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 Sherlock, with 7 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
101	Sherlock	7	0.070%	10.08x
102	Tremayne	7	0.070%	65.60x
103	Worden	7	0.070%	23.98x
104	Anscombe	6	0.060%	27.40x
105	Board	6	0.060%	15.67x
106	Budden	6	0.060%	15.06x
107	Carline	6	0.060%	32.45x
108	Carne	6	0.060%	20.85x
109	Croad	6	0.060%	65.01x
110	Crocombe	6	0.060%	81.86x
111	Culverwell	6	0.060%	35.21x
112	Denner	6	0.060%	67.26x
113	Doonan	6	0.060%	136.05x
114	Farnie	6	0.060%	306.12x
115	Fegan	6	0.060%	49.67x
116	Fellingham	6	0.060%	73.26x
117	Galpin	6	0.060%	25.30x
118	Hogger	6	0.060%	150.38x
119	Kerslake	6	0.060%	17.43x
120	Latty	6	0.060%	163.04x
121	Mccoy	6	0.060%	85.47x
122	Mutter	6	0.060%	37.81x
123	Pells	6	0.060%	48.15x
124	Puckett	6	0.060%	60.73x
125	Tett	6	0.060%	113.85x
126	Trevitt	6	0.060%	54.64x
127	Applin	5	0.050%	45.83x
128	Bargery	5	0.050%	83.47x
129	Caplin	5	0.050%	43.37x
130	Dennington	5	0.050%	45.83x
131	Ennis	5	0.050%	17.77x
132	Golledge	5	0.050%	48.59x
133	Goring	5	0.050%	16.28x
134	Greenham	5	0.050%	24.95x
135	Harbour	5	0.050%	18.76x
136	Honeyman	5	0.050%	14.84x
137	Lillington	5	0.050%	62.03x
138	Mallard	5	0.050%	18.74x
139	Osmond	5	0.050%	10.74x
140	Peek	5	0.050%	18.36x
141	Sanby	5	0.050%	201.61x
142	Scrivens	5	0.050%	16.23x
143	Sleeman	5	0.050%	15.00x
144	Thompkins	5	0.050%	170.65x
145	Tuckwell	5	0.050%	28.04x
146	Waren	5	0.050%	190.84x
147	Weyman	5	0.050%	60.24x
148	Boatswain	4	0.040%	322.58x
149	Clarey	4	0.040%	42.55x
150	Clothier	4	0.040%	18.65x
151	Crone	4	0.040%	21.24x
152	Downton	4	0.040%	20.60x
153	Every	4	0.040%	25.94x
154	Genge	4	0.040%	41.07x
155	Ingleson	4	0.040%	51.41x
156	Lowing	4	0.040%	112.68x
157	Mant	4	0.040%	32.55x
158	Monger	4	0.040%	21.44x
159	Pledger	4	0.040%	15.77x
160	Rumbold	4	0.040%	17.71x
161	Saward	4	0.040%	26.77x
162	Wallbridge	4	0.040%	45.05x
163	Appleford	3	0.030%	26.57x
164	Askham	3	0.030%	14.95x
165	Bigmore	3	0.030%	39.79x
166	Blainey	3	0.030%	61.35x
167	Brennen	3	0.030%	47.10x
168	Bungay	3	0.030%	28.01x
169	Checkley	3	0.030%	15.79x
170	Colston	3	0.030%	15.93x
171	Dibben	3	0.030%	16.99x
172	Eckersly	3	0.030%	174.42x
173	Edmund	3	0.030%	28.30x
174	Grunnill	3	0.030%	434.78x
175	Gullick	3	0.030%	31.68x
176	Hiron	3	0.030%	43.35x
177	Hookins	3	0.030%	102.39x
178	Jeanes	3	0.030%	17.83x
179	Leahy	3	0.030%	18.70x
180	Mccallum	3	0.030%	126.05x
181	Melluish	3	0.030%	48.94x
182	Nowlan	3	0.030%	41.72x
183	Pester	3	0.030%	25.71x
184	Pulling	3	0.030%	17.64x
185	Rigler	3	0.030%	106.38x
186	Rimington	3	0.030%	26.98x
187	Rosenbaum	3	0.030%	90.91x
188	Sanger	3	0.030%	10.96x
189	Trevis	3	0.030%	45.87x
190	Witcher	3	0.030%	41.32x
191	Akerman	2	0.020%	13.35x
192	Astill	2	0.020%	12.44x
193	Batter	2	0.020%	34.78x
194	Billingsley	2	0.020%	13.87x
195	Bowbrick	2	0.020%	116.28x
196	Buckell	2	0.020%	18.62x
197	Buckham	2	0.020%	16.79x
198	Chidley	2	0.020%	14.20x
199	Chipp	2	0.020%	26.04x
200	Cleal	2	0.020%	13.51x