Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Chelborough, Dorset

West Chelborough 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
DAWE914.51611,666.67
WHITTY914.516110,000.00
GROVES711.2903402.30
PERHAM58.06458,333.33
LEGGE58.06451,785.71
JENKINS34.838741.04
BARTER34.8387882.35
WATTS23.225838.46
ELLIOTT23.225838.02
BARTLETT23.225873.53
PACE23.2258714.29
HARDY23.225853.91
BRETT11.612984.75
APSEY11.61292,000.00
TUEY11.612910,000.00
PIERCE11.6129109.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHITTY0.066210000.0000
TUEY0.066210000.0000
PERHAM0.06628333.3333
APSEY0.06622000.0000
LEGGE0.06621785.7143
DAWE0.06621666.6667
BARTER0.0662882.3529
PACE0.0662714.2857
GROVES0.0662402.2989
PIERCE0.0662109.8901
BRETT0.066284.7458
BARTLETT0.066273.5294
HARDY0.066253.9084
JENKINS0.066241.0397
WATTS0.066238.4615
ELLIOTT0.066238.0228

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 62 people called WHITTY in West Chelborough 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 West Chelborough means that 10000.0000% of the people in West Chelborough on census day were called WHITTY.

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

All the surnames recorded in West Chelborough in 1881

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

APSEY (1)  BARTER (3)  BARTLETT (2)  BEATER (5)  BRELL (1)  BRETT (1)  DAWE (9)  ELLIOTT (2)  GROVES (7)  HARDY (2)  JENKINS (3)  LEGGE (5)  PACE (2)  PIERCE (1)  PERHAM (5)  SHAGER (1)  TUEY (1)  WATTS (2)  WHITTY (9)