1881 census place

Swanage surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Swanage, 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

108 surnames are listed for Swanage, Dorset, covering 1,145 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Norman, with 65 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Swanage

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	Norman	65	2.75%	59.25x
2	Masters	64	2.70%	145.95x
3	Phippard	55	2.32%	4508.20x
4	Tomes	53	2.24%	1292.68x
5	Stickland	36	1.52%	369.23x
6	Burt	33	1.39%	58.71x
7	Edmonds	32	1.35%	70.75x
8	Bonfield	31	1.31%	712.64x
9	Bower	28	1.18%	64.58x
10	Weeks	28	1.18%	55.26x
11	Haysom	26	1.10%	1699.35x
12	Tatchell	26	1.10%	1420.77x
13	Chinchen	25	1.06%	2840.91x
14	Hixon	23	0.970%	1411.04x
15	Stockley	22	0.930%	215.48x
16	Corben	21	0.890%	1200.00x
17	Dowland	20	0.850%	1562.50x
18	Seymour	20	0.850%	41.34x
19	Gillingham	18	0.760%	169.81x
20	Pond	18	0.760%	156.79x
21	Squibb	17	0.720%	332.68x
22	Benfield	15	0.630%	218.98x
23	Hibbs	15	0.630%	182.93x
24	Beavis	14	0.590%	144.48x
25	Coffin	14	0.590%	243.06x
26	Manwell	14	0.590%	1138.21x
27	Styles	14	0.590%	56.00x
28	Selby	13	0.550%	46.00x
29	Linington	12	0.510%	1090.91x
30	Courtney	11	0.460%	64.78x
31	Meader	11	0.460%	488.89x
32	Toms	11	0.460%	60.08x
33	Cleall	9	0.380%	394.74x
34	Coxen	9	0.380%	562.50x
35	Diffey	9	0.380%	604.03x
36	Galley	9	0.380%	106.51x
37	Mellish	9	0.380%	178.93x
38	Vye	9	0.380%	545.45x
39	Bastable	8	0.340%	173.91x
40	Bowring	8	0.340%	104.99x
41	Damon	8	0.340%	547.95x
42	Devenish	8	0.340%	253.97x
43	Dorey	8	0.340%	98.04x
44	Horlock	8	0.340%	189.13x
45	Rosevear	8	0.340%	273.97x
46	Trim	8	0.340%	112.68x
47	Farwell	7	0.300%	322.58x
48	Linnington	7	0.300%	736.84x
49	Studley	7	0.300%	205.28x
50	Travers	7	0.300%	58.92x
51	Arbon	6	0.250%	245.90x
52	Battrick	6	0.250%	375.00x
53	Bidgood	6	0.250%	127.93x
54	Brunsdon	6	0.250%	229.89x
55	Cockerell	6	0.250%	205.48x
56	Cull	6	0.250%	50.89x
57	Curtiss	6	0.250%	166.67x
58	Dolphin	6	0.250%	68.10x
59	Eyres	6	0.250%	83.10x
60	Handcock	6	0.250%	109.29x
61	Harden	6	0.250%	64.52x
62	Wellstead	6	0.250%	215.83x
63	Billett	5	0.210%	98.04x
64	Gaugh	5	0.210%	1666.67x
65	Hake	5	0.210%	185.87x
66	Hooke	5	0.210%	163.40x
67	Hove	5	0.210%	1315.79x
68	Keynes	5	0.210%	375.94x
69	Marshfield	5	0.210%	450.45x
70	Nineham	5	0.210%	714.29x
71	Searley	5	0.210%	746.27x
72	Shott	5	0.210%	370.37x
73	Beaves	4	0.170%	655.74x
74	Gotobed	4	0.170%	147.06x
75	Guppy	4	0.170%	64.00x
76	Keats	4	0.170%	77.07x
77	Mullet	4	0.170%	347.83x
78	Shiner	4	0.170%	150.38x
79	Gover	3	0.130%	49.26x
80	Luker	3	0.130%	49.59x
81	Musselwhite	3	0.130%	79.16x
82	Trish	3	0.130%	588.24x
83	Arney	2	0.080%	98.04x
84	Docwra	2	0.080%	540.54x
85	Hatchard	2	0.080%	63.49x
86	Hixson	2	0.080%	281.69x
87	Mansel	2	0.080%	126.58x
88	Melmoth	2	0.080%	243.90x
89	Mowlem	2	0.080%	869.57x
90	Prouten	2	0.080%	363.64x
91	Trenchard	2	0.080%	78.13x
92	Whitty	2	0.080%	61.16x
93	Amon	1	0.040%	96.15x
94	Beckell	1	0.040%	434.78x
95	Bloxsome	1	0.040%	129.87x
96	Bogle	1	0.040%	33.90x
97	Borne	1	0.040%	108.70x
98	Brehaut	1	0.040%	39.37x
99	Bucksey	1	0.040%	138.89x
100	Cartridge	1	0.040%	59.17x