Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rampisham, Dorset

Rampisham 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
DUNFORD248.27591,371.43
HALLETT186.2069504.20
GUNDRY155.17243,191.49
ELLIS155.172435.62
BARRETT134.482866.74
CORNISH103.4483239.23
MAYO103.4483448.43
PITCHER82.7586355.56
DAVIS82.758612.55
BURBRIDGE72.4138700.00
BRETT72.4138127.04
FRAMPTON62.0690262.01
ROOKE62.0690280.37
MARTIN62.06908.40
STANLEY51.724144.84
SMITH51.72411.22
RENDELL51.7241413.22
STUDLEY51.72411,190.48
BULL51.724140.78
CURTISS41.3793909.09
RENDALL41.3793259.74
NEALE41.379358.14
SARTIN41.37932,666.67
LOVELESS41.3793666.67
JEANS41.3793408.16
BANKS41.379326.90
PEACH41.3793127.39
FRY41.379343.06
ABBOTT31.034523.46
TRENCHARD31.0345967.74
WEADON31.03457,500.00
WHITTY31.0345750.00
WARR31.0345181.82
WELLMAN20.6897303.03
HARVEY20.68976.46
HODGES20.689723.50
RODGERS10.344812.59
BARTLETT10.34487.87
HUMBER10.3448212.77
GREEN10.34481.22
BURRIDGE10.344850.76
MARSH10.34484.83
BRYANT10.34488.07
JINKINS10.3448370.37
RICHARDS10.34482.28
CURTIS10.34486.08
THOMAS10.34480.84
COOMBS10.344820.41
GILBERT10.34486.05
FOUNTAIN10.344850.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WEADON0.292907500.0000
GUNDRY0.292903191.4894
SARTIN0.292902666.6667
DUNFORD0.292901371.4286
STUDLEY0.292901190.4762
TRENCHARD0.29290967.7419
CURTISS0.29290909.0909
WHITTY0.29290750.0000
BURBRIDGE0.29290700.0000
LOVELESS0.29290666.6667
HALLETT0.29290504.2017
MAYO0.29290448.4305
CURTIN0.29290434.7826
RENDELL0.29290413.2231
JEANS0.29290408.1633
JINKINS0.29290370.3704
PITCHER0.29290355.5556
WELLMAN0.29290303.0303
ROOKE0.29290280.3738
FRAMPTON0.29290262.0087
RENDALL0.29290259.7403
CORNISH0.29290239.2344
HUMBER0.29290212.7660
WARR0.29290181.8182
PEACH0.29290127.3885
BRETT0.29290127.0417
SLY0.2929090.9091
BARRETT0.2929066.7351
CHUBB0.2929062.1118
NEALE0.2929058.1395
BURRIDGE0.2929050.7614
FOUNTAIN0.2929050.2513
STANLEY0.2929044.8430
FRY0.2929043.0571
BULL0.2929040.7830
ELLIS0.2929035.6210
BANKS0.2929026.8998
HODGES0.2929023.5018
ABBOTT0.2929023.4558
LEGG0.2929020.8768
COOMBS0.2929020.4082
RODGERS0.2929012.5945
DAVIS0.2929012.5530
MARTIN0.292908.3987
BRYANT0.292908.0710
BARTLETT0.292907.8740
HARVEY0.292906.4599
CURTIS0.292906.0753
GILBERT0.292906.0533
MARSH0.292904.8333

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 290 people called WEADON in Rampisham 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 7500.0000 in Rampisham means that 7500.0000% of the people in Rampisham on census day were called WEADON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WEADON 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 WEADON 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 WEADON 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 WEADON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Rampisham means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WEADON in Rampisham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rampisham in 1881

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

ABBOTT (3)  BANKS (4)  BARRETT (13)  BARTLETT (1)  BEATER (2)  BRETT (7)  BRYANT (1)  BULL (5)  BURBRIDGE (7)  BURRIDGE (1)  CHUBB (1)  COOMBS (1)  CORNISH (10)  CURTIS (1)  CURTISS (4)  DARDER (1)  DAVIS (8)  DUNFORD (24)  ELLIN (3)  ELLIS (15)  ELLISS (16)  FOUNTAIN (1)  FRAMPTON (6)  FRY (4)  GILBERT (1)  GREEN (1)  GUNDRY (15)  HALLETT (18)  HARVEY (2)  HAWKINS (1)  HEMBURY (4)  HODGES (2)  HUMBER (1)  JEANS (4)  JINKINS (1)  CURTIN (1)  LEGG (1)  LOVELESS (4)  MARSH (1)  MARTIN (6)  MAYO (10)  NEALE (4)  PEACH (4)  PITCHER (8)  RENDELL (5)  RENDALL (4)  RICHARDS (1)  RODGERS (1)  ROOKE (6)  SAMWAYS (1)  SARTIN (4)  SLY (1)  SMITH (5)  SOAPER (4)  STANLEY (5)  STUDLEY (5)  SWAFFIELD (3)  SWATRIDGE (2)  THOMAS (1)  TRENCHARD (3)  WARR (3)  WEADON (3)  WELLMAN (2)  WHITTY (3)