Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dorset

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
WHITE1,9331.00823.14
SMITH1,5450.80580.57
BROWN1,5050.78491.19
BARTLETT1,2670.660815.09
LEGG1,0960.571634.63
STONE1,0820.56437.81
COX9190.47933.16
MILLER8320.43392.43
DAVIS8170.42611.94
HARRIS8090.42191.66
KING7830.40841.87
HUNT7650.39903.00
GALE7620.397413.26
PEARCE7170.37404.07
TAYLOR7150.37290.58
READ7090.36985.74
BAKER7080.36931.69
FOOT6910.360436.36
GREEN6840.35671.27
BARNES6800.35472.95
PARSONS6750.35214.63
MARSH6720.35054.91
ANDREWS6670.34793.63
HANSFORD6650.346870.28
SYMES6590.343746.64
WILLIAMS6390.33330.46
ROSE6290.32814.42
ROBERTS6150.32080.85
BISHOP6040.31504.51
HALLETT6000.312925.43
YOUNG5740.29941.39
WARREN5720.29834.46
HOUSE5680.296222.77
MITCHELL5600.29211.44
MOORE5470.28531.43
ALLEN5460.28481.51
BURT5430.283211.93
LANE5380.28064.07
JAMES5330.27801.42
STICKLAND5270.274966.71
FRAMPTON5250.273834.75
COLLINS5240.27331.90
CURTIS5090.26554.68
WATTS5080.26503.16
COOMBS5040.262915.55
WAY4940.257623.37
CHURCHILL4890.255021.50
GRAY4850.25301.77
MARTIN4840.25241.02
SAUNDERS4790.24982.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUGLER93.921930.1007
SCADDEN91.051020.0532
THORNER88.00890.0464
CAKE86.671720.0897
CRUMPLER85.69960.0501
DIFFEY84.751020.0532
FARWELL84.071480.0772
WALBRIDGE83.62910.0475
DAMON81.90970.0506
NORTHOVER81.873360.1752
TREVETT80.852500.1304
BUSHROD77.40540.0282
PUCKETT76.741410.0735
PHIPPARD76.60760.0396
BRICKELL75.442270.1184
BASCOMBE73.10950.0495
KAIL71.98530.0276
RIDEOUT70.771930.1007
VACHER70.35770.0402
HANSFORD70.286650.3468
DOMINEY68.111090.0568
STICKLAND66.715270.2749
MEECH66.582630.1372
RIDOUT63.424320.2253
CORNICK63.361740.0908
RIGGS60.733880.2024
SCORE59.75570.0297
STANDFIELD59.34680.0355
FOOKS58.781810.0944
SQUIBB57.552380.1241
TOOP57.041950.1017
FORSEY56.931170.0610
DIBBEN55.721830.0954
RAWLES55.241160.0605
KINGMAN53.201090.0568
CHAFFEY53.151630.0850
BOWDITCH52.552510.1309
DOWLAND52.07540.0282
KERLEY52.071830.0954
DOWNTON51.241850.0965
LOVELESS51.072040.1064
SARTIN50.77520.0271
KELLAWAY50.612080.1085
BALSON50.32670.0349
PITFIELD50.23820.0428
ANTELL50.18530.0276
FRIPP48.53960.0501
GALPIN47.382090.1090
DOMINY47.14510.0266
SYMES46.646590.3437

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 193 people called BUGLER in Dorset at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 0.1007 in Dorset means that 0.1007% of the people in Dorset on census day were called BUGLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUGLER in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called BUGLER as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called BUGLER here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called BUGLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 93.92 in Dorset means that you are 93.92 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUGLER in Dorset than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Dorset comprises 288 registration districts

District Population Top Surname by Total Top Surname by Frequency
Abbotsbury 979 GILL TREVETT
Affpuddle 488 LEGG BIGLER
Allington 1710 MARSH ROUSSELL
Almer 142 MANUEL MANUEL
Alton Pancras 257 BECK LOVELACE
Arne 121 WHITE CHISMAN
Ashmore 275 RIDEOUT RIDEOUT
Askerswell 209 WHITE FOOKS
Athelhampstone 74 HOUSE SPRAGG
Axminster 24 FOXWELL FOXWELL
Batcombe 128 CROCKER VARDY
Beaminster 2131 BUGLER BUGLER
Beer Hackett 83 LOADER BOLSTER
Bellchalwell 169 HOUSE DUPRE
Bere Regis 1284 COBB LEPS
Bettiscombe 63 BUSSELL FORSEY
Bincombe 224 FOOT CAKE
Blandford Forum 3783 HUNT SHELLING
Blandford St Mary 364 JAMES CHATELAIN
Bloxworth 261 WHITE BECKFORD
Bothenhampton 536 MEECH TOWNE
Bourton 839 TURNER BRISSEY
Bradford Abbas 510 CHAINEY CHAINEY
Bradford Peverell 330 DAVIS BAGWELL
Bradpole 1571 MARSH LAUREY
Bridport 3947 GALE WHETHAM
Broadmayne 512 BUSHROD BUSHROD
Broadway 761 ROGERS POUNCY
Broadwinsor 1256 CADDY BOOM
Bryanstone 260 GODDARD GEY
Buckhorn Weston 521 COOMBS SHUTER
Buckland Newton 857 BECK PAULEY
Buckland Ripers 154 TEWKSBURY TEWKSBURY
Burlestone 55 OLIVER WHELLER
Burstock 190 CLEAL REY
Burton Bradstock 946 SYMES DELAINE
Canford Magna 1107 HOARE BILE
Cann 560 BRICKELL JANSONS
Castleton 81 QUINTON GAYLORD
Catherston Leweston 28 BARRETT TRIM
Cattistock 531 ELLIS DUBBIN
Caundle Bishop 335 PHILLIPS BRANDIS
Caundle Marsh 97 LODER RIPP
Caundle Purse 194 HAMBLIN LUFFMAN
Caundle Stourton 374 DURRANT SERRELL
Cerne Abbas 929 FOX SEARD
Chalbury 211 PENNEY RAWLES
Chaldon Herring 335 WARREN BASSEL
Chardstock 1328 CHUBB OSLEY
Charlton Marshall 652 BELLOWS BELLOWS
Charminster 1525 WHITE MITCHEM
Charmouth 626 LOWE GASQUET
Cheddington 114 BAILEY ROTHE
Chesilborne 354 CHRISTOPHER RIGGS
Chetnole 243 WARREN BOW
Chettle 130 FERRETT PETTIS
Chickerell 819 RANDALL SOLER
Chideock 675 BARTLETT FARWELL
Chilcombe 40 GREEN APLIN
Child Okeford 846 AMES FRANSON
Chilfrome 97 CROWLEY THORNER
Church Knowle 562 STICKLAND KNOKE
Clifton Maybank 80 PEARCE HELSON
Compton Abbas 468 RIDEOUT RYAL
Compton Vallence 126 PALMER STANDFIELD
Corfe Castle 1777 STOCKLEY SEYMOR
Corfe Mullen 695 BEST COSE
Corscombe 653 HAWKINS SARTIN
Cranborne 2318 BAILEY LILLER
Dewlish 462 VINCENT KELLAWAY
Dorchester All Sts 915 BARTLETT NIP
Dorchester Holy Trinity 1553 VINCENT SHERREN
Dorchester St Peter 1390 HARRIS POUNCY
Durweston 376 BEST HAINE
East Chelborough 113 LEGG COPP
East Holme 89 LAWS KELLAWAY
East Lulworth 364 WILSON KEOHANE
East Orchard 233 RIDEOUT RIDEOUT
East Stoke 584 BARNES CANDLAND
East Stour 451 FOWLES FOWLES
Edmondsham 230 STRATTON BENDELL
Evershot 500 GROVES DUBBIN
Farnham 101 LUSH FERRETT
Fifehead Magdalen 144 DEAN KAINES
Fifehead Neville 120 CAINES DEMMER
Fleet 138 BOWRING SURREY
Folke 268 HANN RYAL
Fontmell Magna 731 LAWRENCE RIDEOUT
Fordington 4130 WHITE LOPER
Frampton 421 WHITE SHINER
Frome St Quintin 188 WATTS PATCHER
Frome Vauchurch 121 SOPER WHELLER
Gillingham 3295 GRAY JABER
Godmanstone 167 WILLS OCALLAGHAN
Gussage All Sts 418 FRAMPTON GOSSLING
Gussage St Michael 259 CHRISTOPHER FARIS
Halstock 444 ABBOTT GOFFE
Hammoon 76 YEATMAN COATE
Hampreston 1393 KING BRINT
Hamworthy 668 MUSSELWHITE WASHOR
Hanford 56 PERCY EDDINGTON
Haselbury Bryan 719 ELSWORTH ELSWORTH
Hawkchurch 596 FOWLER DIMON
Haydon 109 LAMBERT BORD
Hermitage 113 SHORT PAULEY
Hilfield 133 BOW PAULEY
Hilton 663 HOUSE HOUK
Hinton Martel 381 PARSONS BESANT
Hinton Parva 94 YOUNG FRUMAN
Hinton St Mary 296 MOORE KENNISON
Holnest 101 WHITE CODEY
Holwell 417 BARTER CABELL
Hook 154 LEGG HIGGENS
Horton 463 WILCOX MAYNER
Ibberton 187 ELSWORTH PARHAM
Iwerne Courtnay 1291 WAREHAM HILDENBRAND
Keynes Coombe 129 BROWN BUSHROD
Kimmeridge 171 BEST MANSEL
Kingston Russell 70 HANSFORD BUGLER
Kington Magna 465 COX LANNING
Kinson 3747 BARTLETT FREUD
Langton Herring 255 CARTER GOSSET
Langton Long Blandford 278 WHITE FLANDER
Langton Matravers 894 BOWER GEAN
Leigh 404 LOVELESS STAYNER
Leweston 40 HENDRY GLYN
Lillington 140 LOADER LOADER
Littlebredy 193 HANSFORD RIGLER
Litton Cheney 463 NORTHOVER NORTHOVER
Loders 953 CRABB MACKLE
Long Critchell 163 BLAKE CROUTER
Longbredy 227 VINE ELLERY
Longburton 379 CURTIS NOLDE
Longfleet 2221 COBB RIGLER
Lydlinch 356 MOGG MOGG
Lyme Regis 2296 HALLETT BONDY
Lytchett Matravers 692 BURBAGE SWYERS
Lytchett Minster 849 SKINNER HECKFORD
Maiden Newton 802 SCRIVEN SAMWAY
Manston 187 FOOT FOOT
Mapperton 103 BARNES TRENCHARD
Mappowder 226 NEW DOUGHTON
Margaret Marsh 68 BURDEN ANTELL
Marnhull 1396 HATCHER HASKETT
Marshwood 335 RECORD RECORD
Melbury Abbas 330 LANE JESS
Melbury Bubb 147 HAWKINS RYMES
Melbury Osmond 390 CHILDS BOLLING
Melbury Sampford 70 GOULD CRAPP
Melcombe Horsey 183 HOUSE MANNS
Melcombe Regis 7946 SMITH FARWELL
Milborne St Andrew 568 WAY BILLET
Milton Abbas 940 VACHER VACHER
Minterne Magna 326 FOX WAYGOOD
Moore Critchell 367 GILBERT DYETT
Morden 812 BAKER MUSSEL
Moreton 309 HANSFORD TREVIS
Mosterton 323 SAUNDERS MITCHEM
Motcombe 1411 STACEY BRICKELL
Nether Cerne 93 RICHARDS RYMES
Nether Compton 387 HANN PELLEY
Netherbury 1585 HANSFORD HARVEL
North Poorton 61 GALE WHITTY
North Wooton 69 GILLARD GUPPY
Oborne 143 SMITH DYAR
Okeford Fitzpaine 613 POPE RAWLES
Osmington 381 SARGEANT CHILCOTE
Over Compton 144 GILLARD CORRY
Owermoigne 423 MILLER BASCOMB
Parkstone 2237 WHITE SPRACKLEN
Pentridge 235 DIBBEN GILLUM
Pilsdon 92 STAPLE SCADDEN
Pimperne 428 BARNETT KAIL
Poole St James 7204 BROWN LISBY
Portisham 714 GODDEN KAYES
Portland 10310 STONE LANO
Powerstock 821 GALE LANSFORD
Poxwell 86 MAYO TREVIS
Preston 699 PUCKETT PUCKETT
Provost Stour 385 PIKE RAKE
Puddle Hinton 398 JEANES JEANES
Puddletown 1175 HAND DUNMAN
Puddletrenthide 748 DAVIS BOLLEN
Pulham 269 MITCHELL JEANS
Puncknowle 473 CHENEY THORNER
Radipole 1323 GILL NAUGLE
Rampisham 290 DUNFORD WEADON
Ryme Instrinsica 203 BARTLETT BAGG
Shaftesbury Holy Trinity 989 BRICKELL BRICKELL
Shaftesbury St James 1001 BRICKELL BRICKELL
Shaftesbury St Peter 895 GRAY IMBER
Shapwick 440 KEARLEY KEARLEY
Sherborne 5647 HUNT WISCOMBE
Shilling Okeford 567 HART STRICKLEN
Shipton George 312 GALE THORNER
Silton 248 SUTER SUTER
Sixpenny Handley 938 WHITE STICKLEN
South Perrott 303 STEER SUMERS
Spetisbury 530 FRIPP WELLEN
Stalbridge 1822 PARSONS DIKE
Stanton St Gabriel 71 HARRIS HODDER
Steeple 295 COOPER CURE
Steepleton Preston 73 POPE BILLINGER
Stinsford 339 CROFT SHIVER
Stock Gayland 61 ROBERTS GILLINGHAM
Stockwood 70 CHRISTOPHER SPRACKLIN
Stoke Abbott 551 STAPLE CANTERBURY
Stoke Wake 107 THORNE KINGMAN
Stour Provost 341 PIKE RAKE
Stourpaine 563 JEANS DAMAN
Stratton 299 WAY PARDEY
Studland 609 SUMMERS COAK
Sturminster 1859 ROSE DUFFETT
Sturminster Marshall 801 KENT HIPPEN
Sutton Waldron 192 TUFFIN TUFFIN
Swanage 2367 SMITH PHIPPARD
Swyre 213 NORTHOVER NORTHOVER
Sydling St Nicholas 559 BUSH DUBBIN
Symondsbury 1221 TUCK SCADDEN
Tarrant Crawford 61 CARTER BOYT
Tarrant Gunville 356 LUCAS PERLEY
Tarrant Hinton 206 SHADDOCK SHADDOCK
Tarrant Keynston 273 MARTIN SARJEANT
Tarrant Launceston 86 WILLS SHADDOCK
Tarrant Monckton 212 HARRIS POORE
Tarrant Rawston 48 HAYWARD CHANNING
Tarrant Rushton 170 SIBLEY COTTMAN
Thorncombe 1102 HAWKER VERGIN
Thornford 413 MOORE GALSON
Tincelton 146 HOUSE CRUMPLER
Todbere 167 ABBOTT MYALL
Tollard Farnham 184 BARRETT KAIL
Toller Fratrum 54 CAKE CAKE
Toller Porcorum 446 LEGG BILLEN
Tolpuddle 305 LOVELESS CAKE
Tuners Puddle 122 RIGGS KINGMAN
Turnworth 115 BOLT TORY
Tyneham 275 MILLER TRUELL
Up Cerne 76 FOOT BATTIN
Upway 729 BOWDITCH HAMDEN
Walditch 192 ACKERMAN HAUN
Wambrook 263 FRENCH DENSLOW
Wareham Holy Trinity 837 SELBY BEALER
Wareham Lady St Mary 1481 BEST HARVEL
Wareham St Martin 731 COLLINS CUSTARD
Warmwell 181 WELLMAN BUSHROD
Watercombe 61 WELLMAN WELLMAN
West Chelborough 62 DAWE WHITTY
West Knighton 312 GUNDRY TREVIS
West Lulworth 339 DOREY HARVELL
West Orchard 113 ROBERTS TUFFIN
West Parley 336 JACOBS REEKS
West Stafford 199 HAWKINS TREVIS
West Stour 165 PARSONS AYLES
West Woodyates 33 FRY HAYTER
Weymouth 3632 CLARK CHADDOCK
Whitchurch Canonicorum 1066 GRINTER SCADDEN
Whitcombe 68 AMOR AMOR
Wimborne 2320 FRAMPTON STURNER
Wimborne Minster 3101 BARTLETT SCORE
Wimborne St Giles 453 PERRY DOWLAND
Winfrith Newburgh 961 TOMS BILLEY
Winterborne Abbas 198 BARTLETT POUNCY
Winterborne Anderson 64 VINCENT STICKLEY
Winterborne Came 144 NEAL THORNER
Winterborne Clenstone 112 TAPPER TAPPER
Winterborne Herringstone 73 TREVETT SERGENT
Winterborne Houghton 250 JOYCE DAMON
Winterborne Kingston 518 MILLER SHERREN
Winterborne Monkton 84 CARTER KERSLAKE
Winterborne St Martin 430 PITMAN SPRACKLEN
Winterborne Steepleton 148 HANSFORD BAGG
Winterborne Stickland 480 ELFORD ELFORD
Winterborne Thomson 40 MARSH SANSOM
Winterborne Whitechurch 422 CUFF SHAVE
Winterborne Zelstone 145 STICKLEY STICKLEY
Witchampton 489 YOUNG DENE
Woodlands 453 HASKELL CAPPEL
Woodsford 186 WHITE DIFFEY
Wool 509 LANGFORD BASCOMBE
Woolland 120 ELSWORTH STAY
Wootton Fitzpaine 224 POWELL LUTTRELL
Wootton Glanville 237 DUNNING DOWNTON
Worth Matravers 310 BOWER CORBAN
Wraxall 97 BENNETT TREVETT
Wyke Regis 2751 STONE CHAPP
Wynford Eagle 150 WILLS KOPER
Yetminster 712 BRAKE MANFRED

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