Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gussage St Michael, Dorset

Gussage St Michael 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
CHRISTOPHER135.0193855.26
WILCOX124.6332245.90
JAMES114.247121.62
BAILEY103.861025.63
GOOD93.4749279.50
BUSH83.0888125.20
HAYTER72.7027366.49
NEW72.7027308.37
SANSOM72.7027400.00
FARIS72.702717,500.00
BRINE72.7027886.08
ROWLAND72.702795.11
HARRISON62.316610.44
PERROT51.93053,571.43
BLAKE51.930539.84
STEVENS51.930518.49
HEAD51.930579.37
DIBBEN51.93051,136.36
STONE51.930526.71
HISCOCK41.5444210.53
WARD41.54447.07
BURTON41.544418.13
JACOBS41.544464.52
MULLENS41.54441,212.12
WHITELOCK31.1583400.00
STICKLAND31.1583280.37
SAUNDERS31.158312.63
FORD31.158311.89
BROWN31.15831.76
CUTTLER31.15831,666.67
MULLINS31.1583120.97
GILLINGHAM31.1583258.62
READ31.158317.96
JAY31.1583132.74
FRY31.158336.14
BULL31.158327.40
LIGHT20.772283.68
PENNY20.772243.38
GRAY20.77225.41
CUTLER20.772262.11
GOSSLING20.77222,500.00
BUTT20.772259.88
BLANCHARD10.386147.17
DENNETT10.386189.29
HANSFORD10.386178.13
COMPTON10.386140.16
ROBERTS10.38611.03
DOWN10.386132.15
HAYS10.386190.09
LAMBERT10.38617.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FARIS0.2625917500.0000
PERROT0.262593571.4286
GOSSLING0.262592500.0000
CUTTLER0.262591666.6667
MULLENS0.262591212.1212
DIBBEN0.262591136.3636
BRINE0.26259886.0759
CHRISTOPHER0.26259855.2632
SANSOM0.26259400.0000
WHITELOCK0.26259400.0000
HAYTER0.26259366.4921
NEW0.26259308.3700
STICKLAND0.26259280.3738
GOOD0.26259279.5031
GILLINGHAM0.26259258.6207
WILCOX0.26259245.9016
HISCOCK0.26259210.5263
JAY0.26259132.7434
BUSH0.26259125.1956
MULLINS0.26259120.9677
ROWLAND0.2625995.1087
HAYS0.2625990.0901
DENNETT0.2625989.2857
LIGHT0.2625983.6820
HEAD0.2625979.3651
HANSFORD0.2625978.1250
JACOBS0.2625964.5161
CUTLER0.2625962.1118
BUTT0.2625959.8802
BLANCHARD0.2625947.1698
PENNY0.2625943.3839
COMPTON0.2625940.1606
BLAKE0.2625939.8406
FRY0.2625936.1446
DOWN0.2625932.1543
BULL0.2625927.3973
STONE0.2625926.7094
BALLARD0.2625925.7069
BAILEY0.2625925.6345
JAMES0.2625921.6237
STEVENS0.2625918.4911
BURTON0.2625918.1324
READ0.2625917.9641
PARTRIDGE0.2625914.7710
SAUNDERS0.2625912.6316
FORD0.2625911.8906
HARRISON0.2625910.4366
DYER0.262599.9701
STEEL0.262599.4697
LAMBERT0.262597.0721

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 259 people called FARIS in Gussage St Michael 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 17500.0000 in Gussage St Michael means that 17500.0000% of the people in Gussage St Michael on census day were called FARIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FARIS 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 FARIS 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 FARIS 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 FARIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Gussage St Michael means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FARIS in Gussage St Michael than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gussage St Michael in 1881

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

BAILEY (10)  BALLARD (1)  BLAKE (5)  BLANCHARD (1)  BRINE (7)  BROWN (3)  BULL (3)  BURTON (4)  BUSH (8)  BUTT (2)  SCAMMELL (3)  CHRISTOPHER (13)  COMPTON (1)  COZEN (1)  CUTTLER (3)  CUTLER (2)  DENNETT (1)  DIBBEN (5)  DOWN (1)  DYER (1)  FARIS (7)  FIANDER (1)  FORD (3)  FRY (3)  JAY (3)  GILLINGHAM (3)  GOOD (9)  GOSSLING (2)  GRAY (2)  HANSFORD (1)  HARRISON (6)  HAYS (1)  HAYTER (7)  HEAD (5)  HIBDIGE (6)  HISCOCK (4)  HUNT (1)  ISSIE (1)  JACOBS (4)  JAMES (11)  LAMBERT (1)  LIGHT (2)  MATCHAM (6)  MOXAM (1)  MULLENS (4)  MULLINS (3)  MUNNINGTON (5)  NEW (7)  PERROT (5)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PENNY (2)  PININGTON (3)  REDWICK (1)  READ (3)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWLAND (7)  RUNYARD (1)  RIMEN (6)  SANSOM (7)  SAUNDERS (3)  SHAMELL (2)  STEEL (1)  STEVENS (5)  STONE (5)  STICKLAND (3)  WARD (4)  WHITELOCK (3)  WILCOX (12)