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 Sleath, with 8 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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4701 | Sleath | 8 | 1.50x |
| 4702 | Smale | 8 | 0.27x |
| 4703 | Smitham | 8 | 3.34x |
| 4704 | Spellman | 8 | 1.49x |
| 4705 | Spink | 8 | 0.22x |
| 4706 | Stallard | 8 | 0.40x |
| 4707 | Stamper | 8 | 0.77x |
| 4708 | Stanham | 8 | 6.24x |
| 4709 | Steen | 8 | 0.90x |
| 4710 | Stillman | 8 | 1.67x |
| 4711 | Stimson | 8 | 0.67x |
| 4712 | Stoddart | 8 | 0.21x |
| 4713 | Stoker | 8 | 0.26x |
| 4714 | Stubley | 8 | 0.97x |
| 4715 | Stubs | 8 | 2.74x |
| 4716 | Swale | 8 | 1.30x |
| 4717 | Swales | 8 | 0.25x |
| 4718 | Swarbrick | 8 | 0.45x |
| 4719 | Taberer | 8 | 8.19x |
| 4720 | Taggart | 8 | 0.46x |
| 4721 | Tallon | 8 | 2.16x |
| 4722 | Tantum | 8 | 15.41x |
| 4723 | Tatum | 8 | 2.01x |
| 4724 | Temple | 8 | 0.13x |
| 4725 | Thirlby | 8 | 5.63x |
| 4726 | Thornewell | 8 | 9.70x |
| 4727 | Thornthwaite | 8 | 3.88x |
| 4728 | Timpson | 8 | 1.00x |
| 4729 | Titmarsh | 8 | 4.52x |
| 4730 | Titterington | 8 | 1.21x |
| 4731 | Trevitt | 8 | 1.64x |
| 4732 | Trundle | 8 | 1.83x |
| 4733 | Tuft | 8 | 4.00x |
| 4734 | Turk | 8 | 0.70x |
| 4735 | Turnell | 8 | 1.83x |
| 4736 | Tweed | 8 | 0.75x |
| 4737 | Ulyett | 8 | 11.15x |
| 4738 | Underhill | 8 | 0.25x |
| 4739 | Wantling | 8 | 10.28x |
| 4740 | Warn | 8 | 0.96x |
| 4741 | Watton | 8 | 0.48x |
| 4742 | Webley | 8 | 0.84x |
| 4743 | Westlake | 8 | 0.24x |
| 4744 | Westley | 8 | 0.43x |
| 4745 | Whalan | 8 | 3.42x |
| 4746 | Whitbread | 8 | 0.44x |
| 4747 | Whitely | 8 | 0.83x |
| 4748 | Whittington | 8 | 0.25x |
| 4749 | Widdup | 8 | 1.51x |
| 4750 | Widnall | 8 | 5.95x |
| 4751 | Widowson | 8 | 7.18x |
| 4752 | Wilding | 8 | 0.15x |
| 4753 | Wilds | 8 | 1.28x |
| 4754 | Willcocks | 8 | 0.42x |
| 4755 | Willcox | 8 | 0.32x |
| 4756 | Willder | 8 | 4.52x |
| 4757 | Willows | 8 | 0.80x |
| 4758 | Wolf | 8 | 0.90x |
| 4759 | Woodcroft | 8 | 5.29x |
| 4760 | Woodfine | 8 | 1.96x |
| 4761 | Woolf | 8 | 0.52x |
| 4762 | Wooller | 8 | 1.65x |
| 4763 | Wroe | 8 | 0.42x |
| 4764 | Wyley | 8 | 5.46x |
| 4765 | Abbots | 7 | 2.80x |
| 4766 | Abraham | 7 | 0.16x |
| 4767 | Adames | 7 | 3.02x |
| 4768 | Akin | 7 | 7.16x |
| 4769 | Alders | 7 | 5.39x |
| 4770 | Alderton | 7 | 0.34x |
| 4771 | Allott | 7 | 0.43x |
| 4772 | Amess | 7 | 3.55x |
| 4773 | Ancell | 7 | 1.91x |
| 4774 | Armsworth | 7 | 5.59x |
| 4775 | Atchinson | 7 | 3.12x |
| 4776 | Auger | 7 | 0.85x |
| 4777 | Ayres | 7 | 0.11x |
| 4778 | Baber | 7 | 0.75x |
| 4779 | Bain | 7 | 0.06x |
| 4780 | Baron | 7 | 0.15x |
| 4781 | Basson | 7 | 1.23x |
| 4782 | Batten | 7 | 0.17x |
| 4783 | Baxton | 7 | 8.49x |
| 4784 | Beardshaw | 7 | 1.86x |
| 4785 | Beaven | 7 | 0.53x |
| 4786 | Beavis | 7 | 0.37x |
| 4787 | Beddall | 7 | 1.18x |
| 4788 | Beddows | 7 | 0.79x |
| 4789 | Beere | 7 | 1.46x |
| 4790 | Beggs | 7 | 1.14x |
| 4791 | Belson | 7 | 1.60x |
| 4792 | Benn | 7 | 0.27x |
| 4793 | Bentham | 7 | 0.33x |
| 4794 | Benyon | 7 | 1.23x |
| 4795 | Best | 7 | 0.06x |
| 4796 | Bett | 7 | 0.64x |
| 4797 | Birk | 7 | 2.68x |
| 4798 | Blackley | 7 | 0.56x |
| 4799 | Blackstock | 7 | 1.04x |
| 4800 | Blamey | 7 | 1.13x |