1881 census place

Puncknowle surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Puncknowle, 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

23 surnames are listed for Puncknowle, Dorset, covering 277 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Cheney, with 39 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Puncknowle

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	Cheney	39	8.25%	2689.66x
2	Northover	26	5.50%	2574.26x
3	Trevett	24	5.07%	3157.89x
4	Hansford	23	4.86%	987.12x
5	Tompkins	22	4.65%	539.22x
6	Darby	20	4.23%	263.50x
7	Laver	17	3.59%	934.07x
8	Thorner	17	3.59%	6800.00x
9	Churchill	13	2.75%	231.73x
10	Manuel	13	2.75%	915.49x
11	Burrow	9	1.90%	276.92x
12	Chainey	9	1.90%	2727.27x
13	Samways	8	1.69%	583.94x
14	Wheller	7	1.48%	2413.79x
15	Eveleigh	6	1.27%	454.55x
16	Gard	6	1.27%	495.87x
17	Jeans	5	1.06%	314.47x
18	Seale	4	0.850%	476.19x
19	Devenish	3	0.630%	476.19x
20	Gape	3	0.630%	1578.95x
21	Cosens	1	0.210%	256.41x
22	Damon	1	0.210%	344.83x
23	Lage	1	0.210%	3333.33x