Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chaldon Herring, Dorset

Chaldon Herring 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
WARREN185.373180.36
ELLIOTT123.582142.22
PITMAN123.5821392.16
BURDEN123.5821279.72
CHILDS102.9851162.60
STAPLES102.9851312.50
BUSSELL92.68661,216.22
BROWN92.68664.08
CROFT92.6866113.78
PAYNE92.686629.85
TALBOT92.6866107.91
PARNELL92.6866277.78
PARSONS82.388131.43
HILL82.38819.38
MITCHELL72.089610.30
TOD72.0896538.46
BASSEL72.089635,000.00
CHARLES72.0896101.16
LEGG72.0896126.58
LOVELESS61.7910857.14
CORNICK61.79101,250.00
BASCOMBE61.79102,608.70
DOWNTON51.4925793.65
PARKER51.49257.85
HARRIS51.49255.87
AHERN51.49251,388.89
RIGGS51.4925446.43
RANDALL41.194038.13
LEE41.19407.31
ALLEN41.19406.32
COLEMAN41.194023.97
OLIVER30.895512.55
SANSOM30.8955132.74
GARLAND30.895567.57
HOUSE30.895568.81
JOINER30.8955252.10
GUY20.597027.29
TOWNSEND20.597014.05
PATTEN20.597095.24
BARTLETT20.597013.63
KENT20.597014.17
ELLERY20.5970219.78
MEADEN20.5970370.37
FISHER20.59705.10
BALL10.29853.61
ADAMS10.29852.03
STICKLAND10.298572.46
HARTNELL10.2985125.00
SENIOR10.298513.04
WHITWELL10.2985101.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BASSEL0.3433535000.0000
BASCOMBE0.343352608.6957
AHERN0.343351388.8889
CORNICK0.343351250.0000
BUSSELL0.343351216.2162
ELLAND0.343351000.0000
LOVELESS0.34335857.1429
DOWNTON0.34335793.6508
TOD0.34335538.4615
RIGGS0.34335446.4286
PITMAN0.34335392.1569
MEADEN0.34335370.3704
STAPLES0.34335312.5000
BURDEN0.34335279.7203
PARNELL0.34335277.7778
WALDON0.34335277.7778
JOINER0.34335252.1008
ELLERY0.34335219.7802
CHILDS0.34335162.6016
SANSOM0.34335132.7434
LEGG0.34335126.5823
HARTNELL0.34335125.0000
CROFT0.34335113.7800
TALBOT0.34335107.9137
CHARLES0.34335101.1561
WHITWELL0.34335101.0101
PATTEN0.3433595.2381
WARREN0.3433580.3571
STICKLAND0.3433572.4638
HOUSE0.3433568.8073
GARLAND0.3433567.5676
CHEESMAN0.3433558.4795
ELLIOTT0.3433542.2238
RANDALL0.3433538.1316
FRAMPTON0.3433537.8788
PARSONS0.3433531.4342
PAYNE0.3433529.8507
GUY0.3433527.2851
SELBY0.3433525.0000
COLEMAN0.3433523.9664
GERRARD0.3433523.3645
PAINE0.3433521.6920
LESTER0.3433518.9753
ROPER0.3433514.3472
KENT0.3433514.1743
TOWNSEND0.3433514.0548
BARTLETT0.3433513.6333
SENIOR0.3433513.0378
BURT0.3433512.5628
OLIVER0.3433512.5523

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 335 people called BASSEL in Chaldon Herring 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 35000.0000 in Chaldon Herring means that 35000.0000% of the people in Chaldon Herring on census day were called BASSEL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Chaldon Herring in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ELLAND (1)  ALLEN (4)  BALL (1)  BARNES (1)  BARTLETT (2)  BASCOMBE (6)  BASSEL (7)  BURDEN (12)  BROWN (9)  BURT (1)  BUSSELL (9)  CHARLES (7)  CHEESMAN (1)  CHILDS (10)  CLEALL (2)  COLEMAN (4)  CORNICK (6)  COX (1)  CRICHELL (1)  CROFT (9)  DOWNTON (5)  ELLERY (2)  ELLIOTT (12)  FISHER (2)  FRAMPTON (1)  GARLAND (3)  GERRARD (1)  GREGORY (1)  GUY (2)  HANSHEEN (3)  HARRIS (5)  HARTNELL (1)  HAYES (1)  AHERN (5)  HILL (8)  HOUSE (3)  JOINER (3)  KENT (2)  VOWELS OR NOWELS (2)  LAIGE (1)  LEE (4)  LEGG (7)  LESTER (1)  LOVELESS (6)  MEADEN (2)  MITCHELL (7)  OLIVER (3)  PARKER (5)  PARNELL (9)  PARSONS (8)  PATTEN (2)  PAYNE (9)  PAINE (1)  PINKER (2)  PITMAN (12)  RANDALL (4)  RIGGS (5)  ROPER (1)  RYALL (8)  SANSOM (3)  SELBY (1)  SENICK (1)  SENIOR (1)  SHINAR (5)  SMITH (1)  STAPLES (10)  STICKLAND (1)  STURMEY (3)  TALBOT (9)  TOD (7)  TOWNSEND (2)  UPSHALL (3)  WALDON (1)  WALTERS (1)  WARRE (6)  WARREN (18)  WEBBER (1)  WELLSTEAD (6)  WHITWELL (1) 

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