1881 census place

Melcombe Regis surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Melcombe Regis, 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

499 surnames are listed for Melcombe Regis, Dorset, covering 2,974 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Samways, with 51 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Melcombe Regis

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	Samways	51	0.640%	221.16x
2	Read	44	0.550%	8.59x
3	Bartlett	42	0.530%	12.07x
4	Legg	42	0.530%	32.02x
5	Symes	42	0.530%	71.72x
6	Bishop	40	0.500%	7.20x
7	Tizard	36	0.450%	413.79x
8	Jolliffe	35	0.440%	97.79x
9	Farwell	33	0.420%	452.05x
10	Rolls	33	0.420%	93.17x
11	Crabb	30	0.380%	36.39x
12	Crocker	29	0.370%	27.17x
13	Bowring	28	0.350%	109.46x
14	Hibbs	28	0.350%	101.67x
15	Pavey	28	0.350%	82.38x
16	Slade	28	0.350%	17.66x
17	Cornick	27	0.340%	237.26x
18	Flisher	27	0.340%	697.67x
19	Vye	26	0.330%	469.31x
20	Dench	25	0.310%	167.67x
21	Gillingham	24	0.300%	67.45x
22	Meech	24	0.300%	146.61x
23	Rendell	23	0.290%	69.17x
24	Paul	22	0.280%	11.06x
25	Beale	21	0.260%	20.82x
26	Guy	21	0.260%	12.07x
27	Hanger	21	0.260%	262.17x
28	Simmonds	21	0.260%	9.90x
29	Symonds	21	0.260%	21.93x
30	Board	20	0.250%	67.80x
31	Fooks	19	0.240%	148.90x
32	Peach	19	0.240%	22.11x
33	Trim	19	0.240%	79.73x
34	Whittle	18	0.230%	10.40x
35	Acourt	17	0.210%	720.34x
36	Bowering	17	0.210%	162.68x
37	Foot	17	0.210%	21.59x
38	Mabb	17	0.210%	402.84x
39	Masters	17	0.210%	11.55x
40	Hounsell	16	0.200%	118.26x
41	Parkman	16	0.200%	253.57x
42	Pitman	16	0.200%	22.07x
43	Ryall	16	0.200%	59.59x
44	Stoodley	16	0.200%	160.80x
45	Hansford	15	0.190%	38.25x
46	Keats	15	0.190%	86.06x
47	Squibb	15	0.190%	87.51x
48	Tomkins	15	0.190%	18.21x
49	Besant	14	0.180%	191.78x
50	Cosens	14	0.180%	216.38x
51	Denman	14	0.180%	39.56x
52	Derrick	14	0.180%	31.45x
53	Mayne	14	0.180%	29.79x
54	Greenham	13	0.160%	84.20x
55	Hayman	13	0.160%	21.45x
56	Milledge	13	0.160%	337.66x
57	Seward	13	0.160%	29.78x
58	Fudge	12	0.150%	40.46x
59	Mace	12	0.150%	17.13x
60	Siddons	12	0.150%	77.32x
61	Sly	12	0.150%	39.92x
62	Staple	12	0.150%	108.99x
63	Stroud	12	0.150%	14.60x
64	Biles	11	0.140%	53.63x
65	Bridle	11	0.140%	31.99x
66	Burdon	11	0.140%	42.26x
67	Croad	11	0.140%	154.71x
68	Drayton	11	0.140%	39.37x
69	Scriven	11	0.140%	27.51x
70	Brinsley	10	0.130%	263.85x
71	Burge	10	0.130%	17.39x
72	Caddy	10	0.130%	44.19x
73	Chalker	10	0.130%	88.65x
74	Chick	10	0.130%	22.94x
75	Hines	10	0.130%	14.77x
76	Hodder	10	0.130%	25.73x
77	Inkpen	10	0.130%	96.43x
78	Kellaway	10	0.130%	58.72x
79	Lakey	10	0.130%	123.61x
80	Learmouth	10	0.130%	134.59x
81	Mogg	10	0.130%	53.45x
82	Rodda	10	0.130%	49.98x
83	Smyth	10	0.130%	13.47x
84	Steadman	10	0.130%	20.45x
85	Verrier	10	0.130%	205.76x
86	Wellman	10	0.130%	55.43x
87	Woodland	10	0.130%	24.80x
88	Baggs	9	0.110%	48.89x
89	Bolt	9	0.110%	15.67x
90	Chubb	9	0.110%	20.40x
91	Clapp	9	0.110%	30.45x
92	Curling	9	0.110%	72.46x
93	Curphey	9	0.110%	94.24x
94	Diment	9	0.110%	74.69x
95	Dring	9	0.110%	25.43x
96	Duffell	9	0.110%	92.40x
97	Eagle	9	0.110%	20.45x
98	Frampton	9	0.110%	14.37x
99	Gundry	9	0.110%	70.20x
100	Hurdle	9	0.110%	87.63x