1881 census place

Cranborne surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cranborne, 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

99 surnames are listed for Cranborne, Dorset, covering 1,353 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bailey, with 101 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cranborne

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	Bailey	101	4.36%	28.93x
2	Brewer	89	3.84%	144.76x
3	Sims	76	3.28%	109.37x
4	Sherring	58	2.50%	2056.74x
5	Read	50	2.16%	33.46x
6	Fry	49	2.11%	65.98x
7	Lockyer	44	1.90%	248.31x
8	Haskell	43	1.86%	725.13x
9	Nicklen	33	1.42%	2444.44x
10	Thorne	33	1.42%	67.53x
11	Joy	30	1.29%	153.77x
12	Revel	29	1.25%	1324.20x
13	Beale	27	1.16%	91.77x
14	Frampton	26	1.12%	142.31x
15	Stickland	26	1.12%	272.25x
16	Colborne	25	1.08%	922.51x
17	Thorn	25	1.08%	72.17x
18	Trickett	24	1.04%	238.57x
19	Amey	22	0.950%	339.51x
20	Shearing	22	0.950%	392.16x
21	Orman	21	0.910%	673.08x
22	Hayter	19	0.820%	111.05x
23	Nicklin	19	0.820%	206.52x
24	Hibberd	18	0.780%	126.23x
25	Burbage	17	0.730%	456.99x
26	Oxford	17	0.730%	212.23x
27	Dibley	16	0.690%	509.55x
28	Ferrett	14	0.600%	729.17x
29	Baily	13	0.560%	88.62x
30	Luckham	12	0.520%	701.75x
31	Budden	11	0.470%	122.77x
32	Jefferies	11	0.470%	42.85x
33	Beal	10	0.430%	45.91x
34	Scutt	10	0.430%	169.20x
35	Skeats	10	0.430%	381.68x
36	Knowlton	9	0.390%	466.32x
37	Lush	9	0.390%	96.77x
38	Moores	9	0.390%	46.95x
39	Pounds	9	0.390%	311.42x
40	Shergold	9	0.390%	155.98x
41	Viney	9	0.390%	102.39x
42	Kerley	8	0.350%	188.24x
43	Longman	8	0.350%	68.26x
44	Rooke	8	0.350%	46.81x
45	Spray	8	0.350%	115.11x
46	Stockwell	8	0.350%	58.31x
47	Antell	7	0.300%	546.88x
48	Aplin	7	0.300%	109.03x
49	Coffin	7	0.300%	124.11x
50	Crutcher	7	0.300%	1000.00x
51	Flemington	7	0.300%	630.63x
52	Lewington	7	0.300%	113.82x
53	Robberts	7	0.300%	786.52x
54	Standfield	7	0.300%	503.60x
55	Husher	6	0.260%	1333.33x
56	Manston	6	0.260%	1016.95x
57	Shering	6	0.260%	1395.35x
58	Sherred	6	0.260%	1363.64x
59	Tiller	6	0.260%	97.56x
60	Trowbridge	6	0.260%	97.09x
61	Zebedee	6	0.260%	1052.63x
62	Bungay	5	0.220%	207.47x
63	Chilcott	5	0.220%	72.46x
64	Coney	5	0.220%	75.99x
65	Daintree	5	0.220%	704.23x
66	Ings	5	0.220%	125.31x
67	Kenchington	5	0.220%	490.20x
68	Lonnen	5	0.220%	1162.79x
69	Stillman	5	0.220%	205.76x
70	Whitewood	5	0.220%	226.24x
71	Colbourne	4	0.170%	122.32x
72	Pardy	4	0.170%	196.08x
73	Ridout	4	0.170%	48.54x
74	Shutler	4	0.170%	296.30x
75	Witherington	4	0.170%	155.04x
76	Beckingham	3	0.130%	87.46x
77	Fink	3	0.130%	344.83x
78	Freemantle	3	0.130%	55.35x
79	Gurd	3	0.130%	114.94x
80	Pinhorn	3	0.130%	272.73x
81	Stainer	3	0.130%	61.22x
82	Woodvine	3	0.130%	211.27x
83	Bracher	2	0.090%	59.88x
84	Hatchard	2	0.090%	64.72x
85	Henning	2	0.090%	59.17x
86	Joliffe	2	0.090%	125.79x
87	Kearley	2	0.090%	147.06x
88	Tague	2	0.090%	183.49x
89	Verge	2	0.090%	434.78x
90	Whiffen	2	0.090%	70.92x
91	Blackmoor	1	0.040%	90.91x
92	Cailes	1	0.040%	158.73x
93	Cheater	1	0.040%	56.18x
94	Cressy	1	0.040%	57.14x
95	Gritt	1	0.040%	166.67x
96	Lowder	1	0.040%	63.69x
97	Prewett	1	0.040%	49.02x
98	Runyard	1	0.040%	192.31x
99	Selmes	1	0.040%	66.67x