Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stockwood, Dorset

Stockwood 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
CHRISTOPHER1115.71432,682.93
SPRACKLIN811.428680,000.00
BRINE811.42863,809.52
RENDELL710.00002,413.79
CHILDS68.5714465.12
COLLEY68.5714674.16
PATCH57.14293,846.15
CLARK45.714319.01
BARTLETT34.285797.72
PULLMAN22.85712,857.14
LAKE22.8571129.03
BRIDGE22.8571140.85
OLIVER11.428620.04
TRENCHARD11.42861,250.00
READ11.428622.17
PARTRIDGE11.428654.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPRACKLIN0.077080000.0000
PATCH0.07703846.1538
BRINE0.07703809.5238
PULLMAN0.07702857.1429
CHRISTOPHER0.07702682.9268
RENDELL0.07702413.7931
TRENCHARD0.07701250.0000
COLLEY0.0770674.1573
CHILDS0.0770465.1163
BRIDGE0.0770140.8451
LAKE0.0770129.0323
BARTLETT0.077097.7199
PARTRIDGE0.077054.6448
READ0.077022.1729
OLIVER0.077020.0401
CLARK0.077019.0114

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 70 people called SPRACKLIN in Stockwood 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 80000.0000 in Stockwood means that 80000.0000% of the people in Stockwood on census day were called SPRACKLIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPRACKLIN 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 SPRACKLIN 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 SPRACKLIN 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 SPRACKLIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Stockwood means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPRACKLIN in Stockwood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stockwood in 1881

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

BARTLETT (3)  BRIDGE (2)  BRINE (8)  CHILDS (6)  CHRISTOPHER (11)  CLARK (4)  COLLEY (6)  LAKE (2)  OLIVER (1)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PATCH (5)  PAVITT (1)  PULLMAN (2)  RENDELL (7)  READ (1)  SPRACKLIN (8)  STAINER (1)  TRENCHARD (1)