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 Snape, with 102 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
801	Snape	102	0.020%	2.42x
802	Ash	101	0.020%	1.34x
803	Calow	101	0.020%	22.05x
804	Goodlad	101	0.020%	13.04x
805	Hartshorn	101	0.020%	5.10x
806	Housley	101	0.020%	9.08x
807	Reader	101	0.020%	2.56x
808	Stones	101	0.020%	1.86x
809	Taft	101	0.020%	12.97x
810	Tunnicliff	101	0.020%	14.80x
811	Whitaker	101	0.020%	0.78x
812	Bramhall	100	0.020%	6.89x
813	Burgoyne	100	0.020%	5.01x
814	Gregson	100	0.020%	1.58x
815	Hodkin	100	0.020%	20.15x
816	Jessop	100	0.020%	1.84x
817	Rushton	100	0.020%	1.06x
818	Spray	100	0.020%	7.29x
819	Topliss	100	0.020%	13.45x
820	Chappell	99	0.020%	1.28x
821	Parkinson	99	0.020%	0.45x
822	Truman	99	0.020%	3.48x
823	Varney	99	0.020%	4.14x
824	Bakewell	98	0.020%	7.58x
825	Beech	98	0.020%	1.45x
826	Beeston	98	0.020%	5.09x
827	Caulton	98	0.020%	25.36x
828	Rains	98	0.020%	12.61x
829	Birley	97	0.020%	13.90x
830	Coleman	97	0.020%	0.43x
831	Jowett	97	0.020%	1.95x
832	Moorcroft	97	0.020%	6.39x
833	Underwood	97	0.020%	0.79x
834	Corbett	96	0.020%	1.07x
835	Horobin	96	0.020%	10.88x
836	Noton	96	0.020%	24.65x
837	Oates	96	0.020%	1.35x
838	Tatham	96	0.020%	6.22x
839	Beaumont	95	0.020%	0.70x
840	Burgin	95	0.020%	5.30x
841	Cole	95	0.020%	0.23x
842	Higton	95	0.020%	27.28x
843	Howitt	95	0.020%	5.61x
844	Jordan	95	0.020%	0.47x
845	Merry	95	0.020%	2.78x
846	Winter	95	0.020%	0.59x
847	Bott	94	0.020%	2.61x
848	Braddock	94	0.020%	7.21x
849	Bromley	94	0.020%	1.33x
850	Frearson	94	0.020%	15.91x
851	Hatfield	94	0.020%	2.88x
852	Illsley	94	0.020%	11.29x
853	Ross	94	0.020%	0.19x
854	Twells	94	0.020%	15.70x
855	Betteridge	93	0.020%	4.51x
856	Blackham	93	0.020%	8.48x
857	Camp	93	0.020%	3.53x
858	Chell	93	0.020%	9.10x
859	Joule	93	0.020%	22.89x
860	Lister	93	0.020%	0.71x
861	Marsland	93	0.020%	3.49x
862	Rigley	93	0.020%	14.85x
863	Rowbotham	93	0.020%	4.15x
864	Stanton	93	0.020%	1.02x
865	Wallace	93	0.020%	0.30x
866	Worthington	93	0.020%	1.01x
867	Allwood	92	0.020%	4.95x
868	Bramall	92	0.020%	7.56x
869	Bray	92	0.020%	0.60x
870	Gallimore	92	0.020%	6.35x
871	Heap	92	0.020%	1.19x
872	Hole	92	0.020%	2.34x
873	Nield	92	0.020%	2.93x
874	Prime	92	0.020%	5.13x
875	Steele	92	0.020%	0.75x
876	Allison	91	0.020%	0.70x
877	Asbury	91	0.020%	8.49x
878	Bainbridge	91	0.020%	1.42x
879	Harwood	91	0.020%	0.74x
880	Lingard	91	0.020%	3.14x
881	Rollinson	91	0.020%	3.69x
882	Twigge	91	0.020%	35.89x
883	Vaughan	91	0.020%	0.58x
884	Bowers	90	0.020%	1.08x
885	Eames	90	0.020%	2.87x
886	Pashley	90	0.020%	5.35x
887	Selby	90	0.020%	1.65x
888	Wakefield	90	0.020%	1.10x
889	Cadman	89	0.020%	2.39x
890	Cantrell	89	0.020%	14.11x
891	Fish	89	0.020%	1.04x
892	Grice	89	0.020%	1.89x
893	Horner	89	0.020%	1.02x
894	Hull	89	0.020%	0.93x
895	Mann	89	0.020%	0.37x
896	Mathews	89	0.020%	0.53x
897	Oxley	89	0.020%	1.39x
898	Seals	89	0.020%	20.81x
899	Sherratt	89	0.020%	3.39x
900	Smithard	89	0.020%	34.48x