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 Naish, 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
2801	Naish	6	0.000%	0.88x
2802	Newbolt	6	0.000%	6.09x
2803	Nix	6	0.000%	1.21x
2804	Northeast	6	0.000%	5.07x
2805	Noyes	6	0.000%	1.35x
2806	Nutting	6	0.000%	1.71x
2807	Oak	6	0.000%	4.11x
2808	Osbourne	6	0.000%	0.85x
2809	Osley	6	0.000%	36.06x
2810	Overend	6	0.000%	1.05x
2811	Packard	6	0.000%	3.07x
2812	Parr	6	0.000%	0.13x
2813	Pawley	6	0.000%	1.10x
2814	Peek	6	0.000%	1.18x
2815	Perkin	6	0.000%	0.58x
2816	Perratt	6	0.000%	16.44x
2817	Perrot	6	0.000%	5.89x
2818	Pillar	6	0.000%	3.78x
2819	Pittuck	6	0.000%	13.39x
2820	Plank	6	0.000%	1.80x
2821	Poat	6	0.000%	13.39x
2822	Portsmouth	6	0.000%	2.51x
2823	Poulter	6	0.000%	0.42x
2824	Pound	6	0.000%	0.66x
2825	Poyner	6	0.000%	2.13x
2826	Priestly	6	0.000%	1.33x
2827	Proctor	6	0.000%	0.13x
2828	Raymen	6	0.000%	52.08x
2829	Raynold	6	0.000%	72.12x
2830	Redding	6	0.000%	0.74x
2831	Rex	6	0.000%	1.97x
2832	Rey	6	0.000%	7.94x
2833	Richmond	6	0.000%	0.14x
2834	Ridge	6	0.000%	0.45x
2835	Ritchie	6	0.000%	0.09x
2836	River	6	0.000%	15.63x
2837	Robson	6	0.000%	0.05x
2838	Rocks	6	0.000%	6.29x
2839	Roser	6	0.000%	3.05x
2840	Routledge	6	0.000%	0.37x
2841	Rowlatt	6	0.000%	3.36x
2842	Ruddle	6	0.000%	1.95x
2843	Sarjeant	6	0.000%	3.65x
2844	Seeley	6	0.000%	1.02x
2845	Sewell	6	0.000%	0.15x
2846	Shear	6	0.000%	6.38x
2847	Sherred	6	0.000%	16.44x
2848	Siddle	6	0.000%	1.46x
2849	Sidebottom	6	0.000%	0.55x
2850	Sirrell	6	0.000%	5.58x
2851	Skivington	6	0.000%	6.42x
2852	Sleigh	6	0.000%	1.40x
2853	Smedley	6	0.000%	0.38x
2854	Soul	6	0.000%	5.45x
2855	Southey	6	0.000%	1.65x
2856	Sparey	6	0.000%	4.44x
2857	Speake	6	0.000%	2.06x
2858	Spracklen	6	0.000%	55.20x
2859	Stafford	6	0.000%	0.15x
2860	Standley	6	0.000%	1.84x
2861	Stanford	6	0.000%	0.38x
2862	Stannard	6	0.000%	0.45x
2863	Stillman	6	0.000%	2.98x
2864	Stoddart	6	0.000%	0.37x
2865	Strugnell	6	0.000%	2.89x
2866	Sturgess	6	0.000%	0.55x
2867	Swan	6	0.000%	0.12x
2868	Sweet	6	0.000%	0.35x
2869	Sweetman	6	0.000%	0.88x
2870	Talbott	6	0.000%	1.37x
2871	Telley	6	0.000%	20.83x
2872	Templar	6	0.000%	5.21x
2873	Thornber	6	0.000%	1.28x
2874	Tiltman	6	0.000%	5.86x
2875	Tooze	6	0.000%	3.21x
2876	Tratt	6	0.000%	5.55x
2877	Tryhorn	6	0.000%	15.12x
2878	Tudgay	6	0.000%	8.76x
2879	Tytherleigh	6	0.000%	7.38x
2880	Upcraft	6	0.000%	10.77x
2881	Varley	6	0.000%	0.23x
2882	Veall	6	0.000%	5.55x
2883	Venable	6	0.000%	12.02x
2884	Wadsworth	6	0.000%	0.22x
2885	Wakeham	6	0.000%	0.83x
2886	Walburn	6	0.000%	10.19x
2887	Wallice	6	0.000%	5.71x
2888	Walls	6	0.000%	0.26x
2889	Walrond	6	0.000%	8.68x
2890	Warder	6	0.000%	2.11x
2891	Waring	6	0.000%	0.25x
2892	Warre	6	0.000%	8.60x
2893	Washington	6	0.000%	0.62x
2894	Waterfall	6	0.000%	1.89x
2895	Wegg	6	0.000%	5.01x
2896	Weld	6	0.000%	9.01x
2897	Wenlock	6	0.000%	3.18x
2898	Wescombe	6	0.000%	5.42x
2899	Whitmore	6	0.000%	0.36x
2900	Willett	6	0.000%	0.40x