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 Wheeler, with 56 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
1301	Wheeler	56	0.010%	0.20x
1302	Ainsworth	55	0.010%	0.61x
1303	Beecroft	55	0.010%	2.86x
1304	Beeley	55	0.010%	5.75x
1305	Doyle	55	0.010%	0.49x
1306	Eden	55	0.010%	1.18x
1307	Finch	55	0.010%	0.36x
1308	Handbury	55	0.010%	50.74x
1309	Herring	55	0.010%	1.17x
1310	Mayfield	55	0.010%	4.70x
1311	Measham	55	0.010%	23.85x
1312	Murray	55	0.010%	0.10x
1313	Partridge	55	0.010%	0.46x
1314	Salmon	55	0.010%	0.53x
1315	Shakespeare	55	0.010%	3.29x
1316	Simons	55	0.010%	0.91x
1317	Sudbury	55	0.010%	9.21x
1318	Armson	54	0.010%	13.10x
1319	Banner	54	0.010%	2.16x
1320	Barnsley	54	0.010%	3.01x
1321	Beckett	54	0.010%	0.59x
1322	Berisford	54	0.010%	13.29x
1323	Clifton	54	0.010%	0.83x
1324	Collard	54	0.010%	1.94x
1325	Crabtree	54	0.010%	0.59x
1326	Heafield	54	0.010%	26.39x
1327	Hodges	54	0.010%	0.40x
1328	Larkin	54	0.010%	1.31x
1329	Quinn	54	0.010%	0.62x
1330	Ray	54	0.010%	0.60x
1331	Rudd	54	0.010%	0.75x
1332	Wyld	54	0.010%	6.17x
1333	Beverley	53	0.010%	3.84x
1334	Blunt	53	0.010%	1.43x
1335	Blythe	53	0.010%	1.53x
1336	Cordon	53	0.010%	9.28x
1337	Dunnicliffe	53	0.010%	28.68x
1338	Dyche	53	0.010%	15.36x
1339	Ellison	53	0.010%	0.55x
1340	Fowke	53	0.010%	16.85x
1341	Fritchley	53	0.010%	32.44x
1342	Hodkinson	53	0.010%	1.64x
1343	Horridge	53	0.010%	4.65x
1344	Jeffrey	53	0.010%	0.63x
1345	Kennedy	53	0.010%	0.19x
1346	Lynch	53	0.010%	0.44x
1347	Stanhope	53	0.010%	4.83x
1348	Stringer	53	0.010%	0.58x
1349	Brady	52	0.010%	0.64x
1350	Brittain	52	0.010%	1.47x
1351	Carnall	52	0.010%	6.04x
1352	Chadfield	52	0.010%	35.11x
1353	Clarkson	52	0.010%	0.43x
1354	Cockeram	52	0.010%	24.33x
1355	Disney	52	0.010%	7.20x
1356	Gosling	52	0.010%	0.73x
1357	Hardcastle	52	0.010%	1.29x
1358	Hay	52	0.010%	0.31x
1359	Mear	52	0.010%	6.11x
1360	Moor	52	0.010%	0.81x
1361	Naden	52	0.010%	7.86x
1362	Paxton	52	0.010%	1.43x
1363	Redford	52	0.010%	2.11x
1364	Sherlock	52	0.010%	1.69x
1365	Shipman	52	0.010%	3.07x
1366	Topley	52	0.010%	7.92x
1367	Tucker	52	0.010%	0.21x
1368	Wightman	52	0.010%	1.73x
1369	Bate	51	0.010%	0.66x
1370	Bottoms	51	0.010%	6.34x
1371	Bowring	51	0.010%	3.46x
1372	Brearley	51	0.010%	1.78x
1373	Cater	51	0.010%	2.32x
1374	Coyne	51	0.010%	2.11x
1375	Creswell	51	0.010%	3.49x
1376	Daley	51	0.010%	0.95x
1377	Durose	51	0.010%	7.34x
1378	Grey	51	0.010%	0.51x
1379	Hickton	51	0.010%	12.01x
1380	Laban	51	0.010%	18.25x
1381	Lilly	51	0.010%	1.83x
1382	Marple	51	0.010%	25.30x
1383	Nunn	51	0.010%	0.64x
1384	Pym	51	0.010%	4.49x
1385	Rooth	51	0.010%	30.36x
1386	Searston	51	0.010%	54.77x
1387	Shreeve	51	0.010%	5.79x
1388	Starbuck	51	0.010%	6.91x
1389	Wathall	51	0.010%	57.59x
1390	Argile	50	0.010%	34.46x
1391	Billings	50	0.010%	2.26x
1392	Bottomley	50	0.010%	0.66x
1393	Broadhead	50	0.010%	1.49x
1394	Capewell	50	0.010%	3.98x
1395	Connor	50	0.010%	0.37x
1396	Cutler	50	0.010%	0.88x
1397	Darby	50	0.010%	0.68x
1398	Doleman	50	0.010%	13.82x
1399	Ferguson	50	0.010%	0.15x
1400	Ingham	50	0.010%	0.44x