Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tarrant Rushton, Dorset

Tarrant Rushton 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
SIBLEY158.82351,094.89
HUNT127.058853.14
MITCHELL116.470631.89
WHITE105.882418.30
WATERMAN95.2941681.82
LAWRENCE63.529454.35
PENNY52.9412165.02
CARD52.9412500.00
CUFF52.9412757.58
KING52.941213.50
ROGERS42.352918.12
JAMES42.352911.98
SMITH31.76471.25
GAY31.7647132.16
CHANNING21.1765606.06
HARRIS21.17654.63
COOK21.17655.92
SCOVELL21.1765800.00
ROE21.176560.42
DREW21.176544.54
CLARK21.17653.91
ROWDEN21.1765487.80
ROBERTS21.17653.13
DENNIS21.176539.76
SENIOR10.588225.71
BARTER10.5882107.53
EDMUNDS10.588245.05
CUTLER10.588247.17
NEWTON10.58827.67
TUCKER10.588210.63
LANE10.58828.53
BUDD10.588246.30
FORD10.58826.04
WESTWOOD10.588235.09
COTTMAN10.58823,333.33
STRAKER10.5882322.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COTTMAN0.171703333.3333
SIBLEY0.171701094.8905
SCOVELL0.17170800.0000
CUFF0.17170757.5758
WATERMAN0.17170681.8182
CHANNING0.17170606.0606
CARD0.17170500.0000
ROWDEN0.17170487.8049
STRAKER0.17170322.5806
PENNY0.17170165.0165
GAY0.17170132.1586
BARTER0.17170107.5269
ROE0.1717060.4230
LAWRENCE0.1717054.3478
HUNT0.1717053.1444
CUTLER0.1717047.1698
BUDD0.1717046.2963
EDMUNDS0.1717045.0450
DREW0.1717044.5434
DENNIS0.1717039.7614
WESTWOOD0.1717035.0877
MITCHELL0.1717031.8933
SENIOR0.1717025.7069
WHITE0.1717018.3016
ROGERS0.1717018.1242
KING0.1717013.4953
JAMES0.1717011.9796
TUCKER0.1717010.6270
LANE0.171708.5324
NEWTON0.171707.6746
FORD0.171706.0386
COOK0.171705.9224
HARRIS0.171704.6296
CLARK0.171703.9139
ROBERTS0.171703.1270
SMITH0.171701.2498

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 170 people called COTTMAN in Tarrant Rushton 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 3333.3333 in Tarrant Rushton means that 3333.3333% of the people in Tarrant Rushton on census day were called COTTMAN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Tarrant Rushton in 1881

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

BARTER (1)  BUDD (1)  CARD (5)  CHANNING (2)  CLARK (2)  COOK (2)  COTTMAN (1)  CUFF (5)  CUTLER (1)  DENNIS (2)  DOLING (1)  DREW (2)  EDMUNDS (1)  FIANDER (7)  FORD (1)  GARFIT (1)  GAY (3)  HARRIS (2)  HONEYWILL (3)  HORLOCK (3)  HUNT (12)  JAMES (4)  KING (5)  CHURCHOUSE (1)  LANE (1)  LAWRENCE (6)  MAIDMENT (19)  MITCHELL (11)  NEWTON (1)  PENNY (5)  ROBERTS (2)  ROWDEN (2)  ROGERS (4)  ROE (2)  SCOVELL (2)  SENIOR (1)  SHERGOLD (1)  SIBBLEY (5)  SIBLEY (15)  SMITH (3)  STRAKER (1)  TUCKER (1)  WATERMAN (9)  WESTWOOD (1)  WHITE (10)