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 Higginbotham, with 79 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
1001	Higginbotham	79	0.020%	6.69x
1002	Hoyland	79	0.020%	4.65x
1003	Witham	79	0.020%	4.31x
1004	Ashworth	78	0.020%	0.43x
1005	Chatterton	78	0.020%	3.00x
1006	Coe	78	0.020%	1.05x
1007	Conway	78	0.020%	0.91x
1008	Gyte	78	0.020%	32.53x
1009	Lea	78	0.020%	0.86x
1010	Mullins	78	0.020%	1.78x
1011	Ordish	78	0.020%	20.27x
1012	Priestley	78	0.020%	1.01x
1013	Read	78	0.020%	0.26x
1014	Ridgard	78	0.020%	30.77x
1015	Toft	78	0.020%	4.36x
1016	Dronfield	77	0.020%	24.36x
1017	Fenton	77	0.020%	0.84x
1018	Hulme	77	0.020%	0.79x
1019	Kniveton	77	0.020%	26.82x
1020	Makin	77	0.020%	1.96x
1021	Moody	77	0.020%	0.64x
1022	Oakes	77	0.020%	1.16x
1023	Pipes	77	0.020%	24.36x
1024	Reid	77	0.020%	0.16x
1025	Shooter	77	0.020%	11.38x
1026	Torr	77	0.020%	7.81x
1027	Travis	77	0.020%	1.44x
1028	Woods	77	0.020%	0.27x
1029	Ashmole	76	0.020%	34.33x
1030	Cave	76	0.020%	1.16x
1031	Durant	76	0.020%	4.78x
1032	Elliot	76	0.020%	0.65x
1033	Ingram	76	0.020%	0.54x
1034	Monk	76	0.020%	0.79x
1035	Mycroft	76	0.020%	19.67x
1036	Pugh	76	0.020%	0.43x
1037	Walkerdine	76	0.020%	30.53x
1038	Bottom	75	0.020%	6.15x
1039	Bourne	75	0.020%	0.85x
1040	Bright	75	0.020%	0.81x
1041	Corden	75	0.020%	9.94x
1042	Dickenson	75	0.020%	1.08x
1043	Garrett	75	0.020%	0.72x
1044	Heaton	75	0.020%	0.69x
1045	Kiddy	75	0.020%	19.18x
1046	Lord	75	0.020%	0.36x
1047	Maskery	75	0.020%	17.67x
1048	Starkey	75	0.020%	1.65x
1049	Argyle	74	0.020%	9.67x
1050	Bratby	74	0.020%	26.77x
1051	Brook	74	0.020%	0.42x
1052	Crossley	74	0.020%	0.59x
1053	Dobbs	74	0.020%	2.40x
1054	Fell	74	0.020%	1.15x
1055	Hope	74	0.020%	0.48x
1056	Mottram	74	0.020%	2.99x
1057	Oldershaw	74	0.020%	11.68x
1058	Reaney	74	0.020%	9.54x
1059	Revell	74	0.020%	2.80x
1060	Shephard	74	0.020%	1.69x
1061	Bagnall	73	0.020%	1.86x
1062	Ballard	73	0.020%	1.06x
1063	Ironmonger	73	0.020%	8.77x
1064	Pendleton	73	0.020%	4.32x
1065	Randle	73	0.020%	1.91x
1066	Rotherham	73	0.020%	7.94x
1067	Sales	73	0.020%	2.62x
1068	Singleton	73	0.020%	0.81x
1069	Stuart	73	0.020%	0.67x
1070	Tyler	73	0.020%	0.54x
1071	Wolstenholme	73	0.020%	2.00x
1072	Worrall	73	0.020%	1.26x
1073	Birds	72	0.020%	30.61x
1074	Deaville	72	0.020%	10.01x
1075	Joyce	72	0.020%	0.64x
1076	Kershaw	72	0.020%	0.49x
1077	Lebeter	72	0.020%	50.70x
1078	Nall	72	0.020%	13.39x
1079	Newman	72	0.020%	0.21x
1080	Orwin	72	0.020%	17.93x
1081	Painter	72	0.020%	1.15x
1082	Sampson	72	0.020%	0.92x
1083	Towndrow	72	0.020%	25.21x
1084	Adkin	71	0.020%	7.34x
1085	Atterbury	71	0.020%	14.85x
1086	Bowman	71	0.020%	0.59x
1087	Clough	71	0.020%	0.70x
1088	Elson	71	0.020%	2.48x
1089	Guest	71	0.020%	0.73x
1090	Heald	71	0.020%	2.50x
1091	Hickman	71	0.020%	0.92x
1092	Orgill	71	0.020%	16.72x
1093	Searson	71	0.020%	12.17x
1094	Summerfield	71	0.020%	2.40x
1095	Butterworth	70	0.020%	0.43x
1096	Doughty	70	0.020%	1.20x
1097	Horne	70	0.020%	0.70x
1098	Leedham	70	0.020%	5.71x
1099	Sidebotham	70	0.020%	7.51x
1100	Tilley	70	0.020%	1.17x