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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 Bly, with 1 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
101Bly155.56x
102Canterbury1120.48x
103Coot1105.26x
104Damen1103.09x
105Difford190.09x
106Downe166.67x
107Duffett145.66x
108Gollop143.67x
109Grabham137.74x
110Haliday152.36x
111Huxter192.59x
112Keniston1188.68x
113Lew1434.78x
114Maber169.93x
115Northy1142.86x
116Pippett1169.49x
117Scard1113.64x
118Tilsley138.31x