Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fontmell Magna, Dorset

Fontmell Magna 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
LAWRENCE557.5239115.86
STILL486.56631,043.48
RIDEOUT304.10402,884.62
TUFFIN243.28321,951.22
ANDREWS212.872829.98
SPICER182.4624183.11
FELTHAM172.3256527.95
HUNT141.915214.42
HART141.915222.45
TUCKER131.778432.14
FISHER111.504812.86
EDWARDS101.36804.91
DREW91.231246.61
MARTIN91.23125.00
COLE91.231213.52
CHICK91.2312224.44
BARNES81.09449.09
BROCKWAY81.0944761.90
MULLINS81.0944114.45
DENNIS81.094437.00
JEANES81.0944672.27
BUTLER81.094411.22
BECK81.094446.81
GIFFORD70.9576110.06
JESSE70.95761,489.36
STONE70.957613.25
JENKINS70.95768.13
LOCKYER70.9576125.22
MUNDAY70.957681.87
DIBBEN70.9576560.00
ISAAC70.957676.42
GOODRIDGE60.8208245.90
WRIGHT60.82082.56
BRADLEY60.820810.22
POYNTER60.8208382.17
BOLDEN60.8208983.61
TOOMER60.8208521.74
BEAL50.684072.78
ROSE50.68409.22
FRAMPTON50.684086.81
COUSINS50.684038.02
BENNETT50.68404.16
STARK50.684049.95
RALPH50.684044.92
COOMBES50.684063.94
ADLAM40.5472211.64
FRANCIS40.54729.18
STACEY40.547224.38
CREASY40.5472270.27
GLYN40.5472714.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RIDEOUT0.737312884.6154
TUFFIN0.737311951.2195
JESSE0.737311489.3617
STILL0.737311043.4783
BOLDEN0.73731983.6066
BROCKWAY0.73731761.9048
GLYN0.73731714.2857
JEANES0.73731672.2689
DIBBEN0.73731560.0000
FELTHAM0.73731527.9503
TOOMER0.73731521.7391
POYNTER0.73731382.1656
HAINS0.73731322.5806
WEARE0.73731314.9606
POORE0.73731296.2963
SPINNEY0.73731270.2703
CREASY0.73731270.2703
STAY0.73731256.4103
GOODRIDGE0.73731245.9016
CHICK0.73731224.4389
ADLAM0.73731211.6402
TAPPER0.73731189.8734
SPICER0.73731183.1129
HASKELL0.73731160.4278
MONCKTON0.73731142.8571
LUSH0.73731136.5188
LOCKYER0.73731125.2236
GALPIN0.73731119.0476
LAWRENCE0.73731115.8627
MULLINS0.73731114.4492
GIFFORD0.73731110.0629
BRINE0.7373189.6861
FRAMPTON0.7373186.8056
MUNDAY0.7373181.8713
ISAAC0.7373176.4192
EWENS0.7373175.1880
BEAL0.7373172.7802
WAKE0.7373167.9117
BROADWAY0.7373167.1141
ROSSITER0.7373165.2174
COOMBES0.7373163.9386
FLOWER0.7373156.0224
HOLLY0.7373154.6448
STARK0.7373149.9500
ROYAL0.7373148.3092
BECK0.7373146.8110
HATCHER0.7373146.6200
DREW0.7373146.6080
RALPH0.7373144.9236
HANNAM0.7373144.6429

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 731 people called RIDEOUT in Fontmell Magna 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 2884.6154 in Fontmell Magna means that 2884.6154% of the people in Fontmell Magna on census day were called RIDEOUT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RIDEOUT 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 RIDEOUT 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 RIDEOUT 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 RIDEOUT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Fontmell Magna means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RIDEOUT in Fontmell Magna than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fontmell Magna in 1881

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

ADLAM (4)  ALFORD (2)  ANDREWS (21)  BARNES (8)  BARTER (1)  BEAL (5)  BECK (8)  BENNETT (5)  BOLWELL (3)  BOLDEN (6)  BOWLES (1)  BOWN (1)  BRADLEY (6)  BRINE (2)  BROADWAY (1)  BROCKWAY (8)  BUSH (3)  BUTLER (8)  CHALDECOTT (8)  CHICK (9)  COLE (9)  COMPTON (3)  COOMBES (5)  COSSER (6)  COUSINS (5)  CREASY (4)  CROSS (1)  DAY (2)  DENNIS (8)  DIBBEN (7)  DIBBON (1)  DOBIE (1)  DOGGRELL (5)  DREW (9)  EASTON (2)  EDWARDS (10)  EWENS (1)  FELTHAM (17)  FIANDER (1)  FISHER (11)  FLOWER (4)  FRAMPTON (5)  FRANCIS (4)  GIBBS (1)  GIFFORD (7)  GILLINGHAM (1)  GALPIN (2)  GLADDIS (1)  GLYN (4)  GOODRIDGE (6)  GRANT (4)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (3)  GROVES (1)  GUY (1)  HALL (2)  HANNAM (1)  HART (14)  HASKELL (3)  HATCHER (2)  HAINS (4)  HISCOCK (2)  HOLLY (1)  HULL (3)  HUNT (14)  INGRAM (2)  ISAAC (7)  ISSAACS (1)  JAMES (1)  JEANS (1)  JEANES (8)  JENKINS (7)  JESSE (7)  JOHNSTONE (1)  KNOTT (2)  LAMPARD (2)  LANKEY (5)  LAWRENCE (55)  LOCKYER (7)  LODGE (1)  LUCAS (4)  LUSH (4)  MAIDMENT (6)  MARTIN (9)  MATTHEWS (1)  MAYS (1)  MEREFIELD (24)  MILES (2)  MONCKTON (1)  MOODY (3)  MULLINS (8)  MUNDAY (7)  NORTON (2)  OSBORNE (1)  PARROTT (1)  PIKE (1)  POYNTER (6)  POLEDEN (3)  POLEDON (2)  POPE (2)  POORE (4)  REBBECK (3)  REEVES (3)  RIDEOUT (30)  ROBBINS (2)  RALPH (5)  ROSE (5)  ROSSITER (3)  ROYAL (1)  RYALL (3)  SENIOR (1)  SHARP (1)  SHORT (1)  SHUTE (1)  SPICER (18)  SPINNEY (1)  STACEY (4)  STAINER (6)  STARK (5)  STAY (1)  STILL (48)  STOKES (2)  STONE (7)  SYDMAN (2)  TANSWELL (1)  TAPPER (3)  TOOMER (6)  TREVENEN (1)  TUCKER (13)  TUFFIN (24)  WAKE (4)  WAREHAM (1)  WARKHAM (2)  WEARE (4)  WEST (1)  WHEELER (2)  WILLIS (1)  WOODFORD (1)  WRIGHT (6)