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 Calcraft, with 2 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
4101	Calcraft	2	0.000%	2.31x
4102	Call	2	0.000%	0.84x
4103	Callaghan	2	0.000%	0.09x
4104	Calvert	2	0.000%	0.05x
4105	Camm	2	0.000%	0.33x
4106	Cammell	2	0.000%	1.92x
4107	Candle	2	0.000%	3.03x
4108	Canter	2	0.000%	1.20x
4109	Capron	2	0.000%	2.30x
4110	Carney	2	0.000%	0.12x
4111	Cassidy	2	0.000%	0.09x
4112	Cater	2	0.000%	0.22x
4113	Cather	2	0.000%	4.60x
4114	Causier	2	0.000%	3.51x
4115	Cayley	2	0.000%	1.31x
4116	Challis	2	0.000%	0.16x
4117	Charlesworth	2	0.000%	0.08x
4118	Chidley	2	0.000%	0.76x
4119	Chidzey	2	0.000%	3.72x
4120	Chilson	2	0.000%	14.88x
4121	Chipps	2	0.000%	3.32x
4122	Christy	2	0.000%	0.49x
4123	Chudleigh	2	0.000%	1.36x
4124	Clarence	2	0.000%	2.69x
4125	Clear	2	0.000%	0.50x
4126	Cliff	2	0.000%	0.12x
4127	Clinch	2	0.000%	0.36x
4128	Cobden	2	0.000%	1.11x
4129	Cocks	2	0.000%	0.16x
4130	Codrington	2	0.000%	1.58x
4131	Coff	2	0.000%	13.58x
4132	Cokes	2	0.000%	10.78x
4133	Colborn	2	0.000%	1.50x
4134	Collison	2	0.000%	0.25x
4135	Colquhoun	2	0.000%	0.18x
4136	Comerford	2	0.000%	1.36x
4137	Commins	2	0.000%	1.04x
4138	Connery	2	0.000%	1.72x
4139	Coomes	2	0.000%	2.22x
4140	Cork	2	0.000%	0.14x
4141	Corrigan	2	0.000%	0.23x
4142	Coss	2	0.000%	3.81x
4143	Cossens	2	0.000%	3.06x
4144	Costigan	2	0.000%	1.31x
4145	Cottingham	2	0.000%	0.39x
4146	Coucher	2	0.000%	3.00x
4147	Coulston	2	0.000%	1.02x
4148	Cousin	2	0.000%	0.53x
4149	Coutts	2	0.000%	0.10x
4150	Coveney	2	0.000%	0.66x
4151	Coventry	2	0.000%	0.26x
4152	Cowie	2	0.000%	0.09x
4153	Coyte	2	0.000%	5.39x
4154	Cozier	2	0.000%	8.01x
4155	Crabtree	2	0.000%	0.05x
4156	Crampton	2	0.000%	0.21x
4157	Cranston	2	0.000%	0.26x
4158	Crapp	2	0.000%	1.07x
4159	Creber	2	0.000%	0.98x
4160	Crewes	2	0.000%	3.72x
4161	Crichton	2	0.000%	0.12x
4162	Crickmore	2	0.000%	0.94x
4163	Critchly	2	0.000%	4.66x
4164	Crockett	2	0.000%	0.22x
4165	Cronan	2	0.000%	1.36x
4166	Cropper	2	0.000%	0.17x
4167	Cruse	2	0.000%	0.36x
4168	Cumming	2	0.000%	0.05x
4169	Curnock	2	0.000%	1.28x
4170	Curry	2	0.000%	0.07x
4171	Curt	2	0.000%	6.51x
4172	Cusack	2	0.000%	0.98x
4173	Cust	2	0.000%	4.40x
4174	Dadd	2	0.000%	0.90x
4175	Dady	2	0.000%	1.22x
4176	Daley	2	0.000%	0.09x
4177	Daly	2	0.000%	0.11x
4178	Dando	2	0.000%	0.28x
4179	Danford	2	0.000%	2.38x
4180	Daun	2	0.000%	4.88x
4181	Dawney	2	0.000%	3.63x
4182	Dcruz	2	0.000%	104.17x
4183	Denney	2	0.000%	0.43x
4184	Denyer	2	0.000%	0.26x
4185	Derry	2	0.000%	0.24x
4186	Deverall	2	0.000%	2.54x
4187	Devon	2	0.000%	1.13x
4188	Dewsbury	2	0.000%	0.68x
4189	Dicken	2	0.000%	0.37x
4190	Dickins	2	0.000%	0.28x
4191	Diller	2	0.000%	6.38x
4192	Dillon	2	0.000%	0.11x
4193	Dix	2	0.000%	0.11x
4194	Dobb	2	0.000%	0.80x
4195	Dobson	2	0.000%	0.02x
4196	Docwra	2	0.000%	6.65x
4197	Dolan	2	0.000%	0.12x
4198	Donoghue	2	0.000%	0.31x
4199	Dormer	2	0.000%	0.38x
4200	Dorrington	2	0.000%	0.33x