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 Bland, with 170 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
501	Bland	170	0.040%	1.79x
502	Copestake	170	0.040%	18.28x
503	Garner	170	0.040%	1.18x
504	Holbrook	170	0.040%	5.16x
505	Pemberton	170	0.040%	2.93x
506	Randall	170	0.040%	1.19x
507	Toon	170	0.040%	9.91x
508	Waller	170	0.040%	1.48x
509	Davison	169	0.040%	1.03x
510	Ollerenshaw	169	0.040%	15.63x
511	Annable	168	0.040%	45.46x
512	Skidmore	168	0.040%	5.00x
513	Berrisford	167	0.040%	11.95x
514	Gillott	167	0.040%	10.20x
515	Hambleton	167	0.040%	8.99x
516	Sadler	167	0.040%	1.55x
517	Bridge	166	0.040%	1.79x
518	Dexter	166	0.040%	4.94x
519	Howarth	166	0.040%	0.76x
520	Murphy	166	0.040%	0.45x
521	Warhurst	166	0.040%	12.94x
522	Warrington	166	0.040%	4.43x
523	Butcher	165	0.040%	0.86x
524	Leech	165	0.040%	2.21x
525	Maltby	165	0.040%	6.30x
526	Birks	164	0.040%	5.41x
527	Maycock	164	0.040%	7.74x
528	Poole	164	0.040%	0.74x
529	Sisson	164	0.040%	13.63x
530	Swann	164	0.040%	3.29x
531	Cholerton	163	0.040%	44.85x
532	Garside	163	0.040%	2.47x
533	Griffiths	163	0.040%	0.22x
534	Higgins	163	0.040%	0.70x
535	Baxter	162	0.040%	0.59x
536	Hodgson	162	0.040%	0.51x
537	Lunn	162	0.040%	2.74x
538	Palfreyman	162	0.040%	16.37x
539	Lilley	161	0.040%	2.54x
540	Lynam	161	0.040%	31.95x
541	Nightingale	161	0.040%	2.09x
542	Critchlow	160	0.040%	13.48x
543	Crooks	160	0.040%	4.54x
544	Gibbs	160	0.040%	0.71x
545	Holloway	160	0.040%	1.14x
546	Farmer	159	0.030%	1.11x
547	Spendlove	159	0.030%	22.63x
548	Carr	158	0.030%	0.48x
549	Stubbs	158	0.030%	1.31x
550	Fern	157	0.030%	10.99x
551	Greenwood	157	0.030%	0.44x
552	Kemp	157	0.030%	0.62x
553	Scattergood	157	0.030%	12.75x
554	Beeson	156	0.030%	8.53x
555	Cowlishaw	156	0.030%	19.72x
556	Oldham	156	0.030%	1.94x
557	Reeves	156	0.030%	0.83x
558	Baldwin	155	0.030%	0.79x
559	Bradford	155	0.030%	1.74x
560	Machin	155	0.030%	3.38x
561	Moseley	155	0.030%	3.71x
562	Burns	154	0.030%	0.50x
563	Furness	154	0.030%	4.22x
564	Trueman	154	0.030%	4.90x
565	Wetton	154	0.030%	15.71x
566	Beardmore	153	0.030%	7.30x
567	Burgess	153	0.030%	0.48x
568	Land	153	0.030%	4.64x
569	Shardlow	153	0.030%	24.38x
570	Silcock	153	0.030%	7.99x
571	Bradwell	152	0.030%	16.18x
572	Gough	152	0.030%	1.13x
573	Jenkins	152	0.030%	0.28x
574	Lloyd	151	0.030%	0.28x
575	Revill	151	0.030%	7.38x
576	Atkins	150	0.030%	0.87x
577	Gaunt	149	0.030%	3.31x
578	Gladwin	149	0.030%	8.67x
579	Sellars	149	0.030%	5.25x
580	Anderson	148	0.030%	0.16x
581	Morrell	148	0.030%	3.44x
582	Armstrong	147	0.030%	0.42x
583	Burnham	147	0.030%	5.23x
584	Glossop	147	0.030%	9.14x
585	Andrew	146	0.030%	1.01x
586	Arnfield	146	0.030%	36.77x
587	Outram	146	0.030%	10.90x
588	Topham	146	0.030%	4.37x
589	Draycott	145	0.030%	9.51x
590	Grainger	145	0.030%	2.06x
591	Walsh	145	0.030%	0.60x
592	Hickling	144	0.030%	5.87x
593	Spooner	144	0.030%	2.18x
594	Steeples	144	0.030%	37.27x
595	Askew	143	0.030%	2.77x
596	Fowkes	143	0.030%	10.47x
597	Kirby	143	0.030%	0.82x
598	Saunders	143	0.030%	0.34x
599	Seal	143	0.030%	4.34x
600	Sowter	143	0.030%	14.43x