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 Bostock, with 219 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
301	Bostock	219	0.060%	5.92x
302	Garner	219	0.060%	1.76x
303	Pinder	218	0.060%	4.60x
304	Skinner	218	0.060%	1.09x
305	Thornton	218	0.060%	1.10x
306	Allwood	217	0.060%	13.55x
307	Bonser	217	0.060%	20.97x
308	Roper	217	0.060%	2.65x
309	Woodcock	217	0.060%	1.93x
310	Ashmore	216	0.050%	7.36x
311	Rockley	216	0.050%	47.89x
312	Stocks	216	0.050%	5.04x
313	Clifford	215	0.050%	2.66x
314	Charlton	214	0.050%	1.90x
315	Chamberlain	213	0.050%	1.99x
316	Severn	211	0.050%	17.62x
317	Andrews	210	0.050%	0.56x
318	Curtis	210	0.050%	0.94x
319	Coupe	209	0.050%	7.61x
320	Greensmith	209	0.050%	19.77x
321	Soar	209	0.050%	22.51x
322	Terry	209	0.050%	2.08x
323	Yates	209	0.050%	0.77x
324	Webb	208	0.050%	0.39x
325	Carver	207	0.050%	5.80x
326	Draper	207	0.050%	2.23x
327	Abbott	206	0.050%	1.19x
328	Dunn	206	0.050%	0.63x
329	Harwood	206	0.050%	1.95x
330	Hurt	206	0.050%	19.78x
331	Sanderson	205	0.050%	1.26x
332	Alvey	204	0.050%	30.36x
333	Brownlow	204	0.050%	17.18x
334	Oscroft	204	0.050%	49.26x
335	Dean	203	0.050%	0.74x
336	Hopkin	203	0.050%	6.67x
337	Wheat	203	0.050%	21.93x
338	Peach	202	0.050%	4.74x
339	Bellamy	201	0.050%	3.50x
340	Bush	201	0.050%	2.07x
341	Murden	201	0.050%	29.97x
342	Newbold	201	0.050%	7.00x
343	Pratt	201	0.050%	0.89x
344	Chappell	200	0.050%	3.01x
345	Cresswell	200	0.050%	4.82x
346	Squires	200	0.050%	3.59x
347	Kerry	199	0.050%	7.47x
348	Leivers	199	0.050%	63.33x
349	Parkinson	199	0.050%	1.05x
350	Sills	199	0.050%	16.08x
351	Rowland	198	0.050%	1.77x
352	Owen	196	0.050%	0.42x
353	Wild	196	0.050%	1.22x
354	Starr	194	0.050%	10.00x
355	Weston	194	0.050%	1.21x
356	Hickman	192	0.050%	2.90x
357	Hollingworth	192	0.050%	6.04x
358	Swain	192	0.050%	2.53x
359	Limb	191	0.050%	21.46x
360	Paling	190	0.050%	21.44x
361	Watkinson	190	0.050%	4.12x
362	Crofts	189	0.050%	5.94x
363	Cumberland	189	0.050%	18.99x
364	Hanson	189	0.050%	1.49x
365	Hawkins	189	0.050%	0.66x
366	Dale	188	0.050%	1.13x
367	Neale	188	0.050%	2.01x
368	Clements	187	0.050%	1.43x
369	Dring	187	0.050%	10.66x
370	Stones	187	0.050%	3.99x
371	Gent	186	0.050%	5.50x
372	Fenton	185	0.050%	2.35x
373	Kirkland	185	0.050%	5.28x
374	May	185	0.050%	0.74x
375	Anthony	184	0.050%	4.02x
376	Arnold	184	0.050%	0.87x
377	Cullen	184	0.050%	2.67x
378	Grundy	184	0.050%	2.28x
379	Saunders	184	0.050%	0.51x
380	Underwood	184	0.050%	1.73x
381	Ashton	183	0.050%	0.95x
382	Randall	183	0.050%	1.48x
383	Askew	182	0.050%	4.09x
384	Oliver	181	0.050%	0.64x
385	Barber	180	0.050%	0.76x
386	Machin	180	0.050%	4.56x
387	Reed	180	0.050%	0.63x
388	Woodhouse	180	0.050%	1.93x
389	Baguley	179	0.050%	16.27x
390	Stone	179	0.050%	0.63x
391	Horton	178	0.050%	1.22x
392	Newham	178	0.050%	12.33x
393	Warner	178	0.050%	1.24x
394	Buckland	177	0.040%	4.25x
395	Willis	177	0.040%	0.85x
396	Seymour	176	0.040%	2.19x
397	Adcock	174	0.040%	4.48x
398	Carr	173	0.040%	0.61x
399	Drury	172	0.040%	2.75x
400	Mather	172	0.040%	1.76x