Top surnames from the 1881 census in Almer, Dorset

Almer 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
MANUEL1812.67614,186.05
SANSOM85.6338833.33
LONG74.929676.00
SYMONDS64.2254350.88
SQUIBB64.22541,935.48
MARTIN64.225417.15
JOYCE53.5211143.27
DOMINEY53.52114,166.67
INGRAM53.5211115.21
BURDEN42.8169219.78
BARTLETT42.816964.31
SQUIRES42.8169199.01
LEIGH42.8169122.32
PICKETT42.8169350.88
SMITH42.81692.00
TUCKER32.112738.17
KNIGHT32.112717.14
CHAFFEY21.4085869.57
JOHNSTON21.408517.45
SYMMONDS21.40852,000.00
RICHARDS10.70424.66
MARSH10.70429.87
BILES10.7042270.27
SAMPSON10.704241.32
CLARK10.70422.34
CARTER10.70424.19
VINCENT10.704222.57
BENNETT10.70424.28
ROGERS10.70425.42
CHRISTOPHER10.7042119.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MANUEL0.141424186.0465
DOMINEY0.141424166.6667
SYMMONDS0.141422000.0000
SQUIBB0.141421935.4839
CHAFFEY0.14142869.5652
SANSOM0.14142833.3333
PICKETT0.14142350.8772
SYMONDS0.14142350.8772
BILES0.14142270.2703
BURDEN0.14142219.7802
SQUIRES0.14142199.0050
JOYCE0.14142143.2665
LEIGH0.14142122.3242
CHRISTOPHER0.14142119.0476
INGRAM0.14142115.2074
LONG0.1414276.0043
BARTLETT0.1414264.3087
SAMPSON0.1414241.3223
TUCKER0.1414238.1679
VINCENT0.1414222.5734
JOHNSTON0.1414217.4520
MARTIN0.1414217.1527
KNIGHT0.1414217.1429
MARSH0.141429.8717
ROGERS0.141425.4230
RICHARDS0.141424.6642
BENNETT0.141424.2845
CARTER0.141424.1946
CLARK0.141422.3430
SMITH0.141421.9950

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 142 people called MANUEL in Almer 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 4186.0465 in Almer means that 4186.0465% of the people in Almer on census day were called MANUEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MANUEL 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 MANUEL 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 MANUEL 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 MANUEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Almer means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MANUEL in Almer than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Almer in 1881

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

BARTLETT (4)  BENNETT (1)  BILES (1)  BOTRICK (6)  BURDEN (4)  CARTER (1)  CHAFFEY (2)  CHRISTOPHER (1)  CLARK (1)  DOMINEY (5)  GOLDRING (1)  HORLOCK (4)  INGRAM (5)  JOHNSTON (2)  JOYCE (5)  KNIGHT (3)  LEIGH (4)  LONG (7)  MANUEL (18)  MARSH (1)  MARTIN (6)  ODMAN (1)  PICKETT (4)  PITFORD (1)  RICHARDS (1)  ROGERS (1)  SAMPSON (1)  SANSOM (8)  SYMONDS (6)  SYMMONDS (2)  SMITH (4)  SQUIBB (6)  SQUIRES (4)  TUCKER (3)  VINCINT (7)  VINCENT (1)  WIFFEN (10)