Top surnames from the 1881 census in Watercombe, Dorset

Watercombe 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
WELLMAN1422.950810,000.00
MATHEWS69.8361266.67
GILL69.8361138.89
BUDDEN58.19672,083.33
ADAMS46.557444.49
SAUNDERS46.557471.56
HUMBER23.27872,000.00
MITCHELL23.278716.17
STOKES11.639338.76
RANSON11.6393333.33
SMITH11.63931.16
PEARCE11.639317.86
LOVELESS11.6393769.23
WEBBER11.639353.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WELLMAN0.066110000.0000
BUDDEN0.06612083.3333
HUMBER0.06612000.0000
LOVELESS0.0661769.2308
RANSON0.0661333.3333
MATHEWS0.0661266.6667
GILL0.0661138.8889
SAUNDERS0.066171.5564
WEBBER0.066153.7634
ADAMS0.066144.4939
STOKES0.066138.7597
PEARCE0.066117.8571
MITCHELL0.066116.1681
SMITH0.06611.1610

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 61 people called WELLMAN in Watercombe 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 10000.0000 in Watercombe means that 10000.0000% of the people in Watercombe on census day were called WELLMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WELLMAN 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 WELLMAN 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 WELLMAN 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 WELLMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Watercombe means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WELLMAN in Watercombe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Watercombe in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  BUDDEN (5)  GILL (6)  HUMBER (2)  IRONSIDES (10)  LOVELESS (1)  MATHEWS (6)  MITCHELL (2)  PEARCE (1)  RANSON (1)  SAUNDERS (4)  SMITH (1)  STOKES (1)  TOLLIFIELD (2)  WEBBER (1)  WELLMAN (14)