Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woolland, Dorset

Woolland 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
ELSWORTH2319.16675,227.27
HARVEY108.333378.06
RENDALL97.50001,406.25
HARDING86.666792.06
RIGGS86.66672,000.00
ROSS75.833353.39
ELFORD65.00001,621.62
LEWIS54.166715.85
STAY43.33336,666.67
FALKNER43.3333975.61
LAURANCE32.5000937.50
DURRANT21.6667106.38
HILLIER21.6667123.46
HARRISON21.66677.51
VIVIAN21.6667357.14
FARTHING21.6667317.46
ROBINS21.666778.74
DOWDING21.6667392.16
CLARK10.83332.77
BROWN10.83331.26
FRY10.833326.04
CLARIDGE10.8333142.86
ELLIS10.83335.74
HIGGINS10.833316.47
BURDEN10.833364.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STAY0.121206666.6667
ELSWORTH0.121205227.2727
RIGGS0.121202000.0000
ELFORD0.121201621.6216
RENDALL0.121201406.2500
FALKNER0.12120975.6098
LAURANCE0.12120937.5000
DOWDING0.12120392.1569
VIVIAN0.12120357.1429
FARTHING0.12120317.4603
CLARIDGE0.12120142.8571
HILLIER0.12120123.4568
DURRANT0.12120106.3830
HARDING0.1212092.0598
ROBINS0.1212078.7402
HARVEY0.1212078.0640
BURDEN0.1212064.9351
ROSS0.1212053.3944
FRY0.1212026.0417
HIGGINS0.1212016.4745
LEWIS0.1212015.8479
HARRISON0.121207.5075
ELLIS0.121205.7372
CLARK0.121202.7724
BROWN0.121201.2642

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 120 people called STAY in Woolland 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 6666.6667 in Woolland means that 6666.6667% of the people in Woolland on census day were called STAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STAY 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 STAY 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 STAY 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 STAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Woolland means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STAY in Woolland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woolland in 1881

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

BESSANT (7)  BURDEN (1)  BROWN (1)  CLARIDGE (1)  CLARK (1)  DOWDING (2)  DURRANT (2)  ELFORD (6)  ELLIS (1)  ELSWORTH (23)  FARTHING (2)  FALKNER (4)  FRESALE (1)  FRY (1)  HARDING (8)  HARRISON (2)  HARVEY (10)  HIGGINS (1)  HILLIER (2)  LAURANCE (3)  LEWIS (5)  PETHERICK (1)  MC QUICK (1)  RENDALL (9)  RIGGS (8)  ROBINS (2)  ROSS (7)  SCUFFELL (2)  STAY (4)  VIVIAN (2)