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 Elson, with 79 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
901	Elson	79	0.020%	3.20x
902	Frisby	79	0.020%	4.64x
903	Houghton	79	0.020%	0.57x
904	Jeffries	79	0.020%	1.60x
905	Kendall	79	0.020%	0.93x
906	Lawton	79	0.020%	0.78x
907	Oldershaw	79	0.020%	14.48x
908	Reavill	79	0.020%	62.60x
909	Saxby	79	0.020%	4.23x
910	Vernon	79	0.020%	1.22x
911	Waters	79	0.020%	0.50x
912	Wilcockson	79	0.020%	15.53x
913	Chadbourne	78	0.020%	48.63x
914	Cliff	78	0.020%	2.27x
915	Cousins	78	0.020%	1.10x
916	Cowley	78	0.020%	1.08x
917	East	78	0.020%	1.27x
918	Harding	78	0.020%	0.27x
919	Higgins	78	0.020%	0.39x
920	Inger	78	0.020%	38.03x
921	Leavers	78	0.020%	33.71x
922	Lineker	78	0.020%	40.09x
923	Onion	78	0.020%	10.18x
924	Palin	78	0.020%	4.62x
925	Simpkin	78	0.020%	5.28x
926	Willey	78	0.020%	2.20x
927	Benton	77	0.020%	1.89x
928	Calladine	77	0.020%	12.20x
929	Davy	77	0.020%	1.59x
930	Jacques	77	0.020%	2.31x
931	Lynn	77	0.020%	2.24x
932	Orme	77	0.020%	2.34x
933	Packer	77	0.020%	1.86x
934	Smeeton	77	0.020%	12.84x
935	Tarr	77	0.020%	5.37x
936	Tye	77	0.020%	3.40x
937	Wagg	77	0.020%	8.37x
938	Welch	77	0.020%	0.56x
939	Whiting	77	0.020%	1.02x
940	Wilcox	77	0.020%	1.04x
941	Wilde	77	0.020%	1.34x
942	Barsby	76	0.020%	11.20x
943	Collinson	76	0.020%	1.64x
944	Cordon	76	0.020%	15.46x
945	Cripwell	76	0.020%	37.30x
946	Davidson	76	0.020%	0.23x
947	Elvidge	76	0.020%	10.04x
948	Gabbitass	76	0.020%	47.39x
949	Grainger	76	0.020%	1.26x
950	Joynes	76	0.020%	11.07x
951	Kay	76	0.020%	0.37x
952	Peat	76	0.020%	2.42x
953	Sellars	76	0.020%	3.11x
954	Stubbings	76	0.020%	5.57x
955	Beardsall	75	0.020%	20.59x
956	Birks	75	0.020%	2.87x
957	Branson	75	0.020%	5.32x
958	Lake	75	0.020%	0.86x
959	Monks	75	0.020%	2.35x
960	Rouse	75	0.020%	1.33x
961	Shipstone	75	0.020%	45.64x
962	Warwick	75	0.020%	1.38x
963	Bainbridge	74	0.020%	1.34x
964	Brittle	74	0.020%	16.13x
965	Kelly	74	0.020%	0.17x
966	Peters	74	0.020%	0.54x
967	Rick	74	0.020%	20.47x
968	Swallow	74	0.020%	1.86x
969	Belshaw	73	0.020%	9.72x
970	Castledine	73	0.020%	10.84x
971	Chaplin	73	0.020%	1.29x
972	Laughton	73	0.020%	3.81x
973	Lister	73	0.020%	0.65x
974	Markham	73	0.020%	1.56x
975	Poxon	73	0.020%	10.09x
976	Priest	73	0.020%	1.42x
977	Sylvester	73	0.020%	5.51x
978	Waite	73	0.020%	0.89x
979	Bettison	72	0.020%	14.96x
980	Bradder	72	0.020%	41.17x
981	Burns	72	0.020%	0.27x
982	Crane	72	0.020%	0.87x
983	Gillott	72	0.020%	5.11x
984	Jephson	72	0.020%	22.17x
985	Leavesley	72	0.020%	24.23x
986	Tinsley	72	0.020%	3.01x
987	Turney	72	0.020%	5.17x
988	Beaumont	71	0.020%	0.61x
989	Bilbie	71	0.020%	43.21x
990	Guest	71	0.020%	0.84x
991	Ragsdale	71	0.020%	54.00x
992	Tagg	71	0.020%	4.72x
993	Weaver	71	0.020%	0.69x
994	Whyler	71	0.020%	65.07x
995	Worrall	71	0.020%	1.42x
996	Allsopp	70	0.020%	4.33x
997	Bakewell	70	0.020%	6.29x
998	Beet	70	0.020%	12.53x
999	Beresford	70	0.020%	2.41x
1000	Copeland	70	0.020%	1.88x