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 Laws, with 64 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
601	Laws	64	0.030%	3.00x
602	Sampson	64	0.030%	1.96x
603	Strong	64	0.030%	2.24x
604	Walker	64	0.030%	0.10x
605	Acourt	63	0.030%	110.60x
606	Bugg	63	0.030%	7.27x
607	Devenish	63	0.030%	24.73x
608	Good	63	0.030%	2.64x
609	Haine	63	0.030%	23.15x
610	Legge	63	0.030%	7.35x
611	Newton	63	0.030%	0.43x
612	Tite	63	0.030%	16.13x
613	Tomes	63	0.030%	18.96x
614	Dunster	62	0.030%	12.02x
615	Gibbons	62	0.030%	1.01x
616	Higgins	62	0.030%	0.64x
617	May	62	0.030%	0.51x
618	Norton	62	0.030%	0.97x
619	Phelps	62	0.030%	3.26x
620	Singleton	62	0.030%	1.64x
621	Sprake	62	0.030%	35.73x
622	Toogood	62	0.030%	6.97x
623	Welstead	62	0.030%	40.86x
624	Broom	61	0.030%	2.58x
625	Cluett	61	0.030%	41.79x
626	Goldring	61	0.030%	24.37x
627	Grinter	61	0.030%	26.99x
628	Isaac	61	0.030%	2.54x
629	Male	61	0.030%	5.31x
630	Reeves	61	0.030%	0.78x
631	Suter	61	0.030%	10.66x
632	Banger	60	0.030%	48.06x
633	Board	60	0.030%	8.43x
634	Elmes	60	0.030%	13.66x
635	Galton	60	0.030%	33.35x
636	Hammond	60	0.030%	0.55x
637	Jesty	60	0.030%	61.26x
638	Pittman	60	0.030%	12.75x
639	Plowman	60	0.030%	6.11x
640	Preston	60	0.030%	0.63x
641	Seal	60	0.030%	4.34x
642	Squire	60	0.030%	2.64x
643	Benfield	59	0.030%	10.63x
644	Bright	59	0.030%	1.52x
645	Burrows	59	0.030%	0.70x
646	Chilcott	59	0.030%	10.34x
647	Hinde	59	0.030%	7.38x
648	Loder	59	0.030%	16.58x
649	Loveridge	59	0.030%	8.57x
650	Musselwhite	59	0.030%	19.20x
651	Record	59	0.030%	21.99x
652	Reynolds	59	0.030%	0.36x
653	Rockett	59	0.030%	17.96x
654	Tomkins	59	0.030%	2.97x
655	Batten	58	0.030%	3.28x
656	Daniels	58	0.030%	0.96x
657	Eastment	58	0.030%	30.92x
658	Ferry	58	0.030%	9.58x
659	Hewlett	58	0.030%	4.84x
660	Kenway	58	0.030%	45.08x
661	Lodder	58	0.030%	37.44x
662	Notley	58	0.030%	16.24x
663	Patten	58	0.030%	4.82x
664	Perris	58	0.030%	23.17x
665	Rabbetts	58	0.030%	100.66x
666	Stephens	58	0.030%	0.55x
667	Styles	58	0.030%	2.86x
668	Card	57	0.030%	5.07x
669	Dare	57	0.030%	6.89x
670	Dodge	57	0.030%	7.58x
671	Isaacs	57	0.030%	3.45x
672	Kiddle	57	0.030%	13.74x
673	Newbury	57	0.030%	4.89x
674	Pauley	57	0.030%	27.14x
675	Score	57	0.030%	59.75x
676	Welsh	57	0.030%	0.75x
677	Woodford	57	0.030%	4.29x
678	Baverstock	56	0.030%	12.66x
679	Bowering	56	0.030%	22.20x
680	Buckler	56	0.030%	9.15x
681	Godwin	56	0.030%	2.26x
682	Hatchard	56	0.030%	21.92x
683	Meader	56	0.030%	30.69x
684	Medway	56	0.030%	29.45x
685	Oxenbury	56	0.030%	99.41x
686	Wadham	56	0.030%	14.13x
687	Waterman	56	0.030%	3.76x
688	Whitty	56	0.030%	21.13x
689	Wrixon	56	0.030%	113.61x
690	Chainey	55	0.030%	41.71x
691	Cooke	55	0.030%	0.52x
692	Ferrett	55	0.030%	34.64x
693	Henning	55	0.030%	19.66x
694	Hordle	55	0.030%	102.31x
695	Jefford	55	0.030%	18.96x
696	Jukes	55	0.030%	4.76x
697	Lamb	55	0.030%	0.54x
698	Tanner	55	0.030%	1.28x
699	Barber	54	0.030%	0.47x
700	Bushrod	54	0.030%	77.40x