Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burstock, Dorset

Burstock 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
CLEAL136.84214,814.81
SYMES136.8421928.57
BARTLETT126.3158144.23
PARKER115.789530.44
DUNNING94.7368559.01
SPENCER84.210546.11
CREED84.2105754.72
WAY84.2105382.78
CHAFFEY73.68422,333.33
NORRIS73.684285.78
CHICK73.6842673.08
TRUMP73.68422,413.79
TREVETT63.15791,935.48
SMITH63.15792.24
CADDY52.6316925.93
REY52.63167,142.86
COMPTON52.6316273.22
WAKELY42.10531,290.32
FARNHAM42.10531,052.63
PAGE31.578919.75
FOWLER31.578927.65
GEAR21.0526281.69
PRIEST21.052680.32
MILLER21.05265.88
HARRISON21.05264.74
JENNING21.05261,000.00
STOODLEY21.0526833.33
GREENHAM21.0526540.54
HULL10.526325.19
PETERS10.526315.02
BURT10.526322.17
WALDON10.5263476.19
NEWBERY10.5263181.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REY0.191907142.8571
CLEAL0.191904814.8148
TRUMP0.191902413.7931
CHAFFEY0.191902333.3333
TREVETT0.191901935.4839
WAKELY0.191901290.3226
FARNHAM0.191901052.6316
JENNING0.191901000.0000
SYMES0.19190928.5714
CADDY0.19190925.9259
STOODLEY0.19190833.3333
CREED0.19190754.7170
CHICK0.19190673.0769
DUNNING0.19190559.0062
GREENHAM0.19190540.5405
WALDON0.19190476.1905
WAY0.19190382.7751
GEAR0.19190281.6901
COMPTON0.19190273.2240
NEWBERY0.19190181.8182
BARTLETT0.19190144.2308
NORRIS0.1919085.7843
PRIEST0.1919080.3213
SPENCER0.1919046.1095
PARKER0.1919030.4372
FOWLER0.1919027.6498
HULL0.1919025.1889
BURT0.1919022.1729
PAGE0.1919019.7498
PETERS0.1919015.0150
MILLER0.191905.8824
HARRISON0.191904.7416
SMITH0.191902.2366

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 190 people called REY in Burstock 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 7142.8571 in Burstock means that 7142.8571% of the people in Burstock on census day were called REY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REY 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 REY 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 REY 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 REY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Burstock means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REY in Burstock than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burstock in 1881

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

ANSFORD (3)  BARTLETT (12)  BURT (1)  CADDY (5)  CHAFFEY (7)  CHICK (7)  CLEAL (13)  COMPTON (5)  CREED (8)  DUNNING (9)  FARNHAM (4)  FONE (6)  FOWLER (3)  GEAR (2)  GREENHAM (2)  HALSON (3)  HARRISON (2)  HULL (1)  JENNING (2)  LARCOMBE (4)  LOVERAGE (1)  MILLER (2)  NEWBERY (1)  NORRIS (7)  PAGE (3)  PARKER (11)  PETERS (1)  PRIEST (2)  REY (5)  SYMES (13)  SMITH (6)  SPENCER (8)  STOODLEY (2)  TIZZARD (3)  TREVETT (6)  TRUMP (7)  WAKELY (4)  WALDON (1)  WAY (8)