1881 census place

Stoke Abbott surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Stoke Abbott, 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

46 surnames are listed for Stoke Abbott, Dorset, covering 277 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Staple, with 30 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Stoke Abbott

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	Staple	30	5.44%	3947.37x
2	Symes	22	3.99%	541.87x
3	Wakely	17	3.09%	1868.13x
4	Davy	15	2.72%	220.91x
5	Hann	14	2.54%	555.56x
6	Canterbury	12	2.18%	5714.29x
7	Hussey	11	2.00%	198.20x
8	Meech	11	2.00%	964.91x
9	Chard	9	1.63%	289.39x
10	Huxter	8	1.45%	2857.14x
11	Lenthall	7	1.27%	1627.91x
12	Woolmington	7	1.27%	4117.65x
13	Ackerman	6	1.09%	638.30x
14	Baggs	6	1.09%	468.75x
15	Bowditch	6	1.09%	437.96x
16	Crann	6	1.09%	2500.00x
17	Farnham	6	1.09%	540.54x
18	Jeanes	6	1.09%	666.67x
19	Lingham	6	1.09%	1224.49x
20	Travers	6	1.09%	216.61x
21	Cornick	5	0.910%	632.91x
22	Dommett	5	0.910%	1000.00x
23	Forsey	5	0.910%	847.46x
24	Galpin	5	0.910%	393.70x
25	Ivory	5	0.910%	431.03x
26	Whitemore	5	0.910%	1515.15x
27	Bussell	4	0.730%	327.87x
28	Seale	4	0.730%	408.16x
29	Kellaway	3	0.540%	254.24x
30	Swaffield	3	0.540%	422.54x
31	Tolman	3	0.540%	416.67x
32	Bugler	2	0.360%	338.98x
33	Eastment	2	0.360%	370.37x
34	Record	2	0.360%	259.74x
35	Trump	2	0.360%	238.10x
36	Blatherwick	1	0.180%	142.86x
37	Brinson	1	0.180%	303.03x
38	Genge	1	0.180%	192.31x
39	Gready	1	0.180%	333.33x
40	Hoskings	1	0.180%	384.62x
41	Strode	1	0.180%	322.58x
42	Sullevan	1	0.180%	2500.00x
43	Tett	1	0.180%	357.14x
44	Warry	1	0.180%	163.93x
45	Wheadon	1	0.180%	178.57x
46	Wiscombe	1	0.180%	666.67x