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 Sherwin, with 220 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
401	Sherwin	220	0.050%	8.94x
402	Mycock	219	0.050%	14.03x
403	Allsopp	218	0.050%	11.61x
404	Broomhead	218	0.050%	10.66x
405	Hind	217	0.050%	3.76x
406	Holt	217	0.050%	0.71x
407	Ault	216	0.050%	20.47x
408	Berry	216	0.050%	0.60x
409	Harper	216	0.050%	0.74x
410	Dunn	215	0.050%	0.57x
411	Platt	214	0.050%	1.77x
412	Blount	212	0.050%	13.52x
413	Bown	212	0.050%	8.38x
414	Oakley	212	0.050%	2.19x
415	Bestwick	211	0.050%	27.09x
416	Biggin	211	0.050%	18.28x
417	Russell	210	0.050%	0.38x
418	Gamble	209	0.050%	3.19x
419	Moon	209	0.050%	2.17x
420	Sykes	209	0.050%	0.95x
421	Barnett	208	0.050%	1.01x
422	Horsley	208	0.050%	4.86x
423	Sidebottom	207	0.050%	7.89x
424	Nicholls	206	0.050%	0.86x
425	Rowley	206	0.050%	1.71x
426	Anthony	205	0.040%	3.86x
427	Harrop	205	0.040%	3.94x
428	Warner	205	0.040%	1.23x
429	Godber	203	0.040%	21.20x
430	Key	202	0.040%	3.20x
431	Matthews	200	0.040%	0.50x
432	Owen	200	0.040%	0.37x
433	Plackett	200	0.040%	36.79x
434	Barratt	199	0.040%	2.14x
435	Brindley	199	0.040%	5.69x
436	Drabble	197	0.040%	12.94x
437	Fidler	197	0.040%	6.73x
438	Berresford	196	0.040%	22.72x
439	Norton	196	0.040%	1.29x
440	Pearce	196	0.040%	0.47x
441	Bateman	195	0.040%	1.65x
442	Gray	195	0.040%	0.30x
443	Vardy	195	0.040%	21.21x
444	Knighton	194	0.040%	12.09x
445	Pratt	194	0.040%	0.74x
446	Savage	194	0.040%	1.10x
447	Broughton	193	0.040%	2.26x
448	Cockayne	193	0.040%	14.03x
449	Staton	193	0.040%	21.83x
450	Dicken	192	0.040%	14.91x
451	Harlow	192	0.040%	7.67x
452	Clifford	191	0.040%	2.03x
453	May	191	0.040%	0.66x
454	Bosworth	189	0.040%	7.02x
455	Finney	189	0.040%	4.77x
456	Thornhill	189	0.040%	6.61x
457	Hampson	188	0.040%	2.28x
458	Hartley	188	0.040%	0.66x
459	Bloor	187	0.040%	7.41x
460	Whetton	187	0.040%	24.64x
461	Grant	186	0.040%	0.41x
462	Hitchcock	186	0.040%	3.53x
463	Brassington	184	0.040%	10.09x
464	Godfrey	184	0.040%	1.36x
465	Purdy	184	0.040%	7.05x
466	Broadhurst	183	0.040%	3.95x
467	Lambert	183	0.040%	0.73x
468	Brunt	182	0.040%	5.78x
469	Gent	182	0.040%	4.64x
470	Mellors	182	0.040%	12.75x
471	Bowmer	180	0.040%	34.26x
472	Keeton	180	0.040%	24.05x
473	Shirt	180	0.040%	17.46x
474	Schofield	179	0.040%	0.72x
475	Faulkner	178	0.040%	1.44x
476	Langton	178	0.040%	4.91x
477	Stocks	178	0.040%	3.58x
478	Winterbottom	178	0.040%	4.22x
479	Briddon	177	0.040%	35.02x
480	Parkes	177	0.040%	1.89x
481	Tagg	176	0.040%	10.08x
482	Boot	175	0.040%	8.10x
483	Chamberlain	175	0.040%	1.41x
484	Lakin	175	0.040%	6.53x
485	Ratcliff	175	0.040%	5.94x
486	Sellors	175	0.040%	46.21x
487	North	174	0.040%	1.15x
488	Wilkins	174	0.040%	0.86x
489	Cocker	173	0.040%	4.61x
490	Derbyshire	173	0.040%	3.63x
491	Earp	173	0.040%	10.40x
492	Upton	173	0.040%	1.99x
493	Watkinson	173	0.040%	3.23x
494	Hatton	172	0.040%	1.92x
495	Hawksworth	172	0.040%	8.34x
496	Arnold	171	0.040%	0.69x
497	Downs	171	0.040%	2.10x
498	Hurst	171	0.040%	1.05x
499	Norman	171	0.040%	0.81x
500	Andrews	170	0.040%	0.39x