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 Savage, with 46 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
801	Savage	46	0.020%	0.62x
802	Trickett	46	0.020%	5.53x
803	Wallbridge	46	0.020%	27.85x
804	Watson	46	0.020%	0.10x
805	Willcox	46	0.020%	4.45x
806	Belben	45	0.020%	71.72x
807	Bellows	45	0.020%	55.79x
808	Buckland	45	0.020%	2.22x
809	Canterbury	45	0.020%	60.60x
810	Dyer	45	0.020%	0.61x
811	Hare	45	0.020%	1.52x
812	Manning	45	0.020%	0.74x
813	Mathews	45	0.020%	0.64x
814	Robertson	45	0.020%	0.14x
815	Shorey	45	0.020%	22.75x
816	Sutton	45	0.020%	0.37x
817	Wilds	45	0.020%	17.19x
818	Woolridge	45	0.020%	17.36x
819	Burbidge	44	0.020%	6.74x
820	Clapp	44	0.020%	6.17x
821	Sargeant	44	0.020%	2.91x
822	Soper	44	0.020%	3.70x
823	Tilsed	44	0.020%	149.41x
824	Trevis	44	0.020%	36.17x
825	Trump	44	0.020%	14.97x
826	Udall	44	0.020%	12.27x
827	Vallance	44	0.020%	5.09x
828	Whiffen	44	0.020%	18.83x
829	Ballard	43	0.020%	1.49x
830	Brinson	43	0.020%	37.32x
831	Cartridge	43	0.020%	31.39x
832	Chinn	43	0.020%	6.60x
833	Clench	43	0.020%	24.34x
834	Cornish	43	0.020%	1.55x
835	Dear	43	0.020%	3.03x
836	Gibson	43	0.020%	0.18x
837	Homer	43	0.020%	2.95x
838	Jerrard	43	0.020%	24.34x
839	Luckham	43	0.020%	30.39x
840	Mitchel	43	0.020%	2.29x
841	Reader	43	0.020%	2.60x
842	Tolley	43	0.020%	4.29x
843	Watkins	43	0.020%	0.37x
844	Woolfries	43	0.020%	95.96x
845	Abbot	42	0.020%	4.64x
846	Ainsworth	42	0.020%	1.11x
847	Angel	42	0.020%	5.10x
848	Ash	42	0.020%	1.33x
849	Douch	42	0.020%	23.18x
850	Goodchild	42	0.020%	2.25x
851	Hockey	42	0.020%	7.19x
852	Knott	42	0.020%	1.10x
853	Monk	42	0.020%	1.04x
854	Pidgeon	42	0.020%	6.59x
855	Rabbits	42	0.020%	26.35x
856	Rake	42	0.020%	26.67x
857	Whitmarsh	42	0.020%	10.36x
858	Willmott	42	0.020%	3.50x
859	Wilmott	42	0.020%	6.46x
860	Bacon	41	0.020%	0.85x
861	Carpenter	41	0.020%	0.62x
862	Dyett	41	0.020%	47.09x
863	Mockridge	41	0.020%	24.63x
864	Noake	41	0.020%	23.29x
865	Orman	41	0.020%	15.89x
866	Philips	41	0.020%	1.15x
867	Rigler	41	0.020%	78.10x
868	Speck	41	0.020%	12.04x
869	Trott	41	0.020%	3.25x
870	Chaldecott	40	0.020%	89.27x
871	Chambers	40	0.020%	0.37x
872	Gosling	40	0.020%	1.33x
873	Graham	40	0.020%	0.18x
874	Hewett	40	0.020%	1.79x
875	How	40	0.020%	3.20x
876	Joyner	40	0.020%	9.04x
877	Roe	40	0.020%	1.07x
878	Sly	40	0.020%	5.51x
879	Woodman	40	0.020%	1.89x
880	Beal	39	0.020%	2.16x
881	Bessant	39	0.020%	10.17x
882	Chisman	39	0.020%	31.57x
883	Clothier	39	0.020%	9.78x
884	Creed	39	0.020%	3.66x
885	Farthing	39	0.020%	3.86x
886	Flisher	39	0.020%	41.72x
887	Fowles	39	0.020%	4.15x
888	Freak	39	0.020%	34.23x
889	Gulliver	39	0.020%	6.00x
890	Hammett	39	0.020%	6.11x
891	Hellyer	39	0.020%	11.74x
892	Humphries	39	0.020%	0.90x
893	Jennings	39	0.020%	0.40x
894	Luff	39	0.020%	3.16x
895	March	39	0.020%	1.89x
896	Peaty	39	0.020%	34.23x
897	Shephard	39	0.020%	2.12x
898	Wilkinson	39	0.020%	0.13x
899	Woolfrey	39	0.020%	51.63x
900	Dugdale	38	0.020%	2.88x