1881 census county

Derbyshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Derbyshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

10,684 surnames are listed for Derbyshire, covering 422,500 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 8,257 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Derbyshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	8,257	1.81%	1.28x
2	Taylor	4,295	0.940%	1.47x
3	Brown	3,035	0.660%	1.01x
4	Walker	2,810	0.610%	1.84x
5	Wright	2,760	0.600%	1.88x
6	Hall	2,597	0.570%	1.93x
7	Wood	2,530	0.550%	1.74x
8	Harrison	2,410	0.530%	2.37x
9	Shaw	2,273	0.500%	2.71x
10	Turner	2,261	0.490%	1.78x
11	Johnson	2,254	0.490%	1.47x
12	Holmes	2,130	0.470%	3.82x
13	Robinson	2,117	0.460%	1.45x
14	Hill	2,054	0.450%	1.76x
15	Cooper	2,012	0.440%	1.81x
16	Jackson	1,989	0.430%	1.56x
17	Fletcher	1,971	0.430%	3.78x
18	Wilson	1,960	0.430%	0.93x
19	Bennett	1,937	0.420%	2.58x
20	Ward	1,850	0.400%	1.85x
21	White	1,796	0.390%	1.22x
22	Thompson	1,779	0.390%	1.30x
23	Allen	1,729	0.380%	2.00x
24	Green	1,652	0.360%	1.28x
25	Booth	1,634	0.360%	3.62x
26	Barker	1,625	0.360%	2.72x
27	Spencer	1,552	0.340%	3.72x
28	Parker	1,546	0.340%	1.78x
29	Jones	1,534	0.340%	0.30x
30	Clarke	1,495	0.330%	1.61x
31	Webster	1,422	0.310%	3.58x
32	Hunt	1,256	0.270%	2.07x
33	Lowe	1,242	0.270%	3.62x
34	Tomlinson	1,240	0.270%	5.88x
35	Slater	1,236	0.270%	4.46x
36	Lee	1,149	0.250%	1.54x
37	Elliott	1,136	0.250%	2.93x
38	Watson	1,128	0.250%	1.06x
39	Evans	1,090	0.240%	0.55x
40	Newton	1,063	0.230%	3.03x
41	Stone	1,059	0.230%	3.20x
42	Mellor	1,056	0.230%	6.55x
43	Clark	1,053	0.230%	0.77x
44	Moore	1,043	0.230%	1.14x
45	Goodwin	1,041	0.230%	4.32x
46	Marshall	1,026	0.220%	1.34x
47	Bradley	1,011	0.220%	2.75x
48	Stevenson	1,001	0.220%	3.12x
49	Riley	968	0.210%	2.68x
50	Martin	961	0.210%	0.85x
51	Mason	955	0.210%	1.55x
52	Fox	950	0.210%	2.24x
53	Hadfield	941	0.210%	14.78x
54	Simpson	939	0.210%	1.17x
55	Richardson	936	0.200%	1.20x
56	Buxton	933	0.200%	13.58x
57	Hallam	930	0.200%	10.91x
58	Lomas	914	0.200%	10.82x
59	Ball	891	0.190%	2.36x
60	Pearson	882	0.190%	1.66x
61	Roberts	878	0.190%	0.51x
62	Slack	878	0.190%	12.19x
63	Burton	862	0.190%	2.21x
64	Ford	857	0.190%	1.92x
65	Bailey	854	0.190%	1.24x
66	Radford	851	0.190%	9.81x
67	Adams	838	0.180%	1.24x
68	Bates	838	0.180%	2.88x
69	Thorpe	831	0.180%	4.60x
70	Baker	810	0.180%	0.81x
71	Fearn	810	0.180%	23.72x
72	Needham	801	0.180%	8.23x
73	Hudson	785	0.170%	2.10x
74	Frost	783	0.170%	3.04x
75	Marriott	774	0.170%	7.56x
76	Eyre	770	0.170%	14.04x
77	Cox	769	0.170%	1.11x
78	Davis	764	0.170%	0.76x
79	Cook	762	0.170%	0.84x
80	Hodgkinson	753	0.160%	9.58x
81	Redfern	735	0.160%	11.54x
82	Barber	729	0.160%	2.65x
83	Bradbury	728	0.160%	5.51x
84	Smedley	725	0.160%	19.38x
85	Potter	724	0.160%	2.44x
86	Walters	723	0.160%	3.32x
87	Wilkinson	722	0.160%	1.03x
88	Brooks	714	0.160%	1.60x
89	Flint	714	0.160%	8.70x
90	Foster	714	0.160%	1.17x
91	Bunting	712	0.160%	13.95x
92	Bacon	710	0.160%	6.18x
93	Rodgers	710	0.160%	5.67x
94	Chapman	702	0.150%	1.08x
95	Wild	690	0.150%	3.70x
96	Williams	689	0.150%	0.21x
97	Parkin	680	0.150%	5.53x
98	Fisher	679	0.150%	1.27x
99	Hopkinson	674	0.150%	9.01x
100	Morley	667	0.150%	3.65x