Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bellchalwell, Dorset

Bellchalwell 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
HOUSE116.5089500.00
MONK105.9172281.69
CLARKE95.325426.29
SPENCER95.325458.33
HARDING84.733765.41
FOOT84.7337479.04
ROSE63.550347.89
SIMS63.5503118.34
DUPRE52.958610,000.00
DOWDING52.9586694.44
JEANS52.9586877.19
CROSS52.958642.99
TOPP52.95861,282.05
ANDREWS42.366924.71
WARR42.3669416.67
CLARK42.36697.87
ASHFORD42.3669239.52
ROBERTS42.36696.29
CAINES31.7751882.35
GOOD31.7751142.86
ROSS21.183410.83
RIDOUT21.1834333.33
PERRETT21.1834238.10
ELSWORTH21.1834322.58
CATHER21.18345,000.00
PERCY21.1834126.58
BIGGS10.591731.35
MORGAN10.59172.98
STACEY10.591726.39
JONES10.59170.52
PARSONS10.59177.79
BAILEY10.59173.93
DRAKE10.591720.33
HILL10.59172.32
BUTT10.591745.87
MULLETT10.5917188.68
JOYCE10.591724.10
DOWNTON10.5917312.50
HUNT10.59174.45
COLLINS10.59174.12
HARDY10.59179.88
FORD10.59176.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DUPRE0.1716910000.0000
CATHER0.171695000.0000
TOPP0.171691282.0513
CAINES0.17169882.3529
JEANS0.17169877.1930
DOWDING0.17169694.4444
HOUSE0.17169500.0000
FOOT0.17169479.0419
WARR0.17169416.6667
RIDOUT0.17169333.3333
ELSWORTH0.17169322.5806
DOWNTON0.17169312.5000
MONK0.17169281.6901
ASHFORD0.17169239.5210
PERRETT0.17169238.0952
MULLETT0.17169188.6792
GOOD0.17169142.8571
PERCY0.17169126.5823
SIMS0.17169118.3432
HARDING0.1716965.4129
SPENCER0.1716958.3279
ROSE0.1716947.8851
BUTT0.1716945.8716
CROSS0.1716942.9923
BIGGS0.1716931.3480
STACEY0.1716926.3852
CLARKE0.1716926.2850
ANDREWS0.1716924.7066
JOYCE0.1716924.0964
DRAKE0.1716920.3252
ROSS0.1716910.8284
HARDY0.171699.8814
CLARK0.171697.8740
PARSONS0.171697.7882
ROBERTS0.171696.2913
FORD0.171696.0753
HUNT0.171694.4543
COLLINS0.171694.1237
BAILEY0.171693.9277
MORGAN0.171692.9753
HILL0.171692.3234
JONES0.171690.5225

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 169 people called DUPRE in Bellchalwell 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 10000.0000 in Bellchalwell means that 10000.0000% of the people in Bellchalwell on census day were called DUPRE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DUPRE 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 DUPRE 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 DUPRE 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 DUPRE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Bellchalwell means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DUPRE in Bellchalwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bellchalwell in 1881

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

ANDREWS (4)  ASHFORD (4)  BAILEY (1)  BIGGS (1)  BUTT (1)  CAINES (3)  CATHER (2)  CLARK (4)  CLARKE (9)  COLLINS (1)  CROSS (5)  DERRYMAN (4)  DOWDING (5)  DOUNTON (1)  DOWNTON (1)  DRAKE (1)  DUPRE (5)  ELSWORTH (2)  FOOT (8)  FORD (1)  GOOD (3)  HARDING (8)  HARDY (1)  HILL (1)  HELLIER (8)  HODDINOTT (1)  HOUSE (11)  HUNT (1)  JEANS (5)  JONES (1)  JOYCE (1)  MALPHUS (6)  MONK (10)  MORGAN (1)  MULLETT (1)  PERRETT (2)  PARSONS (1)  PERCY (2)  RIDOUT (2)  ROBERTS (4)  ROSS (2)  ROSE (6)  SAVOURY (1)  SIMS (6)  SPENCER (9)  STACEY (1)  TOPP (5)  VATER (2)  WARR (4) 

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