Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitcombe, Dorset

Whitcombe 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
AMOR811.76475,000.00
WALLIS710.2941304.35
HANSFORD68.82351,764.71
WEBBER68.8235288.46
STEVENS68.823584.51
SHEPHERD68.8235120.48
WALLACE57.3529107.30
WATTS45.882470.18
HAWKES34.4118272.73
BURT22.9412124.22
REDMAN11.4706111.11
HUMBER11.4706909.09
CHILDS11.470680.00
MITCHELL11.47067.25
LANE11.470621.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AMOR0.07685000.0000
HANSFORD0.07681764.7059
HUMBER0.0768909.0909
WALLIS0.0768304.3478
WEBBER0.0768288.4615
HAWKES0.0768272.7273
BURT0.0768124.2236
SHEPHERD0.0768120.4819
REDMAN0.0768111.1111
WALLACE0.0768107.2961
STEVENS0.076884.5070
CHILDS0.076880.0000
WATTS0.076870.1754
LANE0.076821.3220
MITCHELL0.07687.2516

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 68 people called AMOR in Whitcombe 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 5000.0000 in Whitcombe means that 5000.0000% of the people in Whitcombe on census day were called AMOR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AMOR 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 AMOR 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 AMOR 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 AMOR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Whitcombe means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AMOR in Whitcombe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitcombe in 1881

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

AMOR (8)  BURT (2)  CHILDS (1)  CHURCHELL (4)  CRITCHELL (5)  HANSFORD (6)  HAWKES (3)  HUMBER (1)  LANE (1)  MITCHELL (1)  REDMAN (1)  RIDGET (1)  SHEPHERD (6)  STEVENS (6)  WALLACE (5)  WALLIS (7)  WATTS (4)  WEBBER (6)