Top surnames from the 1881 census in Folke, Dorset

Folke 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
HANN248.95521,967.21
GILLINGHAM186.71641,500.00
ENGLISH176.3433337.30
CUFF155.59701,428.57
TROWBRIDGE134.85071,830.99
RIDOUT134.85071,368.42
HANNAM103.73131,219.51
WARREN93.358250.22
ADAMS82.985120.26
PITTMAN72.61191,060.61
DURRANT62.2388143.20
GOSNEY62.23881,200.00
VINCENT62.238871.77
PARK62.238872.20
GLYN62.23883,000.00
COLLIS62.2388216.61
CROCKER51.8657138.89
COOPER51.86577.67
HUGHES41.49255.33
MOORE41.49257.46
WILMOTT41.4925439.56
OSMOND31.1194247.93
COLLINS31.11947.80
OSMENT31.11942,500.00
DAY31.119411.89
LOADER31.1194201.34
LAMBERT31.119420.51
MARSH31.119415.69
WILKINS31.119425.34
KNIGHT20.74636.05
MILES20.746312.65
HARRIS20.74632.94
RYAL20.74633,333.33
YOUNG20.74633.47
PHILPOTT20.746397.56
OLD20.7463183.49
ELSWORTH20.7463204.08
MITCHELL20.74633.68
LILLY20.7463122.70
CHAFFEY10.3731232.56
NEWBURY10.373161.35
LONG10.37315.75
HAMMOND10.37316.55
LEAVER10.373157.80
WILKIE10.373126.18
BEATON10.373132.47
JONES10.37310.33
HERVEY10.3731294.12
SMITH10.37310.26
MATTHEWS10.37314.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RYAL0.272683333.3333
GLYN0.272683000.0000
OSMENT0.272682500.0000
HANN0.272681967.2131
TROWBRIDGE0.272681830.9859
GILLINGHAM0.272681500.0000
CUFF0.272681428.5714
RIDOUT0.272681368.4211
HANNAM0.272681219.5122
GOSNEY0.272681200.0000
PITTMAN0.272681060.6061
WILMOTT0.27268439.5604
URCH0.27268434.7826
ENGLISH0.27268337.3016
HERVEY0.27268294.1176
OSMOND0.27268247.9339
CHAFFEY0.27268232.5581
COLLIS0.27268216.6065
ELSWORTH0.27268204.0816
LOADER0.27268201.3423
OLD0.27268183.4862
DURRANT0.27268143.1981
CROCKER0.27268138.8889
LILLY0.27268122.6994
JEANS0.27268111.1111
PHILPOTT0.2726897.5610
HAMBLIN0.2726882.6446
PARK0.2726872.2022
VINCENT0.2726871.7703
NEWBURY0.2726861.3497
LEAVER0.2726857.8035
WARREN0.2726850.2232
ASHFORD0.2726837.7358
BEATON0.2726832.4675
WILKIE0.2726826.1780
WILKINS0.2726825.3378
LAMBERT0.2726820.5058
ADAMS0.2726820.2583
GUY0.2726817.0358
MARSH0.2726815.6904
MILES0.2726812.6502
DAY0.2726811.8906
COLLIER0.2726811.1607
SAVAGE0.272689.7087
HAYWARD0.272688.7489
COLLINS0.272687.8003
COOPER0.272687.6699
MOORE0.272687.4641
HAMMOND0.272686.5531
KNIGHT0.272686.0533

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 268 people called RYAL in Folke 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 3333.3333 in Folke means that 3333.3333% of the people in Folke on census day were called RYAL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RYAL 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 RYAL 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 RYAL 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 RYAL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Folke means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RYAL in Folke than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Folke in 1881

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

ADAMS (8)  ASHFORD (1)  BEATON (1)  CHAFFEY (1)  COLLIER (1)  COLLINS (3)  COLLIS (6)  COOPER (5)  CROCKER (5)  CUFF (15)  DAY (3)  DOWNSON (1)  DURRANT (6)  ELSWORTH (2)  GILLINGHAM (18)  GLYN (6)  GOSNEY (6)  GUY (1)  HAMBLIN (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HANN (24)  HANNAM (10)  HARRIS (2)  HERVEY (1)  HAYWARD (1)  HUGHES (4)  ENGLISH (17)  JEANS (1)  JESTY (5)  JONES (1)  KNIGHT (2)  LAMBERT (3)  LONGLAND (1)  LAWNING (1)  LEAVER (1)  LILLY (2)  LONG (1)  LOVELLES (1)  LOADER (3)  MARSH (3)  MATTHEWS (1)  MILES (2)  MITCHELL (2)  MOORE (4)  NEWBURY (1)  OLD (2)  OSMENT (3)  OSMOND (3)  PARK (6)  PHILPOTT (2)  PITTMAN (7)  RIDOUT (13)  RYAL (2)  SAVAGE (1)  SMITH (1)  STRAWFORD (1)  TOOGOOD (2)  TROWBRIDGE (13)  URCH (1)  VINCENT (6)  WARREN (9)  WHITE (1)  WILKIE (1)  WILKINS (3)  WILMOTT (4)  YOUNG (2)