Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holwell, Dorset

Holwell 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
BARTER276.47481,179.04
JEANS184.31651,285.71
ENGLISH143.3573178.57
ANTELL133.11755,652.17
ROGERS133.117524.01
RIDOUT122.8777810.81
DRAKE112.637990.54
BARTLETT112.637960.24
WHITE112.63798.21
CABELL112.63798,461.54
YOUNG112.637912.28
PHILLIPS102.398113.40
GRAY92.158315.12
FOX92.158323.24
MULLETT92.1583692.31
COFFIN81.9185784.31
KING81.91858.80
DAVIS71.67877.64
ROSS71.678715.36
DOWNTON71.6787886.08
MILLER71.67879.38
DYKE71.6787169.08
CROCKER61.4388107.14
MITCHELL61.43887.09
TRIM61.4388480.00
ANDREWS61.438815.02
HANN61.4388315.79
COOMBS61.438885.11
GILLINGHAM61.4388320.86
WALDEN51.1990163.93
SWAIN51.199062.19
PONTING51.1990406.50
EDWARDS51.19904.30
TAYLOR51.19901.88
MILES40.959216.26
PARSONS40.959212.63
HURST40.959226.86
OLD30.7194177.51
ABERCROMBIE30.7194410.96
FRIZZLE30.71943,000.00
BATTEN30.719477.92
MEAD30.719430.86
WOOD30.71942.26
LAWRENCE30.719411.08
MOGG20.4796204.08
BURTON20.47965.63
NOKE20.4796500.00
HARDY20.47968.01
CHAFFEY20.4796298.51
SHINER20.4796425.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CABELL0.424178461.5385
ANTELL0.424175652.1739
FRIZZLE0.424173000.0000
JEANS0.424171285.7143
BARTER0.424171179.0393
DOWNTON0.42417886.0759
RIDOUT0.42417810.8108
COFFIN0.42417784.3137
MULLETT0.42417692.3077
NOKE0.42417500.0000
TRIM0.42417480.0000
SHINER0.42417425.5319
ABERCROMBIE0.42417410.9589
PONTING0.42417406.5041
PERRIS0.42417370.3704
GILLINGHAM0.42417320.8556
HANN0.42417315.7895
CHAFFEY0.42417298.5075
POPHAM0.42417208.3333
MOGG0.42417204.0816
ENGLISH0.42417178.5714
OLD0.42417177.5148
DYKE0.42417169.0821
WALDEN0.42417163.9344
CROCKER0.42417107.1429
DRAKE0.4241790.5350
COOMBS0.4241785.1064
BATTEN0.4241777.9221
PURCHASE0.4241769.9301
ELSWORTH0.4241765.3595
SWAIN0.4241762.1891
BARTLETT0.4241760.2410
STICKLAND0.4241758.1395
HODDER0.4241749.0196
STRANGE0.4241744.7427
MEAD0.4241730.8642
HINE0.4241730.3951
HURST0.4241726.8637
ROGERS0.4241724.0118
FOX0.4241723.2438
STYLES0.4241722.7273
HOUSE0.4241718.4162
MILES0.4241716.2602
SARGENT0.4241715.5763
ROSS0.4241715.3610
GRAY0.4241715.1184
ANDREWS0.4241715.0150
PHILLIPS0.4241713.4030
PARSONS0.4241712.6263
YOUNG0.4241712.2795

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 417 people called CABELL in Holwell 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 8461.5385 in Holwell means that 8461.5385% of the people in Holwell on census day were called CABELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CABELL 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 CABELL 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 CABELL 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 CABELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Holwell means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CABELL in Holwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holwell in 1881

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

ABERCROMBIE (3)  ANDREWS (6)  ANTELL (13)  BARTER (27)  BARTLETT (11)  BATTEN (3)  BEST (1)  BROWN (1)  BURTON (2)  CABELL (11)  CADIE (9)  CHAFFY (3)  CHAFFEY (2)  COFFIN (8)  COOMBS (6)  CROCKER (6)  DAVIS (7)  DYKE (7)  DOWNTON (7)  DRAKE (11)  EDWARDS (5)  ELSWORTH (1)  EYERS (8)  FOX (9)  FRIZZLE (3)  GAWLER (11)  GILLINGHAM (6)  GODDARD (1)  GRAY (9)  HANN (6)  HARDY (2)  HELLIER (1)  HINE (1)  HODDER (1)  HOUSE (1)  HURST (4)  ENGLISH (14)  JEANS (18)  KING (8)  LAWRENCE (3)  LEATHWOOD (1)  LITTLEHALES (2)  MEAD (3)  MELMER (2)  MELMOTH (1)  MILES (4)  MILLER (7)  MITCHELL (6)  MOGG (2)  MULLETT (9)  NOKE (2)  OLD (3)  PALMER (1)  PERRIS (2)  PARSONS (4)  PURCHASE (1)  PHILLIPS (10)  PONTING (5)  POPHAM (2)  RIDOUT (12)  ROGERS (13)  ROSS (7)  SARGENT (1)  SHINER (2)  SHITTLER (1)  SIMS (1)  SMITH (1)  STOKES (1)  STICKLAND (1)  STRANGE (2)  STYLES (1)  SWAIN (5)  TAYLOR (5)  TRIM (6)  WALDEN (5)  WARRY (1)  WHITTAKER (1)  WHITE (11)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOD (3)  WOODSFORD (1)  WOOLLEY (1)  YOUNG (11)