Top surnames from the 1881 census in Witchampton, Dorset

Witchampton 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
YOUNG275.521525.70
JOY153.0675364.96
ADAMS132.658518.04
CARTER132.658515.84
BUDDEN122.4540634.92
CHRISTOPHER122.4540416.67
AVERY122.4540146.34
BURT122.4540103.36
HOLLOWAY112.249573.43
MITCHEL112.2495230.13
FRIPP102.04502,000.00
JUDD81.6360125.98
WHITE81.63605.09
SCOVELL71.4315958.90
BUSH71.431558.00
BROWN71.43152.17
GILBERT71.431525.13
OSMAN71.4315393.26
KIMBER61.2270128.76
VARLEY61.227089.29
DUKE61.2270105.63
BUTLER61.227012.58
PALMER61.227010.41
COBB61.227086.33
ROBERTS61.22703.26
JOHNSON61.22703.65
HENDERSON51.02259.41
DENNETT51.0225236.97
DANIELS51.022532.55
MANN51.022519.41
DENE40.81804,444.44
WRIGHT40.81802.55
CUTLER40.818065.68
BATCHELOR40.818048.25
DAVIS40.81803.72
MULLENS40.8180634.92
KERLEY40.8180444.44
CHAMBERLAIN40.818030.08
BARTLETT40.818018.68
LOCK40.818028.74
HOPKINS40.818013.58
BISHOP40.818011.71
JAMES40.81804.16
SIMS30.613520.46
FORWARD30.6135218.98
JEANS30.6135182.93
RANDELL30.613598.36
GOUGE30.61351,200.00
LEWIS30.61352.33
DICKSON30.613516.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DENE0.494894444.4444
CUSTARD0.494892500.0000
FRIPP0.494892000.0000
BUSHROD0.494891666.6667
GOUGE0.494891200.0000
SCOVELL0.49489958.9041
BUDDEN0.49489634.9206
MULLENS0.49489634.9206
KERLEY0.49489444.4444
CHRISTOPHER0.49489416.6667
OSMAN0.49489393.2584
JOY0.49489364.9635
HAIL0.49489322.5806
SHEARING0.49489254.2373
BAGWELL0.49489243.9024
DENNETT0.49489236.9668
MITCHEL0.49489230.1255
BOUND0.49489227.2727
FORWARD0.49489218.9781
TRIM0.49489204.0816
SAINT0.49489200.0000
JEANS0.49489182.9268
SHINER0.49489181.8182
OATS0.49489181.8182
AVERY0.49489146.3415
KIMBER0.49489128.7554
JUDD0.49489125.9843
JEANES0.49489125.0000
RIDOUT0.49489114.9425
EWENS0.49489112.3596
DUKE0.49489105.6338
BURT0.49489103.3592
STICKLAND0.4948999.5025
RANDELL0.4948998.3607
ANGEL0.4948995.2381
VARLEY0.4948989.2857
COBB0.4948986.3309
HOLLOWAY0.4948973.4312
HATCHER0.4948969.6864
HITCHINGS0.4948966.2252
CUTLER0.4948965.6814
RIGGS0.4948961.3497
GOODRIDGE0.4948961.3497
BUSH0.4948957.9950
BATCHELOR0.4948948.2509
REECE0.4948946.8384
LOADER0.4948936.7647
DOWN0.4948934.0716
HIBBERD0.4948933.2226
DANIELS0.4948932.5521

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 489 people called DENE in Witchampton 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 4444.4444 in Witchampton means that 4444.4444% of the people in Witchampton on census day were called DENE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DENE 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 DENE 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 DENE 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 DENE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in Witchampton means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DENE in Witchampton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Witchampton in 1881

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

ADAMS (13)  AMOS (2)  ANGEL (2)  AUSTIN (1)  AVERY (12)  BAGWELL (1)  BARBER (1)  BARTLETT (4)  BATCHELOR (4)  BEBBY (2)  BISHOP (4)  BOND (3)  BUDDEN (12)  BOUND (2)  BREWER (1)  BROWN (7)  BURT (12)  BUSH (7)  BUSHROD (3)  BUTLER (6)  CARPENTER (1)  CARTER (13)  CHAMBERLAIN (4)  CHRISTOPHER (12)  COBB (6)  CUSTARD (2)  COYTE (2)  KERLEY (4)  CUTLER (4)  DANIELS (5)  DAVIS (4)  DENE (4)  DENNETT (5)  DEN (9)  DEWLAND (2)  DICKSON (3)  DOMONEY (5)  DOWN (2)  DUKE (6)  DUNLAND (4)  ELLIOTT (2)  EVERETT (1)  EWENS (1)  EWINS (1)  FORWARD (3)  FOYLE (2)  FRAMPTON (1)  GARRETT (1)  GILBERT (7)  GODDARD (3)  GOODFELLOW (1)  GOODRIDGE (1)  GOUGE (3)  GREEN (1)  GUMBLETON (6)  HAIL (1)  HARRIS (1)  HART (2)  HATCHER (2)  HEBDEGE (3)  HEDDEGE (1)  HENDERSON (5)  HIBBERD (1)  HITCHINGS (1)  HOLLOWAY (11)  HOPKINS (4)  HOUSE (1)  JAMES (4)  JEANS (3)  JEANES (1)  JOHNSON (6)  JOY (15)  JUDD (8)  KENT (2)  KIMBER (6)  LAMBERT (1)  LANE (1)  LEGG (2)  LEWIS (3)  LOCK (4)  LOADER (1)  LUFF (1)  MANN (5)  MILTON (1)  MITCHEL (11)  MOORE (2)  MULLENS (4)  MUSPRATT (1)  KNAPP (1)  NEWMAN (1)  OATS (2)  OSBALDSTONE (3)  OSBORNE (3)  OSMAN (7)  PALMER (6)  FRIPP (10)  PULTON (2)  RABBITTS (10)  RAGWORTHY (2)  RAMSBOTHAM (1)  RANDELL (3)  REECE (2)  RIDOUT (2)  RIGGS (1)  ROBERTS (6)  SAINT (3)  SCOVELL (7)  SHEARING (3)  SHINER (1)  SIMS (3)  SMITH (3)  STEVENS (1)  STICKLAND (2)  SUMNER (2)  THORNE (2)  TRIM (3)  VARLEY (6)  WELCH (1)  WHITE (8)  WILKINSON (1)  WOOLFRIES (2)  WRIGHT (4)  YATEMAN (3)  YOUNG (27) 

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