Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hamworthy, Dorset

Hamworthy 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
MUSSELWHITE192.84431,775.70
NEWMAN182.694636.24
CLARKE172.544912.56
FISH172.5449136.66
WHITE162.39527.45
SKINNER131.946138.34
DUKE121.7964154.64
SIMS111.646754.92
CHRISTOPHER111.6467279.90
PEARCE111.646717.93
TOOP111.6467924.37
COBB111.6467115.79
PLAYER111.6467428.02
ALLEN101.49707.92
FARLEY101.4970119.19
WILLIS91.347325.34
SANDERS91.347329.72
RUSSELL91.347311.04
FARRELL81.197663.14
SAUNDERS81.197613.06
DEAN81.197617.25
MEADEN81.1976747.66
CLARK81.19763.98
SELLER81.1976792.08
PALMER81.197610.16
DIFFEY81.19761,904.76
HARRIS71.04794.12
BARNES71.04798.71
LOCK71.047936.80
LEGG71.047963.46
SMITH60.89820.64
STICKLAND60.8982218.18
ANDREWS60.89829.37
WEBSTER60.898210.33
SHORT60.898223.00
GRIFFIN60.898219.09
INGRAM60.898229.41
BLAKE60.898218.54
MATTHEWS60.898210.30
BURT60.898237.83
STOKES60.898221.27
WOOD60.89822.82
BLUNDEN50.7485224.22
PITMAN50.748581.97
HICKMAN50.748544.48
BURROUGHS50.7485233.64
FORD50.74857.68
HAYTER50.7485101.42
BLOOMFIELD50.748558.89
HAILSTONE50.7485420.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WASHOR0.6766840000.0000
DIFFEY0.676681904.7619
MUSSELWHITE0.676681775.7009
ELDEN0.676681612.9032
PARDEY0.676681200.0000
TOOP0.67668924.3697
HECKFORD0.67668857.1429
SELLER0.67668792.0792
MEADEN0.67668747.6636
DOMINEY0.67668535.7143
NEEDS0.67668510.2041
PLAYER0.67668428.0156
HAILSTONE0.67668420.1681
MEARING0.67668344.8276
CHAFFEY0.67668280.3738
CHRISTOPHER0.67668279.8982
TREVETT0.67668277.7778
ATTWELL0.67668272.1088
BURROUGHS0.67668233.6449
BLUNDEN0.67668224.2152
STICKLAND0.67668218.1818
COLLINGTON0.67668212.7660
ROWSE0.67668193.5484
PETTS0.67668176.4706
DUKE0.67668154.6392
HICKLEY0.67668153.8462
KITCHER0.67668153.8462
HASWELL0.67668138.8889
FISH0.67668136.6559
BICKERS0.67668131.5789
LANGRIDGE0.67668127.2265
LOVELACE0.67668121.9512
FARLEY0.67668119.1895
COBB0.67668115.7895
HAYTER0.67668101.4199
BOULTER0.6766888.7574
PITMAN0.6766881.9672
NOYES0.6766864.5161
LEGG0.6766863.4633
FARRELL0.6766863.1413
BLOOMFIELD0.6766858.8928
SIMS0.6766854.9176
EASTMAN0.6766854.6448
ROYAL0.6766852.9101
ANSTEY0.6766852.3560
MERRETT0.6766849.0196
HICKMAN0.6766844.4840
LODGE0.6766841.1523
SKINNER0.6766838.3368
SQUIRE0.6766837.8788

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 668 people called WASHOR in Hamworthy 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 40000.0000 in Hamworthy means that 40000.0000% of the people in Hamworthy on census day were called WASHOR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WASHOR 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 WASHOR 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 WASHOR 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 WASHOR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.67 in Hamworthy means that you are 0.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WASHOR in Hamworthy than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hamworthy in 1881

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

ALLEN (10)  ANDREWS (6)  ANSTEY (1)  ARCHER (3)  ARNOLD (4)  ATTWELL (4)  BAILEY (5)  BARNES (7)  BATTERICK (2)  BEALE (2)  BEAMONT (5)  BENNETT (1)  BEASANT (2)  BICKERS (1)  BLAKE (6)  BLOOMFIELD (5)  BLUNDEN (5)  BOULTER (3)  BURDEN (3)  BRESCOTE (1)  BROWN (1)  BRYANT (2)  BURROUGHS (5)  BURT (6)  CHAFFEY (3)  CHRISTOPHER (11)  CHURCHILL (1)  CLARK (8)  CLARKE (17)  COBB (11)  COLLINGTON (1)  COOK (1)  CORNISH (2)  CRAB (6)  DEAN (8)  DIFFEY (8)  DODDS (1)  DOMINEY (3)  DUKE (12)  DUNN (2)  DYER (1)  AMES (1)  EASTMAN (1)  EATON (3)  EDWARDS (1)  ELDEN (5)  FARLEY (10)  FARRELL (8)  FIANDER (3)  FISH (17)  FORD (5)  FRAMTON (5)  GOODCHILD (1)  GRIFFIN (6)  GRIMES (2)  GRIMSHAW (4)  HAILSTONE (5)  HARDING (3)  HARDY (4)  HARLAND (1)  HARRIS (7)  HASWELL (3)  HAYTER (5)  HECKFORD (3)  HICKLEY (1)  HICKMAN (5)  HILL (1)  HOARE (2)  HOOD (4)  HOOPER (3)  HABGOOD (2)  HOPKINS (1)  HURST (3)  INGRAM (6)  JENKINS (1)  O KEEFFE (8)  KENZEY (1)  KICKER (2)  KITCHER (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LANGRIDGE (5)  LEGG (7)  LOCK (7)  LODGE (5)  LOVELACE (1)  LOVELL (2)  MACHRELL (2)  MEADEN (8)  MERRETT (2)  MATTHEWS (6)  MEARING (1)  MEDWAY (10)  MEECHER (1)  MUSSELWHITE (19)  NEEDS (5)  NEWMAN (18)  NOYES (1)  PALMER (8)  PEARCE (11)  PATEY (1)  PETTS (3)  PETTIT (1)  PITMAN (5)  PLAYER (11)  PARDEY (3)  RANDALL (4)  READ (1)  RICE (3)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBBINS (3)  ROWSE (3)  ROYAL (1)  RUSSELL (9)  SAUNDERS (8)  SANDERS (9)  SELLER (8)  CHERRET (1)  SHERWELL (1)  SHORT (6)  SIMS (11)  SKINNER (13)  SLADE (2)  SMITH (6)  SOUTHCOMBE (1)  SQUIRS (9)  SQUIRE (3)  STOKES (6)  STICKLAND (6)  STRUDWICKE (1)  SWYER (1)  TOOP (11)  TRENAMAN (1)  TREVETT (3)  TUCKER (3)  WARNE (1)  WASHOR (4)  WATMORE (3)  WAUGH (3)  WELSTEAD (2)  WEBSTER (6)  WHITE (16)  WILLCOX (1)  WILLIS (9)  WINKWORTH (6)  WOOD (6)  YOUNG (2)