Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kimmeridge, Dorset

Kimmeridge 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
BEST158.7719325.38
COOPER105.848024.04
BANKS84.678491.22
SMITH84.67843.31
IRWIN74.0936486.11
MABEY74.09362,800.00
PAYNE52.924032.49
HOLLAND52.924041.08
RICKETTS42.3392240.96
MANSEL42.33923,636.36
FOOKS42.33921,481.48
LANE42.339233.96
STICKLAND31.7544428.57
YOUNG31.75448.17
COOK31.75448.83
SAMPSON31.7544102.74
HAMMOND21.169620.53
FEAR21.1696263.16
BOYD21.169633.33
PARSLEY21.1696869.57
WINTER21.169633.00
OSMAN21.1696322.58
BROOMFIELD10.584886.96
CHALKLEY10.5848188.68
WARNER10.584816.05
FRENCH10.584811.98
PIDGEON10.5848175.44
DAMON10.5848909.09
BURROWES10.5848833.33
TALBOT10.584823.47
PETERS10.584816.67
CUMMINS10.584868.49
COKE10.5848454.55
WEBB10.58484.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MANSEL0.171713636.3636
MABEY0.171712800.0000
FOOKS0.171711481.4815
DAMON0.17171909.0909
PARSLEY0.17171869.5652
BURROWES0.17171833.3333
IRWIN0.17171486.1111
COKE0.17171454.5455
STICKLAND0.17171428.5714
BEST0.17171325.3796
OSMAN0.17171322.5806
FEAR0.17171263.1579
RICKETTS0.17171240.9639
CHALKLEY0.17171188.6792
PIDGEON0.17171175.4386
SAMPSON0.17171102.7397
BANKS0.1717191.2201
BROOMFIELD0.1717186.9565
CUMMINS0.1717168.4932
HOLLAND0.1717141.0846
LANE0.1717133.9559
BOYD0.1717133.3333
WINTER0.1717133.0033
PAYNE0.1717132.4886
COOPER0.1717124.0385
TALBOT0.1717123.4742
HAMMOND0.1717120.5339
PETERS0.1717116.6667
WARNER0.1717116.0514
FRENCH0.1717111.9760
COOK0.171718.8313
YOUNG0.171718.1655
WEBB0.171714.3141
SMITH0.171713.3135

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 171 people called MANSEL in Kimmeridge 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 3636.3636 in Kimmeridge means that 3636.3636% of the people in Kimmeridge on census day were called MANSEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MANSEL 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 MANSEL 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 MANSEL 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 MANSEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Kimmeridge means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MANSEL in Kimmeridge than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kimmeridge in 1881

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

BANKS (8)  BEST (15)  BOYD (2)  BRAISBY (6)  BRIDLE (9)  BROOMFIELD (1)  BURROWES (1)  CHALKLEY (1)  COOK (3)  COOPER (10)  COKE (1)  CUMMINS (1)  DAMON (1)  FEAR (2)  FOOKS (4)  FRENCH (1)  GAWTHROP (2)  HAMMOND (2)  HOLLAND (5)  IRWIN (7)  LANE (4)  MABEY (7)  MANSEL (4)  MANTIL (1)  MINTERN (2)  OSMAN (2)  PARSLEY (2)  PAYNE (5)  PETERS (1)  PIDGEON (1)  RICKETTS (4)  SAMPSON (3)  SMITH (8)  STICKLAND (3)  TALBOT (1)  WARNER (1)  WEBB (1)  WHITEROW (33)  WIXEN (1)  WINTER (2)  YOUNG (3)