Top surnames from the 1881 census in Preston, Dorset

Preston 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
PUCKETT507.15317,462.69
BURT192.7182114.46
MILLER192.718215.19
GROVES182.575191.60
SARGENT162.2890148.70
GALPIN152.1459931.68
SCRIVEN142.0029397.73
SCUTT142.0029786.52
OSMENT131.85984,062.50
THORNE131.859888.20
THOMAS131.85984.51
BRETT121.716790.43
FOOKS121.71671,071.43
BROWN111.57372.39
MEARS101.4306151.75
SQUIBB101.4306662.25
POPE91.287637.36
ABBOTT91.287629.19
HANSFORD91.2876260.87
BUTLER91.287613.21
FOOT81.1445115.44
WILLIS81.144521.52
HATCHER81.1445195.12
OSMOND81.1445253.16
GUPPY71.0014378.38
CORBIN71.0014507.25
LAKE71.001445.19
HALLETT71.001481.40
AMEY71.0014358.97
WILLS71.001433.49
TOMKINS60.858482.87
JAMES60.85844.37
BECK60.858436.70
HYDE60.858427.91
RENDALL60.8584161.73
OLIVER50.715310.03
NEAL50.715324.18
MELVIN50.7153148.37
DAWES50.715352.52
PERRIGO50.71533,571.43
WALTERS50.715315.00
BRAKE50.7153295.86
SPENCER50.71537.83
FORD50.71537.34
NORRIS50.715316.66
SYMES50.715397.09
GALE50.715323.88
HOSKINS40.572258.65
GARNETT40.572246.08
MABEY40.5722384.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PUCKETT0.706997462.6866
OSMENT0.706994062.5000
PERRIGO0.706993571.4286
SATCHEL0.706991250.0000
FOOKS0.706991071.4286
HILE0.70699967.7419
GALPIN0.70699931.6770
SCUTT0.70699786.5169
SQUIBB0.70699662.2517
HODGEN0.70699645.1613
CORBIN0.70699507.2464
SHOREY0.70699416.6667
SCRIVEN0.70699397.7273
MABEY0.70699384.6154
GUPPY0.70699378.3784
AMEY0.70699358.9744
CHALKER0.70699303.0303
BRAKE0.70699295.8580
TREVETT0.70699265.4867
HANSFORD0.70699260.8696
OSMOND0.70699253.1646
DOWNTON0.70699227.2727
HATCHER0.70699195.1220
SPICE0.70699185.1852
RENDALL0.70699161.7251
MEARS0.70699151.7451
SARGENT0.70699148.6989
MELVIN0.70699148.3680
GREENHAM0.70699147.0588
BUSSELL0.70699129.0323
TRASK0.70699128.2051
BASKETT0.70699126.5823
BOLLEN0.70699125.0000
FOOT0.70699115.4401
BURT0.70699114.4578
PLOWMAN0.70699111.7318
STICKLAND0.70699104.1667
SYMES0.7069997.0874
CHILCOTT0.7069996.1538
GROVES0.7069991.6031
BRETT0.7069990.4295
POND0.7069988.4956
THORNE0.7069988.1954
TOMKINS0.7069982.8729
HALLETT0.7069981.3953
CANDY0.7069980.3213
ROLLINS0.7069964.9351
WOODFORD0.7069961.8557
HOSKINS0.7069958.6510
WALDEN0.7069958.5938

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 699 people called PUCKETT in Preston 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 7462.6866 in Preston means that 7462.6866% of the people in Preston on census day were called PUCKETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PUCKETT 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 PUCKETT 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 PUCKETT 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 PUCKETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.70 in Preston means that you are 0.70 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PUCKETT in Preston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Preston in 1881

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

ABBOTT (9)  AUSTIN (2)  BARTLETT (2)  BASKETT (1)  BECK (6)  BOLLEN (1)  BRAKE (5)  BRETT (12)  BRINE (1)  BROWN (11)  BURT (19)  BUSSELL (2)  BUTLER (9)  KEYNES (9)  CANDY (2)  CHALKER (3)  CHICK (2)  CHILCOTT (2)  COMPTON (1)  COOPER (2)  CORBIN (7)  COX (1)  CROAD (9)  CURTNEY (2)  DAWE (1)  DAWES (5)  DIPPY (1)  DOWNTON (3)  DURNFORD OR DUNNFORD (18)  DUNNING (2)  AMEY (7)  FICKUS (4)  FLISHER (5)  FOOT (8)  FORD (5)  FOOKS (12)  FRAMPTON (1)  FURZER (1)  GALE (5)  GARNETT (4)  GILL (3)  GALPIN (15)  GOLDRING (11)  GREENHAM (2)  GRIFFITH (2)  GROVES (18)  GUPPY (7)  HALL (1)  HALLETT (7)  HANSFORD (9)  HARDY (2)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (2)  HATCHER (8)  HEATH (1)  HILE (3)  HILL (2)  HODGEN (2)  HOLLYOAK (7)  HOSKINS (4)  HUSSEY (1)  HYDE (6)  JAMES (6)  CASE (1)  LAKE (7)  LANE (1)  LEGG (1)  LE LANCHERE (1)  LOCK (1)  MABER (1)  MABEY (4)  MARSH (1)  MELVIN (5)  MILLER (19)  MILVERTON (1)  MORRIS (1)  MEARS (10)  NEAL (5)  NORRIS (5)  OAKES (1)  OLIVER (5)  ORTON (3)  OSMENT (13)  OSMOND (8)  PARKER (4)  PARSONS (3)  PAYNE (3)  PERRIGO (5)  PITCHER (1)  PLOWMAN (4)  POND (3)  PONSFORD (1)  POPE (9)  POTTER (2)  PRICKETT (1)  POOSS (6)  PUCKETT (50)  PUCKETT ((THOMAS)) (2)  RAY (2)  RANDALL (2)  RENDALL (6)  READ (3)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (2)  ROLLINS (1)  RUSSELL (3)  SAMWAYS (6)  SARGENT (16)  SATCHEL (2)  SCUTT (14)  SCRIVEN (14)  SHOREY (3)  SYMONDS (1)  SYMES (5)  SLADE (2)  SPENCER (5)  SPICE (3)  SQUIBB (10)  STONE (2)  STICKLAND (3)  STRINGHILL (4)  STURMEY (2)  SWAFFIELD (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (13)  THORNE (13)  TOMKINS (6)  TRASK (1)  TREVISS (1)  TREVETT (3)  WALDEN (3)  WALTERS (5)  WARREN (1)  WELCH (4)  WHITE (3)  WILLIS (8)  WILLS (7)  WILLSHIRE (4)  WOODFORD (3)