Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stour Provost, Dorset

Stour Provost 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
PIKE3811.1437383.45
HUNT247.038152.99
MUNDAY247.0381601.50
RIDOUT164.69211,322.31
AYLES133.81232,280.70
RAKE102.93263,571.43
TUCKER92.639347.69
WILKINS92.639359.72
MARTIN82.34609.52
RALPH82.3460154.14
WHITTING72.05281,555.56
STREET72.052887.94
BURDEN72.0528160.55
BUDDEN61.7595454.55
KENDLE61.75951,714.29
COWARD61.7595153.45
STONE61.759524.34
HOSKINS61.7595180.18
GIBBS61.759535.82
LEGG51.466388.81
LUSH51.4663364.96
WESTOVER51.46632,777.78
BARNES41.17309.74
PAINTER41.173085.47
HATCHER41.1730200.00
BARRETT41.173017.47
MORGAN41.17305.90
BAKER30.87984.02
LODGE30.879848.39
DEXTER30.8798119.52
RAWLINGS30.879860.12
SHORT30.879822.52
RENWICK30.8798128.76
SIMS30.879829.35
FRANCIS20.58659.85
JARVIS20.586513.07
WEST10.29333.05
ANDREWS10.29333.06
KINDLE10.29333,333.33
TAPPER10.2933135.14
COLLINS10.29332.04
SPICER10.293321.79
MYALL10.2933232.56
HISCOCK10.293339.84
CROSS10.29334.26
CAVE10.293320.45
HUNGERFORD10.29331,428.57
BROOM10.293323.81
ROSE10.29333.95
BALSTER10.29333,333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RAKE0.343413571.4286
BALSTER0.343413333.3333
KINDLE0.343413333.3333
WESTOVER0.343412777.7778
AYLES0.343412280.7018
KENDLE0.343411714.2857
WHITTING0.343411555.5556
HUNGERFORD0.343411428.5714
RIDOUT0.343411322.3140
MUNDAY0.34341601.5038
ANTELL0.34341526.3158
BUDDEN0.34341454.5455
PIKE0.34341383.4511
LUSH0.34341364.9635
MYALL0.34341232.5581
LANNING0.34341227.2727
HATCHER0.34341200.0000
HOSKINS0.34341180.1802
BURDEN0.34341160.5505
RALPH0.34341154.1426
COWARD0.34341153.4527
TAPPER0.34341135.1351
RENWICK0.34341128.7554
DEXTER0.34341119.5219
LEGG0.3434188.8099
STREET0.3434187.9397
PAINTER0.3434185.4701
SHUTE0.3434172.9927
RAWLINGS0.3434160.1202
WILKINS0.3434159.7213
HUNT0.3434152.9918
LODGE0.3434148.3871
TUCKER0.3434147.6948
HISCOCK0.3434139.8406
ORAM0.3434137.5940
GIBBS0.3434135.8209
SIMS0.3434129.3542
STONE0.3434124.3408
BROOM0.3434123.8095
SHORT0.3434122.5225
FORRESTER0.3434121.8341
SPICER0.3434121.7865
CAVE0.3434120.4499
BARRETT0.3434117.4672
JARVIS0.3434113.0719
FRANCIS0.343419.8474
BARNES0.343419.7442
MARTIN0.343419.5238
MORGAN0.343415.8988
READ0.343414.5496

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 341 people called RAKE in Stour Provost 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 3571.4286 in Stour Provost means that 3571.4286% of the people in Stour Provost on census day were called RAKE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RAKE 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 RAKE 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 RAKE 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 RAKE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Stour Provost means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RAKE in Stour Provost than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stour Provost in 1881

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

ANDREWS (1)  ANTELL (1)  AISH (8)  BAKER (3)  BALSTER (1)  BARNES (4)  BARRETT (4)  BASTABLE (6)  BUDDEN (6)  BURDEN (7)  BRIDLE (5)  BROOM (1)  CAVE (1)  COLLINS (1)  COWARD (6)  CROSS (1)  DEXTER (3)  AYLES (13)  FORRESTER (1)  FRANCIS (2)  GAWLER (1)  GIBBS (6)  HATCHER (4)  HISCOCK (1)  HOSKINS (6)  HUNGERFORD (1)  HUNT (24)  JARVIS (2)  KENDLE (6)  KINDLE (1)  LANNING (1)  LEGG (5)  LODDER (2)  LODGE (3)  LOYE (1)  LUSH (5)  MAGALL (4)  MAIDMENT (4)  MARTIN (8)  MEATYADD (3)  MEATYARD (10)  MYALL (1)  MORGAN (4)  MUNDAY (24)  ORAM (1)  PAINTER (4)  PIKE (38)  RAKE (10)  READ (1)  RENWICK (3)  RIDOUT (16)  RALPH (8)  ROSE (1)  RAWLINGS (3)  SHORT (3)  SHUTE (1)  SIMS (3)  SPICER (1)  STONE (6)  STREET (7)  TAPPER (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TUCKER (9)  WEST (1)  WESTOVER (5)  WHITTING (7)  WILKINS (9)