Top surnames from the 1881 census in Steepleton Preston, Dorset

Steepleton 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
POPE912.3288357.14
DODD912.3288303.03
HAWKER56.8493892.86
BILLINGER56.849325,000.00
SYDNEY45.47956,666.67
RIDEOUT45.47954,000.00
PITT34.1096192.31
FISH22.7397147.06
WILLS22.739791.74
KING22.739712.57
WHITE22.73978.53
BURRY11.36991,250.00
WOODWARD11.369927.78
PERRY11.369918.62
ATKINS11.369936.50
WHITWORTH11.369981.97
HILLIER11.3699102.04
WALKER11.36994.09
GRINTER11.36991,111.11
SKINNER11.369926.95
BLACKMORE11.369995.24
WHITLOCK11.3699232.56
GORDON11.369921.74
WILKINS11.369930.96
HOOK11.369992.59
HAMPTON11.369986.96
SMITH11.36990.97
FOOT11.3699138.89
REES11.369915.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BILLINGER0.077325000.0000
SYDNEY0.07736666.6667
RIDEOUT0.07734000.0000
BURRY0.07731250.0000
GRINTER0.07731111.1111
HAWKER0.0773892.8571
POPE0.0773357.1429
DODD0.0773303.0303
WHITLOCK0.0773232.5581
PITT0.0773192.3077
FISH0.0773147.0588
FOOT0.0773138.8889
HILLIER0.0773102.0408
BLACKMORE0.077395.2381
HOOK0.077392.5926
WILLS0.077391.7431
HAMPTON0.077386.9565
WHITWORTH0.077381.9672
ATKINS0.077336.4964
WILKINS0.077330.9598
WOODWARD0.077327.7778
SKINNER0.077326.9542
GORDON0.077321.7391
PERRY0.077318.6220
REES0.077315.7480
KING0.077312.5707
WHITE0.07738.5251
WALKER0.07734.0917
SMITH0.07730.9702

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 73 people called BILLINGER in Steepleton 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 25000.0000 in Steepleton Preston means that 25000.0000% of the people in Steepleton Preston on census day were called BILLINGER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BILLINGER 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 BILLINGER 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 BILLINGER 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 BILLINGER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Steepleton Preston means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BILLINGER in Steepleton Preston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Steepleton Preston in 1881

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

AIRNS (1)  ATKINS (1)  AVINS (1)  BILLINGER (5)  BURRY (1)  BLACKMORE (1)  DODD (9)  FISH (2)  FOOT (1)  GORDON (1)  GRINTER (1)  HAMPTON (1)  HAWKER (5)  HILLIER (1)  HOOK (1)  KING (2)  PERRY (1)  PITT (3)  POPE (9)  REES (1)  RIDEOUT (4)  SYDNEY (4)  SKINNER (1)  SMITH (1)  TURIAN (1)  WALKER (1)  WHALE (5)  WHITE (2)  WHITLOCK (1)  WHITWORTH (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILLS (2)  WOODWARD (1)