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 Bower, with 393 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
201	Bower	393	0.090%	4.69x
202	Heathcote	393	0.090%	10.64x
203	Hollingworth	392	0.090%	10.61x
204	Rowland	392	0.090%	3.02x
205	Brocklehurst	390	0.090%	15.63x
206	Farnsworth	390	0.090%	20.53x
207	Gee	390	0.090%	3.34x
208	Bramwell	389	0.090%	15.07x
209	Naylor	388	0.080%	2.25x
210	Bird	387	0.080%	1.11x
211	Gill	385	0.080%	1.19x
212	Prince	385	0.080%	3.72x
213	Wallis	384	0.080%	2.48x
214	Cutts	383	0.080%	10.65x
215	Henshaw	383	0.080%	9.83x
216	Mansfield	381	0.080%	4.44x
217	Archer	376	0.080%	1.99x
218	Street	375	0.080%	3.51x
219	Vickers	374	0.080%	3.18x
220	Milner	372	0.080%	3.55x
221	Oldfield	372	0.080%	4.92x
222	Froggatt	371	0.080%	17.65x
223	Waterhouse	367	0.080%	5.27x
224	Platts	364	0.080%	11.92x
225	Boden	362	0.080%	9.77x
226	Dean	362	0.080%	1.14x
227	Potts	362	0.080%	2.37x
228	Hawley	361	0.080%	8.08x
229	Kay	358	0.080%	1.51x
230	Price	356	0.080%	0.44x
231	Straw	356	0.080%	22.33x
232	Booker	353	0.080%	6.44x
233	Hawkins	353	0.080%	1.07x
234	Greatorex	352	0.080%	25.11x
235	Hobson	352	0.080%	2.97x
236	Hutchinson	352	0.080%	1.35x
237	Eley	349	0.080%	12.34x
238	Weston	349	0.080%	1.87x
239	Hughes	344	0.080%	0.27x
240	Whittaker	341	0.070%	1.57x
241	Howe	340	0.070%	1.89x
242	Bell	339	0.070%	0.39x
243	Wagstaff	339	0.070%	5.96x
244	Vernon	336	0.070%	4.46x
245	Millward	334	0.070%	6.50x
246	Renshaw	334	0.070%	7.72x
247	Mee	332	0.070%	9.55x
248	Blackwell	330	0.070%	3.96x
249	Statham	330	0.070%	12.50x
250	Frith	328	0.070%	7.19x
251	Plant	328	0.070%	3.24x
252	Widdowson	328	0.070%	13.50x
253	Gratton	326	0.070%	17.89x
254	Palmer	325	0.070%	0.60x
255	Phillips	325	0.070%	0.40x
256	Stanley	324	0.070%	1.84x
257	Whitehead	323	0.070%	1.04x
258	Longden	321	0.070%	15.20x
259	Burrows	320	0.070%	1.60x
260	Lewis	320	0.070%	0.27x
261	Wells	319	0.070%	0.84x
262	Ratcliffe	318	0.070%	2.52x
263	Swindell	318	0.070%	28.80x
264	Carrington	317	0.070%	6.58x
265	Kent	317	0.070%	1.65x
266	Calladine	315	0.070%	42.97x
267	Rice	315	0.070%	2.22x
268	Peat	314	0.070%	8.61x
269	Bostock	313	0.070%	7.29x
270	Dennis	313	0.070%	2.31x
271	Brailsford	312	0.070%	19.35x
272	Bullock	311	0.070%	2.09x
273	Clay	311	0.070%	3.31x
274	Millington	311	0.070%	4.49x
275	Woodhouse	311	0.070%	2.87x
276	Coxon	309	0.070%	8.84x
277	Keeling	309	0.070%	7.74x
278	Wildgoose	309	0.070%	25.23x
279	Davies	308	0.070%	0.13x
280	Twigg	308	0.070%	9.63x
281	Page	307	0.070%	0.84x
282	Cotton	306	0.070%	2.80x
283	Austin	304	0.070%	1.36x
284	Collier	303	0.070%	1.98x
285	Freeman	299	0.070%	1.02x
286	Daykin	298	0.070%	18.87x
287	Blood	295	0.060%	16.15x
288	Bond	295	0.060%	1.22x
289	Lees	295	0.060%	1.45x
290	Webb	294	0.060%	0.47x
291	Coates	293	0.060%	1.72x
292	Jepson	293	0.060%	6.55x
293	Bonsall	292	0.060%	34.45x
294	Chadwick	292	0.060%	1.46x
295	Wheatcroft	292	0.060%	21.29x
296	Else	291	0.060%	19.23x
297	Oliver	288	0.060%	0.88x
298	Bentley	287	0.060%	1.48x
299	Swain	287	0.060%	3.26x
300	Birch	285	0.060%	1.52x