Top surnames from the 1881 census in Buckhorn Weston, Dorset

Buckhorn Weston 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
COOMBS285.3743317.82
WILLIAMS244.60656.41
READ234.414668.47
CROSS224.222661.37
SHUTE173.2630813.40
GREGORY163.071043.78
GODDARD163.071076.37
PERROTT142.6871782.12
BLACKMORE132.4952173.33
MEAD122.303398.85
WILLIAM122.3033269.66
RAYMOND112.1113365.45
CADDY112.1113743.24
LOADER101.9194344.83
DOWDING101.9194448.43
BUTT91.7274133.93
HICKS91.727441.27
PARSONS91.727422.74
THOMAS81.53553.72
COX81.535510.13
LONGMAN81.5355304.18
HERRIDGE81.5355544.22
COWARD81.5355134.00
COURT71.3436105.74
SHUTER71.34361,060.61
WHITE71.34364.18
LANNING71.34361,044.78
GREEN71.34364.77
ATKINS61.151630.71
JEANS61.1516342.86
LUSH61.1516287.08
PICKFORD50.9597117.92
GODWIN50.959774.18
ISLES50.9597354.61
ROBERTS50.95972.55
FLOWER50.959798.23
HOLLOWAY50.959731.33
HINE40.767897.09
SPEARING40.7678400.00
LAMBERT40.767814.06
HUNT40.76785.78
ASHFORD30.575858.25
YOUNG30.57582.68
TANNER30.575825.66
PERRETT30.5758115.38
DOWNS30.575832.36
BENNET20.383927.82
LEGG20.383923.26
GRIFFEN20.3839117.65
MILES20.38396.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHUTER0.525211060.6061
LANNING0.525211044.7761
SHUTE0.52521813.3971
PERROTT0.52521782.1229
CADDY0.52521743.2432
KAINES0.52521714.2857
HERRIDGE0.52521544.2177
DOWDING0.52521448.4305
SPEARING0.52521400.0000
RAYMOND0.52521365.4485
ISLES0.52521354.6099
LUFFMAN0.52521344.8276
LOADER0.52521344.8276
JEANS0.52521342.8571
COOMBS0.52521317.8207
LONGMAN0.52521304.1825
LUSH0.52521287.0813
WILLIAM0.52521269.6629
PEMBER0.52521200.0000
BLACKMORE0.52521173.3333
GALPIN0.52521166.6667
COWARD0.52521134.0034
BUTT0.52521133.9286
PICKFORD0.52521117.9245
GRIFFEN0.52521117.6471
PERRETT0.52521115.3846
COURT0.52521105.7402
MEAD0.5252198.8468
FLOWER0.5252198.2318
HINE0.5252197.0874
TOMPSON0.5252189.2857
DANE0.5252186.9565
GODDARD0.5252176.3723
GODWIN0.5252174.1840
READ0.5252168.4728
LILLY0.5252163.0915
CROSS0.5252161.3668
ASHFORD0.5252158.2524
GREGORY0.5252143.7756
HICKS0.5252141.2655
RANSOM0.5252135.4610
DOWNS0.5252132.3625
HOLLOWAY0.5252131.3283
ATKINS0.5252130.7062
BURDEN0.5252129.9850
BENNET0.5252127.8164
TANNER0.5252125.6630
BOWLES0.5252123.4742
LEGG0.5252123.2558
PARSONS0.5252122.7388

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 521 people called SHUTER in Buckhorn Weston 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 1060.6061 in Buckhorn Weston means that 1060.6061% of the people in Buckhorn Weston on census day were called SHUTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHUTER 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 SHUTER 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 SHUTER 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 SHUTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.52 in Buckhorn Weston means that you are 0.52 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHUTER in Buckhorn Weston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Buckhorn Weston in 1881

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

ALYING (1)  ASHFORD (3)  ATKINS (6)  BATTEN (1)  BENGEFIELD (8)  BENNET (2)  BEST (2)  BLACKMORE (13)  BURDEN (2)  BOWLES (2)  BUTT (9)  BOTTLE (3)  CADDY (11)  KAINES (1)  COOMBS (28)  COURT (7)  COWARD (8)  COX (8)  CROSS (22)  KUTTER (1)  D'AETH (6)  DARTNELL (1)  DANE (1)  DOGGRELL (7)  DOWDING (10)  DOWNS (3)  EDWARDS (1)  FLOWER (5)  GAWLER (1)  GALPIN (2)  GODDARD (16)  GODWIN (5)  GOOLING (1)  GREEN (7)  GREGORY (16)  GRIFFEN (2)  HANNAN OR HARMAN (8)  HASKOTT (1)  HERRIDGE (8)  HICKS (9)  HINE (4)  HOLLOWAY (5)  HONEYFIELD (8)  HOOPER (1)  HOUSE (1)  HUNT (4)  ISLES (5)  JEANS (6)  LAMBERT (4)  LANNING (7)  LAURENCE (1)  LEGG (2)  LEWIS (1)  LILLY (2)  LONGMAN (8)  LOADER (10)  LUFFMAN (2)  LUSH (6)  MAIDMENT (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MEAD (12)  MERIFIELD (1)  MILES (2)  NORTHEAST (5)  PALMER (1)  PERROTT (14)  PERRETT (3)  PARSONS (9)  PEMBER (1)  PICKFORD (5)  RANSOM (1)  RAYMOND (11)  READ (23)  RICHARDS (2)  ROBERTS (5)  SARGENT (1)  SHUTER (7)  SHUTE (17)  SIMS (1)  SMITH (1)  SPEARING (4)  STRONG (1)  TANNER (3)  TANSWELL (6)  THOMAS (8)  TOMPSON (1)  TOOGOOD (2)  VEALL (1)  WHITE (7)  WILLIAMS (24)  WILLIAM (12)  YOUNG (3)