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 Silk, with 15 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
1601	Silk	15	0.010%	1.59x
1602	Skeats	15	0.010%	6.93x
1603	Southwell	15	0.010%	1.25x
1604	Spriggs	15	0.010%	1.57x
1605	Streets	15	0.010%	5.76x
1606	Strode	15	0.010%	13.86x
1607	Tomlinson	15	0.010%	0.17x
1608	Veal	15	0.010%	1.28x
1609	Wade	15	0.010%	0.20x
1610	Wallace	15	0.010%	0.11x
1611	Weller	15	0.010%	0.54x
1612	Welsford	15	0.010%	8.31x
1613	Westlake	15	0.010%	1.08x
1614	Whitemore	15	0.010%	12.95x
1615	Willshire	15	0.010%	5.49x
1616	Woodbury	15	0.010%	8.88x
1617	Alexander	14	0.010%	0.14x
1618	Banister	14	0.010%	1.75x
1619	Barrow	14	0.010%	0.34x
1620	Bart	14	0.010%	12.15x
1621	Bendell	14	0.010%	8.78x
1622	Bloomfield	14	0.010%	0.57x
1623	Bowdidge	14	0.010%	21.23x
1624	Brennan	14	0.010%	0.70x
1625	Brice	14	0.010%	0.89x
1626	Brinsley	14	0.010%	15.30x
1627	Buck	14	0.010%	0.34x
1628	Burtt	14	0.010%	9.04x
1629	Byles	14	0.010%	4.21x
1630	Chipp	14	0.010%	9.81x
1631	Chislett	14	0.010%	6.61x
1632	Collett	14	0.010%	0.57x
1633	Combes	14	0.010%	3.45x
1634	Crabbe	14	0.010%	5.18x
1635	Crees	14	0.010%	4.77x
1636	Crowley	14	0.010%	1.13x
1637	Crump	14	0.010%	0.68x
1638	Dawkins	14	0.010%	1.01x
1639	Dayman	14	0.010%	8.13x
1640	Deake	14	0.010%	31.69x
1641	Denniss	14	0.010%	7.36x
1642	Doble	14	0.010%	2.55x
1643	Dyson	14	0.010%	0.23x
1644	Elswood	14	0.010%	28.40x
1645	Everitt	14	0.010%	0.87x
1646	Forrester	14	0.010%	0.54x
1647	Freke	14	0.010%	26.35x
1648	Froom	14	0.010%	7.62x
1649	Gent	14	0.010%	0.85x
1650	Goodwin	14	0.010%	0.14x
1651	Goulding	14	0.010%	0.75x
1652	Gratton	14	0.010%	1.83x
1653	Grimes	14	0.010%	0.63x
1654	Haggett	14	0.010%	4.89x
1655	Haydon	14	0.010%	1.17x
1656	Hearn	14	0.010%	0.55x
1657	Helyar	14	0.010%	14.48x
1658	Hendley	14	0.010%	4.38x
1659	Herring	14	0.010%	0.71x
1660	Hewitt	14	0.010%	0.15x
1661	Hudson	14	0.010%	0.09x
1662	Hurlstone	14	0.010%	13.84x
1663	Hutton	14	0.010%	0.24x
1664	Joliffe	14	0.010%	10.62x
1665	Keates	14	0.010%	2.24x
1666	Kelsey	14	0.010%	0.99x
1667	Kenchington	14	0.010%	16.57x
1668	Kingston	14	0.010%	0.78x
1669	Kite	14	0.010%	1.28x
1670	Lithgow	14	0.010%	4.13x
1671	Litton	14	0.010%	6.21x
1672	Luker	14	0.010%	2.85x
1673	Main	14	0.010%	0.45x
1674	Maine	14	0.010%	5.10x
1675	Manns	14	0.010%	4.86x
1676	Marder	14	0.010%	41.27x
1677	Merser	14	0.010%	38.37x
1678	Minifie	14	0.010%	21.03x
1679	Mullings	14	0.010%	7.81x
1680	Mutter	14	0.010%	4.74x
1681	Newell	14	0.010%	0.46x
1682	Newlyn	14	0.010%	13.67x
1683	Padley	14	0.010%	2.72x
1684	Parkinson	14	0.010%	0.15x
1685	Pole	14	0.010%	2.35x
1686	Pritchard	14	0.010%	0.14x
1687	Purkis	14	0.010%	2.73x
1688	Ranger	14	0.010%	2.24x
1689	Real	14	0.010%	17.93x
1690	Regan	14	0.010%	0.71x
1691	Rickman	14	0.010%	3.71x
1692	Rumsey	14	0.010%	2.19x
1693	Shore	14	0.010%	0.68x
1694	Spong	14	0.010%	4.17x
1695	Stamp	14	0.010%	0.99x
1696	Sturt	14	0.010%	3.22x
1697	Symons	14	0.010%	0.53x
1698	Taunton	14	0.010%	6.57x
1699	Tibbs	14	0.010%	3.29x
1700	Tozer	14	0.010%	1.22x