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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 Corbyn, with 1 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.

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101Corbyn160.61x
102Houlston144.44x
103Kingman139.53x
104Matcham135.84x
105Polden140.82x
106Prewett148.08x
107Shapcott133.78x
108Whistle1312.50x