1881 census county

Nottinghamshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Nottinghamshire 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

10,393 surnames are listed for Nottinghamshire, covering 359,157 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 7,627 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Nottinghamshire

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
1	Smith	7,627	1.94%	1.37x
2	Brown	3,672	0.930%	1.41x
3	Taylor	3,204	0.810%	1.27x
4	Walker	2,496	0.630%	1.89x
5	Wilson	2,386	0.610%	1.32x
6	Wright	2,321	0.590%	1.84x
7	Johnson	2,152	0.550%	1.63x
8	Clarke	1,873	0.480%	2.35x
9	Shaw	1,779	0.450%	2.46x
10	Ward	1,768	0.450%	2.06x
11	Marshall	1,745	0.440%	2.64x
12	Robinson	1,738	0.440%	1.38x
13	Jackson	1,726	0.440%	1.57x
14	White	1,688	0.430%	1.33x
15	Harrison	1,636	0.420%	1.87x
16	Wood	1,532	0.390%	1.22x
17	Hall	1,512	0.380%	1.31x
18	Turner	1,503	0.380%	1.37x
19	Green	1,486	0.380%	1.34x
20	Cooper	1,457	0.370%	1.52x
21	Burton	1,413	0.360%	4.21x
22	Foster	1,368	0.350%	2.60x
23	Hallam	1,362	0.350%	18.55x
24	Spencer	1,302	0.330%	3.62x
25	Holmes	1,231	0.310%	2.57x
26	Allen	1,215	0.310%	1.63x
27	Clark	1,186	0.300%	1.00x
28	Lee	1,185	0.300%	1.84x
29	Simpson	1,177	0.300%	1.71x
30	Thompson	1,148	0.290%	0.97x
31	Moore	1,133	0.290%	1.44x
32	Martin	1,116	0.280%	1.15x
33	Hill	1,102	0.280%	1.10x
34	Richardson	1,066	0.270%	1.59x
35	Stevenson	1,065	0.270%	3.85x
36	Wilkinson	1,046	0.270%	1.74x
37	Fletcher	1,045	0.270%	2.32x
38	Marriott	1,026	0.260%	11.63x
39	Morley	1,024	0.260%	6.51x
40	Chambers	993	0.250%	4.43x
41	Watson	991	0.250%	1.08x
42	Parker	972	0.250%	1.30x
43	Tomlinson	944	0.240%	5.20x
44	Booth	939	0.240%	2.42x
45	Barker	928	0.240%	1.80x
46	Hunt	922	0.230%	1.76x
47	Lowe	920	0.230%	3.12x
48	Cook	919	0.230%	1.17x
49	Fisher	906	0.230%	1.97x
50	Richards	878	0.220%	1.48x
51	Jones	844	0.210%	0.19x
52	Scott	836	0.210%	0.84x
53	King	826	0.210%	0.96x
54	Butler	821	0.210%	2.14x
55	Bailey	811	0.210%	1.37x
56	Pearson	804	0.200%	1.76x
57	Woodward	801	0.200%	4.12x
58	Newton	799	0.200%	2.65x
59	Davis	783	0.200%	0.90x
60	Elliott	781	0.200%	2.34x
61	Fox	779	0.200%	2.13x
62	Webster	778	0.200%	2.27x
63	Holland	765	0.190%	2.73x
64	Baker	759	0.190%	0.88x
65	Bell	757	0.190%	1.02x
66	Ellis	757	0.190%	1.32x
67	Mills	757	0.190%	1.48x
68	Harris	747	0.190%	0.75x
69	Hayes	743	0.190%	3.03x
70	Morris	731	0.190%	0.83x
71	Clay	712	0.180%	8.81x
72	Ball	701	0.180%	2.16x
73	Hutchinson	695	0.180%	3.11x
74	Cox	674	0.170%	1.13x
75	Bradley	672	0.170%	2.13x
76	Radford	661	0.170%	8.85x
77	Mason	659	0.170%	1.24x
78	Gibson	658	0.170%	1.38x
79	Thorpe	654	0.170%	4.20x
80	Barnes	640	0.160%	1.35x
81	Bennett	633	0.160%	0.98x
82	Roberts	629	0.160%	0.42x
83	Shelton	603	0.150%	13.02x
84	Palmer	602	0.150%	1.30x
85	Wells	595	0.150%	1.82x
86	Cooke	591	0.150%	2.72x
87	Knight	590	0.150%	1.22x
88	Miller	590	0.150%	0.84x
89	Price	582	0.150%	0.84x
90	Burrows	578	0.150%	3.35x
91	Henson	577	0.150%	12.50x
92	Hind	576	0.150%	11.59x
93	Parr	550	0.140%	5.59x
94	Riley	547	0.140%	1.76x
95	Carter	546	0.140%	0.83x
96	Barlow	542	0.140%	2.55x
97	Slack	540	0.140%	8.70x
98	Smedley	538	0.140%	16.70x
99	Mitchell	535	0.140%	0.67x
100	Williamson	534	0.140%	1.51x