1881 census place

Dorchester surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dorchester, Oxfordshire 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

46 surnames are listed for Dorchester, Oxfordshire, covering 333 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Stacey, with 31 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dorchester

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	Stacey	31	3.06%	136.32x
2	Cobb	29	2.86%	201.39x
3	Greenaway	27	2.67%	424.53x
4	Holliday	27	2.67%	203.31x
5	Tinson	24	2.37%	1548.39x
6	Cherrill	15	1.48%	2941.18x
7	Selwood	15	1.48%	549.45x
8	Hawes	14	1.38%	112.00x
9	Lovett	12	1.18%	129.59x
10	Cozens	11	1.09%	247.19x
11	Hornblow	11	1.09%	2115.38x
12	Goodey	10	0.990%	420.17x
13	Honeybone	9	0.890%	1551.72x
14	Hulton	8	0.790%	398.01x
15	Swadling	8	0.790%	941.18x
16	Wheatly	8	0.790%	481.93x
17	Hitchman	7	0.690%	209.58x
18	Chaney	6	0.590%	283.02x
19	Howse	6	0.590%	153.06x
20	Hannam	5	0.490%	161.29x
21	Halt	4	0.390%	1176.47x
22	Willsdon	4	0.390%	2857.14x
23	Boler	3	0.300%	526.32x
24	Breed	3	0.300%	171.43x
25	Ody	3	0.300%	394.74x
26	Treadwell	3	0.300%	113.64x
27	Tredwell	3	0.300%	379.75x
28	Absalom	2	0.200%	165.29x
29	Byass	2	0.200%	540.54x
30	Currell	2	0.200%	129.03x
31	Hubball	2	0.200%	263.16x
32	Mackett	2	0.200%	370.37x
33	Shippen	2	0.200%	384.62x
34	Tame	2	0.200%	100.00x
35	Winterbourne	2	0.200%	215.05x
36	Bearman	1	0.100%	50.00x
37	Belson	1	0.100%	103.09x
38	Corderoy	1	0.100%	129.87x
39	Dandridge	1	0.100%	128.21x
40	Huett	1	0.100%	357.14x
41	Janaway	1	0.100%	163.93x
42	Jemmett	1	0.100%	153.85x
43	Nary	1	0.100%	227.27x
44	Podd	1	0.100%	136.99x
45	Readings	1	0.100%	232.56x
46	Stickley	1	0.100%	65.79x