1881 census place

Beaminster surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Beaminster, Dorset in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

118 surnames are listed for Beaminster, Dorset, covering 1,057 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bugler, with 72 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Beaminster

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Bugler	72	3.38%	3157.89x
2	Paul	48	2.25%	89.99x
3	Dawe	37	1.74%	199.57x
4	Chubb	33	1.55%	278.95x
5	Poole	32	1.50%	31.17x
6	Swaffield	30	1.41%	1090.91x
7	Legg	29	1.36%	82.43x
8	Tuck	28	1.31%	102.34x
9	Hawker	27	1.27%	165.44x
10	Travers	23	1.08%	215.15x
11	Bowditch	22	1.03%	414.31x
12	Coombs	21	0.990%	58.28x
13	Way	21	0.990%	89.36x
14	Weaver	21	0.990%	37.89x
15	Hann	19	0.890%	195.27x
16	Hallett	18	0.840%	68.65x
17	Meech	18	0.840%	410.02x
18	Pomery	18	0.840%	1565.22x
19	Symes	17	0.800%	108.28x
20	Frampton	16	0.750%	95.29x
21	Barter	15	0.700%	128.42x
22	Boon	15	0.700%	75.11x
23	Trump	15	0.700%	458.72x
24	Clare	14	0.660%	45.38x
25	Keech	13	0.610%	288.89x
26	Galpin	12	0.560%	244.90x
27	Hussey	12	0.560%	55.87x
28	Quarrell	12	0.560%	1237.11x
29	Rendell	12	0.560%	134.53x
30	Andress	11	0.520%	1428.57x
31	Gillingham	10	0.470%	104.82x
32	Guppy	10	0.470%	177.62x
33	Hansford	10	0.470%	95.06x
34	Shephard	10	0.470%	48.92x
35	Froome	9	0.420%	517.24x
36	Rousell	9	0.420%	569.62x
37	Shapland	9	0.420%	235.60x
38	Chaffey	8	0.380%	234.60x
39	Greenham	8	0.380%	193.24x
40	Legge	8	0.380%	84.03x
41	Podger	8	0.380%	379.15x
42	Shiner	8	0.380%	334.73x
43	Sydenham	8	0.380%	179.78x
44	Tizzard	8	0.380%	286.74x
45	Toleman	8	0.380%	629.92x
46	Wakely	8	0.380%	227.27x
47	Whitty	8	0.380%	271.19x
48	Woodbury	8	0.380%	425.53x
49	Maunder	7	0.330%	72.84x
50	Rendle	7	0.330%	111.29x
51	Samways	7	0.330%	113.27x
52	Stook	7	0.330%	1521.74x
53	Wheadon	7	0.330%	321.10x
54	Ebdon	6	0.280%	258.62x
55	Furmedge	6	0.280%	1578.95x
56	Gear	6	0.280%	75.38x
57	Newbery	6	0.280%	97.88x
58	Pilley	6	0.280%	217.39x
59	Pine	6	0.280%	94.49x
60	Poat	6	0.280%	1200.00x
61	Caddy	5	0.230%	82.37x
62	Cleal	5	0.230%	163.40x
63	Gudge	5	0.230%	485.44x
64	Larcombe	5	0.230%	74.85x
65	Pomeroy	5	0.230%	84.60x
66	Shearing	5	0.230%	96.90x
67	Cursons	4	0.190%	689.66x
68	Genge	4	0.190%	199.01x
69	Halson	4	0.190%	519.48x
70	Keddle	4	0.190%	888.89x
71	Kingsbury	4	0.190%	82.99x
72	Purkis	4	0.190%	70.05x
73	Record	4	0.190%	134.23x
74	Tett	4	0.190%	366.97x
75	Winsor	4	0.190%	62.50x
76	Beament	3	0.140%	340.91x
77	Bickford	3	0.140%	75.00x
78	Forsey	3	0.140%	131.58x
79	Foyle	3	0.140%	71.26x
80	Hewer	3	0.140%	71.26x
81	Hurford	3	0.140%	51.55x
82	Leaney	3	0.140%	120.00x
83	Mintern	3	0.140%	254.24x
84	Stembridge	3	0.140%	272.73x
85	Traverse	3	0.140%	250.00x
86	Trevett	3	0.140%	87.21x
87	Ackerman	2	0.090%	55.25x
88	Brinson	2	0.090%	156.25x
89	Cleall	2	0.090%	97.09x
90	Dowdeswell	2	0.090%	74.63x
91	Dunsby	2	0.090%	186.92x
92	Hulls	2	0.090%	143.88x
93	Mabey	2	0.090%	63.09x
94	Pester	2	0.090%	82.99x
95	Priddle	2	0.090%	57.31x
96	Shimell	2	0.090%	512.82x
97	Stoodley	2	0.090%	74.91x
98	Tenant	2	0.090%	176.99x
99	Woolmington	2	0.090%	303.03x
100	Applin	1	0.050%	44.25x