1881 census place

Broadway surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Broadway, Dorset in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

44 surnames are listed for Broadway, Dorset, covering 277 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Burt, with 19 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Broadway

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Burt	19	2.50%	105.15x
2	Otter	19	2.50%	989.58x
3	Symonds	19	2.50%	207.20x
4	Critchell	16	2.10%	2424.24x
5	Bowditch	14	1.84%	736.84x
6	Winzar	11	1.45%	4583.33x
7	Guppy	10	1.31%	497.51x
8	Snook	10	1.31%	186.22x
9	Banham	9	1.18%	231.96x
10	Chalker	9	1.18%	833.33x
11	Satchell	9	1.18%	523.26x
12	Abbot	8	1.05%	222.84x
13	Hawker	8	1.05%	137.22x
14	Barter	7	0.920%	167.87x
15	Biddlecombe	7	0.920%	534.35x
16	Gundry	7	0.920%	569.11x
17	Hounsell	7	0.920%	538.46x
18	Luckham	7	0.920%	1250.00x
19	Travers	7	0.920%	183.25x
20	Furmedge	5	0.660%	3846.15x
21	Harden	5	0.660%	167.22x
22	Jefford	5	0.660%	434.78x
23	Jesty	5	0.660%	1282.05x
24	Shattock	5	0.660%	393.70x
25	Baggs	4	0.530%	227.27x
26	Hanham	4	0.530%	588.24x
27	Rickett	4	0.530%	173.91x
28	Wellman	4	0.530%	231.21x
29	Bow	3	0.390%	168.54x
30	Middle	3	0.390%	810.81x
31	Pells	3	0.390%	326.09x
32	Pulman	3	0.390%	247.93x
33	Swatridge	3	0.390%	1500.00x
34	Tewkesbury	3	0.390%	750.00x
35	Wine	3	0.390%	1250.00x
36	Pridham	2	0.260%	165.29x
37	Rashleigh	2	0.260%	363.64x
38	Trevis	2	0.260%	416.67x
39	Beckman	1	0.130%	625.00x
40	Damon	1	0.130%	212.77x
41	Pite	1	0.130%	769.23x
42	Vatcher	1	0.130%	250.00x
43	Wines	1	0.130%	172.41x
44	Woodlands	1	0.130%	344.83x