Top surnames from the 1881 census in Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset

Okeford Fitzpaine 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
POPE426.8515198.77
ROSE365.872879.19
RIDOUT365.87281,651.38
TROWBRIDGE243.91521,472.39
PHILLIPS213.425819.15
RICKETTS172.7732285.71
CLARKE152.447012.08
WOOLRIDGE152.44701,807.23
RAWLES152.44702,238.81
ROBERTS111.79454.77
GODDARD111.794544.62
ADAMS101.631311.07
HALLETT101.6313132.63
HILLIER91.4682108.83
STRANGE81.3051121.77
WILLIAMS81.30511.82
LEMON81.3051179.78
BROWN81.30511.98
CREWE81.3051500.00
SPENCER81.305114.30
HALL71.14193.88
COLLINS71.14197.96
PERCY71.1419122.38
COOKE71.141920.69
COLLIS71.1419110.41
REED60.978813.41
MULLETT60.9788312.50
LODER60.9788526.32
GILLINGHAM60.9788218.98
CARTER60.97885.83
LAMBERT60.978817.93
RUSSELL60.97888.02
JOICE60.9788483.87
OLIVER50.815711.43
MEADEN50.8157510.20
HUNT50.81576.14
HEAD50.815733.51
WILD50.815720.02
PHILPS50.8157657.89
TRENT50.8157561.80
YOUNG50.81573.80
ALLEN50.81574.32
WOOLFREY50.81572,083.33
GILL50.815711.53
ROSS50.81577.46
YEATMAN40.6525434.78
FORD40.65256.70
SANSOM40.652596.85
STICKLAND40.6525158.10
SCORE40.65251,333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RAWLES0.616132238.8060
WOOLFREY0.616132083.3333
WOOLRIDGE0.616131807.2289
RIDOUT0.616131651.3761
TROWBRIDGE0.616131472.3926
SCORE0.616131333.3333
PHILPS0.61613657.8947
TRENT0.61613561.7978
LODER0.61613526.3158
MEADEN0.61613510.2041
CREWE0.61613500.0000
JOICE0.61613483.8710
YEATMAN0.61613434.7826
CRESSEY0.61613365.8537
MULLETT0.61613312.5000
CHAFFEY0.61613306.1224
RICKETTS0.61613285.7143
PADDOCK0.61613254.7771
GILLINGHAM0.61613218.9781
POPE0.61613198.7695
LEMON0.61613179.7753
CAINES0.61613162.6016
STICKLAND0.61613158.1028
CANDY0.61613137.6147
ELSWORTH0.61613133.3333
SAVORY0.61613132.7434
HALLETT0.61613132.6260
PERCY0.61613122.3776
STRANGE0.61613121.7656
COLLIS0.61613110.4101
HILLIER0.61613108.8271
SANSOM0.6161396.8523
ROSE0.6161379.1905
SELWAY0.6161360.9756
GODDARD0.6161344.6247
BROAD0.6161338.5109
SWAINE0.6161337.1747
LIGHT0.6161335.3357
HEAD0.6161333.5121
WAREHAM0.6161329.1545
THORNE0.6161323.2198
COOKE0.6161320.6917
WILD0.6161320.0240
PHILLIPS0.6161319.1466
LAMBERT0.6161317.9319
BEACH0.6161317.1233
GOUGH0.6161316.6945
FOOT0.6161316.4474
SPENCER0.6161314.2959
REED0.6161313.4078

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 613 people called RAWLES in Okeford Fitzpaine 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 2238.8060 in Okeford Fitzpaine means that 2238.8060% of the people in Okeford Fitzpaine on census day were called RAWLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RAWLES 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 RAWLES 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 RAWLES 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 RAWLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.61 in Okeford Fitzpaine means that you are 0.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RAWLES in Okeford Fitzpaine than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Okeford Fitzpaine in 1881

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

ADAMS (10)  ALLEN (5)  ANDREWS (3)  ASKETT (2)  ASKELL OR ASKETT (4)  BEACH (1)  BISHOP (1)  BLEATHMAN (9)  BOWEN (1)  BROAD (3)  BROWN (8)  CAINES (2)  CANDY (3)  CARTER (6)  CHAFFEY (3)  CHAMBERS (1)  CLARKE (15)  COLLINS (7)  COLLIS (7)  COOKE (7)  CRESSEY (3)  CREWE (8)  TODD OR DODD (8)  DOUCH (5)  ELSWORTH (3)  EYRES (1)  FIELD (3)  FOOT (1)  FORD (4)  FRAIM (1)  GILL (5)  GILLINGHAM (6)  GODDARD (11)  GOUGH (3)  GREEN (1)  HALL (7)  HALLETT (10)  HEAD (5)  HILLIER (9)  HOUSE (1)  HUNT (5)  INKPEN (1)  JOICE (6)  LAMBERT (6)  LEMON (8)  LIGHT (2)  LODER (6)  MEADEN (5)  MAIDMENT (4)  MILLER (3)  MULLETT (6)  OLIVER (5)  PADDOCK (4)  VINEY OR PERCY (10)  PERCY (7)  PHILLIPS (21)  PHILPS (5)  POPE (42)  RAWELLS (2)  RAWLES (15)  REED (6)  READ (2)  RICKETTS (17)  RIDOUT (36)  ROBERTS (11)  ROGERS (1)  ROSE (36)  ROSS (5)  RUSSELL (6)  SANSOM (4)  SAVORY (3)  SAUORY (4)  SELWAY (1)  SCORE (4)  SPENCER (8)  STOVEY (2)  STICKLAND (4)  STRANGE (8)  SWAINE (1)  THORNE (3)  TIZZARD (3)  TODD (3)  TRENT (5)  TROWBRIDGE (24)  UPSHALL (12)  WAREHAM (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WEST (1)  WHITE (3)  WILD (5)  WILLIAMS (8)  WOOLRIDGE (15)  WOOLFREY (5)  YEATMAN (4)  YOUNG (5)