Top surnames from the 1881 census in Maiden Newton, Dorset

Maiden Newton 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
SCRIVEN212.6185519.80
MORRIS202.493811.20
REED151.870325.62
HOUSE141.7456134.10
BROWN131.62092.46
COX121.49639.87
DUNFORD121.4963247.42
BISHOP121.496321.41
HORSEY111.3716748.30
STYLES101.2469118.06
HANSFORD91.1222227.27
BIRD91.122214.69
NORTHOVER91.1222523.26
LANE91.122216.28
ROLLS91.1222251.40
ROBERTS91.12222.98
SMITH80.99750.71
DICKER80.9975254.78
GOULD80.997527.61
VINE80.9975107.24
THORNE80.997547.31
BILES80.9975386.47
LEGG80.997560.42
BAGG80.9975571.43
GALE80.997533.29
WAKELEY70.8728786.52
COURTNEY70.8728121.74
RICHARDS70.87285.78
READ70.872813.54
HODGES70.872829.76
WRIGHT70.87282.72
EVELEIGH70.8728313.90
HURST70.872824.44
CHILDS60.748140.73
YEATES60.7481135.44
WOOD60.74812.35
WHITE60.74812.33
CLOTHIER60.7481359.28
HUNT60.74815.63
BRINSON60.74811,250.00
RENDALL60.7481140.85
DENTY60.74812,500.00
WHELLER60.74811,200.00
BULLOCK60.748123.00
SHEPHERD60.748110.21
CORBIN60.7481379.75
CHANT60.7481180.18
MEECH60.7481363.64
DAVIS60.74813.40
BUGLER60.7481697.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAMWAY0.808022500.0000
DENTY0.808022500.0000
BRINSON0.808021250.0000
WHELLER0.808021200.0000
WAKELEY0.80802786.5169
HORSEY0.80802748.2993
BUGLER0.80802697.6744
KITCH0.80802677.9661
MUSTON0.80802657.8947
FORSEY0.80802581.3953
BAGG0.80802571.4286
NORTHOVER0.80802523.2558
SCRIVEN0.80802519.8020
BILES0.80802386.4734
CORBIN0.80802379.7468
MEECH0.80802363.6364
CLOTHIER0.80802359.2814
THRESHER0.80802333.3333
EVELEIGH0.80802313.9013
WHITTY0.80802270.2703
STUDLEY0.80802258.6207
DICKER0.80802254.7771
ROLLS0.80802251.3966
DUNFORD0.80802247.4227
TRENCHARD0.80802229.8851
HANSFORD0.80802227.2727
BONNETT0.80802198.0198
HITCH0.80802187.7934
CHANT0.80802180.1802
SPEER0.80802172.4138
HANKEY0.80802157.0681
MARNER0.80802147.0588
SHEPPERD0.80802143.6782
RENDALL0.80802140.8451
YEATES0.80802135.4402
HOUSE0.80802134.0996
BUDGE0.80802122.2494
COURTNEY0.80802121.7391
STICKLAND0.80802121.2121
STILLMAN0.80802119.0476
KEECH0.80802118.3432
STYLES0.80802118.0638
COPP0.80802117.1875
VINE0.80802107.2386
LOVELACE0.80802102.0408
WOODROW0.80802100.6036
ROLES0.8080299.0099
CHAPPLE0.8080291.9118
CLINCH0.8080286.2069
CHILCOTT0.8080283.6820

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 802 people called SAMWAY in Maiden Newton 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 2500.0000 in Maiden Newton means that 2500.0000% of the people in Maiden Newton on census day were called SAMWAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAMWAY 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 SAMWAY 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 SAMWAY 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 SAMWAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.80 in Maiden Newton means that you are 0.80 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAMWAY in Maiden Newton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Maiden Newton in 1881

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

ACKERMAN (1)  BAGG (8)  BALL (1)  BANKS (2)  BARRETT (5)  BARTLETT (4)  BENNETT (1)  BILES (8)  BURCH (4)  BIRD (9)  BISHOP (12)  BONNETT (4)  BOWDAGE (2)  BRADFORD (1)  BRIDLE (4)  BRIDGES (2)  BRINSON (6)  BROMAG (1)  BROWN (13)  BUCKLER (2)  BUDGE (5)  BUGLER (6)  BULLOCK (6)  BURRIDGE (3)  BURT (1)  CHANEY (1)  CHANT (6)  CHAPPLE (5)  CHARD (3)  CHEESEMAN (5)  CHILCOTT (2)  CHILDS (6)  CHURCHILL (4)  CLARK (1)  CLEALL (1)  CLEMENTS (1)  CLINCH (2)  CLOTHIER (6)  COLLINS (5)  COOMBS (2)  COPP (3)  CORBIN (6)  CORNISH (1)  CORNISK (1)  COSH (1)  COURTNEY (7)  COUSINS (1)  COX (12)  CRITCHELL (3)  CROFTS (2)  CURTIS (4)  DENTY (6)  DAVIS (6)  DAVEY (1)  DEVENISH (10)  DICKER (8)  DILLOWAY (1)  DIMAT (1)  DISKETT (3)  DUNFORD (12)  DIMENT (4)  EVELEIGH (7)  EYERS (8)  FERRY (1)  FORSEY (5)  FOVIER (1)  FOX (1)  FOOKS (1)  FRAMPTON (1)  FRANKLIN (3)  FROME (1)  HURDIN OR FUROIN (4)  GALE (8)  GALPIN (1)  GOODERSON (4)  GOULD (8)  GRAY (4)  HANKEY (3)  HANHAM (22)  HANSFORD (9)  HARRIS (2)  HART (1)  HARVEY (1)  HITCH (4)  HODGES (7)  HORSEY (11)  HOUSE (14)  HUNT (6)  HURLSTONE (4)  HURST (7)  HYDE (1)  JESSOP (5)  KEECH (2)  KEMP (1)  KITCH (4)  LAKE (3)  LANE (9)  LATHEY (2)  LAVENDER (3)  LEGG (8)  LEWIS (1)  LODGE (1)  LOVELACE (1)  LUCAS (2)  MEADMAN (3)  MARNER (1)  MARSH (2)  MAYO (2)  DOWLE (3)  MEADWAY (9)  MEECH (6)  MELVILLE (1)  MIALL (3)  MILES (5)  MITCHELL (2)  MOORE (2)  MORRIS (20)  MUSTON (5)  NORTHOVER (9)  PALMER (3)  PARKHAM (2)  PAUL (1)  PEARSE (2)  PITCHER (1)  PINGOLD (8)  PIPE (1)  RENDALL (6)  REED (15)  READ (7)  RICHARDS (7)  WRIXON (1)  RIXTON (5)  ROBERTS (9)  ROGERS (1)  ROWLES (1)  ROLLS (9)  ROLES (1)  SAMPSON (1)  SAMWAY (4)  SAMWAYS (20)  SANLEY (1)  SARGENT (1)  SCRIVEN (21)  SELBY (1)  SHEPPERD (5)  SHEPHARD (2)  SHEPHERD (6)  SMITH (8)  SNELLING (2)  SPEER (1)  SPRACKLEY (3)  STICKLING (6)  STILLMAN (1)  STICKLAND (4)  STUBBS (2)  STUDLEY (3)  STYLES (10)  SULLIVANT (1)  SWATRIDGE (3)  SYDENHAM (7)  TAYLOR (1)  THORN OR THOM (2)  THORNE (8)  THRESHER (3)  TIZARD (1)  TRENCHARD (2)  TUFFON (2)  VINE (8)  WAKELEY (7)  VALEY (1)  WARREN (5)  WATTS (4)  WAY (1)  WESCOMBE (2)  WHELLER (6)  WHITE (6)  WHITTLE (4)  WHITTY (3)  WOOD (6)  WOODROW (5)  WRIGHT (7)  YEATES (6) 

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