Top surnames from the 1881 census in Owermoigne, Dorset

Owermoigne 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
MILLER194.491725.10
BISHOP194.491764.28
COLEMAN133.073361.67
WALLIS122.836983.74
GREEN112.60059.23
HARRIS112.600510.23
CHARLES102.3641114.42
HANSFORD102.3641478.47
BROWN92.12773.23
GOFF92.1277329.67
NOTLEY92.12771,139.24
STROUD81.8913183.07
PORTER81.891325.20
SMITH81.89131.34
RIGGS81.8913567.38
BASCOMB81.891311,428.57
TAYLOR71.65482.59
WHITE71.65485.15
WAY71.6548150.21
HAWKINS71.654822.86
BILES71.6548642.20
WILLS61.418447.43
HOMER61.4184186.34
MARSH61.418419.89
CRUMPLER61.41842,400.00
DAWKINS61.4184196.08
ROBERTS51.18203.14
DANIELS51.182037.62
BAGG51.1820675.68
ORCHARD51.1820111.11
DUNFORD51.1820195.31
GROVES40.945633.64
ADLAM40.9456366.97
ELLIOTT40.945611.15
LOCK40.945633.22
SANSOM40.9456140.35
PITCHER40.9456121.95
SEYMOUR40.945646.24
FORWARD40.9456336.13
MILLS40.94567.29
HARDING40.945613.06
HOOD30.709225.62
MANTEL30.70923,333.33
BURT30.709229.85
SYMES30.709296.15
CHENEY30.7092230.77
HOWE30.709218.06
BULLOCK30.709221.80
SALISBURY30.709271.43
MANTLE30.7092135.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BASCOMB0.4242311428.5714
MANTEL0.424233333.3333
CRUMPLER0.424232400.0000
NOTLEY0.424231139.2405
BASCOMBE0.42423689.6552
BAGG0.42423675.6757
BILES0.42423642.2018
RIGGS0.42423567.3759
HANSFORD0.42423478.4689
ADLAM0.42423366.9725
FORWARD0.42423336.1345
GOFF0.42423329.6703
CHENEY0.42423230.7692
LOVELESS0.42423227.2727
SQUIBB0.42423219.7802
DAWKINS0.42423196.0784
DUNFORD0.42423195.3125
SANSON0.42423188.6792
HOMER0.42423186.3354
STROUD0.42423183.0664
WAY0.42423150.2146
AYLES0.42423140.8451
SANSOM0.42423140.3509
MANTLE0.42423135.7466
PITCHER0.42423121.9512
CHARLES0.42423114.4165
ORCHARD0.42423111.1111
SYMES0.4242396.1538
WALLIS0.4242383.7404
SALISBURY0.4242371.4286
BISHOP0.4242364.2760
COLEMAN0.4242361.6698
NEW0.4242354.0541
WILLS0.4242347.4308
SEYMOUR0.4242346.2428
DANIELS0.4242337.6223
GROVES0.4242333.6417
LOCK0.4242333.2226
TOMS0.4242330.5810
BURT0.4242329.8507
CROFTS0.4242329.2398
HOOD0.4242325.6191
PORTER0.4242325.2048
MILLER0.4242325.1024
HAWKINS0.4242322.8609
CRABB0.4242322.7790
BULLOCK0.4242321.8023
GUY0.4242321.5983
HUMPHRIES0.4242320.9864
CHURCHILL0.4242319.9203

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 423 people called BASCOMB in Owermoigne 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 11428.5714 in Owermoigne means that 11428.5714% of the people in Owermoigne on census day were called BASCOMB.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BASCOMB 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 BASCOMB 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 BASCOMB 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 BASCOMB here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Owermoigne means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BASCOMB in Owermoigne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Owermoigne in 1881

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

ADLAM (4)  BAGG (5)  BARBER (2)  BASCOMB (8)  BASCOMBE (2)  BEASANT (7)  BILES (7)  BISHOP (19)  BROWN (9)  BROWNJOHN (6)  BULLOCK (3)  BURT (3)  CATTLE (6)  CHARLES (10)  CHENEY (3)  CHURCHILL (1)  COLE (1)  COLEMAN (13)  CRABB (1)  CROFTS (1)  CRUMPLER (6)  DANIELS (5)  DAWKINS (6)  DUNFORD (5)  AYLES (1)  ELLIOTT (4)  FANCY (2)  FORCEY (1)  FORWARD (4)  FRASEY (2)  GALE (1)  GARLAND (1)  GLASSBROOK (3)  GOFF (9)  GREEN (11)  GROVES (4)  GUY (2)  HANSFORD (10)  HARDING (4)  HARRIS (11)  HARVEY (1)  HAWKINS (7)  HOMER (6)  HOOD (3)  HOWE (3)  HUMPHRIES (2)  KINDEN (4)  LAKE (1)  LANE (1)  LOCK (4)  LOVELESS (2)  LUCAS (1)  MANNELL (5)  MANTLE (3)  MANTEL (3)  MARSH (6)  MILLER (19)  MILLS (4)  NEW (2)  NEWMAN (1)  NOTLEY (9)  ORCHARD (5)  PALMER (1)  PITCHER (4)  POLDEN (6)  PORTER (8)  REES (2)  RIGGS (8)  ROBERTS (5)  ROBENS (1)  SALISBURY (3)  SANSOME (1)  SANSOM (4)  SANSON (1)  SEYMOUR (4)  SYMES (3)  SYMS (10)  SMITH (8)  SPICER (1)  SQUIBB (2)  STEVENS (1)  STROUD (8)  TAYLOR (7)  TOMS (1)  UPSHILL (4)  WALLIS (12)  WALLLIS (1)  WATTS (1)  WAY (7)  WHITE (7)  WILLS (6)  WRIGHT (1)