Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yetminster, Dorset

Yetminster 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
BRAKE233.23031,337.21
MILLER233.230318.05
WARREN223.089946.22
SHOREY202.80902,739.73
LOADER162.2472404.04
BARTLETT141.966344.90
HANN141.9663430.77
MOORE131.82589.13
PITTMAN111.5449628.57
GUPPY111.5449585.11
BISHOP101.404520.10
PARK91.264040.78
HALLETT91.2640102.74
CHEESMAN91.2640247.25
SAUNDERS91.264013.78
MARTIN91.26405.13
BRUNT91.2640183.67
MOREY81.1236341.88
TULK81.12361,818.18
CHILDS81.123661.16
POLLARD81.123630.82
CHAPPELL70.983158.28
FORD70.983110.09
NICHOLLS70.983118.82
HIGGINS70.983119.44
JEFFREY70.983153.19
BUGLER70.9831921.05
FOOT70.983199.15
RING60.8427207.61
COLE60.84279.25
VARDY60.8427419.58
SEAL60.8427116.73
GRIFFIN60.842717.91
ARNOLD60.842715.63
NEAL60.842728.48
LEGG60.842751.06
HANSFORD60.8427170.94
COLLINS60.84275.87
ANDREWS60.84278.80
SMITH60.84270.60
BOW60.8427361.45
CHICK50.7022127.88
HARDING50.70229.70
FRY50.702221.92
BROWN50.70221.07
BRADLEY50.70228.75
PITCHER50.702290.58
PAINTER50.702251.18
WHEADON50.7022684.93
DENNETT50.7022162.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MANFRED0.717126666.6667
SHOREY0.717122739.7260
GILLIM0.717122500.0000
TRIMM0.717122000.0000
TULK0.717121818.1818
BRAKE0.717121337.2093
MEACH0.717121250.0000
HARDYMAN0.717121200.0000
BUGLER0.71712921.0526
WHEADON0.71712684.9315
PITTMAN0.71712628.5714
GUPPY0.71712585.1064
CHIPP0.71712566.0377
BOLSTER0.71712476.1905
HANN0.71712430.7692
SPENSER0.71712428.5714
VARDY0.71712419.5804
LOADER0.71712404.0404
BOW0.71712361.4458
MOREY0.71712341.8803
TRENT0.71712291.2621
LOVELESS0.71712270.2703
BASTER0.71712270.2703
CHEESMAN0.71712247.2527
PARKHOUSE0.71712234.7418
RING0.71712207.6125
DENSLEY0.71712200.0000
JEFFORD0.71712185.1852
BRUNT0.71712183.6735
HANSFORD0.71712170.9402
DENNETT0.71712162.8664
JOLLIFFE0.71712155.7632
BANCE0.71712128.2051
CHICK0.71712127.8772
SEAL0.71712116.7315
HALLETT0.71712102.7397
FOOT0.7171299.1501
GILLINGHAM0.7171294.0439
PITCHER0.7171290.5797
CHAFFEY0.7171287.7193
HUMBER0.7171286.2069
GOSNEY0.7171274.6269
TEMPLEMAN0.7171272.7273
DICKER0.7171271.6846
GASH0.7171268.4932
LOWMAN0.7171262.8931
CHILDS0.7171261.1621
BATTEN0.7171260.8828
CHAPPELL0.7171258.2848
MITCHEL0.7171257.4713

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 712 people called MANFRED in Yetminster 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 Yetminster means that 6666.6667% of the people in Yetminster on census day were called MANFRED.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MANFRED 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 MANFRED 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 MANFRED 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 MANFRED here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Yetminster means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MANFRED in Yetminster than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yetminster in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ANDREWS (6)  ANSTEE (1)  ARNOLD (6)  BANCE (1)  BANGER (3)  BARTLETT (14)  BATTEN (4)  BENNETT (2)  BASTER (1)  BIRD (1)  BISHOP (10)  BOLSTER (1)  BOW (6)  BRADLEY (5)  BRAKE (23)  BRAND (1)  BRINSOME (1)  BROWN (5)  BRUNT (9)  BUGLER (7)  BIRT (1)  BURT (1)  CARD (2)  CAUSIER (2)  CHAFFEY (1)  CHAFFRY (1)  CHAPPELL (7)  CHARD (1)  CHEESMAN (9)  CHICK (5)  CHILDS (8)  CHIPP (3)  COLE (6)  COLLINS (6)  COOMBS (2)  COURAGE (8)  COX (1)  CRITCHEL (4)  CROCKER (2)  CUFF (1)  CURTIS (3)  DAVIS (1)  DENHAM (1)  DENNETT (5)  DENSLEY (1)  DEWLAND (2)  DICKER (2)  DODDRELL (3)  EDMONDS (4)  FARR (1)  FINN (2)  FOOT (7)  FORD (7)  FORSE (7)  FOX (4)  FRANCIS (1)  FRY (5)  GASH (1)  GAYLARD (1)  JERRARD (4)  GIBBS (3)  JEFFORD (2)  GIFFORD (1)  GILLIM (1)  GILLINGHAM (3)  GOSNEY (1)  GOULD (1)  GRIFFIN (6)  GUPPY (11)  HALL (3)  HALLETT (9)  HANN (14)  HANSFORD (6)  HARDYMAN (3)  HARDING (5)  HAYWARD (4)  HEAD (2)  HAYWOOD (4)  HIGGINS (7)  HILLIER (4)  HIMBURY (4)  HOPKINS (1)  HOUNSELL (1)  HUMBER (1)  JEFFREY (7)  JENNER (1)  JESTY (23)  JOLLIFFE (5)  KEMP (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LANGDON (2)  LANKSHEAR (3)  LEGG (6)  LINTERN (4)  LOVELESS (4)  LOWMAN (1)  LOADER (16)  LIDDON (2)  MAIDMENT (5)  MALE (1)  MANFRED (2)  MARTIN (9)  MC DONALL (2)  MEACH (1)  MILLARD (4)  MILLER (23)  MITCHELL (1)  MITCHEL (4)  MOORE (13)  MOREY (8)  MULLINS (1)  NEAL (6)  NEWMAN (4)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLLS (7)  NORMAN (4)  PAINTER (5)  PARK (9)  PARKHOUSE (5)  PITCHER (5)  PITTMAN (11)  POLLARD (8)  POOLE (1)  RENDALL (2)  READ (1)  RIDD (1)  RIDOUT (1)  RING (6)  RUSSELL (1)  RYALL (5)  SEAL (6)  SAMPSON (1)  SAMSON (1)  SAMWAYS (1)  SAUNDERS (9)  SHEATE (5)  SHOREY (20)  SIMS (1)  SKEATS (2)  SLADE (3)  SMITH (6)  SOUTHWELL (2)  SPENSER (3)  STEVENS (4)  STONE (4)  STICKLAND (1)  SWAFFIELD (4)  SWAIN (1)  TACKLEY (4)  TAYLOR (3)  TEMPLEMAN (2)  THORNE (1)  TONEBRIDGE (3)  TRENT (3)  TRIMM (2)  TRIP (2)  TULK (8)  VARDY (6)  VOYZEY (2)  VOIZEY (1)  WARREN (22)  WATTS (2)  WHEADON (5)  WESTON (1)