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 Atkin, with 284 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
301	Atkin	284	0.060%	4.65x
302	Osborne	284	0.060%	1.30x
303	Hyde	283	0.060%	2.01x
304	Marples	282	0.060%	23.20x
305	Bancroft	281	0.060%	6.34x
306	Crofts	280	0.060%	7.58x
307	Woodhead	279	0.060%	3.25x
308	Littlewood	277	0.060%	4.70x
309	Neal	277	0.060%	2.05x
310	Gould	276	0.060%	1.67x
311	Lamb	275	0.060%	1.14x
312	Banks	274	0.060%	1.17x
313	Nadin	274	0.060%	22.12x
314	Boam	273	0.060%	47.29x
315	Collins	273	0.060%	0.42x
316	Kelly	273	0.060%	0.55x
317	Allcock	271	0.060%	5.49x
318	Astle	271	0.060%	18.22x
319	Fretwell	270	0.060%	17.38x
320	Shelton	270	0.060%	5.02x
321	Day	269	0.060%	0.62x
322	Severn	268	0.060%	19.26x
323	Thomas	268	0.060%	0.14x
324	Garratt	267	0.060%	5.75x
325	Rawson	267	0.060%	5.35x
326	Wigley	266	0.060%	9.18x
327	Holden	265	0.060%	1.06x
328	Cheetham	264	0.060%	3.73x
329	Cowley	263	0.060%	3.13x
330	Bramley	262	0.060%	6.27x
331	Abbott	261	0.060%	1.29x
332	Reynolds	259	0.060%	0.65x
333	Garlick	257	0.060%	6.38x
334	Roper	257	0.060%	2.70x
335	Sheppard	256	0.060%	1.62x
336	Dixon	255	0.060%	0.51x
337	Wibberley	255	0.060%	38.39x
338	Powell	254	0.060%	0.45x
339	Wainwright	254	0.060%	2.62x
340	Lane	253	0.060%	0.80x
341	Limb	252	0.060%	24.37x
342	Wilmot	252	0.060%	8.25x
343	Dawes	251	0.050%	4.03x
344	Wileman	251	0.050%	23.96x
345	Massey	250	0.050%	2.14x
346	Winson	249	0.050%	27.13x
347	Dolman	248	0.050%	12.65x
348	Handley	248	0.050%	3.21x
349	Botham	247	0.050%	20.63x
350	Brough	247	0.050%	4.42x
351	Payne	246	0.050%	0.60x
352	Siddall	246	0.050%	7.34x
353	Fielding	245	0.050%	2.40x
354	Wass	244	0.050%	9.83x
355	Pollard	242	0.050%	1.45x
356	Rogers	242	0.050%	0.41x
357	Hanson	241	0.050%	1.63x
358	Brentnall	240	0.050%	28.52x
359	Saxton	240	0.050%	8.88x
360	Glover	239	0.050%	1.23x
361	Cartledge	238	0.050%	10.31x
362	Draper	238	0.050%	2.21x
363	Alton	237	0.050%	19.04x
364	Bryan	237	0.050%	2.09x
365	Dale	237	0.050%	1.23x
366	Longdon	237	0.050%	25.78x
367	Porter	237	0.050%	0.69x
368	Poyser	237	0.050%	19.42x
369	Milward	236	0.050%	11.16x
370	Charlesworth	235	0.050%	3.98x
371	Sharpe	235	0.050%	1.74x
372	Edge	234	0.050%	2.97x
373	Gadsby	234	0.050%	12.50x
374	Rowbottom	234	0.050%	8.58x
375	Miller	233	0.050%	0.28x
376	Murfin	232	0.050%	24.34x
377	Short	232	0.050%	1.30x
378	Thornley	232	0.050%	4.57x
379	Stokes	230	0.050%	1.19x
380	Toplis	230	0.050%	26.10x
381	Nuttall	229	0.050%	1.99x
382	Roome	229	0.050%	25.99x
383	Hague	228	0.050%	3.17x
384	Unwin	228	0.050%	5.02x
385	Coupe	225	0.050%	7.05x
386	England	225	0.050%	2.39x
387	Turton	225	0.050%	4.38x
388	Wyatt	224	0.050%	1.67x
389	Furniss	223	0.050%	11.00x
390	Grundy	223	0.050%	2.38x
391	Hough	223	0.050%	2.83x
392	Parsons	223	0.050%	0.64x
393	Brookes	222	0.050%	2.07x
394	Doxey	222	0.050%	30.16x
395	Hollis	222	0.050%	3.51x
396	Jennings	222	0.050%	0.96x
397	Perkins	221	0.050%	1.07x
398	Shipley	221	0.050%	5.46x
399	Whitworth	221	0.050%	2.89x
400	Henson	220	0.050%	4.10x