1881 census place

Wareham Holy Trinity surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wareham Holy Trinity, 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 Wareham Holy Trinity, Dorset, covering 293 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Samways, with 32 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wareham Holy Trinity

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	Samways	32	3.82%	1316.87x
2	Selby	19	2.27%	190.19x
3	Gover	17	2.03%	790.70x
4	Crumpler	16	1.91%	3265.31x
5	Stockley	13	1.55%	360.11x
6	Bussey	11	1.31%	387.32x
7	Lillington	10	1.19%	1538.46x
8	Diffey	9	1.08%	1698.11x
9	Hordle	9	1.08%	3913.04x
10	Billett	8	0.960%	444.44x
11	Fooks	8	0.960%	597.01x
12	Runyard	8	0.960%	4210.53x
13	Tubb	8	0.960%	230.55x
14	Beacon	7	0.840%	972.22x
15	Elmes	7	0.840%	364.58x
16	Kerly	7	0.840%	3500.00x
17	Marshman	7	0.840%	619.47x
18	Minchington	7	0.840%	5000.00x
19	Penney	7	0.840%	151.52x
20	Ridout	7	0.840%	235.69x
21	Staple	7	0.840%	603.45x
22	Brinton	6	0.720%	594.06x
23	Dibben	6	0.720%	419.58x
24	Wakely	6	0.720%	434.78x
25	Wellstead	6	0.720%	612.24x
26	Cake	4	0.480%	459.77x
27	Furmage	4	0.480%	1739.13x
28	Galton	4	0.480%	506.33x
29	Vye	4	0.480%	689.66x
30	Wheadon	4	0.480%	465.12x
31	Maker	3	0.360%	229.01x
32	Shackel	3	0.360%	1034.48x
33	Kerley	2	0.240%	130.72x
34	Lance	2	0.240%	169.49x
35	Parmiter	2	0.240%	540.54x
36	Tantrum	2	0.240%	769.23x
37	Tizzard	2	0.240%	181.82x
38	Balston	1	0.120%	333.33x
39	Bealer	1	0.120%	5000.00x
40	Boyt	1	0.120%	133.33x
41	Cundick	1	0.120%	333.33x
42	Damen	1	0.120%	263.16x
43	Janas	1	0.120%	3333.33x
44	Lankshear	1	0.120%	555.56x
45	Mabey	1	0.120%	80.65x
46	Sturmey	1	0.120%	169.49x