Top surnames from the 1881 census in Poxwell, Dorset

Poxwell 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
MAYO910.46511,363.64
WHITE910.465132.56
SHORT89.3023238.10
THORNE78.1395386.74
TUCKER55.8140105.04
LANE55.814084.32
CHARLES44.6512224.72
TRANTER44.6512634.92
ANDREWS44.651248.54
CHRISTOPHER44.6512784.31
TREVIS44.65128,000.00
PALMER33.488429.59
CHURCHILL33.4884294.12
BARTLETT33.488479.58
BURRIDGE11.1628172.41
MORTIMORE11.1628312.50
MEARS11.1628123.46
GREENING11.1628208.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TREVIS0.09868000.0000
MAYO0.09861363.6364
CHRISTOPHER0.0986784.3137
TRANTER0.0986634.9206
THORNE0.0986386.7403
MORTIMORE0.0986312.5000
CHURCHILL0.0986294.1176
SHORT0.0986238.0952
CHARLES0.0986224.7191
GREENING0.0986208.3333
BURRIDGE0.0986172.4138
MEARS0.0986123.4568
TUCKER0.0986105.0420
LANE0.098684.3170
BARTLETT0.098679.5756
ANDREWS0.098648.5437
WHITE0.098632.5615
PALMER0.098629.5858

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 86 people called TREVIS in Poxwell 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 8000.0000 in Poxwell means that 8000.0000% of the people in Poxwell on census day were called TREVIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TREVIS 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 TREVIS 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 TREVIS 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 TREVIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Poxwell means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TREVIS in Poxwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Poxwell in 1881

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

ANDREWS (4)  BARTLETT (3)  BURRIDGE (1)  CHARLES (4)  CHRISTOPHER (4)  CHURCHILL (3)  GREENING (1)  KINDIN (8)  LANE (5)  MAYO (9)  MORTIMORE (1)  MEARS (1)  PALMER (3)  SHORT (8)  STRANGEMAN (2)  THORNE (7)  TRANTER (4)  TREVIS (4)  TUCKER (5)  WHITE (9) 

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