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 Spear, with 7 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
2601	Spear	7	0.000%	0.78x
2602	Spooner	7	0.000%	0.25x
2603	Spragg	7	0.000%	1.29x
2604	Sprague	7	0.000%	1.57x
2605	Sproule	7	0.000%	14.39x
2606	Stabler	7	0.000%	2.11x
2607	Steers	7	0.000%	2.00x
2608	Stook	7	0.000%	16.82x
2609	Strafford	7	0.000%	2.51x
2610	Sumers	7	0.000%	9.27x
2611	Suttill	7	0.000%	10.72x
2612	Tabor	7	0.000%	1.66x
2613	Tarr	7	0.000%	1.00x
2614	Thirkettle	7	0.000%	3.80x
2615	Tinsley	7	0.000%	0.60x
2616	Tolly	7	0.000%	4.30x
2617	Tremayne	7	0.000%	3.53x
2618	Tudor	7	0.000%	0.54x
2619	Turber	7	0.000%	52.08x
2620	Usher	7	0.000%	0.33x
2621	Vaughan	7	0.000%	0.11x
2622	Vince	7	0.000%	0.60x
2623	Vowell	7	0.000%	17.09x
2624	Waller	7	0.000%	0.14x
2625	Warwick	7	0.000%	0.26x
2626	Watton	7	0.000%	1.01x
2627	Waugh	7	0.000%	0.27x
2628	Weeden	7	0.000%	1.77x
2629	Weedon	7	0.000%	0.78x
2630	Wensley	7	0.000%	2.04x
2631	Whitewood	7	0.000%	3.84x
2632	Whittock	7	0.000%	5.06x
2633	Wildsmith	7	0.000%	1.71x
2634	Willoughby	7	0.000%	0.42x
2635	Wingrave	7	0.000%	4.69x
2636	Witt	7	0.000%	0.92x
2637	Wittaker	7	0.000%	4.59x
2638	Woolcott	7	0.000%	2.64x
2639	Worden	7	0.000%	1.29x
2640	Wride	7	0.000%	3.49x
2641	Wykes	7	0.000%	1.05x
2642	Alcock	6	0.000%	0.22x
2643	Alison	6	0.000%	1.73x
2644	Allway	6	0.000%	10.90x
2645	Alsford	6	0.000%	4.71x
2646	Anscombe	6	0.000%	1.47x
2647	Appelby	6	0.000%	7.68x
2648	Arbon	6	0.000%	3.03x
2649	Arden	6	0.000%	1.30x
2650	Arnett	6	0.000%	1.69x
2651	Ashton	6	0.000%	0.06x
2652	Attwell	6	0.000%	1.42x
2653	Basley	6	0.000%	4.96x
2654	Bass	6	0.000%	0.28x
2655	Baulch	6	0.000%	4.24x
2656	Beat	6	0.000%	4.88x
2657	Bicker	6	0.000%	3.69x
2658	Bidgood	6	0.000%	1.58x
2659	Billington	6	0.000%	0.29x
2660	Birkinshaw	6	0.000%	1.67x
2661	Bisley	6	0.000%	6.17x
2662	Blunden	6	0.000%	0.94x
2663	Blyth	6	0.000%	0.20x
2664	Bolden	6	0.000%	3.75x
2665	Bolling	6	0.000%	9.19x
2666	Bonnett	6	0.000%	1.24x
2667	Bound	6	0.000%	1.73x
2668	Bowen	6	0.000%	0.08x
2669	Boyes	6	0.000%	0.30x
2670	Braine	6	0.000%	2.10x
2671	Brand	6	0.000%	0.21x
2672	Brenton	6	0.000%	1.53x
2673	Brownjohn	6	0.000%	3.29x
2674	Buckles	6	0.000%	5.33x
2675	Bulpit	6	0.000%	6.74x
2676	Burford	6	0.000%	0.56x
2677	Burns	6	0.000%	0.05x
2678	Cannings	6	0.000%	1.99x
2679	Cawthorn	6	0.000%	1.66x
2680	Chalmers	6	0.000%	0.13x
2681	Church	6	0.000%	0.14x
2682	Clarkson	6	0.000%	0.12x
2683	Clist	6	0.000%	3.70x
2684	Cockerell	6	0.000%	2.53x
2685	Colling	6	0.000%	1.23x
2686	Colmer	6	0.000%	2.72x
2687	Conduit	6	0.000%	4.24x
2688	Connell	6	0.000%	0.18x
2689	Cottam	6	0.000%	0.51x
2690	Courteney	6	0.000%	12.50x
2691	Cramp	6	0.000%	0.71x
2692	Crawley	6	0.000%	0.24x
2693	Cridland	6	0.000%	1.82x
2694	Crocombe	6	0.000%	4.40x
2695	Cupper	6	0.000%	7.75x
2696	Curtes	6	0.000%	13.02x
2697	Davage	6	0.000%	8.37x
2698	Deller	6	0.000%	1.60x
2699	Densham	6	0.000%	2.69x
2700	Denton	6	0.000%	0.17x