Top surnames from the 1881 census in Winterborne Abbas, Dorset

Winterborne Abbas 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
BARTLETT199.5960219.15
ROLLS136.56571,477.27
PALMER136.565755.70
DUNFORD105.0505833.33
CHURCHILL94.5455382.98
GREENING94.5455818.18
SYMES84.0404547.95
HARTNELL73.53541,489.36
PITMAN73.5354386.74
BARGE63.03032,222.22
ALLEN63.030316.04
BARBER52.525341.95
DAW52.5253364.96
POUNCY52.525325,000.00
MAJOR42.0202149.81
BROWN42.02023.06
GODWIN42.0202156.25
SHORT42.020251.75
WHITTLE42.020292.81
GEE42.020279.21
HAYNE31.5152612.24
MITCHELL31.51527.47
MATTHEWS31.515217.37
RICHARDS31.515210.03
NEWMAN21.010113.59
SQUIBB21.0101465.12
JOY21.0101119.76
PEARCE21.010111.00
DURRANT21.010164.52
ATKINS21.010126.92
LOCK21.010135.46
HICKS21.010124.13
TROWBRIDGE10.5051188.68
EDMUNDS10.505138.76
DOUGLAS10.505110.43
RYAN10.505116.29
COWARD10.505144.05
REECE10.505157.80
LOCKE10.505156.18
HISCOCK10.505168.97
STAPLE10.5051370.37
SHAVE10.5051227.27
CROSS10.50517.34
CARRUTHERS10.505138.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POUNCY0.2019825000.0000
BARGE0.201982222.2222
HARTNELL0.201981489.3617
ROLLS0.201981477.2727
DUNFORD0.20198833.3333
GREENING0.20198818.1818
HAYNE0.20198612.2449
SYMES0.20198547.9452
SQUIBB0.20198465.1163
PITMAN0.20198386.7403
CHURCHILL0.20198382.9787
STAPLE0.20198370.3704
DAW0.20198364.9635
SHAVE0.20198227.2727
BARTLETT0.20198219.1465
TROWBRIDGE0.20198188.6792
GODWIN0.20198156.2500
MAJOR0.20198149.8127
JOY0.20198119.7605
WHITTLE0.2019892.8074
GEE0.2019879.2079
HISCOCK0.2019868.9655
DURRANT0.2019864.5161
REECE0.2019857.8035
LOCKE0.2019856.1798
PALMER0.2019855.6984
SHORT0.2019851.7464
COWARD0.2019844.0529
BARBER0.2019841.9463
EDMUNDS0.2019838.7597
CARRUTHERS0.2019838.1679
LOCK0.2019835.4610
ATKINS0.2019826.9179
HICKS0.2019824.1255
MATTHEWS0.2019817.3712
RYAN0.2019816.2866
ALLEN0.2019816.0428
NEWMAN0.2019813.5870
PEARCE0.2019810.9951
DOUGLAS0.2019810.4275
RICHARDS0.2019810.0334
MITCHELL0.201987.4683
CROSS0.201987.3368
BROWN0.201983.0647

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 198 people called POUNCY in Winterborne Abbas 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 Winterborne Abbas means that 25000.0000% of the people in Winterborne Abbas on census day were called POUNCY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POUNCY 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 POUNCY 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 POUNCY 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 POUNCY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Winterborne Abbas means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POUNCY in Winterborne Abbas than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Winterborne Abbas in 1881

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

ALLEN (6)  ATKINS (2)  BARBER (5)  BARGE (6)  BARGH (1)  BARTLETT (19)  BLIGDON (3)  BRIDLE (1)  BROWN (4)  CARRUTHERS (1)  CHURCHILL (9)  COWARD (1)  CROSS (1)  DAW (5)  DEAMEN (5)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUNDORD (1)  DUNFORD (10)  DURRANT (2)  EDMUNDS (1)  GEE (4)  GODWIN (4)  GREENING (9)  HARTNELL (7)  HAYNE (3)  HICKS (2)  HISCOCK (1)  JOY (2)  LILLINGTON (1)  LOCKE (1)  LOCK (2)  MAJOR (4)  MATTHEWS (3)  MITCHELL (3)  NEWMAN (2)  PALMER (13)  PEARCE (2)  PITMAN (7)  POUNCY (5)  REECE (1)  RICHARDS (3)  ROLLS (13)  RYAN (1)  SHAVE (1)  SHORT (4)  SYMES (8)  SQUIBB (2)  STAPLE (1)  TROWBRIDGE (1)  WHITTLE (4)