Top surnames from the 1881 census in Worth Matravers, Dorset

Worth Matravers 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
BOWER278.7097475.35
DIFFEY175.48398,947.37
SQUIBB92.90321,343.28
LANDER92.9032424.53
COOMBES92.9032271.90
VINCENT92.903293.07
CORBAN92.903222,500.00
FORD92.903229.80
WATERMAN82.5806331.95
HOOPER82.580660.93
WHITE72.25817.02
DAY72.258123.99
GRANT72.258122.76
WRIGHT72.25817.04
TRAVERS72.2581448.72
BULLEN72.2581212.77
STEVENS72.258121.63
MARCH72.2581209.58
HOWE61.935549.30
COLLINGWOOD61.9355350.88
WILLIAMS51.61292.25
LONG41.290319.89
FARWELL41.29031,428.57
HARRIS41.29035.08
LOWE41.290317.21
BEAVIS41.2903314.96
NIGHTINGALE41.290376.63
ROBINSON30.96773.04
PITCHER30.9677125.00
CAINES30.9677483.87
MILLER30.96775.41
MAGGS30.9677144.23
LEGG30.967758.59
MARSH30.967713.57
TURNER30.96773.48
GREEN30.96773.44
HAWKINS20.64528.91
SMITH20.64520.46
BICKNELL20.6452161.29
WELLMAN20.6452285.71
SHEPHARD20.645267.34
REID20.64526.14
BILES10.3226125.00
BASCOMBE10.3226476.19
WADE10.32268.06
TRENT10.3226222.22
TALBOT10.322612.95
BROWN10.32260.49
CRABB10.322631.06
RIDOUT10.322690.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CORBAN0.3131022500.0000
DIFFEY0.313108947.3684
FARWELL0.313101428.5714
SQUIBB0.313101343.2836
BRUNKER0.31310625.0000
CAINES0.31310483.8710
BASCOMBE0.31310476.1905
BOWER0.31310475.3521
TRAVERS0.31310448.7179
LANDER0.31310424.5283
COLLINGWOOD0.31310350.8772
WATERMAN0.31310331.9502
BEAVIS0.31310314.9606
WELLMAN0.31310285.7143
COOMBES0.31310271.9033
TRENT0.31310222.2222
BULLEN0.31310212.7660
MARCH0.31310209.5808
BICKNELL0.31310161.2903
MAGGS0.31310144.2308
BILES0.31310125.0000
PITCHER0.31310125.0000
VINCENT0.3131093.0714
RIDOUT0.3131090.9091
NIGHTINGALE0.3131076.6284
SHEPHARD0.3131067.3401
HOOPER0.3131060.9292
LEGG0.3131058.5938
HOWE0.3131049.3016
LANGDON0.3131041.4938
CRABB0.3131031.0559
FORD0.3131029.8013
DAY0.3131023.9890
GRANT0.3131022.7568
STEVENS0.3131021.6316
LONG0.3131019.8906
LOWE0.3131017.2117
MARSH0.3131013.5685
TALBOT0.3131012.9534
HAWKINS0.313108.9127
WADE0.313108.0580
NORRIS0.313107.5131
WRIGHT0.313107.0387
WHITE0.313107.0246
REID0.313106.1425
MILLER0.313105.4083
HARRIS0.313105.0774
TURNER0.313103.4766
FOX0.313103.4746
GREEN0.313103.4364

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 310 people called CORBAN in Worth Matravers 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 22500.0000 in Worth Matravers means that 22500.0000% of the people in Worth Matravers on census day were called CORBAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CORBAN 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 CORBAN 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 CORBAN 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 CORBAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Worth Matravers means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CORBAN in Worth Matravers than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Worth Matravers in 1881

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

ANSFORD (2)  MC CARTHY (1)  BASCOMBE (1)  BEAVIS (4)  BEAVES (2)  BICKNELL (2)  BILES (1)  BOWER (27)  BRIDLE (3)  BROWN (1)  BRUNKER (1)  BUGELER (6)  BULLEN (7)  CAINES (3)  COLLINGWOOD (6)  COLLINS (1)  COOMBES (9)  CORBAN (9)  CORBEN (2)  CURNOCK (2)  CRABB (1)  DAY (7)  DIFFEY (17)  FARWELL (4)  FORD (9)  FOX (1)  GRANT (7)  GREEN (3)  HARRIS (4)  HAWKINS (2)  HOOPER (8)  HOWE (6)  HOYWOOD (1)  LANDER (9)  LANGDON (1)  LEGG (3)  LONG (4)  LOWE (4)  MARCH (7)  MARSH (3)  MACKDONALD (1)  MC DONALD (MACKDONALD) (16)  MAGGS (3)  MILLER (3)  NIGHTINGALE (4)  NINEHAM (6)  NORRIS (1)  PHIPPHARD (2)  PITCHER (3)  REID (2)  RIDOUT (1)  ROBINSON (3)  SHEPHARD (2)  SMITH (2)  SQUIBB (9)  STEVENS (7)  TALBOT (1)  THOMAS (1)  TRAVERS (7)  TRENT (1)  TURNER (3)  VINCENT (9)  VYE (1)  WADE (1)  WATERMAN (8)  WHITE (7)  WELLMAN (2)  WILLIAMS (5)  WRIGHT (7)  YOUNG (1) 

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