Top surnames from the 1881 census in Steeple, Dorset

Steeple 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
COOPER227.457630.66
TAYLOR196.440710.07
HOOPER175.7627136.11
HOLLAND134.406861.90
STICKLAND134.40681,065.57
LEGG124.0678246.41
HOUSE103.3898260.42
CURE82.71193,478.26
KINGSTON82.7119290.91
DOREY82.7119784.31
BILES72.3729921.05
ELMES62.0339882.35
POORE62.03391,090.91
BEAT62.03393,157.89
BROWN62.03393.09
SELBY62.0339170.45
MASTERS62.0339109.69
SMITH62.03391.44
BUNGAY51.69491,612.90
WHITTLE51.694977.76
BARNES41.355911.26
SANSOM41.3559201.01
MEAD41.355958.14
HIBBS41.3559392.16
BARTLETT41.355930.96
STOCKLEY41.3559314.96
SLADE31.016951.02
ORCHARD31.016995.54
FOOKS31.0169638.30
SEAMAN20.678087.34
KNAPP20.678099.50
TYLER20.678022.96
BOND20.678012.80
FARWELL20.6780740.74
TUCK20.678052.77
STUDLEY20.6780465.12
LONG20.678010.45
GRANT20.67806.83
LANGDON20.678087.34
RANDALL20.678021.65
HEAL20.6780127.39
BOWER20.678037.04
BENNET10.339024.57
MILLER10.33901.89
STILES10.339061.35
LUCAS10.33907.33
HARRIS10.33901.33
LAWES10.339077.52
WILMOT10.339050.76
PHILIPS10.339018.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CURE0.302953478.2609
BEAT0.302953157.8947
BUNGAY0.302951612.9032
POORE0.302951090.9091
STICKLAND0.302951065.5738
BILES0.30295921.0526
KAIL0.30295909.0909
ELMES0.30295882.3529
DOREY0.30295784.3137
FARWELL0.30295740.7407
FALLS0.30295714.2857
FOOKS0.30295638.2979
DOMINY0.30295588.2353
STUDLEY0.30295465.1163
HIBBS0.30295392.1569
STOCKLEY0.30295314.9606
KINGSTON0.30295290.9091
HOUSE0.30295260.4167
LEGG0.30295246.4066
SANSOM0.30295201.0050
SELBY0.30295170.4545
HOOPER0.30295136.1089
HEAL0.30295127.3885
MASTERS0.30295109.6892
KNAPP0.3029599.5025
ORCHARD0.3029595.5414
LANGDON0.3029587.3362
SEAMAN0.3029587.3362
WHITTLE0.3029577.7605
LAWES0.3029577.5194
HOLLAND0.3029561.9048
STILES0.3029561.3497
MEAD0.3029558.1395
TUCK0.3029552.7704
SLADE0.3029551.0204
WILMOT0.3029550.7614
BOWER0.3029537.0370
BARTLETT0.3029530.9598
COOPER0.3029530.6577
CHURCHILL0.3029528.5714
BENNET0.3029524.5700
TYLER0.3029522.9621
RANDALL0.3029521.6450
PHILIPS0.3029518.3150
THORNE0.3029516.0772
BOND0.3029512.8041
HOOD0.3029512.2399
BARNES0.3029511.2644
LONG0.3029510.4493
TAYLOR0.3029510.0716

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 295 people called CURE in Steeple 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 3478.2609 in Steeple means that 3478.2609% of the people in Steeple on census day were called CURE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CURE 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 CURE 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 CURE 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 CURE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Steeple means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CURE in Steeple than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Steeple in 1881

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

BALSTON (6)  BARNES (4)  BARTLETT (4)  BEAT (6)  BENNET (1)  BILES (7)  BOND (2)  BOWER (2)  BROWN (6)  BUNGAY (5)  CHURCHILL (1)  COOPER (22)  CURE (8)  DAMEN (3)  DOMINY (1)  DOREY (8)  ELMES (6)  FARWELL (2)  FOOKS (3)  GRANT (2)  HARRIS (1)  HEAL (2)  HIBBS (4)  HOLLAND (13)  HOOD (1)  HOOPER (17)  HORLOCK (11)  HOUSE (10)  KAIL (1)  KINGSTON (8)  LANGDON (2)  LAWES (1)  LEGG (12)  LINNINGTON (1)  LONG (2)  LUCAS (1)  MASTERS (6)  FALLS (1)  MEAD (4)  MILLER (1)  KNAPP (2)  ORCHARD (3)  PEVERALL (5)  PHILIPS (1)  POORE (6)  RANDALL (2)  SANSOM (4)  SEAMAN (2)  SELBY (6)  SKILLER (2)  SLADE (3)  SMITH (6)  STOCKLEY (4)  STRANGEMAN (1)  STICKLAND (13)  STUDLEY (2)  STILES (1)  TAYLOR (19)  THORNE (1)  TUCK (2)  TYLER (2)  VALLENS (4)  WHITTLE (5)  WILMOT (1)