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 Newbury, with 62 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
1201	Newbury	62	0.010%	2.23x
1202	Purseglove	62	0.010%	31.23x
1203	Senior	62	0.010%	0.59x
1204	Twyford	62	0.010%	9.62x
1205	Vallance	62	0.010%	3.01x
1206	Whyman	62	0.010%	5.07x
1207	Belfitt	61	0.010%	63.42x
1208	Benton	61	0.010%	1.29x
1209	Brownson	61	0.010%	14.21x
1210	Colledge	61	0.010%	5.24x
1211	Collumbell	61	0.010%	43.42x
1212	Flinders	61	0.010%	10.85x
1213	Hampshire	61	0.010%	2.35x
1214	Hinchcliffe	61	0.010%	2.19x
1215	Lancashire	61	0.010%	5.58x
1216	Leah	61	0.010%	3.76x
1217	Mitchel	61	0.010%	1.36x
1218	Plummer	61	0.010%	1.00x
1219	Raynes	61	0.010%	6.71x
1220	Ridgeway	61	0.010%	4.58x
1221	Rowarth	61	0.010%	28.54x
1222	Slinn	61	0.010%	8.50x
1223	Smalley	61	0.010%	1.47x
1224	Staples	61	0.010%	1.39x
1225	York	61	0.010%	1.01x
1226	Beach	60	0.010%	1.38x
1227	Burnett	60	0.010%	0.47x
1228	Crowther	60	0.010%	0.44x
1229	Lyne	60	0.010%	2.99x
1230	Merriman	60	0.010%	3.59x
1231	Patrick	60	0.010%	0.66x
1232	Plumb	60	0.010%	1.62x
1233	Smallwood	60	0.010%	1.42x
1234	Smithurst	60	0.010%	15.23x
1235	Southern	60	0.010%	1.42x
1236	Strange	60	0.010%	1.22x
1237	Woodruff	60	0.010%	2.79x
1238	Barks	59	0.010%	9.35x
1239	Beardall	59	0.010%	12.34x
1240	Boffey	59	0.010%	8.94x
1241	Cauldwell	59	0.010%	18.31x
1242	Chaplin	59	0.010%	0.90x
1243	Fleming	59	0.010%	0.31x
1244	Gretton	59	0.010%	5.46x
1245	Halksworth	59	0.010%	43.91x
1246	Hoskin	59	0.010%	2.88x
1247	Linacre	59	0.010%	24.76x
1248	Mathers	59	0.010%	2.17x
1249	Mayer	59	0.010%	2.24x
1250	Robotham	59	0.010%	6.99x
1251	Rolley	59	0.010%	17.72x
1252	Sedgwick	59	0.010%	1.78x
1253	Tym	59	0.010%	33.03x
1254	Bircumshaw	58	0.010%	27.33x
1255	Carver	58	0.010%	1.40x
1256	Chester	58	0.010%	1.04x
1257	Childs	58	0.010%	0.69x
1258	Collyer	58	0.010%	2.05x
1259	Griffith	58	0.010%	0.39x
1260	Hammond	58	0.010%	0.22x
1261	Hursthouse	58	0.010%	49.99x
1262	Leach	58	0.010%	0.31x
1263	Poundall	58	0.010%	45.76x
1264	Shallcross	58	0.010%	7.21x
1265	Speed	58	0.010%	1.58x
1266	Wheat	58	0.010%	5.39x
1267	Willett	58	0.010%	1.61x
1268	Wootton	58	0.010%	1.40x
1269	Bedford	57	0.010%	0.53x
1270	Boulton	57	0.010%	0.69x
1271	Church	57	0.010%	0.57x
1272	Dallman	57	0.010%	25.22x
1273	Dawn	57	0.010%	14.87x
1274	Dilks	57	0.010%	8.22x
1275	Jephson	57	0.010%	15.11x
1276	Johnston	57	0.010%	0.15x
1277	Langley	57	0.010%	0.57x
1278	Leigh	57	0.010%	0.54x
1279	Paling	57	0.010%	5.54x
1280	Squires	57	0.010%	0.88x
1281	Swinscoe	57	0.010%	16.52x
1282	Tissington	57	0.010%	17.36x
1283	Wayne	57	0.010%	12.08x
1284	Ballington	56	0.010%	35.96x
1285	Burley	56	0.010%	1.29x
1286	Callaghan	56	0.010%	1.08x
1287	Darwent	56	0.010%	11.87x
1288	Dove	56	0.010%	1.07x
1289	Forman	56	0.010%	2.38x
1290	Gotheridge	56	0.010%	37.05x
1291	Hibbs	56	0.010%	3.53x
1292	Kenworthy	56	0.010%	1.84x
1293	Knifton	56	0.010%	21.07x
1294	Moult	56	0.010%	5.82x
1295	Pott	56	0.010%	5.38x
1296	Rayner	56	0.010%	0.49x
1297	Robey	56	0.010%	7.23x
1298	Saint	56	0.010%	4.00x
1299	Sills	56	0.010%	3.90x
1300	Tinker	56	0.010%	2.42x