1881 census place
Cerne Abbas surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Cerne Abbas, 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
49 surnames are listed for Cerne Abbas, Dorset, covering 295 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Paddock, with 21 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Cerne Abbas
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paddock | 21 | 886.08x |
| 2 | House | 18 | 148.88x |
| 3 | Biles | 13 | 541.67x |
| 4 | Mabey | 13 | 942.03x |
| 5 | Amey | 12 | 461.54x |
| 6 | Northover | 12 | 603.02x |
| 7 | Sherry | 12 | 368.10x |
| 8 | Cheesman | 10 | 210.53x |
| 9 | Cornick | 10 | 751.88x |
| 10 | Tibbs | 10 | 485.44x |
| 11 | Peaty | 9 | 1636.36x |
| 12 | Riggs | 9 | 290.32x |
| 13 | Terrell | 9 | 576.92x |
| 14 | Leg | 8 | 4705.88x |
| 15 | Old | 8 | 212.20x |
| 16 | Antell | 7 | 1372.55x |
| 17 | Pauley | 7 | 686.27x |
| 18 | Paulley | 7 | 5833.33x |
| 19 | Pile | 7 | 163.17x |
| 20 | Devenish | 6 | 487.80x |
| 21 | Hansford | 6 | 131.00x |
| 22 | Kingdom | 6 | 277.78x |
| 23 | Curtes | 5 | 2272.73x |
| 24 | Mercy | 5 | 1086.96x |
| 25 | Sturmey | 5 | 769.23x |
| 26 | Dorning | 4 | 571.43x |
| 27 | Gundry | 4 | 266.67x |
| 28 | Oregan | 4 | 3636.36x |
| 29 | Perret | 4 | 1142.86x |
| 30 | Sharda | 4 | 40000.00x |
| 31 | Whitty | 4 | 312.50x |
| 32 | Billett | 3 | 150.00x |
| 33 | Caines | 3 | 160.43x |
| 34 | Gaulton | 3 | 517.24x |
| 35 | Kellaway | 3 | 150.75x |
| 36 | Pitfield | 3 | 379.75x |
| 37 | Tobias | 3 | 405.41x |
| 38 | Curme | 2 | 1111.11x |
| 39 | Dominy | 2 | 384.62x |
| 40 | Knell | 2 | 141.84x |
| 41 | Mcmahon | 2 | 131.58x |
| 42 | Spong | 2 | 122.70x |
| 43 | Waygood | 2 | 266.67x |
| 44 | Daffy | 1 | 909.09x |
| 45 | Hurlstone | 1 | 204.08x |
| 46 | Shorey | 1 | 104.17x |
| 47 | Sprake | 1 | 119.05x |
| 48 | Tizard | 1 | 98.04x |
| 49 | Trash | 1 | 384.62x |