Top surnames from the 1881 census in Corscombe, Dorset

Corscombe 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
HAWKINS487.3507101.54
SARTIN304.59428,571.43
WAREHAM243.6753657.53
TAYLOR223.36915.27
MEECH162.45021,185.19
SYMES152.2971311.85
DAVIS131.99089.06
CHILDS131.9908108.42
RUSSELL121.837715.05
HOLLOWAY121.837759.97
GREEN111.68455.98
COCKRAM111.6845497.74
GALE111.684556.21
RENDLE101.5314518.13
TOLLEY101.5314293.26
COX101.531410.10
CRABB101.5314147.71
ENGLISH91.378373.29
BAGG91.3783789.47
BUGLER91.37831,285.71
PALMER81.225110.39
BURT81.225151.58
GENGE81.22511,290.32
HANDFORD81.2251329.22
PARK81.225139.53
FOWLER81.225121.45
BAKER71.07204.89
WARR71.0720188.17
BARTLETT71.072024.48
EVERETT71.072059.73
COLE71.072011.77
LEGG71.072064.94
HAINS60.9188540.54
CLEAL60.9188638.30
LITTLE60.918819.43
NEWTON60.918811.99
EDWARDS60.91883.30
CASE60.918892.02
KNIGHT50.76576.21
TAUNTON50.7657684.93
FUDGE50.7657204.92
SHINER50.7657684.93
LANE50.765711.11
PINE50.7657257.73
BARRETT50.765711.40
EVELEIGH50.7657274.73
GRIFFIN50.765716.27
POOLE40.612612.71
WEBBER40.612620.05
GUNTER40.6126174.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SARTIN0.656538571.4286
KEACH0.656531428.5714
GENGE0.656531290.3226
BUGLER0.656531285.7143
MEECH0.656531185.1852
BAGG0.65653789.4737
SHINER0.65653684.9315
TAUNTON0.65653684.9315
WAREHAM0.65653657.5342
CLEAL0.65653638.2979
HAINS0.65653540.5405
RENDLE0.65653518.1347
COCKRAM0.65653497.7376
HANDFORD0.65653329.2181
SYMES0.65653311.8503
TOLLEY0.65653293.2551
EVELEIGH0.65653274.7253
PINE0.65653257.7320
KELLAWAY0.65653214.2857
CORNICK0.65653212.7660
FUDGE0.65653204.9180
WELLMAN0.65653202.7027
WARR0.65653188.1720
BOWDITCH0.65653184.0491
GUNTER0.65653174.6725
CRABB0.65653147.7105
LOVELESS0.65653147.0588
GILLINGHAM0.65653136.9863
RYLAND0.65653123.4568
COLLING0.65653120.4819
CHILDS0.65653108.4237
MAYS0.65653107.2386
HAWKINS0.65653101.5443
CASE0.6565392.0245
CAINES0.6565376.3359
NEWBURY0.6565375.5668
ENGLISH0.6565373.2899
PATTEN0.6565373.1707
LEGG0.6565364.9351
LOCKETT0.6565363.2911
SALISBURY0.6565361.6333
HOLLOWAY0.6565359.9700
EVERETT0.6565359.7270
FRAMPTON0.6565358.2524
GALE0.6565356.2085
MACEY0.6565355.7103
LONSDALE0.6565355.3506
DAWE0.6565352.8169
BURT0.6565351.5796
PARK0.6565339.5257

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 653 people called SARTIN in Corscombe 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 8571.4286 in Corscombe means that 8571.4286% of the people in Corscombe on census day were called SARTIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SARTIN 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 SARTIN 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 SARTIN 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 SARTIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.65 in Corscombe means that you are 0.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SARTIN in Corscombe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Corscombe in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ATTWOOD (1)  BAGG (9)  BAKER (7)  BALSOM (5)  BARL (1)  BARRETT (5)  BARTLETT (7)  BIRD (1)  BONDFIELD (6)  BOWDITCH (3)  BRIDLE (4)  BROOKS (2)  BUGLER (9)  BULLAM (1)  BURT (8)  CAINES (1)  CHILDS (13)  CHUCHILL (1)  CHUSENOM (1)  CLEAL (6)  COCKRAM (11)  COLE (7)  CORNICK (2)  COX (10)  CRABB (10)  DARBY (2)  DAVIS (13)  DAWE (3)  DAY (1)  DUNFORD (1)  DIMENT (18)  EDWARDS (6)  ELLIS (4)  EVELEIGH (5)  EVERETT (7)  FLYN (1)  FOWLER (8)  FRAMPTON (3)  FUDGE (5)  GALE (11)  GENGE (8)  GERRARD (2)  GILLINGHAM (4)  GRANT (4)  GREEN (11)  GRIFFIN (5)  GUNTER (4)  HAMNE (1)  HANDFORD (8)  HANNE (2)  HAWKINS (48)  HAINS (6)  HISCOCKS (1)  HOLLOWAY (12)  ENGLISH (9)  ISAAC (2)  JEFFERY (1)  CASE (6)  KEACH (3)  KELLAWAY (3)  KNIGHT (5)  LACEY (1)  LANE (5)  LAWRENCE (3)  LEGG (7)  LITTLE (6)  LOCKETT (3)  LONSDALE (3)  LOVELESS (2)  MAJOR (1)  MARKS (2)  MARSH (1)  MACEY (2)  MAYS (4)  COLLING (2)  MEECH (16)  MILES (2)  MILLER (4)  MILVERTON (3)  MINTERN (1)  NEWBURY (3)  NEWTON (6)  PALMER (8)  PARK (8)  PATTEN (3)  PEACH (1)  PILE (1)  POOLE (4)  POPE (1)  PINE (5)  RENDLE (10)  RANDALL (3)  RUSSELL (12)  RYLAND (2)  SALISBURY (4)  SARTIN (30)  SAUNTON (5)  SHINER (5)  SYMES (15)  SNAYDON (5)  SOWTER (2)  STRONG (2)  TAUNTON (5)  TAYLOR (22)  THOMAS (4)  TOLLEY (10)  TUCKER (1)  VIRGENT (1)  WARR (7)  WAREHAM (24)  WAY (1)  WEBBER (4)  WELLS (1)  WHITE (1)  WELLMAN (3)  WOOD (1) 

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