Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wimborne St Giles, Dorset

Wimborne St Giles 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
PERRY286.181084.06
MILES153.311356.12
THORNE132.8698136.13
CHURCHILL122.6490223.46
CUTLER122.6490212.77
WHITE122.64908.24
HART112.428328.47
FRY102.207568.92
DOWLAND102.20754,000.00
CONEY91.9868697.67
BUDDEN91.9868514.29
SHEARING91.9868818.18
FOOTE81.7660459.77
TILLER81.7660666.67
BAILEY81.766011.73
TUBBS81.7660761.90
BUTLER81.766018.11
VINCENT81.766056.62
RIDOUT71.5453434.78
FOOT71.5453155.90
HAYTER71.5453209.58
SHEPARD71.5453542.64
COFFIN71.5453636.36
HENNING71.54531,060.61
LIGHT61.3245143.54
SCOTT61.32455.23
BENNETT61.32458.06
PARDY61.32451,500.00
HEAD51.103845.33
MORGAN51.10385.55
TURNBULL51.103826.19
KERLEY51.1038602.41
BROWN51.10381.67
WAY51.1038100.20
SPEAKE51.1038724.64
ADAMS40.88305.99
COOKMAN40.88301,111.11
BOYT40.8830975.61
PERRETT40.8830176.99
SMART30.662314.54
COLE30.66237.27
HARKNESS30.6623118.11
JOY30.662378.74
ROBERTS20.44151.17
EASTER20.4415109.29
STICKLAND20.4415106.95
YEATMAN20.4415294.12
BRYANT20.441510.33
LAURENCE20.441531.06
STEEL20.441510.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DOWLAND0.454534000.0000
PARDY0.454531500.0000
COOKMAN0.454531111.1111
HENNING0.454531060.6061
BOYT0.45453975.6098
COOMES0.45453952.3810
SHEARING0.45453818.1818
TUBBS0.45453761.9048
SPEAKE0.45453724.6377
CONEY0.45453697.6744
TILLER0.45453666.6667
COFFIN0.45453636.3636
KERLEY0.45453602.4096
SHEPARD0.45453542.6357
BUDDEN0.45453514.2857
FOOTE0.45453459.7701
RIDOUT0.45453434.7826
YEATMAN0.45453294.1176
RANDAL0.45453256.4103
CHURCHILL0.45453223.4637
CUTLER0.45453212.7660
HAYTER0.45453209.5808
PERRETT0.45453176.9912
FOOT0.45453155.9020
LIGHT0.45453143.5407
THORNE0.45453136.1257
HARKNESS0.45453118.1102
JAKES0.45453117.6471
EASTER0.45453109.2896
STICKLAND0.45453106.9519
DEWEY0.45453104.7120
BURROUGH0.45453102.0408
WAY0.45453100.2004
HASKELL0.4545386.2069
PERRY0.4545384.0588
JOY0.4545378.7402
PORT0.4545378.1250
STILL0.4545370.1754
FRY0.4545368.9180
JEANS0.4545365.7895
VINCENT0.4545356.6171
MILES0.4545356.1167
HEAD0.4545345.3309
HUSSEY0.4545343.7637
LONGMAN0.4545343.6681
LOADER0.4545339.6825
HIBBERD0.4545335.8423
BURROW0.4545332.1543
LAURENCE0.4545331.0559
HISCOCK0.4545330.0300

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 453 people called DOWLAND in Wimborne St Giles 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 4000.0000 in Wimborne St Giles means that 4000.0000% of the people in Wimborne St Giles on census day were called DOWLAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DOWLAND 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 DOWLAND 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 DOWLAND 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 DOWLAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Wimborne St Giles means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DOWLAND in Wimborne St Giles than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wimborne St Giles in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ANDREWS (1)  BAILEY (8)  BARTLETT (1)  BENNETT (6)  BUDDEN (9)  BOYT (4)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (5)  BRYANT (2)  BUGDEN (7)  BURROW (1)  BURROUGH (1)  BUTLER (8)  CAWSTON (1)  CHURCHILL (12)  CLARKE (1)  COFFIN (7)  COLES (1)  COLE (3)  CONEY (9)  COOKMAN (4)  COOMES (2)  KERLEY (5)  CUTLER (12)  DENNIS (1)  DEWEY (2)  DOMICK (1)  DOWLAND (10)  EASTER (2)  EVEMY (9)  FAWCETT (1)  FOOT (7)  FOOTE (8)  FRAMPTON (1)  FROUD (10)  FRY (10)  FUTCHER (10)  GEORGE (1)  HANMSELL (1)  HARKNESS (3)  HART (11)  HASKELL (1)  HAYTER (7)  HEAD (5)  HEDDITCH (1)  HENNING (7)  HIBBERD (1)  HISCOCK (1)  HUSSEY (2)  ISAAC (1)  JAKES (1)  JEANS (1)  JENKINS (1)  JOY (3)  CAILES (3)  KILFORD (6)  KNIGHT (1)  LANE (1)  LAURENCE (2)  LIGHT (6)  LONNEN (3)  LONGMAN (1)  LOADER (1)  MILES (15)  MILLER (1)  MUNCKTON (1)  MORGAN (5)  MOSS (1)  NEWMAN (1)  OLIVER (1)  OSBALDSTONE (1)  PERRETT (4)  PERRY (28)  PINHORN (4)  POPE (1)  PORT (1)  PRINCE (1)  PARDY (6)  RANDAL (1)  RIDOUT (7)  ROBERTS (2)  RUNYARD (2)  SARGEANT (1)  SCOTT (6)  SHEARING (9)  SHEPARD (7)  SHORLAND (1)  SMART (3)  SPEAKE (5)  STILL (2)  STEEL (2)  STICKLAND (2)  THORNE (13)  TINDALE (9)  TUBBS (8)  TURNBULL (5)  TILLER (8)  VINCENT (8)  WAY (5)  WELSH (2)  WELCH (1)  WHITE (12)  YEATMAN (2)