Dorchester Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 3
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 12
Middlesex 6
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dorchester Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dorchester family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Baronet 3
Dressmaker 3
Grocer & C 2
Painter 1nd Class 1
Boot Binder 1
Coal Meter 1
Errand Boy 1
Servant 1
Under House Maid Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dorchester

Name Census Frequency
John Dorchester 15
Mary Dorchester 14
James Dorchester 13
Martha Dorchester 12
Elizabeth Dorchester 9
William Dorchester 9
Ann Dorchester 8
Sarah Dorchester 8
Arthur Dorchester 7
Eliza Dorchester 7
Thomas Dorchester 7
Henry Dorchester 6
Anne Dorchester 5
Annie Dorchester 5
Alice Dorchester 4
Fanny Dorchester 4
Alfred Dorchester 3
Beatrice Dorchester 3
Benjamin Dorchester 3
Edward Dorchester 3
Esther Dorchester 3
Ada Dorchester 2
Amy Dorchester 2
Anna Dorchester 2
Caroline Dorchester 2

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