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 Slattery, 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
4601	Slattery	2	0.000%	0.61x
4602	Slaughter	2	0.000%	0.21x
4603	Smeeth	2	0.000%	1.60x
4604	Snowdon	2	0.000%	0.14x
4605	Solmon	2	0.000%	8.45x
4606	Sommer	2	0.000%	7.44x
4607	Sorrell	2	0.000%	0.35x
4608	Southgate	2	0.000%	0.13x
4609	Southwood	2	0.000%	0.36x
4610	Sowerby	2	0.000%	0.19x
4611	Sowter	2	0.000%	0.48x
4612	Spink	2	0.000%	0.13x
4613	Splatt	2	0.000%	3.16x
4614	Spode	2	0.000%	5.30x
4615	Spring	2	0.000%	0.21x
4616	Stamford	2	0.000%	0.51x
4617	Standen	2	0.000%	0.19x
4618	Start	2	0.000%	0.45x
4619	Stedman	2	0.000%	0.17x
4620	Stove	2	0.000%	2.42x
4621	Stower	2	0.000%	2.17x
4622	Strachan	2	0.000%	0.06x
4623	Stradling	2	0.000%	0.82x
4624	Stranger	2	0.000%	1.36x
4625	Stretch	2	0.000%	0.46x
4626	Stribling	2	0.000%	1.06x
4627	Stride	2	0.000%	0.30x
4628	Sturley	2	0.000%	2.48x
4629	Sugden	2	0.000%	0.09x
4630	Sumner	2	0.000%	0.06x
4631	Surridge	2	0.000%	0.35x
4632	Surtees	2	0.000%	0.35x
4633	Sutcliffe	2	0.000%	0.03x
4634	Swaine	2	0.000%	0.24x
4635	Swallow	2	0.000%	0.10x
4636	Sweeney	2	0.000%	0.08x
4637	Tamplin	2	0.000%	0.72x
4638	Tantrum	2	0.000%	3.36x
4639	Tatam	2	0.000%	1.77x
4640	Tebbitt	2	0.000%	2.63x
4641	Tennyson	2	0.000%	2.95x
4642	Thoms	2	0.000%	0.58x
4643	Thornley	2	0.000%	0.09x
4644	Tigwell	2	0.000%	1.54x
4645	Tiley	2	0.000%	0.43x
4646	Tilly	2	0.000%	0.34x
4647	Tippin	2	0.000%	1.89x
4648	Tobin	2	0.000%	0.26x
4649	Tonks	2	0.000%	0.20x
4650	Toole	2	0.000%	0.19x
4651	Tootell	2	0.000%	0.83x
4652	Travis	2	0.000%	0.09x
4653	Tree	2	0.000%	0.45x
4654	Trench	2	0.000%	1.10x
4655	Triggs	2	0.000%	0.31x
4656	Trimm	2	0.000%	7.81x
4657	Trollope	2	0.000%	0.50x
4658	Truman	2	0.000%	0.17x
4659	Tuckey	2	0.000%	0.51x
4660	Tullock	2	0.000%	0.80x
4661	Turton	2	0.000%	0.09x
4662	Twynham	2	0.000%	3.59x
4663	Urquhart	2	0.000%	0.07x
4664	Valentine	2	0.000%	0.08x
4665	Venner	2	0.000%	0.53x
4666	Verge	2	0.000%	5.30x
4667	Vessey	2	0.000%	0.62x
4668	Voisey	2	0.000%	1.00x
4669	Waddington	2	0.000%	0.06x
4670	Waldon	2	0.000%	0.96x
4671	Walford	2	0.000%	0.17x
4672	Wareing	2	0.000%	0.16x
4673	Warrington	2	0.000%	0.13x
4674	Water	2	0.000%	2.67x
4675	Weal	2	0.000%	1.23x
4676	Wellard	2	0.000%	0.52x
4677	Welshman	2	0.000%	2.72x
4678	Were	2	0.000%	1.79x
4679	Westhead	2	0.000%	0.45x
4680	Wheatland	2	0.000%	1.21x
4681	Whitcombe	2	0.000%	0.58x
4682	Whitehall	2	0.000%	0.57x
4683	Whitehouse	2	0.000%	0.04x
4684	Whiteman	2	0.000%	0.16x
4685	Whiteside	2	0.000%	0.13x
4686	Whittingham	2	0.000%	0.14x
4687	Whittington	2	0.000%	0.15x
4688	Wilby	2	0.000%	0.18x
4689	Wilcock	2	0.000%	0.07x
4690	Wildbore	2	0.000%	1.62x
4691	Wildman	2	0.000%	0.17x
4692	Wincott	2	0.000%	1.04x
4693	Wingfield	2	0.000%	0.23x
4694	Wisby	2	0.000%	1.23x
4695	Witmore	2	0.000%	4.46x
4696	Wittle	2	0.000%	2.20x
4697	Woodgates	2	0.000%	2.95x
4698	Woodhead	2	0.000%	0.06x
4699	Woodroffe	2	0.000%	0.52x
4700	Woolley	2	0.000%	0.05x