Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leweston, Dorset

Leweston 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
HENDRY922.50001,428.57
GLYN410.000013,333.33
HAZEL37.50002,307.69
CRUMP25.0000465.12
COGHILL12.50001,250.00
JESSE12.50003,333.33
BAKER12.500011.42
HARDING12.500034.48
TAYLOR12.50003.91
CURTIS12.500044.05
PERKINS12.500055.56
BURDETT12.5000357.14
GUY12.5000113.64
GARDINER12.500086.96
SOMMER12.500010,000.00
MOORE12.500012.50
BEALE12.5000196.08
GRAYSON12.5000333.33
WHITE12.50007.78
FOX12.500026.95
SNOOK12.5000357.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GLYN0.044013333.3333
SOMMER0.044010000.0000
JESSE0.04403333.3333
HAZEL0.04402307.6923
HENDRY0.04401428.5714
COGHILL0.04401250.0000
CRUMP0.0440465.1163
BURDETT0.0440357.1429
SNOOK0.0440357.1429
GRAYSON0.0440333.3333
BEALE0.0440196.0784
GUY0.0440113.6364
GARDINER0.044086.9565
PERKINS0.044055.5556
CURTIS0.044044.0529
HARDING0.044034.4828
FOX0.044026.9542
MOORE0.044012.5000
BAKER0.044011.4155
WHITE0.04407.7760
TAYLOR0.04403.9093

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 40 people called GLYN in Leweston 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 13333.3333 in Leweston means that 13333.3333% of the people in Leweston on census day were called GLYN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GLYN 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 GLYN 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 GLYN 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 GLYN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Leweston means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GLYN in Leweston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Leweston in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BEALE (1)  BRUNSDEN (1)  BURDETT (1)  COGHILL (1)  CRAIGON (1)  CRUMP (2)  CURTIS (1)  FIFOOT (1)  FISHLOCK (1)  FOX (1)  GARDINER (1)  GLYN (4)  GRAYSON (1)  GUY (1)  HARDING (1)  HAZEL (3)  HENDRY (9)  JESSE (1)  MOORE (1)  PERKINS (1)  SNOOK (1)  SOMMER (1)  TAYLOR (1)  WALLHEAD (1)  WHITE (1) 

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