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 Shopland, with 3 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
3901	Shopland	3	0.000%	1.30x
3902	Shorland	3	0.000%	2.59x
3903	Shuttleworth	3	0.000%	0.13x
3904	Sime	3	0.000%	0.39x
3905	Skews	3	0.000%	4.46x
3906	Slocombe	3	0.000%	0.49x
3907	Smally	3	0.000%	7.56x
3908	Soloman	3	0.000%	0.72x
3909	South	3	0.000%	0.17x
3910	Southern	3	0.000%	0.17x
3911	Speke	3	0.000%	4.01x
3912	Spenser	3	0.000%	1.58x
3913	Spice	3	0.000%	0.68x
3914	Spinner	3	0.000%	2.16x
3915	Spokes	3	0.000%	1.20x
3916	Sprat	3	0.000%	7.94x
3917	Spreadbury	3	0.000%	1.06x
3918	Spurway	3	0.000%	1.69x
3919	Starling	3	0.000%	0.21x
3920	Stockman	3	0.000%	1.12x
3921	Strongman	3	0.000%	2.17x
3922	Stubbings	3	0.000%	0.45x
3923	Stubbs	3	0.000%	0.06x
3924	Sturdy	3	0.000%	0.49x
3925	Suttie	3	0.000%	0.54x
3926	Sweatman	3	0.000%	1.39x
3927	Sykes	3	0.000%	0.03x
3928	Tapp	3	0.000%	0.36x
3929	Tassell	3	0.000%	0.92x
3930	Temperton	3	0.000%	1.70x
3931	Thorburn	3	0.000%	0.27x
3932	Thorpe	3	0.000%	0.04x
3933	Tingle	3	0.000%	0.49x
3934	Tippett	3	0.000%	0.44x
3935	Tobias	3	0.000%	1.97x
3936	Tomms	3	0.000%	4.64x
3937	Traves	3	0.000%	2.68x
3938	Trish	3	0.000%	7.21x
3939	Trodd	3	0.000%	1.31x
3940	Tutcher	3	0.000%	5.15x
3941	Tyrrell	3	0.000%	0.21x
3942	Upright	3	0.000%	8.52x
3943	Vidler	3	0.000%	0.52x
3944	Vosper	3	0.000%	0.82x
3945	Wain	3	0.000%	0.19x
3946	Wainwright	3	0.000%	0.07x
3947	Walsham	3	0.000%	1.29x
3948	Warn	3	0.000%	0.86x
3949	Washer	3	0.000%	1.46x
3950	Watmore	3	0.000%	1.87x
3951	Wayne	3	0.000%	1.52x
3952	Wear	3	0.000%	0.50x
3953	Weir	3	0.000%	0.06x
3954	Wellington	3	0.000%	0.33x
3955	Western	3	0.000%	0.37x
3956	Westwood	3	0.000%	0.09x
3957	Wetton	3	0.000%	0.73x
3958	Wheaton	3	0.000%	0.76x
3959	Whillier	3	0.000%	6.89x
3960	Whitehead	3	0.000%	0.02x
3961	Whitely	3	0.000%	0.74x
3962	Whitworth	3	0.000%	0.09x
3963	Wilks	3	0.000%	0.10x
3964	Will	3	0.000%	0.38x
3965	Willcocks	3	0.000%	0.38x
3966	Willes	3	0.000%	1.32x
3967	Willmington	3	0.000%	8.84x
3968	Willson	3	0.000%	0.14x
3969	Wine	3	0.000%	4.99x
3970	Winslow	3	0.000%	1.28x
3971	Winzer	3	0.000%	9.97x
3972	Witheridge	3	0.000%	1.94x
3973	Worner	3	0.000%	2.86x
3974	Wyett	3	0.000%	4.34x
3975	Wyld	3	0.000%	0.82x
3976	Wynn	3	0.000%	0.18x
3977	Yarrow	3	0.000%	0.80x
3978	Zealey	3	0.000%	21.32x
3979	Abrahall	2	0.000%	5.30x
3980	Abraham	2	0.000%	0.11x
3981	Abram	2	0.000%	0.29x
3982	Ackland	2	0.000%	0.32x
3983	Acland	2	0.000%	1.71x
3984	Adair	2	0.000%	0.33x
3985	Adamson	2	0.000%	0.04x
3986	Addison	2	0.000%	0.08x
3987	Aird	2	0.000%	0.20x
3988	Aitkin	2	0.000%	0.61x
3989	Alleyne	2	0.000%	3.72x
3990	Alliston	2	0.000%	1.16x
3991	Allsopp	2	0.000%	0.25x
3992	Angus	2	0.000%	0.07x
3993	Ansley	2	0.000%	1.07x
3994	Appleton	2	0.000%	0.07x
3995	Apps	2	0.000%	0.23x
3996	Argent	2	0.000%	0.22x
3997	Arundell	2	0.000%	0.87x
3998	Aspinall	2	0.000%	0.08x
3999	Astell	2	0.000%	1.09x
4000	Astill	2	0.000%	0.67x