Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stoke Abbott, Dorset

Stoke Abbott 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
STAPLE305.44463,947.37
SYMES223.9927541.87
WAKELY173.08531,868.13
DAVY152.7223220.91
HANN142.5408555.56
BARTLETT132.359353.87
CANTERBURY122.17795,714.29
HUSSEY111.9964198.20
ROGERS111.996415.38
MEECH111.9964964.91
RUSSELL91.633413.38
CHARD91.6334289.39
LEWIS91.63346.21
OSBORNE91.633434.22
HALLETT81.4519117.99
NORRIS81.451933.80
WAY81.4519131.58
PEARCE81.451915.80
EDWARDS81.45195.21
SMITH71.27040.90
MAJOR71.270494.21
BAGGS61.0889468.75
GREENING61.0889196.08
TRAVERS61.0889216.61
GALE61.088936.34
BOWDITCH61.0889437.96
JEANES61.0889666.67
ELLIOTT61.088912.83
SLADE61.088954.60
ACKERMAN61.0889638.30
OLIVER61.088915.26
WEAVER61.088941.87
FARNHAM61.0889540.54
WICKHAM50.9074134.05
GALPIN50.9074393.70
WHITEMORE50.90741,515.15
CORNICK50.9074632.91
FORSEY50.9074847.46
RADFORD50.907447.85
IVORY50.9074431.03
HANSFORD40.7260147.06
BUSSELL40.7260327.87
KING40.72603.33
HOLLAND40.726010.20
SEALE40.7260408.16
WHITE40.72602.26
MOORES40.726087.72
CADDY30.5445191.08
TOLMAN30.5445416.67
WHEELER30.54459.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CANTERBURY0.555515714.2857
STAPLE0.555513947.3684
WAKELY0.555511868.1319
WHITEMORE0.555511515.1515
MEECH0.55551964.9123
FORSEY0.55551847.4576
WISCOMBE0.55551666.6667
JEANES0.55551666.6667
ACKERMAN0.55551638.2979
CORNICK0.55551632.9114
HANN0.55551555.5556
SYMES0.55551541.8719
FARNHAM0.55551540.5405
BAGGS0.55551468.7500
BOWDITCH0.55551437.9562
IVORY0.55551431.0345
TOLMAN0.55551416.6667
SEALE0.55551408.1633
GALPIN0.55551393.7008
BUGLER0.55551338.9831
BUSSELL0.55551327.8689
STRODE0.55551322.5806
BRINSON0.55551303.0303
CHARD0.55551289.3891
RECORD0.55551259.7403
KELLAWAY0.55551254.2373
TRUMP0.55551238.0952
DAVY0.55551220.9131
TRAVERS0.55551216.6065
HUSSEY0.55551198.1982
GREENING0.55551196.0784
GENGE0.55551192.3077
CADDY0.55551191.0828
WHEADON0.55551178.5714
HANSFORD0.55551147.0588
STOODLEY0.55551144.9275
BLATHERWICK0.55551142.8571
DICKER0.55551138.8889
WICKHAM0.55551134.0483
WAY0.55551131.5789
RENDELL0.55551129.8701
HALLETT0.55551117.9941
MUNDEN0.55551107.5269
MAJOR0.5555194.2127
MOORES0.5555187.7193
LOVELESS0.5555186.9565
ROLLS0.5555181.3008
SANSOM0.5555180.6452
BILES0.5555170.4225
GUPPY0.5555168.4932

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 551 people called CANTERBURY in Stoke Abbott 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 5714.2857 in Stoke Abbott means that 5714.2857% of the people in Stoke Abbott on census day were called CANTERBURY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CANTERBURY 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 CANTERBURY 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 CANTERBURY 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 CANTERBURY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Stoke Abbott means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CANTERBURY in Stoke Abbott than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stoke Abbott in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ACKERMAN (6)  APLIN (1)  BAGGS (6)  BARNETT (1)  BARTLETT (13)  BILES (1)  BLATHERWICK (1)  BLIGDON (7)  BOLD (1)  BOON (1)  BOWDITCH (6)  BRINSON (1)  BUGLER (2)  BUSSELL (4)  CADDY (3)  CANTERBURY (12)  CHARD (9)  CHILDS (1)  CHUBB (1)  CHURCHILL (1)  CLARE (3)  CLARKE (1)  CLARK (1)  COLEMAN (1)  CORNICK (5)  COX (1)  CRANN (6)  CURTIS (1)  DAVY (15)  DAVEY (3)  DAWE (1)  DICKER (3)  DOMMETT (5)  EASTMENT (2)  EDWARDS (8)  ELLIOTT (6)  EVERETT (1)  FARNHAM (6)  FORSEY (5)  FOWLER (1)  FRY (2)  GALE (6)  GENGE (1)  GERRARD (3)  GIBBS (1)  GILL (1)  GILLINGHAM (1)  GALPIN (5)  GOVIER (1)  GRANT (2)  GREADY (1)  GREEN (1)  GREENING (6)  GROVES (1)  GUPPY (1)  HALLETT (8)  HANN (14)  HANSFORD (4)  HARRIS (2)  HAYWARD (1)  HITCHCOCK (2)  HODDER (1)  HOLLAND (4)  HOSKINGS (1)  HUSSEY (11)  HUXTER (8)  IVORY (5)  JEANES (6)  JOHNSON (1)  KELLAWAY (3)  KING (4)  LANE (1)  LENTHALL (7)  LEONARD (1)  LEWIS (9)  LIGHT (1)  LINGHAM (6)  LOVELESS (1)  MAJOR (7)  MEECH (11)  MIDDLETON (1)  MOORE (1)  MOORES (4)  MUNDEN (1)  NORRIS (8)  OLIVER (6)  OSBORNE (9)  PARKER (1)  PEARCE (8)  PURCHASE (1)  PHILLIPS (2)  PULMAN (1)  PUMEAY (1)  RADFORD (5)  REDFORD (1)  RENDELL (3)  RECORD (2)  READ (3)  ROGERS (11)  ROLLS (2)  RUSSELL (9)  SEAL (2)  SEALE (4)  SANSOM (3)  SAUNDERS (2)  SHEPHERD (2)  SIBLEY (1)  SYMES (22)  SLADE (6)  SMITH (7)  STAPLE (30)  STAPLES (2)  STOADLY (1)  STRODE (1)  STOODLY (1)  STOODLEY (1)  SULLEVAN (1)  SWAFFIELD (3)  TETT (1)  TOLMAN (3)  TOMPKINS (1)  TRAVERS (6)  TRUMP (2)  UDAL (1)  VINCENT (1)  VINE (1)  WAKELY (17)  WARRY (1)  WATTS (2)  WAY (8)  WEAVER (6)  WHEADON (1)  WHEELER (3)  WHITE (4)  WHITEMORE (5)  WICKHAM (5)  WISCOMBE (1)  WOOLMINGTON (7)