1881 census place

Corfe Mullen surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Corfe Mullen, 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

47 surnames are listed for Corfe Mullen, Dorset, covering 278 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Best, with 23 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Corfe Mullen

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	Best	23	3.31%	122.80x
2	Case	21	3.02%	302.59x
3	Cose	19	2.73%	3584.91x
4	Fall	15	2.16%	1006.71x
5	Cherrett	14	2.01%	2500.00x
6	Toop	14	2.01%	1129.03x
7	Christopher	11	1.58%	268.95x
8	Pond	10	1.44%	296.74x
9	Atwell	9	1.30%	612.24x
10	Maidment	9	1.30%	234.99x
11	Wigmore	8	1.15%	441.99x
12	Woodford	8	1.15%	165.98x
13	Budden	7	1.01%	260.22x
14	Cartle	7	1.01%	14000.00x
15	Fancy	7	1.01%	1458.33x
16	Hollaway	7	1.01%	1111.11x
17	Sebley	6	0.860%	3000.00x
18	Dossett	5	0.720%	1111.11x
19	Muston	5	0.720%	757.58x
20	Pardy	5	0.720%	819.67x
21	Sharland	5	0.720%	273.22x
22	Telley	5	0.720%	5000.00x
23	Cattle	4	0.580%	231.21x
24	Ensor	4	0.580%	258.06x
25	Shorey	4	0.580%	555.56x
26	Whitling	4	0.580%	1739.13x
27	Bicker	3	0.430%	508.47x
28	Freak	3	0.430%	731.71x
29	Kerley	3	0.430%	236.22x
30	Meaby	3	0.430%	1764.71x
31	Patey	3	0.430%	192.31x
32	Welstead	3	0.430%	545.45x
33	Wyett	3	0.430%	1200.00x
34	Crab	2	0.290%	1176.47x
35	Florence	2	0.290%	145.99x
36	Hembury	2	0.290%	769.23x
37	Lace	2	0.290%	152.67x
38	Mullens	2	0.290%	224.72x
39	Poor	2	0.290%	363.64x
40	Yeatman	2	0.290%	190.48x
41	Berrett	1	0.140%	222.22x
42	Coakes	1	0.140%	263.16x
43	Geer	1	0.140%	126.58x
44	Mils	1	0.140%	1428.57x
45	Pelly	1	0.140%	277.78x
46	Polden	1	0.140%	138.89x
47	Warland	1	0.140%	181.82x