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 Allsop, with 664 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
101	Allsop	664	0.150%	14.14x
102	Woodward	662	0.140%	2.93x
103	Wragg	659	0.140%	15.57x
104	Knowles	655	0.140%	2.68x
105	Stevens	642	0.140%	1.34x
106	Morris	634	0.140%	0.62x
107	Dawson	622	0.140%	1.23x
108	Stafford	607	0.130%	6.24x
109	Butler	596	0.130%	1.34x
110	Ellis	590	0.130%	0.89x
111	Wain	587	0.130%	15.29x
112	Williamson	580	0.130%	1.41x
113	Yates	578	0.130%	1.84x
114	King	568	0.120%	0.57x
115	Buckley	563	0.120%	2.26x
116	Harvey	557	0.120%	1.14x
117	Briggs	554	0.120%	2.23x
118	Hibbert	550	0.120%	8.21x
119	Winfield	546	0.120%	14.37x
120	Beardsley	543	0.120%	37.19x
121	Haywood	543	0.120%	5.66x
122	Edwards	542	0.120%	0.43x
123	Goddard	540	0.120%	2.94x
124	Marsh	539	0.120%	1.65x
125	Holland	538	0.120%	1.65x
126	Mills	534	0.120%	0.90x
127	Morton	534	0.120%	2.18x
128	Wall	534	0.120%	3.34x
129	Barnes	532	0.120%	0.97x
130	Wheatley	532	0.120%	5.71x
131	Dakin	530	0.120%	16.16x
132	Eaton	528	0.120%	4.12x
133	Harris	528	0.120%	0.45x
134	Clayton	527	0.120%	2.12x
135	Walton	524	0.110%	1.63x
136	Howard	521	0.110%	1.16x
137	Roe	519	0.110%	5.83x
138	Sims	517	0.110%	3.77x
139	Woolley	516	0.110%	5.69x
140	Gibson	514	0.110%	0.93x
141	Haslam	513	0.110%	7.38x
142	Warren	506	0.110%	1.65x
143	Wardle	499	0.110%	5.64x
144	Haynes	498	0.110%	3.05x
145	Rhodes	498	0.110%	2.35x
146	Meakin	497	0.110%	13.94x
147	Bowler	494	0.110%	8.85x
148	Bingham	493	0.110%	7.34x
149	Moss	490	0.110%	1.74x
150	Rose	489	0.110%	1.44x
151	Bagshaw	488	0.110%	13.36x
152	Heath	488	0.110%	2.15x
153	Barton	487	0.110%	1.97x
154	Chambers	487	0.110%	1.87x
155	Mosley	480	0.100%	11.15x
156	Wheeldon	475	0.100%	21.06x
157	Hewitt	473	0.100%	2.12x
158	Mitchell	467	0.100%	0.50x
159	Yeomans	467	0.100%	12.39x
160	Kirkland	466	0.100%	11.45x
161	Ashton	464	0.100%	2.07x
162	Swift	464	0.100%	3.28x
163	Sheldon	463	0.100%	6.66x
164	West	463	0.100%	1.05x
165	Greaves	456	0.100%	3.40x
166	Beard	455	0.100%	3.78x
167	Bradshaw	452	0.100%	2.41x
168	Salt	445	0.100%	6.55x
169	Cresswell	442	0.100%	9.16x
170	Cope	439	0.100%	4.25x
171	Hart	439	0.100%	1.13x
172	Watts	437	0.100%	1.14x
173	Young	436	0.100%	0.44x
174	Sutton	431	0.090%	1.48x
175	Goodall	428	0.090%	4.37x
176	Barlow	427	0.090%	1.73x
177	Pegg	427	0.090%	9.51x
178	Knight	425	0.090%	0.75x
179	Pickering	425	0.090%	2.58x
180	Richards	425	0.090%	0.62x
181	Peach	423	0.090%	8.55x
182	Gilbert	422	0.090%	1.62x
183	Sharp	422	0.090%	1.11x
184	Shepherd	422	0.090%	1.26x
185	Carter	421	0.090%	0.55x
186	Beresford	416	0.090%	12.35x
187	Hayes	413	0.090%	1.45x
188	Ashmore	412	0.090%	12.08x
189	Newbold	411	0.090%	12.32x
190	Orme	410	0.090%	10.74x
191	Higginbottom	409	0.090%	13.68x
192	Bowden	406	0.090%	3.08x
193	Scott	406	0.090%	0.35x
194	Mather	405	0.090%	3.57x
195	Staley	404	0.090%	26.97x
196	Hardwick	403	0.090%	5.76x
197	Storer	403	0.090%	14.07x
198	Cooke	402	0.090%	1.59x
199	Bamford	399	0.090%	5.80x
200	Kerry	397	0.090%	12.84x