
CHENEY0.9897966.4452
FRAMPTON0.9897964.8508
ROPER0.9897963.7880
HANNEY0.9897963.6943
GILL0.9897963.5196
BEALE0.9897956.3154

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 979 people called TREVETT in Abbotsbury 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 1202.5316 in Abbotsbury means that 1202.5316% of the people in Abbotsbury on census day were called TREVETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TREVETT 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 TREVETT 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 TREVETT 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 TREVETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.98 in Abbotsbury means that you are 0.98 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TREVETT in Abbotsbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Abbotsbury in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ADAMS (5)  ANGEL (1)  ARNOLD (6)  BAGG (3)  BALSON (1)  BARTLETT (21)  BEALE (7)  BLANCHARD (1)  BOATSWAIN (10)  BRADFORD (6)  BRIDLE (3)  BRYER (11)  BRODBY (14)  BROUGHTON (1)  BURRIDGE (3)  CARTER (6)  CHAFFEY (5)  CHARD (4)  CHENEY (2)  CHURCHILL (13)  CLARK (4)  CLARKE (1)  CLAXTON (8)  COLLINS (5)  CONWAY (1)  COOK (1)  COOPER (4)  CORBEN (9)  CORNICK (5)  COSH (1)  COZENS (5)  COX (1)  CRABB (2)  CRIBB (17)  CRITCHELL (28)  CROCKETT (2)  CREW (1)  KEARLEY (3)  DAMON (7)  DARBY (7)  DARK (10)  DEAMEN (5)  DENNETT (8)  DYKE (1)  DIGHT (6)  DOWNTON (16)  DUNFORD (16)  FERRY (8)  FIGGINS (4)  FORD (38)  FRAMPTON (5)  FURLONGER (5)  FUSZARD (1)  GARDNER (11)  GEE (24)  GIBBONS (10)  GILL (44)  GILLINGHAM (1)  GODDARD (1)  GOOD (1)  GODDEN (1)  GODDING (2)  GOULD (7)  GREEN (13)  GREGORY (1)  HADGLEY (1)  HALL (14)  HALLETT (3)  HAMLEY (3)  HANNEY (1)  HANSFORD (8)  HAWKINS (5)  HAYNE (22)  HAYWARD (11)  HURDEN (5)  HICKMAN (1)  HOPSON (7)  HODDER (8)  HOUNSELL (5)  HUGHES (1)  HUNT (1)  HUTCHINGS (1)  JEANES (2)  JONES (1)  KEECH (20)  KELLAWAY (8)  KERR (1)  KINGMAN (4)  KNIGHT (5)  LAKE (10)  LEE (16)  LEGG (3)  LIMM (28)  LOCK (2)  LOCKETT (1)  LOVELL (1)  MANLEY (1)  MARSH (8)  MASON (1)  MILLER (1)  MUNDY (13)  ORCHARD (3)  PALMER (5)  PERRETT (1)  PENNY (8)  PHIPPS (1)  PITCHER (12)  PITTMAN (15)  POYNTER (3)  POWELL (1)  RANDELL (9)  RENDALL (2)  ROPER (13)  ROSSI (1)  RUSSELL (4)  SAINT (3)  SAMWAYS (1)  SANSFORD (8)  SHORT (1)  SYMES (26)  SLADE (2)  SMITH (1)  STAR (1)  STEVENS (2)  STICKLAND (2)  STOODLEY (2)  SWEETMAN (1)  TALBOT (4)  TAYLOR (12)  TOMS (21)  THOMPSON (7)  THRESHER (3)  TREVETT (19)  TULLIDGE (4)  VALLANCE (6)  VINCENT (4)  VIVAN (3)  VIVIAN (4)  WALBRIDGE (3)  WALLIS (11)  WALLBRIDGE (1)  WESTMACOTT (6)  WHITE (23)  WHITTLE (1)  WILLIAMS (7)  WINGETT (1)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (6)  WREN (5)  YOUNG (1)