Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swyre, Dorset

Swyre 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
NORTHOVER4521.12689,782.61
SYMES2712.67611,719.75
HALLETT104.6948381.68
SMITH104.69483.33
CLARK83.755912.50
STEVENS83.755935.97
RUSSELL62.816923.08
BROWN62.81694.27
PURCHASE62.8169821.92
ENGLISH62.8169150.00
BISHOP62.816940.32
COOMBS62.8169166.67
PAUL31.408556.29
KNIGHT31.408511.42
GILBERT31.408524.73
KEECH31.4085666.67
BRYANT20.939021.98
HOUSE20.939072.20
BARRETT20.939013.98
TOMPKINS20.9390108.70
LOCKET20.9390833.33
CHURCHILL20.939079.05
HAWKINS20.939012.97
WELLER10.469532.68
MAYO10.469560.98
GALE10.469515.67
JEANS10.4695138.89
HOLT10.46957.01
OSTLER10.4695222.22
GODDEN10.469568.03
WELCH10.469513.35
MARSH10.46956.58
SANSOM10.469569.44
JEANES10.4695285.71
PILE10.4695102.04
TREVETT10.4695294.12
MANUEL10.4695156.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NORTHOVER0.212139782.6087
SYMES0.212131719.7452
LOCKET0.21213833.3333
PURCHASE0.21213821.9178
KEECH0.21213666.6667
HALLETT0.21213381.6794
TREVETT0.21213294.1176
JEANES0.21213285.7143
OSTLER0.21213222.2222
COOMBS0.21213166.6667
MANUEL0.21213156.2500
ENGLISH0.21213150.0000
JEANS0.21213138.8889
TOMPKINS0.21213108.6957
PILE0.21213102.0408
CHURCHILL0.2121379.0514
HOUSE0.2121372.2022
SANSOM0.2121369.4444
GODDEN0.2121368.0272
MAYO0.2121360.9756
PAUL0.2121356.2852
BISHOP0.2121340.3226
STEVENS0.2121335.9712
WELLER0.2121332.6797
GILBERT0.2121324.7321
RUSSELL0.2121323.0769
BRYANT0.2121321.9780
GALE0.2121315.6740
BARRETT0.2121313.9762
WELCH0.2121313.3511
HAWKINS0.2121312.9702
CLARK0.2121312.4961
KNIGHT0.2121311.4242
HOLT0.212137.0126
MARSH0.212136.5833
BROWN0.212134.2732
SMITH0.212133.3251

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 213 people called NORTHOVER in Swyre 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 9782.6087 in Swyre means that 9782.6087% of the people in Swyre on census day were called NORTHOVER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NORTHOVER 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 NORTHOVER 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 NORTHOVER 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 NORTHOVER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Swyre means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NORTHOVER in Swyre than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swyre in 1881

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

BARRETT (2)  BISHOP (6)  BROWN (6)  BRYANT (2)  CHURCHILL (2)  CLARK (8)  CLEALL (9)  COOMBS (6)  GALE (1)  GILBERT (3)  GODDEN (1)  HALLETT (10)  HAWKINS (2)  HOLT (1)  HOUSE (2)  ENGLISH (6)  JEANES (1)  JEANS (1)  KEECH (3)  KNIGHT (3)  LOCKET (2)  MANUEL (1)  MARSH (1)  MAYO (1)  MOTCHER (2)  NORTHOVER (45)  OSTLER (1)  PAUL (3)  PURCHASE (6)  PILE (1)  RUSSELL (6)  SAMWAYS (11)  SANSOM (1)  SYMES (27)  SMITH (10)  STEVENS (8)  STURMEY (6)  TOMPKINS (2)  TREVETT (1)  WHEEDEN (1)  WELCH (1)  WELLER (1) 

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