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 Ludlam, with 120 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
701	Ludlam	120	0.030%	12.37x
702	Coulson	119	0.030%	1.45x
703	Dent	119	0.030%	1.37x
704	Gilman	119	0.030%	8.70x
705	Hallows	119	0.030%	13.25x
706	Kitchen	119	0.030%	1.53x
707	Shore	119	0.030%	2.42x
708	Lander	118	0.030%	3.77x
709	Neale	118	0.030%	1.09x
710	Noble	118	0.030%	0.62x
711	Ottewell	118	0.030%	39.43x
712	Stacey	118	0.030%	1.15x
713	Talbot	118	0.030%	1.04x
714	Varley	118	0.030%	1.88x
715	Bembridge	117	0.030%	20.88x
716	Collis	117	0.030%	2.47x
717	Dickinson	117	0.030%	0.60x
718	Henstock	117	0.030%	20.99x
719	Ogden	117	0.030%	0.90x
720	Crowder	116	0.030%	6.38x
721	Fitchett	116	0.030%	10.45x
722	French	116	0.030%	0.52x
723	Grace	116	0.030%	1.89x
724	Hollingsworth	116	0.030%	3.83x
725	Wilde	116	0.030%	1.74x
726	Carlin	115	0.030%	4.95x
727	Fairbrother	115	0.030%	4.42x
728	Granger	115	0.030%	2.46x
729	Hutton	115	0.030%	0.84x
730	Lomax	115	0.030%	1.78x
731	Mallinder	115	0.030%	24.45x
732	Dyson	114	0.020%	0.77x
733	George	114	0.020%	0.42x
734	Groves	114	0.020%	0.89x
735	Hackett	114	0.020%	2.12x
736	Hicking	114	0.020%	35.72x
737	Melbourne	114	0.020%	12.26x
738	Slaney	114	0.020%	8.03x
739	Stirland	114	0.020%	34.72x
740	Fogg	113	0.020%	4.25x
741	Whittingham	113	0.020%	3.29x
742	Adcock	112	0.020%	2.48x
743	Jerram	112	0.020%	19.88x
744	Kinder	112	0.020%	5.83x
745	Miles	112	0.020%	0.42x
746	Raynor	112	0.020%	3.53x
747	Hinds	111	0.020%	3.52x
748	Hunter	111	0.020%	0.24x
749	Hurd	111	0.020%	5.41x
750	Lancaster	111	0.020%	0.98x
751	Moreton	111	0.020%	3.24x
752	Shepley	111	0.020%	8.92x
753	Towle	111	0.020%	9.19x
754	Hays	110	0.020%	5.63x
755	Lindley	110	0.020%	2.43x
756	Woodcock	110	0.020%	0.84x
757	Adlington	109	0.020%	14.78x
758	Belfield	109	0.020%	9.40x
759	Betts	109	0.020%	1.11x
760	Locker	109	0.020%	9.53x
761	Thorley	109	0.020%	3.67x
762	Deakin	108	0.020%	1.71x
763	Hulley	108	0.020%	10.15x
764	Insley	108	0.020%	15.08x
765	Alvey	107	0.020%	13.71x
766	Britton	107	0.020%	1.32x
767	Curtis	107	0.020%	0.41x
768	Redfearn	107	0.020%	7.90x
769	Sanderson	107	0.020%	0.57x
770	Sharman	107	0.020%	1.70x
771	Stretton	107	0.020%	5.17x
772	Baggaley	106	0.020%	11.97x
773	Black	106	0.020%	0.36x
774	Kirkman	106	0.020%	3.63x
775	Waterfield	106	0.020%	5.63x
776	Windle	106	0.020%	4.09x
777	Cash	105	0.020%	3.46x
778	Dewsnap	105	0.020%	15.21x
779	Houghton	105	0.020%	0.66x
780	Lawrence	105	0.020%	0.35x
781	Pilkington	105	0.020%	1.28x
782	Pritchard	105	0.020%	0.43x
783	Campbell	104	0.020%	0.13x
784	Fryer	104	0.020%	1.23x
785	Goodman	104	0.020%	0.78x
786	Graham	104	0.020%	0.20x
787	Harding	104	0.020%	0.31x
788	Reddish	104	0.020%	11.86x
789	Reed	104	0.020%	0.31x
790	Sturgess	104	0.020%	3.96x
791	Attenborough	103	0.020%	10.90x
792	Banton	103	0.020%	14.99x
793	Barrett	103	0.020%	0.34x
794	Blackshaw	103	0.020%	4.86x
795	Greensmith	103	0.020%	8.39x
796	Hurt	103	0.020%	8.52x
797	Moorley	103	0.020%	33.06x
798	Lawson	102	0.020%	0.38x
799	Nixon	102	0.020%	0.73x
800	Oakden	102	0.020%	12.21x