Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shipton George, Dorset

Shipton George 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
GALE319.9359331.55
BARTLETT258.0128183.02
HAWKINS258.0128110.67
FOOT175.4487550.16
SAUNDERS165.128255.91
SYMES154.8077652.17
BROWN123.84625.83
ROLAND103.20511,960.78
HANSFORD103.2051649.35
THORNER92.88465,625.00
WILLIAMS72.24363.12
HANN72.2436489.51
PARKER72.243611.80
STONE72.243631.04
PESTER61.92311,714.29
RUSSELL61.923115.75
PAGAN51.60261,020.41
ROGERS51.602612.34
WELLER51.6026111.36
OSBOURNE51.6026434.78
MATTHEWS51.602618.37
CROFT51.602667.84
GILL41.282118.12
CRABB41.2821123.46
CHARD41.2821227.27
COOMBS41.282175.90
HALLETT41.2821104.17
NORTHOVER41.2821597.01
BUDDEN30.9615247.93
GIBBS30.961519.57
PALMER30.96158.16
MEECH20.6410312.50
CHALKER20.6410454.55
MANUEL20.6410212.77
CONWAY20.641034.19
HAYTER10.320543.48
CUMBERLAND10.3205126.58
POMEROY10.3205114.94
BRETT10.320516.89
SIBLEY10.320539.84

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THORNER0.313125625.0000
ROLAND0.313121960.7843
PESTER0.313121714.2857
PAGAN0.313121020.4082
SYMES0.31312652.1739
HANSFORD0.31312649.3506
NORTHOVER0.31312597.0149
FOOT0.31312550.1618
HANN0.31312489.5105
CHALKER0.31312454.5455
OSBOURNE0.31312434.7826
GALE0.31312331.5508
MEECH0.31312312.5000
BUDDEN0.31312247.9339
CHARD0.31312227.2727
MANUEL0.31312212.7660
BARTLETT0.31312183.0161
CUMBERLAND0.31312126.5823
CRABB0.31312123.4568
POMEROY0.31312114.9425
WELLER0.31312111.3586
HAWKINS0.31312110.6684
HALLETT0.31312104.1667
COOMBS0.3131275.9013
CROFT0.3131267.8426
SAUNDERS0.3131255.9050
HAYTER0.3131243.4783
SIBLEY0.3131239.8406
CONWAY0.3131234.1880
STONE0.3131231.0421
GIBBS0.3131219.5695
MATTHEWS0.3131218.3688
GILL0.3131218.1159
BRETT0.3131216.8919
RUSSELL0.3131215.7522
ROGERS0.3131212.3426
PARKER0.3131211.7964
PALMER0.313128.1566
BROWN0.313125.8346
WILLIAMS0.313123.1233

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 312 people called THORNER in Shipton George 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 5625.0000 in Shipton George means that 5625.0000% of the people in Shipton George on census day were called THORNER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THORNER 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 THORNER 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 THORNER 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 THORNER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Shipton George means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THORNER in Shipton George than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shipton George in 1881

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

BARTLETT (25)  BUDDEN (3)  BRETT (1)  BROWN (12)  CHALKER (2)  CHARD (4)  CONWAY (2)  COOMBS (4)  CRABB (4)  CROFT (5)  CUMBERLAND (1)  DEVERIESH (1)  FOOT (17)  GALE (31)  GIBBS (3)  GILL (4)  HALLETT (4)  HANN (7)  HANSFORD (10)  HAWKINS (25)  HAYTER (1)  MANUEL (2)  MATTHEWS (5)  MEECH (2)  NORTHOVER (4)  OSBOURNE (5)  PAGAN (5)  PALMER (3)  PARKER (7)  PESTER (6)  PISTER (3)  POMEROY (1)  ROGERS (5)  ROLAND (10)  RUSSELL (6)  SAUNDERS (16)  SIBLEY (1)  SYMES (15)  STONE (7)  SWAFFIELD (15)  THORNER (9)  WELLER (5)  WILLIAMS (7)  WILLMENT (7)