1881 census county

Dorset surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dorset in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

6,650 surnames are listed for Dorset, covering 176,434 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is White, with 1,933 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dorset

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	White	1,933	1.01%	3.14x
2	Smith	1,545	0.810%	0.57x
3	Brown	1,505	0.780%	1.19x
4	Bartlett	1,267	0.660%	15.09x
5	Legg	1,096	0.570%	34.63x
6	Stone	1,082	0.560%	7.81x
7	Cox	919	0.480%	3.16x
8	Miller	832	0.430%	2.43x
9	Davis	817	0.430%	1.94x
10	Harris	809	0.420%	1.66x
11	King	783	0.410%	1.87x
12	Hunt	765	0.400%	3.00x
13	Gale	762	0.400%	13.26x
14	Pearce	717	0.370%	4.07x
15	Taylor	715	0.370%	0.58x
16	Read	709	0.370%	5.74x
17	Baker	708	0.370%	1.69x
18	Foot	691	0.360%	36.36x
19	Green	684	0.360%	1.27x
20	Barnes	680	0.350%	2.95x
21	Parsons	675	0.350%	4.63x
22	Marsh	672	0.350%	4.91x
23	Andrews	667	0.350%	3.63x
24	Hansford	665	0.350%	70.28x
25	Symes	659	0.340%	46.64x
26	Williams	639	0.330%	0.46x
27	Rose	629	0.330%	4.42x
28	Roberts	615	0.320%	0.85x
29	Bishop	604	0.320%	4.51x
30	Hallett	600	0.310%	25.43x
31	Young	574	0.300%	1.39x
32	Warren	572	0.300%	4.46x
33	House	568	0.300%	22.77x
34	Mitchell	560	0.290%	1.44x
35	Moore	547	0.290%	1.43x
36	Allen	546	0.280%	1.51x
37	Burt	543	0.280%	11.93x
38	Lane	538	0.280%	4.07x
39	Samways	527	0.270%	94.72x
40	Stickland	527	0.270%	66.71x
41	Frampton	525	0.270%	34.75x
42	Collins	524	0.270%	1.90x
43	Curtis	509	0.270%	4.68x
44	Watts	508	0.270%	3.16x
45	Coombs	504	0.260%	15.55x
46	Way	494	0.260%	23.37x
47	Churchill	489	0.260%	21.50x
48	Gray	485	0.250%	1.77x
49	Martin	484	0.250%	1.02x
50	Saunders	479	0.250%	2.72x
51	Burden	460	0.240%	18.75x
52	Carter	459	0.240%	1.43x
53	Phillips	459	0.240%	1.34x
54	Bennett	452	0.240%	1.43x
55	Russell	439	0.230%	1.88x
56	Clark	438	0.230%	0.76x
57	Thorne	438	0.230%	10.84x
58	Rogers	434	0.230%	1.74x
59	Tucker	433	0.230%	4.08x
60	Ridout	432	0.230%	63.42x
61	Wills	430	0.220%	7.50x
62	Fry	428	0.220%	6.97x
63	Hawkins	421	0.220%	3.03x
64	Stevens	416	0.220%	2.08x
65	Wareham	410	0.210%	38.21x
66	Barrett	408	0.210%	3.17x
67	Gibbs	406	0.210%	4.31x
68	Palmer	394	0.210%	1.74x
69	Clarke	392	0.200%	1.01x
70	Vincent	390	0.200%	6.52x
71	Bailey	389	0.200%	1.35x
72	Cole	389	0.200%	2.23x
73	Harvey	389	0.200%	1.90x
74	Riggs	388	0.200%	60.73x
75	Cook	382	0.200%	1.00x
76	Edwards	382	0.200%	0.71x
77	Pitman	381	0.200%	21.77x
78	Knight	377	0.200%	1.60x
79	Gillingham	369	0.190%	42.98x
80	Hill	369	0.190%	0.76x
81	Miles	366	0.190%	3.24x
82	Ford	361	0.190%	1.93x
83	Morris	360	0.190%	0.84x
84	Parker	360	0.190%	0.99x
85	Adams	358	0.190%	1.27x
86	Randall	356	0.190%	5.93x
87	Richards	356	0.190%	1.23x
88	Pike	352	0.180%	6.31x
89	Drake	351	0.180%	6.28x
90	Crocker	350	0.180%	13.59x
91	Hann	348	0.180%	39.73x
92	Sansom	347	0.180%	26.83x
93	Groves	344	0.180%	6.38x
94	Short	343	0.180%	4.58x
95	Turner	342	0.180%	0.64x
96	Guy	340	0.180%	8.10x
97	Bridle	337	0.180%	40.62x
98	Northover	336	0.180%	81.87x
99	Arnold	335	0.170%	3.24x
100	Hart	335	0.170%	2.05x