Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bradford Abbas, Dorset

Bradford Abbas 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
CHAINEY295.68638,285.71
SMITH275.29413.75
BRAGG265.0980623.50
GILLHAM214.11761,521.74
RING203.9216966.18
BARTLETT173.333376.13
HIGGINS163.137362.06
PARSONS163.137341.30
GARRETT152.9412129.53
RIDOUT122.3529662.98
ABBOTT112.156948.91
LANNING112.15691,692.31
LANG112.156996.75
KING101.96089.00
GOUGH91.764760.20
DODGE91.7647450.00
ANDREWS91.764718.42
GILL91.764724.94
COOMBE81.5686289.86
HOPKINS81.568626.05
HEATHMAN81.56862,857.14
FOOT71.3725138.61
CONWAY71.372573.22
GLOVER71.372532.20
GARD71.3725534.35
LUSH61.1765292.68
WADMAN61.17651,111.11
HERRIDGE61.1765416.67
RAWLINGS61.176580.43
WHITTLE50.980445.00
JEANS50.9804292.40
GILLARD50.9804112.87
DOWDING50.9804229.36
GAY40.784358.82
GOODENOUGH40.7843273.97
CAPEL40.7843264.90
LEGG40.784347.51
PAULL30.5882169.49
GRAY30.58824.12
STEPHENS30.588210.60
HANNAM30.5882192.31
BUCKMAN30.5882365.85
COOMBS30.588234.80
BISHOP30.58828.42
NAPPER20.3922127.39
CHANT20.392294.34
PITT20.392218.35
CLAYTON20.39227.21
LONG20.39226.04
WHITE20.39221.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHAINEY0.515108285.7143
HEATHMAN0.515102857.1429
PELLER0.515102500.0000
LANNING0.515101692.3077
GILLHAM0.515101521.7391
WADMAN0.515101111.1111
RING0.51510966.1836
RIDOUT0.51510662.9834
BRAGG0.51510623.5012
GARD0.51510534.3511
DODGE0.51510450.0000
HERRIDGE0.51510416.6667
BUCKMAN0.51510365.8537
LUSH0.51510292.6829
JEANS0.51510292.3977
COOMBE0.51510289.8551
GOODENOUGH0.51510273.9726
CAPEL0.51510264.9007
DOWDING0.51510229.3578
HANNAM0.51510192.3077
PAULL0.51510169.4915
FOOT0.51510138.6139
GARRETT0.51510129.5337
NAPPER0.51510127.3885
GILLARD0.51510112.8668
BAGG0.51510112.3596
LANG0.5151096.7458
WEEDEN0.5151095.2381
CHANT0.5151094.3396
RAWLINGS0.5151080.4290
BARTLETT0.5151076.1308
MATTOCK0.5151075.7576
CONWAY0.5151073.2218
HOCKEY0.5151064.5161
HIGGINS0.5151062.0636
GOUGH0.5151060.2007
GAY0.5151058.8235
DARK0.5151054.3478
JACOB0.5151050.3778
ABBOTT0.5151048.9106
LEGG0.5151047.5059
WHITTLE0.5151045.0045
HANN0.5151042.9185
PARSONS0.5151041.3010
GRANGER0.5151038.3142
COOMBS0.5151034.8028
ASHDOWN0.5151034.6021
SYMONDS0.5151032.5203
GLOVER0.5151032.1987
VALENTINE0.5151030.5810

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 510 people called CHAINEY in Bradford Abbas 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 8285.7143 in Bradford Abbas means that 8285.7143% of the people in Bradford Abbas on census day were called CHAINEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHAINEY 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 CHAINEY 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 CHAINEY 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 CHAINEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Bradford Abbas means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHAINEY in Bradford Abbas than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bradford Abbas in 1881

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

ABBOTT (11)  ANDREWS (9)  ARNOLD (1)  ASHDOWN (1)  BAGG (1)  BARTLETT (17)  BISHOP (3)  BRAGG (26)  BRIDLE (1)  BROWN (1)  BUCKMAN (3)  BUNCE (1)  BURT (1)  CHANT (2)  CAPEL (4)  CHAINEY (29)  CHURCHILL (1)  CLAYTON (2)  COLLIER (2)  CONWAY (7)  COOMBS (3)  COOMBE (8)  CORDINGLY (1)  COX (1)  CREES (1)  CULLIFORD (1)  DALE (1)  DARK (1)  DICKINSON (1)  DINYARD (7)  DODGE (9)  DOWDING (5)  DIMENT (2)  EGGLIN (1)  ELLIS (1)  FLOOKS (4)  FOOT (7)  FOX (1)  FRAMPTON (1)  GARD (7)  GARRETT (15)  GAY (4)  GILL (9)  GILLHAM (21)  GILLARD (5)  GLOVER (7)  GOODENOUGH (4)  GOUGH (9)  GRANGER (2)  GRAY (3)  HANN (1)  HANNAM (3)  HARVEY (1)  HEATHMAN (8)  HERRIDGE (6)  HIGGINS (16)  HOCKEY (1)  HODGE (2)  HOLMAN (1)  HOOPER (2)  HOPKINS (8)  HUNT (1)  JACOB (2)  JEANS (5)  JENKINS (1)  KEILY (1)  KING (10)  LACEY (1)  LAMB (2)  LANG (11)  LANNING (11)  LEGG (4)  LONG (2)  LUSH (6)  MAINATON (2)  MASTERS (1)  MATTOCK (1)  MUNCKTON (5)  NAPPER (2)  PARSONS (16)  PAULL (3)  PAVITT (4)  PAYNE (1)  PELLER (1)  PITT (2)  READ (2)  REID (1)  RIDOUT (12)  RING (20)  RIRTON (1)  ROBERTS (1)  RAWLINGS (6)  SHERRING (4)  SYMONDS (2)  SMITH (27)  SNOOK (1)  STACEY (2)  STEVENS (1)  STEPHENS (3)  VALENTINE (2)  VOWEL (1)  WADMUN (1)  WEEDEN (1)  WHITE (2)  WHITTLE (5)  WADMAN (6)