Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wraxall, Dorset

Wraxall 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
BENNETT1010.309362.74
TREVETT1010.30936,250.00
PAUL99.2784370.37
BROWN88.247412.51
MATTHEWS88.247494.56
BOWDITCH77.21652,916.67
SELBY66.1856517.24
SPILLER55.1546909.09
DAVIS44.123718.76
MITCHELL44.123720.33
HARE33.0928200.00
GARD11.0309400.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TREVETT0.10976250.0000
BOWDITCH0.10972916.6667
SPILLER0.1097909.0909
SELBY0.1097517.2414
GARD0.1097400.0000
PAUL0.1097370.3704
HARE0.1097200.0000
MATTHEWS0.109794.5626
BENNETT0.109762.7353
MITCHELL0.109720.3252
DAVIS0.109718.7617
BROWN0.109712.5117

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 97 people called TREVETT in Wraxall 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 6250.0000 in Wraxall means that 6250.0000% of the people in Wraxall on census day were called TREVETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TREVETT 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 TREVETT 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 TREVETT 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 TREVETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Wraxall means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TREVETT in Wraxall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wraxall in 1881

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

BENNETT (10)  BOWDITCH (7)  BROWN (8)  DAVIS (4)  DOBEL (5)  FOAN (5)  GARD (1)  HARE (3)  MATTHEWS (8)  MITCHELL (4)  PAUL (9)  SAMWAYS (7)  SELBY (6)  SPILLER (5)  TREVETT (10)  WALLBRIDGE (5) 

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