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 Lavers, 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
4401	Lavers	2	0.000%	0.44x
4402	Lawerance	2	0.000%	2.11x
4403	Lawerence	2	0.000%	2.19x
4404	Laxton	2	0.000%	0.34x
4405	Lay	2	0.000%	0.14x
4406	Lea	2	0.000%	0.05x
4407	Leary	2	0.000%	0.12x
4408	Leech	2	0.000%	0.06x
4409	Leitch	2	0.000%	0.11x
4410	Lenton	2	0.000%	0.21x
4411	Levett	2	0.000%	0.24x
4412	Lewes	2	0.000%	0.44x
4413	Libby	2	0.000%	0.79x
4414	Lidbury	2	0.000%	2.79x
4415	Liddle	2	0.000%	0.09x
4416	Liddon	2	0.000%	2.54x
4417	Lines	2	0.000%	0.10x
4418	Littlehales	2	0.000%	0.91x
4419	Liversidge	2	0.000%	0.41x
4420	Locket	2	0.000%	0.92x
4421	Loft	2	0.000%	0.41x
4422	Longbottom	2	0.000%	0.12x
4423	Longmuir	2	0.000%	0.56x
4424	Loud	2	0.000%	1.15x
4425	Lousdale	2	0.000%	44.74x
4426	Lovibond	2	0.000%	1.98x
4427	Lowder	2	0.000%	1.54x
4428	Lucus	2	0.000%	2.74x
4429	Ludlow	2	0.000%	0.20x
4430	Lunniss	2	0.000%	4.96x
4431	Lynn	2	0.000%	0.12x
4432	Mackie	2	0.000%	0.05x
4433	Mackley	2	0.000%	0.68x
4434	Macpherson	2	0.000%	0.16x
4435	Maidens	2	0.000%	1.24x
4436	Malan	2	0.000%	7.10x
4437	Mans	2	0.000%	3.91x
4438	Manser	2	0.000%	0.46x
4439	Markland	2	0.000%	0.47x
4440	Marney	2	0.000%	0.53x
4441	Maskery	2	0.000%	1.12x
4442	Maslen	2	0.000%	0.50x
4443	Matheson	2	0.000%	0.08x
4444	Mattock	2	0.000%	0.40x
4445	Mattocks	2	0.000%	0.79x
4446	Mayman	2	0.000%	1.29x
4447	Mcdonagh	2	0.000%	5.30x
4448	Mcewan	2	0.000%	2.23x
4449	Mcgann	2	0.000%	6.94x
4450	Mckeon	2	0.000%	6.79x
4451	Meager	2	0.000%	0.76x
4452	Medford	2	0.000%	19.53x
4453	Membury	2	0.000%	5.68x
4454	Merryweather	2	0.000%	0.46x
4455	Messiter	2	0.000%	2.23x
4456	Metcalfe	2	0.000%	0.05x
4457	Mewton	2	0.000%	2.60x
4458	Millett	2	0.000%	0.26x
4459	Minett	2	0.000%	0.57x
4460	Moger	2	0.000%	1.29x
4461	Moller	2	0.000%	2.04x
4462	Molloy	2	0.000%	0.19x
4463	Monday	2	0.000%	0.43x
4464	Monro	2	0.000%	0.50x
4465	Montagu	2	0.000%	4.22x
4466	Moorhead	2	0.000%	1.25x
4467	Morrell	2	0.000%	0.11x
4468	Mort	2	0.000%	0.22x
4469	Mortimor	2	0.000%	2.81x
4470	Moses	2	0.000%	0.10x
4471	Mugford	2	0.000%	0.59x
4472	Mullis	2	0.000%	0.54x
4473	Mundell	2	0.000%	0.74x
4474	Murry	2	0.000%	0.20x
4475	Mutton	2	0.000%	0.28x
4476	Myers	2	0.000%	0.04x
4477	Nairne	2	0.000%	2.30x
4478	Napper	2	0.000%	0.34x
4479	Naylor	2	0.000%	0.03x
4480	Newland	2	0.000%	0.17x
4481	Nickolls	2	0.000%	0.81x
4482	Nisbett	2	0.000%	1.06x
4483	Noke	2	0.000%	1.09x
4484	Norbury	2	0.000%	0.21x
4485	Noris	2	0.000%	5.12x
4486	Norriss	2	0.000%	0.93x
4487	Nottle	2	0.000%	2.72x
4488	Nye	2	0.000%	0.17x
4489	Oats	2	0.000%	0.46x
4490	Oconnor	2	0.000%	0.18x
4491	Offley	2	0.000%	2.44x
4492	Ohara	2	0.000%	0.18x
4493	Olding	2	0.000%	0.54x
4494	Oliphant	2	0.000%	0.27x
4495	Olliver	2	0.000%	0.51x
4496	Orrell	2	0.000%	0.28x
4497	Ousley	2	0.000%	2.65x
4498	Paddick	2	0.000%	1.80x
4499	Paget	2	0.000%	0.20x
4500	Pargeter	2	0.000%	0.73x