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 Freeman, with 529 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
101	Freeman	529	0.130%	2.10x
102	Williams	529	0.130%	0.19x
103	Lane	526	0.130%	1.94x
104	Rose	519	0.130%	1.78x
105	Chapman	517	0.130%	0.92x
106	Harvey	513	0.130%	1.22x
107	Evans	512	0.130%	0.30x
108	Widdowson	506	0.130%	24.19x
109	Brooks	504	0.130%	1.31x
110	Marsh	501	0.130%	1.78x
111	Gilbert	500	0.130%	2.23x
112	Briggs	484	0.120%	2.26x
113	Hickling	484	0.120%	22.91x
114	Dixon	479	0.120%	1.11x
115	Bird	477	0.120%	1.59x
116	Atkin	476	0.120%	9.05x
117	Bingham	459	0.120%	7.94x
118	Adams	457	0.120%	0.79x
119	Rogers	456	0.120%	0.89x
120	Mellors	454	0.120%	36.93x
121	Gill	451	0.110%	1.62x
122	Sharpe	445	0.110%	3.83x
123	Oldham	444	0.110%	6.42x
124	Godfrey	438	0.110%	3.75x
125	Shepherd	437	0.110%	1.51x
126	Bates	429	0.110%	1.71x
127	Whitehead	425	0.110%	1.60x
128	Hudson	424	0.110%	1.32x
129	Buxton	421	0.110%	7.12x
130	Hopkinson	421	0.110%	6.54x
131	West	420	0.110%	1.11x
132	Maltby	416	0.110%	18.45x
133	Bramley	414	0.110%	11.52x
134	Allcock	412	0.100%	9.69x
135	Lamb	410	0.100%	1.97x
136	Woolley	405	0.100%	5.18x
137	Bacon	404	0.100%	4.08x
138	Stanley	398	0.100%	2.63x
139	Savage	396	0.100%	2.62x
140	Porter	394	0.100%	1.33x
141	Bradbury	393	0.100%	3.45x
142	Clayton	389	0.100%	1.82x
143	Hodgkinson	388	0.100%	5.73x
144	Goddard	384	0.100%	2.43x
145	Meakin	384	0.100%	12.51x
146	Edwards	377	0.100%	0.34x
147	Sheppard	376	0.100%	2.76x
148	Young	376	0.100%	0.44x
149	Hewitt	375	0.100%	1.96x
150	Daykin	372	0.090%	27.36x
151	Wardle	372	0.090%	4.88x
152	Haywood	368	0.090%	4.45x
153	Needham	367	0.090%	4.38x
154	Hart	366	0.090%	1.09x
155	Selby	365	0.090%	7.76x
156	Richmond	363	0.090%	4.21x
157	Rawson	360	0.090%	8.38x
158	Caunt	358	0.090%	38.51x
159	Walters	358	0.090%	1.91x
160	Hurst	356	0.090%	2.53x
161	Stevens	354	0.090%	0.86x
162	North	353	0.090%	2.70x
163	Knowles	352	0.090%	1.67x
164	Glover	351	0.090%	2.09x
165	Roe	351	0.090%	4.58x
166	Sharp	351	0.090%	1.07x
167	Archer	349	0.090%	2.14x
168	Day	347	0.090%	0.94x
169	Cutts	344	0.090%	11.11x
170	Raynor	344	0.090%	12.60x
171	Barton	343	0.090%	1.61x
172	Kemp	343	0.090%	1.57x
173	Slater	342	0.090%	1.43x
174	Wallis	340	0.090%	2.55x
175	Reynolds	338	0.090%	0.99x
176	Towle	337	0.090%	32.40x
177	Dexter	330	0.080%	11.41x
178	Lindley	329	0.080%	8.45x
179	Hopewell	328	0.080%	34.70x
180	Mee	324	0.080%	10.82x
181	Greaves	323	0.080%	2.80x
182	Wheatley	323	0.080%	4.03x
183	Lees	322	0.080%	1.84x
184	Anderson	321	0.080%	0.41x
185	Gee	320	0.080%	3.18x
186	Truman	320	0.080%	13.05x
187	Betts	319	0.080%	3.79x
188	Birch	319	0.080%	1.98x
189	Heath	319	0.080%	1.63x
190	Lacey	318	0.080%	4.38x
191	Cope	317	0.080%	3.56x
192	Winfield	317	0.080%	9.69x
193	Whitworth	316	0.080%	4.80x
194	Coleman	315	0.080%	1.61x
195	Pepper	314	0.080%	5.67x
196	Read	314	0.080%	1.24x
197	Osborne	313	0.080%	1.67x
198	Frost	309	0.080%	1.40x
199	Bentley	308	0.080%	1.85x
200	Dawson	306	0.080%	0.71x