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 Poore, with 103 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
401	Poore	103	0.050%	29.04x
402	Coombes	102	0.050%	4.98x
403	Diffey	102	0.050%	84.75x
404	Peters	102	0.050%	1.52x
405	Scadden	102	0.050%	91.05x
406	Brett	101	0.050%	2.77x
407	Dennett	101	0.050%	12.20x
408	Sturmey	101	0.050%	75.13x
409	Ayles	100	0.050%	31.12x
410	Horlock	100	0.050%	29.20x
411	Painter	100	0.050%	3.80x
412	Sherring	100	0.050%	42.80x
413	Wakely	100	0.050%	31.56x
414	Cheney	99	0.050%	16.81x
415	Gifford	99	0.050%	5.94x
416	Lacey	99	0.050%	2.80x
417	Robinson	99	0.050%	0.16x
418	Collis	98	0.050%	4.94x
419	Crew	98	0.050%	8.09x
420	Garland	98	0.050%	3.86x
421	Giles	98	0.050%	1.34x
422	Ingram	98	0.050%	1.67x
423	Aplin	97	0.050%	18.28x
424	Bolt	97	0.050%	7.00x
425	Cave	97	0.050%	3.53x
426	Damon	97	0.050%	81.90x
427	Langford	97	0.050%	3.22x
428	Scutt	97	0.050%	19.86x
429	Shave	97	0.050%	22.99x
430	Sibley	97	0.050%	6.28x
431	Crumpler	96	0.050%	85.69x
432	Davidge	96	0.050%	29.00x
433	Fripp	96	0.050%	48.53x
434	George	96	0.050%	0.85x
435	Lillington	96	0.050%	64.09x
436	Meaden	96	0.050%	31.24x
437	Otter	96	0.050%	19.89x
438	Street	96	0.050%	2.14x
439	Bascombe	95	0.050%	73.10x
440	Fish	95	0.050%	2.66x
441	Hamblin	95	0.050%	10.95x
442	Shiner	95	0.050%	44.16x
443	Stoodley	95	0.050%	39.57x
444	Trevitt	95	0.050%	46.52x
445	Eaton	94	0.050%	1.75x
446	Hine	94	0.050%	6.21x
447	Marshall	93	0.050%	0.29x
448	Pond	93	0.050%	10.00x
449	Winter	93	0.050%	1.37x
450	Coleman	92	0.050%	0.96x
451	Hull	92	0.050%	2.30x
452	Ellery	91	0.050%	17.48x
453	Hayne	91	0.050%	19.05x
454	Herridge	91	0.050%	16.84x
455	Salisbury	91	0.050%	4.78x
456	Walbridge	91	0.050%	83.62x
457	Burton	90	0.050%	0.55x
458	Gundry	90	0.050%	29.10x
459	Fisher	89	0.050%	0.40x
460	Gerrard	89	0.050%	3.63x
461	Lovelace	89	0.050%	37.98x
462	Moores	89	0.050%	5.61x
463	Robins	89	0.050%	2.19x
464	Thorner	89	0.050%	88.00x
465	Ashford	88	0.050%	4.64x
466	Mabey	88	0.050%	30.89x
467	Head	87	0.050%	1.86x
468	Lanning	87	0.050%	35.39x
469	Senior	87	0.050%	1.98x
470	Thorn	87	0.050%	3.04x
471	Tilley	87	0.050%	3.46x
472	Wheadon	87	0.050%	44.41x
473	Woodrow	87	0.050%	7.33x
474	Goff	86	0.040%	6.94x
475	Lodge	86	0.040%	2.47x
476	Perrott	86	0.040%	13.04x
477	Prince	86	0.040%	1.98x
478	Shute	86	0.040%	11.18x
479	Woodsford	86	0.040%	111.96x
480	Burge	85	0.040%	6.12x
481	Butcher	85	0.040%	1.05x
482	Eyers	85	0.040%	22.93x
483	Flew	85	0.040%	60.63x
484	Harrison	85	0.040%	0.20x
485	Hughes	85	0.040%	0.16x
486	Macey	85	0.040%	8.06x
487	Ballam	84	0.040%	43.59x
488	Riglar	84	0.040%	149.12x
489	Rossiter	84	0.040%	6.96x
490	Barnett	83	0.040%	0.96x
491	Alford	82	0.040%	5.02x
492	Bow	82	0.040%	18.30x
493	Chalker	82	0.040%	30.14x
494	Dunham	82	0.040%	8.40x
495	Pitfield	82	0.040%	50.23x
496	Walden	82	0.040%	5.84x
497	Bell	81	0.040%	0.22x
498	Blackmore	81	0.040%	2.93x
499	English	81	0.040%	2.25x
500	Hayes	81	0.040%	0.68x