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 Denty, with 6 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
2701	Denty	6	0.000%	10.53x
2702	Diamond	6	0.000%	0.67x
2703	Dickers	6	0.000%	17.05x
2704	Dickinson	6	0.000%	0.07x
2705	Dight	6	0.000%	4.88x
2706	Dobell	6	0.000%	2.45x
2707	Doming	6	0.000%	26.03x
2708	Donnett	6	0.000%	18.39x
2709	Doonan	6	0.000%	7.32x
2710	Dorling	6	0.000%	1.85x
2711	Doswell	6	0.000%	4.09x
2712	Dowdeswell	6	0.000%	2.49x
2713	Duffin	6	0.000%	0.83x
2714	Dunnings	6	0.000%	7.68x
2715	Durrell	6	0.000%	4.04x
2716	Dykes	6	0.000%	0.45x
2717	Earley	6	0.000%	1.51x
2718	Edkins	6	0.000%	1.67x
2719	Edmeades	6	0.000%	10.30x
2720	Emson	6	0.000%	3.18x
2721	Farnie	6	0.000%	16.44x
2722	Fegan	6	0.000%	2.67x
2723	Fellingham	6	0.000%	3.94x
2724	Fellowes	6	0.000%	1.90x
2725	Fenley	6	0.000%	16.16x
2726	Foley	6	0.000%	0.25x
2727	Folkes	6	0.000%	2.18x
2728	Fullard	6	0.000%	3.70x
2729	Fuller	6	0.000%	0.08x
2730	Gamage	6	0.000%	6.60x
2731	Garnett	6	0.000%	0.25x
2732	Gass	6	0.000%	1.96x
2733	Gibbins	6	0.000%	0.41x
2734	Gillum	6	0.000%	36.06x
2735	Glanville	6	0.000%	0.76x
2736	Glassbrook	6	0.000%	8.15x
2737	Goad	6	0.000%	1.53x
2738	Goldsworthy	6	0.000%	0.76x
2739	Golledge	6	0.000%	3.13x
2740	Gorton	6	0.000%	0.50x
2741	Greenway	6	0.000%	0.42x
2742	Guyatt	6	0.000%	2.92x
2743	Harfield	6	0.000%	1.92x
2744	Harford	6	0.000%	0.96x
2745	Hawkin	6	0.000%	1.45x
2746	Hemming	6	0.000%	0.35x
2747	Henry	6	0.000%	0.12x
2748	Hingston	6	0.000%	2.40x
2749	Hix	6	0.000%	8.68x
2750	Hogger	6	0.000%	8.08x
2751	Holiday	6	0.000%	1.11x
2752	Homan	6	0.000%	2.63x
2753	Hone	6	0.000%	0.92x
2754	Honeyman	6	0.000%	0.96x
2755	Hope	6	0.000%	0.09x
2756	Howarth	6	0.000%	0.07x
2757	Howlett	6	0.000%	0.23x
2758	Hurding	6	0.000%	15.37x
2759	Hutching	6	0.000%	5.42x
2760	Jameson	6	0.000%	0.28x
2761	Joice	6	0.000%	1.55x
2762	Kayes	6	0.000%	8.60x
2763	Kibby	6	0.000%	5.33x
2764	Kilford	6	0.000%	3.32x
2765	Lace	6	0.000%	1.66x
2766	Landry	6	0.000%	6.21x
2767	Langridge	6	0.000%	0.53x
2768	Lanham	6	0.000%	1.24x
2769	Lawford	6	0.000%	1.40x
2770	Ledbury	6	0.000%	3.55x
2771	Leddy	6	0.000%	6.99x
2772	Lewin	6	0.000%	0.39x
2773	Lingham	6	0.000%	3.54x
2774	Llewellyn	6	0.000%	0.21x
2775	Loaring	6	0.000%	11.16x
2776	Lobb	6	0.000%	0.63x
2777	Lockhart	6	0.000%	0.45x
2778	Lonsdale	6	0.000%	0.38x
2779	Lyne	6	0.000%	0.71x
2780	Maclean	6	0.000%	0.28x
2781	Madden	6	0.000%	0.36x
2782	Mathew	6	0.000%	0.83x
2783	Maule	6	0.000%	1.31x
2784	Mawer	6	0.000%	1.05x
2785	Mayor	6	0.000%	0.72x
2786	Mccoy	6	0.000%	4.59x
2787	Mcfadden	6	0.000%	14.20x
2788	Meadows	6	0.000%	0.22x
2789	Medd	6	0.000%	1.73x
2790	Menzies	6	0.000%	0.24x
2791	Mercy	6	0.000%	6.38x
2792	Midgley	6	0.000%	0.23x
2793	Mingo	6	0.000%	11.03x
2794	Mogford	6	0.000%	1.73x
2795	Molton	6	0.000%	4.09x
2796	Monteith	6	0.000%	1.18x
2797	Moodey	6	0.000%	6.69x
2798	Moule	6	0.000%	0.90x
2799	Moxom	6	0.000%	26.80x
2800	Mudge	6	0.000%	1.03x