Top surnames from the 1881 census in Alton Pancras, Dorset

Alton Pancras 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
BECK135.0584216.31
NEW124.6693533.33
BARRETT114.280263.73
BISHOP103.891155.68
LOVELACE93.50192,903.23
JEANES83.11281,904.76
PHILLIPS83.112817.40
NEALE72.7237114.75
HOLLAND72.723738.25
VINCENT72.723787.28
GIBBS72.723755.42
THORNE62.3346110.70
DUNNING62.3346275.23
STOODLEY62.33461,875.00
CLARKE62.334611.52
DRAPER62.334699.17
PAULL51.9455561.80
COLLARD41.5564256.41
MASTERS41.556484.03
COOMBS41.556492.17
LOVELL41.556474.35
COLLINS31.16738.13
DURRANT31.167374.63
ELWORTHY31.1673750.00
HYDE31.167337.93
HODGES31.167339.79
HAWKINS31.167316.12
SAUNDERS20.77828.49
LOVELESS20.7782370.37
MOGG20.7782327.87
COX20.77825.13
BELLINGER20.7782512.82
CROSS20.778211.31
EDWARDS20.77822.79
HOWE20.778219.82
HOBBS10.389110.68
STICKLAND10.389194.34
CROCKER10.389128.99
MARCHANT10.389125.13
BAGG10.3891222.22
GREEN10.38911.38
FOX10.38914.19
POPE10.389111.29
BURGESS10.38915.60
WATTS10.38914.64
PAUL10.389115.55
BIGG10.3891123.46
DOVER10.389186.21
HAYNE10.3891156.25
STEPHENS10.38917.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LOVELACE0.262572903.2258
JEANES0.262571904.7619
STOODLEY0.262571875.0000
ELWORTHY0.26257750.0000
PAULL0.26257561.7978
NEW0.26257533.3333
BELLINGER0.26257512.8205
LOVELESS0.26257370.3704
MOGG0.26257327.8689
DUNNING0.26257275.2294
COLLARD0.26257256.4103
BAGG0.26257222.2222
BECK0.26257216.3062
HAYNE0.26257156.2500
BIGG0.26257123.4568
RIGGS0.26257116.2791
NEALE0.26257114.7541
THORNE0.26257110.7011
DRAPER0.2625799.1736
STICKLAND0.2625794.3396
COOMBS0.2625792.1659
LYNE0.2625788.4956
VINCENT0.2625787.2818
DOVER0.2625786.2069
MASTERS0.2625784.0336
TRAVERS0.2625777.5194
DURRANT0.2625774.6269
LOVELL0.2625774.3494
BARRETT0.2625763.7312
BISHOP0.2625755.6793
GIBBS0.2625755.4236
HODGES0.2625739.7878
HOLLAND0.2625738.2514
HYDE0.2625737.9267
CROCKER0.2625728.9855
MARCHANT0.2625725.1256
HOWE0.2625719.8216
PHILLIPS0.2625717.3989
HAWKINS0.2625716.1204
PAUL0.2625715.5521
LOCK0.2625713.6612
CLARKE0.2625711.5207
CROSS0.2625711.3058
POPE0.2625711.2867
SHEPPARD0.2625711.2360
HOBBS0.2625710.6838
SAUNDERS0.262578.4854
COLLINS0.262578.1345
STEPHENS0.262577.0126
GILBERT0.262576.8306

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 257 people called LOVELACE in Alton Pancras 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 2903.2258 in Alton Pancras means that 2903.2258% of the people in Alton Pancras on census day were called LOVELACE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LOVELACE 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 LOVELACE 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 LOVELACE 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 LOVELACE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Alton Pancras means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LOVELACE in Alton Pancras than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Alton Pancras in 1881

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

BAGG (1)  BAILEY (1)  BELLINGER (2)  BARRETT (11)  BECK (13)  BIGG (1)  BISHOP (10)  BROWN (1)  BURGESS (1)  CLARKE (6)  COLLARD (4)  COLLINS (3)  COOMBS (4)  CORNICK OR CORWICK (20)  COX (2)  CROAD (9)  CROCKER (1)  CROSS (2)  DASENT (1)  DEVELIN (1)  DOVER (1)  DRAPER (6)  DUNNING (6)  DURRANT (3)  DIMENT (6)  EDWARDS (2)  ELWORTHY (3)  EXHAM (1)  FOX (1)  GIBBS (7)  GILBERT (1)  GREEN (1)  HAWKINS (3)  HAYNE (1)  HOBBS (1)  HODGES (3)  HOLLAND (7)  HOWE (2)  HYDE (3)  JEANES (8)  LYNE (1)  LOCK (1)  LOVELESS (2)  LOVELACE (9)  LOVELL (4)  MARCHANT (1)  MASTERS (4)  MOGG (2)  NEALE (7)  NEW (12)  PAULL (5)  PAUL (1)  PHILLIPS (8)  POPE (1)  RIGGS (1)  ROBERTS (1)  SAMWAYS (3)  SAUNDERS (2)  SHEPPARD (1)  STEPHENS (1)  STIBY (6)  STICKLAND (1)  STOODLEY (6)  THORNE (6)  TRAVERS (1)  VINCENT (7)  WATTS (1)  WHITE (1)  WILKINSON (1)