1881 census place

Sixpenny Handley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Sixpenny Handley, 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 Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, covering 294 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thorne, with 18 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Sixpenny Handley

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	Thorne	18	1.92%	91.00x
2	Maidment	16	1.71%	309.48x
3	Isaac	14	1.49%	119.05x
4	Merser	14	1.49%	7777.78x
5	Kerley	13	1.39%	755.81x
6	New	13	1.39%	158.15x
7	Card	12	1.28%	218.18x
8	Dutch	11	1.17%	1018.52x
9	Messer	11	1.17%	400.00x
10	Renyard	11	1.17%	2682.93x
11	Dibben	10	1.07%	621.12x
12	Pullman	10	1.07%	1098.90x
13	Earney	9	0.960%	1730.77x
14	Bigg	8	0.850%	271.19x
15	Lydford	7	0.750%	2187.50x
16	Amey	6	0.640%	229.01x
17	Bracher	6	0.640%	444.44x
18	Candy	6	0.640%	179.64x
19	Dimmer	6	0.640%	1463.41x
20	Elford	6	0.640%	210.53x
21	Every	6	0.640%	428.57x
22	Hann	6	0.640%	140.19x
23	Keats	6	0.640%	291.26x
24	Melluish	6	0.640%	1071.43x
25	Rideout	6	0.640%	451.13x
26	Blandford	5	0.530%	162.87x
27	Crutcher	5	0.530%	1785.71x
28	Horlock	5	0.530%	297.62x
29	Matcham	5	0.530%	450.45x
30	Oxford	5	0.530%	154.32x
31	Brixey	4	0.430%	1000.00x
32	Downe	4	0.430%	606.06x
33	Lill	4	0.430%	219.78x
34	Trowbridge	4	0.430%	160.00x
35	Upward	3	0.320%	352.94x
36	Humby	2	0.210%	113.64x
37	Latta	2	0.210%	170.94x
38	Streets	2	0.210%	157.48x
39	Tague	2	0.210%	454.55x
40	Brinson	1	0.110%	178.57x
41	Bulpitt	1	0.110%	142.86x
42	Dewing	1	0.110%	100.00x
43	Ferrett	1	0.110%	128.21x
44	Pinhorn	1	0.110%	227.27x