Top surnames from the 1881 census in Athelhampstone, Dorset

Athelhampstone 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
HOUSE1114.86491,145.83
SPRAGG56.75682,380.95
PHILLIPS56.756837.76
COOPER56.756827.78
LOCK45.4054189.57
TOOP34.05412,307.69
COX34.054126.74
TRAVERS22.7027540.54
CHILDS22.7027147.06
RIGGS22.7027800.00
CAKE11.35141,250.00
BEVIS11.3514384.62
HODDER11.3514277.78
ELLERY11.3514500.00
PARSONS11.351417.79
BURDEN11.3514105.26
JOINER11.3514384.62
GUY11.351461.73
SMITH11.35140.96
DRAKE11.351446.30
PEARCE11.351414.71
NEAL11.351445.66
BOTTING11.3514357.14
WHATLEY11.3514344.83
STONE11.351418.69
FUDGE11.3514357.14
PAYNE11.351415.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPRAGG0.07742380.9524
TOOP0.07742307.6923
CAKE0.07741250.0000
HOUSE0.07741145.8333
RIGGS0.0774800.0000
TRAVERS0.0774540.5405
ELLERY0.0774500.0000
BEVIS0.0774384.6154
JOINER0.0774384.6154
FUDGE0.0774357.1429
BOTTING0.0774357.1429
WHATLEY0.0774344.8276
HODDER0.0774277.7778
LOCK0.0774189.5735
CHILDS0.0774147.0588
BURDEN0.0774105.2632
GUY0.077461.7284
DRAKE0.077446.2963
NEAL0.077445.6621
PHILLIPS0.077437.7644
COOPER0.077427.7778
COX0.077426.7380
STONE0.077418.6916
PARSONS0.077417.7936
PAYNE0.077415.0150
PEARCE0.077414.7059
SMITH0.07740.9571

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 74 people called SPRAGG in Athelhampstone 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 2380.9524 in Athelhampstone means that 2380.9524% of the people in Athelhampstone on census day were called SPRAGG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPRAGG 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 SPRAGG 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 SPRAGG 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 SPRAGG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Athelhampstone means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPRAGG in Athelhampstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Athelhampstone in 1881

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

BEVIS (1)  BOTTING (1)  BURDEN (1)  CAKE (1)  CHILDS (2)  COOPER (5)  COX (3)  DRAKE (1)  ELLERY (1)  FUDGE (1)  GUY (1)  HODDER (1)  HOUSE (11)  JEORRETT (6)  JOINER (1)  LOCK (4)  NEAL (1)  PARSONS (1)  PAYNE (1)  PEARCE (1)  PHILLIPS (5)  RIGGS (2)  SMITH (1)  SPRAGG (5)  STAINER (9)  STONE (1)  TOOP (3)  TRAVERS (2)  WHATLEY (1)