Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upway, Dorset

Upway 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
BOWDITCH212.88071,153.85
GROVES212.8807102.44
BOWRING192.6063808.51
CHALKER182.46911,747.57
LOVELESS162.19481,052.63
ROGERS131.783313.73
MAYO121.6461214.29
RUSSELL111.508912.36
DAMON111.50892,444.44
TREVETT111.5089932.20
PALMER101.371711.64
WILLS101.371745.89
WOODWARD101.371727.81
STRANGE91.2346115.09
PAYNE91.234613.72
MORRIS91.23465.55
SNOOK91.2346174.76
COX91.23468.15
KING81.09745.04
HARVEY81.097410.28
BAUGH81.0974306.51
ATKINS81.097429.26
GALE81.097436.63
WILLIS81.097420.64
GREEN81.09743.90
SYMONDS81.097491.01
GUPPY81.0974414.51
WHITTLE70.960244.08
THORNE70.960245.54
LEGG70.960258.19
CLEAL70.9602666.67
DAVIS70.96024.37
WEBBER70.960231.43
STICKLAND70.9602233.33
ROPER60.823039.53
STEER60.823070.51
HULBERT60.8230150.00
CUTLER60.823066.15
YOUNG60.82303.83
HANSFORD60.8230166.67
HALLETT60.823066.89
COOMBS60.823048.70
NOTLEY50.6859367.65
LONGMAN50.6859135.50
STONE50.68599.49
TOMS50.685988.65
RANDALL50.685921.90
PARKER50.68593.61
NEWBERRY50.6859167.22
PAWLEY40.5487192.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAMDEN0.737294285.7143
HILBURN0.737293333.3333
DAMON0.737292444.4444
CHALKER0.737291747.5728
BOWDITCH0.737291153.8462
BUSHROD0.737291111.1111
TEWKSBURY0.737291111.1111
LOVELESS0.737291052.6316
TREVETT0.73729932.2034
HAMAN0.73729909.0909
BOWRING0.73729808.5106
CHIPP0.73729740.7407
CLEAL0.73729666.6667
CAKE0.73729533.3333
SPRAKE0.73729454.5455
GUPPY0.73729414.5078
NOTLEY0.73729367.6471
DIBBEN0.73729320.0000
BAUGH0.73729306.5134
KINGMAN0.73729256.4103
KEATS0.73729250.0000
WELLMAN0.73729240.9639
STICKLAND0.73729233.3333
MAYO0.73729214.2857
HITT0.73729212.7660
BROADWAY0.73729202.7027
MUSSELL0.73729202.0202
WEEDEN0.73729200.0000
PAWLEY0.73729192.3077
SNOOK0.73729174.7573
NEWBERRY0.73729167.2241
HANSFORD0.73729166.6667
HULBERT0.73729150.0000
LONGMAN0.73729135.5014
HEMING0.73729116.2791
STRANGE0.73729115.0895
LIPSCOMB0.73729112.3596
GROVES0.73729102.4390
BARGE0.73729101.0101
CHRISTOPHER0.7372993.2401
GAYLOR0.7372991.7431
SYMONDS0.7372991.0125
TOMS0.7372988.6525
TOOMER0.7372987.7193
CHAFFEY0.7372985.4701
MUNDEN0.7372981.3008
KELMAN0.7372977.5194
STEER0.7372970.5053
CORBIN0.7372969.4444
BEAVIS0.7372967.1141

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 729 people called HAMDEN in Upway 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 4285.7143 in Upway means that 4285.7143% of the people in Upway on census day were called HAMDEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAMDEN 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 HAMDEN 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 HAMDEN 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 HAMDEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Upway means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAMDEN in Upway than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upway in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ALLEN (1)  ANSTY (2)  ATKINS (8)  AYLESBURY (5)  BARGE (1)  BARTLETT (2)  BAUGH (8)  BEAVIS (2)  BISHOP (1)  BOWDITCH (21)  BOWRING (19)  BRIDLE (2)  BROADWAY (3)  BRODBY (1)  BROWN (3)  BUCKLE (2)  BULL (1)  BURT (3)  BUSHROD (3)  BUTCHER (2)  CAKE (4)  CARTER (3)  CHAFFEY (1)  CHALKER (18)  CHARD (1)  CHARLES (3)  CHIPP (4)  CHRISTOPHER (4)  CHURCHILL (4)  CLARKE (2)  CLEAL (7)  CONDSON (1)  COOK (4)  COOMBS (6)  CORBIN (1)  COSSER (2)  COX (9)  COCK (1)  CRITCHELL (8)  CROCKER (1)  CUTLER (6)  DAMON (11)  DAVIS (7)  DAWE (2)  DEACON (2)  DIBBEN (4)  DYKE (3)  EDMUNDS (2)  EMERY (4)  FIRTH (3)  FOLLETT (1)  FRANCIS (1)  FRY (1)  GALE (8)  GARLAND (2)  GARRETT (2)  GAYLOR (1)  GIBBS (4)  GILHAM (1)  GOODDEN (1)  GODWIN (4)  GRANT (1)  GREEN (8)  GROVES (21)  GUPPY (8)  HALLETT (6)  HAMDEN (3)  HAMAN (2)  HANSFORD (6)  HARDY (1)  HARRIS (3)  HARTNELL (1)  HARVEY (8)  HURDEN (4)  HEMING (1)  HERRING (3)  HILBURN (3)  HOBBS (2)  HOLMYARD (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HOUNSELL (1)  HOUSE (2)  HULBERT (6)  HUMPHRIS (1)  HUNT (1)  HUSSEY (2)  HITT (1)  IRONSIDES (4)  JOHNS (1)  KEATS (4)  KELMAN (1)  KING (8)  KINGMAN (2)  CHURCHOUSE (5)  LARCOMBE (1)  LEGG (7)  LIPSCOMB (1)  LOCK (1)  LONGMAN (5)  LOVELESS (16)  LOVERIDGE (1)  LOWMAN (1)  LUCAS (1)  MAGLEN (1)  MACE (2)  MAYO (12)  MACINTOSH (1)  MILLER (1)  MOORE (4)  MORRIS (9)  MUNDEN (1)  MUSSELL (2)  NELSON (1)  NEW (1)  NEW (?) (6)  NEWBERRY (5)  NORRIS (1)  NOTLEY (5)  ORCHARD (3)  PAGE (2)  PALMER (10)  PARKER (5)  PARSONS (1)  PAWLEY (4)  PAYNE (9)  PENNY (4)  PERCY (2)  POPE (1)  PORTER (2)  PRIEST (1)  PULLINAN (4)  RANDALL (5)  RICHARDS (2)  RIXTON (5)  ROBERTS (2)  ROGERS (13)  ROPER (6)  ROSE (1)  RUSSELL (11)  SEAL (1)  SAMSON (2)  SARGENT (1)  SEYMOUR (1)  SIBBLEY (1)  SYMONDS (8)  SYMES (2)  SKILLER (4)  SLADE (4)  SMITH (1)  SNOOK (9)  SPRAKE (3)  STEER (6)  STONE (5)  STICKLAND (7)  STRANGE (9)  STROUD (4)  STURMEY (5)  TATTAM (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TEWKSBURY (1)  THOMAS (4)  TOMS (5)  THOMSON (2)  THORNE (7)  TILLEY (1)  TOOMER (1)  TOWNSEND (2)  TRAVERS (2)  TREVETT (11)  VOSS (1)  WARREN (1)  WARRY (4)  WATERS (1)  WEBBER (7)  WEEDEN (3)  WHITE (4)  WHITTLE (7)  WIGHTMAN (1)  WILCOCK (1)  WELLMAN (4)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLIS (8)  WILLS (10)  WILMOT (1)  WOODWARD (10)  YOUNG (6)