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 Dowdall, 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
4201	Dowdall	2	0.000%	1.25x
4202	Drinkwater	2	0.000%	0.11x
4203	Driscoll	2	0.000%	0.09x
4204	Drummond	2	0.000%	0.05x
4205	Drury	2	0.000%	0.07x
4206	Duckett	2	0.000%	0.16x
4207	Duggan	2	0.000%	0.14x
4208	Dunne	2	0.000%	0.32x
4209	Dunsby	2	0.000%	2.08x
4210	Dunstan	2	0.000%	0.18x
4211	Durnford	2	0.000%	0.96x
4212	Eager	2	0.000%	0.75x
4213	Eagles	2	0.000%	0.37x
4214	Eales	2	0.000%	0.21x
4215	Eaves	2	0.000%	0.19x
4216	Eccles	2	0.000%	0.07x
4217	Eckersley	2	0.000%	0.17x
4218	Edgecombe	2	0.000%	0.71x
4219	Edgell	2	0.000%	0.67x
4220	Edgson	2	0.000%	1.41x
4221	Elderton	2	0.000%	1.29x
4222	Eleanor	2	0.000%	17.36x
4223	Elgey	2	0.000%	2.15x
4224	Ellen	2	0.000%	0.48x
4225	Elphinstone	2	0.000%	1.38x
4226	Elson	2	0.000%	0.17x
4227	Endicott	2	0.000%	1.16x
4228	Eriksson	2	0.000%	52.22x
4229	Erskine	2	0.000%	0.17x
4230	Evance	2	0.000%	10.42x
4231	Evill	2	0.000%	2.69x
4232	Facey	2	0.000%	0.54x
4233	Fagan	2	0.000%	0.22x
4234	Falk	2	0.000%	2.46x
4235	Falshaw	2	0.000%	1.70x
4236	Fell	2	0.000%	0.07x
4237	Fendley	2	0.000%	4.66x
4238	Ferris	2	0.000%	0.11x
4239	Fielder	2	0.000%	0.17x
4240	Fincham	2	0.000%	0.37x
4241	Findley	2	0.000%	0.39x
4242	Finn	2	0.000%	0.11x
4243	Fischer	2	0.000%	1.35x
4244	Fishenden	2	0.000%	1.84x
4245	Fitzjohn	2	0.000%	0.66x
4246	Fitzmaurice	2	0.000%	1.13x
4247	Fitzroy	2	0.000%	2.63x
4248	Fixter	2	0.000%	2.58x
4249	Flagg	2	0.000%	2.02x
4250	Flight	2	0.000%	0.60x
4251	Flinn	2	0.000%	0.17x
4252	Fordyce	2	0.000%	0.48x
4253	Forest	2	0.000%	0.36x
4254	Franks	2	0.000%	0.08x
4255	Frome	2	0.000%	4.17x
4256	Furness	2	0.000%	0.13x
4257	Furzer	2	0.000%	3.68x
4258	Gaisford	2	0.000%	1.04x
4259	Galbraith	2	0.000%	0.11x
4260	Gall	2	0.000%	0.16x
4261	Gare	2	0.000%	1.22x
4262	Garnham	2	0.000%	0.22x
4263	Garratt	2	0.000%	0.10x
4264	Garret	2	0.000%	0.82x
4265	Gatrell	2	0.000%	1.45x
4266	Gavin	2	0.000%	0.21x
4267	Gawthrop	2	0.000%	3.00x
4268	Genn	2	0.000%	3.36x
4269	Gerard	2	0.000%	0.61x
4270	Gerrad	2	0.000%	4.96x
4271	Giblett	2	0.000%	1.22x
4272	Giddings	2	0.000%	0.23x
4273	Gillet	2	0.000%	0.90x
4274	Gilling	2	0.000%	0.59x
4275	Gilliver	2	0.000%	0.96x
4276	Gilson	2	0.000%	0.34x
4277	Gladwin	2	0.000%	0.28x
4278	Glue	2	0.000%	1.31x
4279	Gooden	2	0.000%	0.92x
4280	Gouldie	2	0.000%	3.96x
4281	Gracie	2	0.000%	0.50x
4282	Grandy	2	0.000%	3.63x
4283	Grantham	2	0.000%	0.17x
4284	Greatbatch	2	0.000%	1.38x
4285	Greenaway	2	0.000%	0.17x
4286	Grice	2	0.000%	0.10x
4287	Griffis	2	0.000%	3.51x
4288	Grigg	2	0.000%	0.16x
4289	Gritten	2	0.000%	4.53x
4290	Grover	2	0.000%	0.17x
4291	Gurney	2	0.000%	0.10x
4292	Guthrie	2	0.000%	0.08x
4293	Haman	2	0.000%	3.47x
4294	Hambly	2	0.000%	0.32x
4295	Hammersley	2	0.000%	0.33x
4296	Hane	2	0.000%	3.47x
4297	Hanlon	2	0.000%	0.23x
4298	Hannon	2	0.000%	0.67x
4299	Hans	2	0.000%	5.79x
4300	Hansen	2	0.000%	0.57x