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 Batterley, with 31 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
1901	Batterley	31	0.010%	46.14x
1902	Beale	31	0.010%	0.53x
1903	Blurton	31	0.010%	8.98x
1904	Bowles	31	0.010%	0.41x
1905	Cannon	31	0.010%	0.37x
1906	Castle	31	0.010%	0.34x
1907	Chilton	31	0.010%	0.84x
1908	Clulow	31	0.010%	6.79x
1909	Cobb	31	0.010%	0.48x
1910	Craven	31	0.010%	0.35x
1911	Dolby	31	0.010%	1.82x
1912	Dolphin	31	0.010%	1.82x
1913	Duffy	31	0.010%	0.31x
1914	Ellse	31	0.010%	24.46x
1915	Gates	31	0.010%	0.44x
1916	Gell	31	0.010%	2.58x
1917	Glazebrook	31	0.010%	3.79x
1918	Hames	31	0.010%	2.40x
1919	Hearnshaw	31	0.010%	13.01x
1920	Johns	31	0.010%	0.26x
1921	Kellett	31	0.010%	0.78x
1922	Nettleship	31	0.010%	5.37x
1923	Pell	31	0.010%	1.21x
1924	Petts	31	0.010%	2.66x
1925	Pitman	31	0.010%	0.74x
1926	Proudman	31	0.010%	7.12x
1927	Royle	31	0.010%	0.52x
1928	Shatwell	31	0.010%	4.96x
1929	Smeaton	31	0.010%	2.41x
1930	Sparks	31	0.010%	0.45x
1931	Sumner	31	0.010%	0.42x
1932	Walley	31	0.010%	1.44x
1933	Wholey	31	0.010%	22.56x
1934	Willatt	31	0.010%	15.50x
1935	Willgoose	31	0.010%	20.10x
1936	Woollands	31	0.010%	39.83x
1937	Worthey	31	0.010%	17.06x
1938	Bowyer	30	0.010%	0.60x
1939	Cane	30	0.010%	0.96x
1940	Cleaver	30	0.010%	0.77x
1941	Cochrane	30	0.010%	0.42x
1942	Depledge	30	0.010%	4.13x
1943	Doncaster	30	0.010%	4.08x
1944	Duffin	30	0.010%	1.74x
1945	Dyke	30	0.010%	0.66x
1946	Eggleston	30	0.010%	2.79x
1947	Fantom	30	0.010%	13.64x
1948	Fitzpatrick	30	0.010%	0.45x
1949	Freer	30	0.010%	1.19x
1950	Groom	30	0.010%	0.47x
1951	Haslehurst	30	0.010%	9.27x
1952	Henry	30	0.010%	0.26x
1953	Henshall	30	0.010%	1.35x
1954	Lavender	30	0.010%	1.04x
1955	Lawley	30	0.010%	1.09x
1956	Mahon	30	0.010%	1.48x
1957	Melland	30	0.010%	29.77x
1958	Metcalfe	30	0.010%	0.29x
1959	Mountford	30	0.010%	0.74x
1960	Parish	30	0.010%	0.43x
1961	Perkin	30	0.010%	1.22x
1962	Pick	30	0.010%	1.03x
1963	Ronksley	30	0.010%	22.33x
1964	Saxon	30	0.010%	1.98x
1965	Shakespear	30	0.010%	6.03x
1966	Shelley	30	0.010%	0.85x
1967	Siddons	30	0.010%	3.36x
1968	Stringfellow	30	0.010%	2.52x
1969	Towers	30	0.010%	0.57x
1970	Trowell	30	0.010%	4.35x
1971	Valentine	30	0.010%	0.51x
1972	Welton	30	0.010%	1.81x
1973	Whitby	30	0.010%	1.08x
1974	Woolliscroft	30	0.010%	13.36x
1975	Akers	29	0.010%	1.31x
1976	Amos	29	0.010%	0.39x
1977	Aston	29	0.010%	0.38x
1978	Baguley	29	0.010%	2.27x
1979	Barley	29	0.010%	1.14x
1980	Beaver	29	0.010%	1.43x
1981	Bee	29	0.010%	1.12x
1982	Blatherwick	29	0.010%	5.01x
1983	Bonner	29	0.010%	0.72x
1984	Branson	29	0.010%	1.77x
1985	Brownsword	29	0.010%	9.00x
1986	Cheadle	29	0.010%	2.71x
1987	Clare	29	0.010%	0.44x
1988	Close	29	0.010%	0.73x
1989	Corker	29	0.010%	2.59x
1990	Crowe	29	0.010%	0.64x
1991	Dickson	29	0.010%	0.17x
1992	Dring	29	0.010%	1.42x
1993	Eason	29	0.010%	1.48x
1994	Emery	29	0.010%	0.29x
1995	Fennell	29	0.010%	1.35x
1996	Flynn	29	0.010%	0.33x
1997	Gothard	29	0.010%	3.33x
1998	Grayson	29	0.010%	0.85x
1999	Halliday	29	0.010%	0.31x
2000	Hawkes	29	0.010%	0.39x