Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bradford Peverell, Dorset

Bradford Peverell 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
DAVIS175.151523.44
GODDEN133.9394570.18
DRAKE103.0303104.06
BRETT92.7273143.54
BARTLETT92.727362.28
BARRETT82.424236.10
COLLINS82.424216.90
DUNFORD72.1212350.00
THOMAS72.12125.14
MIDDLETON72.121240.42
CRABB72.1212204.68
BARTER61.8182331.49
PROWSE61.8182400.00
GALLOP61.8182571.43
HARDING61.818225.13
TRIM51.5152505.05
ROLLS51.5152340.14
BAGWELL51.51521,851.85
AYLES51.5152909.09
ANDREWS41.212112.65
HICKS41.212128.96
HARVEY41.212111.35
CHENEY41.2121396.04
PERROTT41.2121353.98
SAUNDERS41.212113.21
HALLETT41.212198.52
DURRANT41.212177.52
HAWKER41.2121158.10
EVELEIGH30.9091326.09
WILLIS30.909117.09
SMITH30.90910.64
PALMER30.90917.71
SHEPPARD30.909126.25
ELLIOTT30.909110.71
SHORT30.909123.27
WALLIS30.909126.83
POPE20.606117.59
LEGG20.606136.70
MILES20.606110.27
COOMBS20.606135.84
STONE20.60618.38
BURRIDGE20.606189.29
BLAKE20.606112.52
HARRIS20.60612.38
SYMES20.606182.30
PHILLIPS20.60613.39
HURST20.606116.98
BURDEN20.606147.39
MILLS20.60614.67
MARTIN10.30301.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAGWELL0.333301851.8519
AYLES0.33330909.0909
GALLOP0.33330571.4286
GODDEN0.33330570.1754
TRIM0.33330505.0505
PROWSE0.33330400.0000
CHENEY0.33330396.0396
PERROTT0.33330353.9823
DUNFORD0.33330350.0000
ROLLS0.33330340.1361
BARTER0.33330331.4917
EVELEIGH0.33330326.0870
SHINER0.33330270.2703
LOVELACE0.33330250.0000
BARGE0.33330222.2222
CRABB0.33330204.6784
HAWKER0.33330158.1028
BRETT0.33330143.5407
STRETCH0.33330135.1351
HANDCOCK0.33330129.8701
DRAKE0.33330104.0583
HALLETT0.3333098.5222
PIDGEON0.3333090.9091
BURRIDGE0.3333089.2857
DOREY0.3333087.7193
SYMES0.3333082.3045
DURRANT0.3333077.5194
OSMOND0.3333067.1141
BARTLETT0.3333062.2837
CHARD0.3333053.7634
BURDEN0.3333047.3934
MIDDLETON0.3333040.4157
LEGG0.3333036.6972
BARRETT0.3333036.1011
COOMBS0.3333035.8423
PETTY0.3333030.5810
HICKS0.3333028.9645
WALLIS0.3333026.8336
SHEPPARD0.3333026.2467
HARDING0.3333025.1256
BUTT0.3333023.4742
DAVIS0.3333023.4418
SHORT0.3333023.2739
TILLEY0.3333023.0947
POPE0.3333017.5901
WILLIS0.3333017.0940
HURST0.3333016.9779
COLLINS0.3333016.8955
SNELL0.3333016.0000
LOVELL0.3333014.4928

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 330 people called BAGWELL in Bradford Peverell 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 1851.8519 in Bradford Peverell means that 1851.8519% of the people in Bradford Peverell on census day were called BAGWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAGWELL 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 BAGWELL 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 BAGWELL 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 BAGWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Bradford Peverell means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAGWELL in Bradford Peverell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bradford Peverell in 1881

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

ANDREWS (4)  BAGWELL (5)  BARGE (1)  BARRETT (8)  BARTER (6)  BARTLETT (9)  BLAKE (2)  BURDEN (2)  BRETT (9)  BURRIDGE (2)  BUTT (1)  CHARD (1)  CHENEY (4)  CLAPCOTT (5)  CLARK (1)  CLEALL (3)  COLLINS (8)  COOMBS (2)  CRABB (7)  CUMBLETON (8)  CURSLIC (1)  DAMEN (1)  DAVIS (17)  DAVEY (1)  DOREY (1)  DRAKE (10)  DUNFORD (7)  DURRANT (4)  AYLES (5)  ELLIOTT (3)  EVELEIGH (3)  EYERS (3)  GALLOP (6)  GODDEN (13)  GRANT (1)  HALLETT (4)  HANDCOCK (1)  HARDING (6)  HARRIS (2)  HARVEY (4)  HAWKER (4)  HAYWARD (1)  HES (1)  HICKS (4)  HURST (2)  IRONSIDES (9)  JELLY (1)  JONES (1)  LEGG (2)  LOVELACE (1)  LOVELL (1)  MALE (6)  MARDON (1)  MARTIN (1)  MAURRIER (1)  MIDDLETON (7)  MILES (2)  MILLS (2)  MORPWAITE (1)  OSMOND (1)  PALMER (3)  PERROTT (4)  PARSONS (1)  PURKIS (1)  PETTY (1)  PHILLIPS (2)  PIDGEON (1)  POPE (2)  PROWSE (6)  ROWE (1)  FITZROY (2)  ROLLS (5)  SAMWAYS (1)  SERTIN (5)  SAUNDERS (4)  SHEPPARD (3)  SHINER (1)  SHORT (3)  SYMES (2)  SMITH (3)  SNELL (1)  SPRACKLING (4)  STONE (2)  STRETCH (1)  SWAFFIELD (3)  TAFFIN (1)  TANCOCK (1)  THOMAS (7)  THORNE (1)  TILLEY (1)  TIZZARD (2)  TIZARD (1)  TRAVESS (4)  TRIM (5)  WALLIS (3)  WARREN (1)  WATSON (1)  WATTS (1)  WELSFORD (5)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIS (3)