Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wool, Dorset

Wool 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
LANGFORD203.9293250.00
MORRIS203.929317.65
NORTHOVER183.53631,651.38
KELLAWAY183.53631,651.38
PUCKETT183.53633,673.47
BAGGS183.53631,525.42
BASCOMBE173.33994,857.14
STEVENS163.143430.11
DOREY132.5540738.64
LUCAS132.554055.25
PAYNE122.357626.20
HARRIS112.16118.50
JAMES112.161111.00
BOWRING101.9646609.76
MANUEL101.9646653.59
RICKETTS81.5717161.94
DAY81.571716.69
THOMAS71.37523.33
TINSLEY71.3752226.54
BUDDEN71.3752355.33
HOUSE61.178890.63
HYDE61.178838.31
HOARE61.178860.42
COX61.17887.78
DAVIS50.98234.47
SCUTT50.9823384.62
NEWBERRY50.9823239.23
HANSFORD50.9823199.20
SPICER50.982372.99
BLACKMORE50.982368.21
LUGG40.7859263.16
MORTIMER40.785937.59
MEYER40.7859242.42
MARTIN40.78593.19
SYMONDS40.785965.25
PARKER40.78594.13
MAY40.785912.35
GILLETT30.589455.87
COBB30.589441.44
BROWN30.58940.89
ENSOR30.5894263.16
BURDEN30.589446.08
WALLIS30.589417.40
SHORT30.589415.09
GOODWIN30.589411.19
WATTS30.58947.03
BARNES20.39293.26
SENIOR20.392917.15
ALLEN20.39292.08
RAWLES20.3929357.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BASCOMBE0.515094857.1429
PUCKETT0.515093673.4694
NORTHOVER0.515091651.3761
KELLAWAY0.515091651.3761
BAGGS0.515091525.4237
DOREY0.51509738.6364
MANUEL0.51509653.5948
BOWRING0.51509609.7561
SCUTT0.51509384.6154
RAWLES0.51509357.1429
BUDDEN0.51509355.3299
TRENT0.51509270.2703
LUGG0.51509263.1579
ENSOR0.51509263.1579
LANGFORD0.51509250.0000
MEYER0.51509242.4242
NEWBERRY0.51509239.2344
TINSLEY0.51509226.5372
HANSFORD0.51509199.2032
RICKETTS0.51509161.9433
ROLES0.51509156.2500
HIBBS0.51509113.6364
KERLEY0.51509107.5269
SQUIBB0.5150990.9091
HOUSE0.5150990.6344
HANN0.5150985.8369
COFFIN0.5150980.6452
PRIDE0.5150980.0000
SPICER0.5150972.9927
GILLMAN0.5150969.9301
BLACKMORE0.5150968.2128
CAPEL0.5150966.2252
TRIM0.5150965.3595
SYMONDS0.5150965.2529
HOARE0.5150960.4230
JEANS0.5150958.4795
GODDEN0.5150956.8182
GILLETT0.5150955.8659
LUCAS0.5150955.2486
SLY0.5150951.8135
STICKLAND0.5150947.6190
BURDEN0.5150946.0829
COBB0.5150941.4365
HYDE0.5150938.3142
MORTIMER0.5150937.5940
COOMBE0.5150936.2319
CREED0.5150935.3357
DERRICK0.5150935.0877
NEVILLE0.5150933.0579
RANDELL0.5150931.4465

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 509 people called BASCOMBE in Wool 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 4857.1429 in Wool means that 4857.1429% of the people in Wool on census day were called BASCOMBE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BASCOMBE 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 BASCOMBE 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 BASCOMBE 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 BASCOMBE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Wool means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BASCOMBE in Wool than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wool in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ALLINGHAM (8)  BAGGS (18)  BARBER (1)  BARNES (2)  BASCOMBE (17)  BEST (2)  BLACKMORE (5)  BUDDEN (7)  BURDEN (3)  BOWRING (10)  BROWN (3)  BURT (1)  KALLOWAY (3)  CARTER (1)  CAPEL (1)  CLEE (3)  CLENCH (3)  COBB (3)  COFFIN (1)  COOMBE (1)  COX (6)  CREED (1)  KERLEY (1)  DAMEN (4)  DAVIS (5)  DAY (8)  DERRICK (1)  DOREY (13)  DIMENT (1)  EASTMENT (6)  ELLIS (2)  ENSOR (3)  FRANCIS (1)  FRENCH (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILLETT (3)  GILLMAN (1)  GODDEN (2)  GOODWIN (3)  GRANGER (1)  GRANT (2)  HANN (2)  HANSFORD (5)  HARDY (1)  HARRIS (11)  HARTLEY (2)  HEARD (1)  HIBBS (2)  HELLIER (1)  HOARE (6)  HOUSE (6)  HUNT (2)  HYDE (6)  JAMES (11)  JEANS (1)  KEATES (1)  KELLAWAY (18)  KING (1)  KITCATT (1)  LANGFORD (20)  LOCK (1)  LUCAS (13)  LUGG (4)  MANUEL (10)  MARTIN (4)  MAY (4)  MEAD (2)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (20)  MORTIMER (4)  MEYER (4)  NEVILLE (2)  NEWBERRY (5)  NORTHOVER (18)  PARKER (4)  PAYNE (12)  PIPER (1)  PLOMER (2)  PRIDE (1)  PUCKETT (18)  RANDELL (1)  RANDALL (1)  RAWLES (2)  RICKETTS (8)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWE (2)  ROLES (1)  RUNYARD (17)  SCUTT (5)  SENIOR (2)  SHORT (3)  SYMONDS (4)  SINNICK (5)  SLY (1)  SMITH (2)  SPICER (5)  SQUIBB (1)  STEVENS (16)  STICKLAND (1)  STRONG (1)  SUMMERS (1)  THOMAS (7)  TINSLEY (7)  TOREVELL (10)  TRENT (2)  TRIM (1)  WALLIS (3)  WARREN (2)  WATTS (3)  WEBBER (1)  WELLSTEAD (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITING (1)  WHITTLE (1) 

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