Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stoke Wake, Dorset

Stoke Wake 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
THORNE2725.23361,194.69
DRAKE98.4112288.46
CANDY87.47662,105.26
WARREN87.4766111.89
GUY76.5421299.15
SUMMERS54.6729166.67
YEATMAN54.67293,125.00
MITCHELL43.738318.42
ELSWORTH43.73831,025.64
SMART43.738382.14
KINGMAN43.73833,636.36
STEEL43.738391.74
CROFTS21.8692232.56
BAKER10.93464.26
HYDE10.934630.40
WILLS10.934631.25
BENNETT10.93465.69
MAYOR10.9346212.77
HART10.934610.95
WEEDEN10.9346454.55
CARTER10.93465.57
SHEPPARD10.934626.95
BARNES10.93467.76
DIBBEN10.9346555.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KINGMAN0.111073636.3636
YEATMAN0.111073125.0000
CANDY0.111072105.2632
THORNE0.111071194.6903
ELSWORTH0.111071025.6410
DIBBEN0.11107555.5556
WEEDEN0.11107454.5455
GUY0.11107299.1453
DRAKE0.11107288.4615
CROFTS0.11107232.5581
MAYOR0.11107212.7660
SUMMERS0.11107166.6667
WARREN0.11107111.8881
STEEL0.1110791.7431
SMART0.1110782.1355
WILLS0.1110731.2500
HYDE0.1110730.3951
SHEPPARD0.1110726.9542
MITCHELL0.1110718.4247
HART0.1110710.9529
BARNES0.111077.7640
BENNETT0.111075.6850
CARTER0.111075.5679
BAKER0.111074.2644

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 107 people called KINGMAN in Stoke Wake 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 3636.3636 in Stoke Wake means that 3636.3636% of the people in Stoke Wake on census day were called KINGMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KINGMAN 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 KINGMAN 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 KINGMAN 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 KINGMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Stoke Wake means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KINGMAN in Stoke Wake than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stoke Wake in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BARNES (1)  BENNETT (1)  CANDY (8)  CARTER (1)  CROFTS (2)  DIBBEN (1)  DRAKE (9)  ELSWORTH (4)  FRERRELL (3)  GUY (7)  HART (1)  HYDE (1)  KINGMAN (4)  MITCHELL (4)  MAYOR (1)  SHEPPARD (1)  SMART (4)  STEEL (4)  SUMMERS (5)  THORNE (27)  UPSHALL (2)  WARREN (8)  WEEDEN (1)  WILLS (1)  YEATMAN (5) 

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