Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bloxworth, Dorset

Bloxworth 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
WHITE207.662823.84
HUNT145.364040.39
FRY134.9808155.50
SQUIRE103.8314323.62
GUY93.4483157.62
JAMES93.448317.55
DAVIS93.448315.69
CAMBRIDGE93.44831,125.00
NEWMAN83.065141.22
DURRANT83.0651196.08
HARWOOD83.0651114.45
SPILLER83.0651540.54
SAUNDERS72.682029.24
PARK62.298974.17
SKINNER62.298945.28
BURDEN62.2989179.64
ROLLS62.2989517.24
HAYTER51.9157259.07
CADDY51.9157675.68
BOWDITCH41.5326615.38
BECKFORD41.53262,857.14
WEBBER41.532650.19
YOUNG41.53267.13
RICKETTS41.5326158.10
SOPER31.1494185.19
RUSSELL31.14949.42
POPE31.149433.33
GIBBENS31.1494857.14
TOOMER31.1494731.71
BARTLETT31.149426.25
STICKLAND20.7663185.19
CUFF20.7663196.08
STONE20.766310.60
HARVEY20.76637.18
BROWN20.76631.16
TRANTER10.383152.08
BENNETT10.38312.33
EDMONDS10.383120.04
BARNES10.38313.18
KING10.38311.76
CONNETT10.3831322.58
GREENING10.383168.97
BOLLOM10.38312,000.00
PEARCE10.38314.17
LEAR10.383165.79
GIBBONS10.383111.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BECKFORD0.262612857.1429
BOLLOM0.262612000.0000
CAMBRIDGE0.262611125.0000
GIBBENS0.26261857.1429
TOOMER0.26261731.7073
CADDY0.26261675.6757
BOWDITCH0.26261615.3846
SPILLER0.26261540.5405
ROLLS0.26261517.2414
SQUIRE0.26261323.6246
CONNETT0.26261322.5806
HAYTER0.26261259.0674
CUFF0.26261196.0784
DURRANT0.26261196.0784
SOPER0.26261185.1852
STICKLAND0.26261185.1852
BURDEN0.26261179.6407
RICKETTS0.26261158.1028
GUY0.26261157.6182
FRY0.26261155.5024
HARWOOD0.26261114.4492
PARK0.2626174.1656
GREENING0.2626168.9655
LEAR0.2626165.7895
TRANTER0.2626152.0833
WEBBER0.2626150.1882
SKINNER0.2626145.2830
NEWMAN0.2626141.2159
HUNT0.2626140.3924
POPE0.2626133.3333
SAUNDERS0.2626129.2398
BARTLETT0.2626126.2467
WHITE0.2626123.8379
EDMONDS0.2626120.0401
JAMES0.2626117.5541
DAVIS0.2626115.6931
GIBBONS0.2626111.9190
STONE0.2626110.5988
RUSSELL0.262619.4162
HARVEY0.262617.1762
YOUNG0.262617.1339
PEARCE0.262614.1701
BARNES0.262613.1827
BENNETT0.262612.3310
KING0.262611.7581
BROWN0.262611.1625

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 261 people called BECKFORD in Bloxworth 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 2857.1429 in Bloxworth means that 2857.1429% of the people in Bloxworth on census day were called BECKFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BECKFORD 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 BECKFORD 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 BECKFORD 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 BECKFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Bloxworth means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BECKFORD in Bloxworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bloxworth in 1881

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

BARNES (1)  BARTLETT (3)  BATTRICK (1)  BECKFORD (4)  BENNETT (1)  BOLLAM (1)  BOLLOM (1)  BURDEN (6)  BOWDITCH (4)  BRIDLE (2)  BROWN (2)  CADDY (5)  CAMBRIDGE (9)  COLERIDGE (1)  CONNETT (1)  COAKES (16)  CUFF (2)  DAVIS (9)  DURRANT (8)  EDMONDS (1)  FRY (13)  GIBBENS (3)  GIBBONS (1)  GREENING (1)  GUY (9)  HARVEY (2)  HARWOOD (8)  HAYTER (5)  HENVILLE (2)  HUNT (14)  JAMES (9)  KING (1)  LEAR (1)  NEWMAN (8)  PARK (6)  PEARCE (1)  POPE (3)  RICKETTS (4)  ROLLS (6)  RUSSELL (3)  SAUNDERS (7)  SEIMER (1)  SKINNER (6)  SOPER (3)  SPILLER (8)  SQUIRE (10)  STONE (2)  STICKLAND (2)  SWYER (6)  TOOMER (3)  TRANTER (1)  UDALL (5)  WAGSTAFFE (1)  WEBBER (4)  WHITE (20)  YOUNG (4)