Top surnames from the 1881 census in Margaret Marsh, Dorset

Margaret Marsh 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
BURDEN1420.58821,609.20
PADFIELD913.23535,000.00
GARRETT913.2353584.42
PIKE913.2353454.55
DREW710.2941388.89
ANTELL68.823515,000.00
ANDREWS34.411846.01
ELLIOTT34.411851.99
JEANES22.94121,818.18
MOORE22.941214.71
LODGE22.9412161.29
BARRETT11.470621.88
FRANCIS11.470624.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ANTELL0.076815000.0000
PADFIELD0.07685000.0000
JEANES0.07681818.1818
BURDEN0.07681609.1954
GARRETT0.0768584.4156
PIKE0.0768454.5455
DREW0.0768388.8889
LODGE0.0768161.2903
ELLIOTT0.076851.9931
ANDREWS0.076846.0123
FRANCIS0.076824.6914
BARRETT0.076821.8818
MOORE0.076814.7059

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 68 people called ANTELL in Margaret Marsh 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 15000.0000 in Margaret Marsh means that 15000.0000% of the people in Margaret Marsh on census day were called ANTELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ANTELL 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 ANTELL 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 ANTELL 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 ANTELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Margaret Marsh means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ANTELL in Margaret Marsh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Margaret Marsh in 1881

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

ANDREWS (3)  ANTELL (6)  BARRETT (1)  BURDEN (14)  DREW (7)  ELLIOTT (3)  FRANCIS (1)  GARRETT (9)  JEANES (2)  LODGE (2)  MOORE (2)  PADFIELD (9)  PIKE (9) 

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