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 Mullins, with 133 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
301	Mullins	133	0.070%	7.25x
302	Bryant	131	0.070%	1.60x
303	Caines	131	0.070%	33.99x
304	Chard	131	0.070%	12.09x
305	Keats	131	0.070%	31.14x
306	Bown	130	0.070%	12.26x
307	Burridge	129	0.070%	9.92x
308	Jenkins	129	0.070%	0.57x
309	Kent	129	0.070%	1.60x
310	Gilbert	128	0.070%	1.17x
311	Wellstead	128	0.070%	56.80x
312	Bird	127	0.070%	0.87x
313	Haskell	127	0.070%	25.90x
314	Griffin	125	0.070%	1.39x
315	Honeybun	125	0.070%	88.75x
316	Ryall	125	0.070%	19.29x
317	Sharp	125	0.070%	0.78x
318	Bagg	124	0.060%	37.03x
319	Gillard	124	0.060%	7.44x
320	Scriven	124	0.060%	12.85x
321	Cleal	123	0.060%	44.68x
322	Neale	123	0.060%	2.70x
323	Wilcox	123	0.060%	3.41x
324	Howe	122	0.060%	1.62x
325	Jeffery	122	0.060%	2.93x
326	Park	122	0.060%	2.05x
327	Dunning	121	0.060%	7.43x
328	Dyke	121	0.060%	6.36x
329	Evans	121	0.060%	0.14x
330	Mayo	121	0.060%	8.21x
331	Poole	121	0.060%	1.31x
332	Seymour	121	0.060%	3.09x
333	Skinner	121	0.060%	1.24x
334	Conway	120	0.060%	3.34x
335	Corbin	120	0.060%	31.77x
336	Dowding	120	0.060%	14.64x
337	Jeanes	120	0.060%	38.33x
338	Mead	120	0.060%	2.68x
339	Reed	120	0.060%	0.86x
340	Trent	119	0.060%	42.93x
341	Battrick	118	0.060%	91.25x
342	Hannam	118	0.060%	20.10x
343	Simmonds	118	0.060%	2.30x
344	Forsey	117	0.060%	56.93x
345	French	117	0.060%	1.25x
346	Keech	117	0.060%	28.92x
347	Weeks	117	0.060%	2.85x
348	Coffin	116	0.060%	24.85x
349	Haines	116	0.060%	2.61x
350	Jackson	116	0.060%	0.22x
351	Kendall	116	0.060%	2.81x
352	Rawles	116	0.060%	55.24x
353	Smart	116	0.060%	1.33x
354	Spiller	116	0.060%	10.64x
355	Brooks	115	0.060%	0.61x
356	Chant	115	0.060%	14.43x
357	Ackerman	114	0.060%	34.98x
358	Godden	114	0.060%	8.61x
359	Blandford	113	0.060%	18.03x
360	Gosney	113	0.060%	31.41x
361	Holt	113	0.060%	0.88x
362	Kingsbury	113	0.060%	26.07x
363	Porter	113	0.060%	0.79x
364	Manuel	112	0.060%	19.39x
365	Pomeroy	112	0.060%	21.05x
366	Webb	112	0.060%	0.43x
367	Gover	111	0.060%	22.52x
368	Munden	111	0.060%	34.33x
369	Ward	111	0.060%	0.27x
370	Cousins	110	0.060%	3.19x
371	Edmunds	110	0.060%	4.40x
372	Bush	109	0.060%	2.30x
373	Dominey	109	0.060%	68.11x
374	Joiner	109	0.060%	16.00x
375	Kingman	109	0.060%	53.20x
376	Stickley	109	0.060%	37.83x
377	Damen	108	0.060%	123.15x
378	Edmonds	108	0.060%	2.95x
379	Gallop	108	0.060%	17.68x
380	Upward	108	0.060%	62.48x
381	Yeatman	108	0.060%	37.41x
382	Bowles	107	0.060%	3.41x
383	Fall	107	0.060%	25.95x
384	Fancy	107	0.060%	79.98x
385	Mowlam	107	0.060%	113.71x
386	Hillier	106	0.060%	4.10x
387	Marshallsay	106	0.060%	106.14x
388	Purchase	106	0.060%	16.11x
389	Robbins	106	0.060%	3.53x
390	Bussell	105	0.050%	24.74x
391	Davey	105	0.050%	1.33x
392	Baggs	104	0.050%	23.41x
393	Courtney	104	0.050%	7.56x
394	Potter	104	0.050%	0.84x
395	Wells	104	0.050%	0.65x
396	Bealing	103	0.050%	82.51x
397	Everett	103	0.050%	2.99x
398	Inkpen	103	0.050%	41.15x
399	Lowman	103	0.050%	24.01x
400	Oxford	103	0.050%	15.54x