1881 census place

Portland surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Portland, 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

586 surnames are listed for Portland, Dorset, covering 4,251 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Stone, with 404 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Portland

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	Stone	404	3.92%	54.21x
2	Pearce	338	3.28%	35.69x
3	White	260	2.52%	7.85x
4	Comben	223	2.16%	2152.51x
5	Attwooll	138	1.34%	2190.48x
6	Way	117	1.13%	102.92x
7	Gibbs	108	1.05%	21.32x
8	Flew	84	0.810%	1114.06x
9	Sansom	83	0.810%	119.36x
10	Elliott	79	0.770%	9.03x
11	Otter	71	0.690%	273.50x
12	Andrews	54	0.520%	5.47x
13	Peters	54	0.520%	14.94x
14	Fall	53	0.510%	239.06x
15	Lowman	50	0.490%	216.73x
16	Scriven	49	0.480%	94.45x
17	Hinde	48	0.470%	111.73x
18	Winter	46	0.450%	12.58x
19	Read	41	0.400%	6.17x
20	Anthony	36	0.350%	30.05x
21	Hoskins	35	0.340%	34.81x
22	Hansford	33	0.320%	64.86x
23	Wallis	33	0.320%	9.45x
24	Benfield	32	0.310%	107.20x
25	Jolliffe	31	0.300%	66.75x
26	Fancy	30	0.290%	417.25x
27	Frampton	28	0.270%	34.46x
28	Gale	26	0.250%	8.42x
29	Male	25	0.240%	40.50x
30	Dine	24	0.230%	420.32x
31	Petters	24	0.230%	471.51x
32	Hounsell	23	0.220%	130.98x
33	Cleall	22	0.210%	221.11x
34	Gee	21	0.200%	7.98x
35	Burden	19	0.180%	14.40x
36	Orchard	19	0.180%	17.34x
37	Hodder	18	0.170%	35.69x
38	Mellish	17	0.160%	77.52x
39	Patten	17	0.160%	26.28x
40	Score	17	0.160%	331.38x
41	Chaddock	16	0.160%	179.37x
42	Honeybun	16	0.160%	211.36x
43	Waight	16	0.160%	99.07x
44	Hindle	15	0.150%	10.35x
45	Joslin	15	0.150%	37.79x
46	Weakley	15	0.150%	208.62x
47	Lynham	14	0.140%	231.02x
48	Pavey	13	0.130%	29.48x
49	Syms	13	0.130%	79.66x
50	Bollen	11	0.110%	92.91x
51	Coombe	11	0.110%	19.70x
52	Davidge	11	0.110%	61.80x
53	Davy	11	0.110%	8.65x
54	Dowell	11	0.110%	21.30x
55	Dryer	11	0.110%	247.75x
56	Acott	10	0.100%	90.17x
57	Binks	10	0.100%	16.44x
58	Dorey	10	0.100%	28.12x
59	Keats	10	0.100%	44.21x
60	Marwood	10	0.100%	37.05x
61	Mears	10	0.100%	10.29x
62	Moyse	10	0.100%	41.08x
63	Trim	10	0.100%	32.35x
64	Colwell	9	0.090%	26.87x
65	Dunkley	9	0.090%	10.97x
66	Hannigan	9	0.090%	107.53x
67	Hibbs	9	0.090%	25.19x
68	Mabey	9	0.090%	58.75x
69	Ottley	9	0.090%	72.64x
70	Pitman	9	0.090%	9.57x
71	Pook	9	0.090%	30.97x
72	Rolls	9	0.090%	19.58x
73	Schollar	9	0.090%	205.95x
74	Seaward	9	0.090%	49.89x
75	Thresher	9	0.090%	77.59x
76	Tizard	9	0.090%	79.72x
77	Tookey	9	0.090%	67.21x
78	Ayles	8	0.080%	46.30x
79	Byrnes	8	0.080%	43.69x
80	Deely	8	0.080%	279.72x
81	Delahunty	8	0.080%	465.12x
82	Frogley	8	0.080%	93.35x
83	Gear	8	0.080%	20.78x
84	Mckeown	8	0.080%	155.04x
85	Mcmahon	8	0.080%	47.53x
86	Pepperell	8	0.080%	45.48x
87	Royal	8	0.080%	27.41x
88	Scadden	8	0.080%	132.89x
89	Squibb	8	0.080%	35.97x
90	Angel	7	0.070%	15.81x
91	Betsworth	7	0.070%	144.33x
92	Byatt	7	0.070%	27.26x
93	Cawley	7	0.070%	12.82x
94	Diment	7	0.070%	44.79x
95	Elford	7	0.070%	22.32x
96	Excell	7	0.070%	54.64x
97	Glazier	7	0.070%	42.63x
98	Latimer	7	0.070%	17.64x
99	Mcguiness	7	0.070%	104.32x
100	Rodenhurst	7	0.070%	205.28x