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 Worthington, with 172 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
401	Worthington	172	0.040%	2.18x
402	Hammond	171	0.040%	0.76x
403	Massey	171	0.040%	1.70x
404	Mellows	171	0.040%	25.20x
405	Singleton	171	0.040%	2.20x
406	Thornhill	171	0.040%	6.95x
407	Milner	170	0.040%	1.88x
408	Griffin	169	0.040%	0.91x
409	Jennings	169	0.040%	0.85x
410	Carrington	168	0.040%	4.05x
411	Peel	168	0.040%	2.38x
412	Swann	167	0.040%	3.89x
413	Astill	166	0.040%	27.04x
414	Knighton	165	0.040%	11.94x
415	Skelton	164	0.040%	2.86x
416	Nelson	163	0.040%	0.85x
417	Crampton	162	0.040%	8.44x
418	Shipman	162	0.040%	11.10x
419	Sutton	161	0.040%	0.64x
420	Guy	160	0.040%	1.86x
421	Henshaw	160	0.040%	4.77x
422	Pacey	159	0.040%	10.37x
423	Reeve	159	0.040%	1.73x
424	Stubbs	159	0.040%	1.53x
425	Hough	158	0.040%	2.33x
426	Reddish	158	0.040%	20.94x
427	Russell	158	0.040%	0.33x
428	Wall	158	0.040%	1.15x
429	Hatton	157	0.040%	2.03x
430	Housley	157	0.040%	16.40x
431	Palethorpe	157	0.040%	26.89x
432	Tyler	157	0.040%	1.35x
433	Warsop	157	0.040%	46.83x
434	Barks	156	0.040%	28.73x
435	Blagg	156	0.040%	21.85x
436	Camm	156	0.040%	12.36x
437	Else	156	0.040%	11.97x
438	Hubbard	156	0.040%	1.63x
439	Schofield	156	0.040%	0.73x
440	Thurman	156	0.040%	16.03x
441	Baines	155	0.040%	2.06x
442	Farmer	155	0.040%	1.26x
443	Hemsley	155	0.040%	7.87x
444	Lawrence	155	0.040%	0.61x
445	Moult	155	0.040%	18.71x
446	Hollis	154	0.040%	2.82x
447	Howitt	154	0.040%	10.57x
448	Shephard	154	0.040%	4.08x
449	Ashley	153	0.040%	2.32x
450	Bee	153	0.040%	6.89x
451	Fell	152	0.040%	2.75x
452	Whitaker	152	0.040%	1.37x
453	Bishop	151	0.040%	0.55x
454	Campion	151	0.040%	5.47x
455	Colton	151	0.040%	11.46x
456	Fryer	151	0.040%	2.07x
457	Hawley	151	0.040%	3.92x
458	Hollingsworth	151	0.040%	5.80x
459	Moody	151	0.040%	1.47x
460	Shipley	151	0.040%	4.34x
461	Black	150	0.040%	0.59x
462	Parks	150	0.040%	3.66x
463	Pickering	150	0.040%	1.06x
464	Wade	150	0.040%	0.95x
465	Whitby	150	0.040%	6.26x
466	Scothern	149	0.040%	40.33x
467	Simmons	149	0.040%	0.93x
468	Storer	149	0.040%	6.04x
469	Bowler	148	0.040%	3.08x
470	Woods	147	0.040%	0.59x
471	Dabell	146	0.040%	53.39x
472	Leatherland	146	0.040%	34.38x
473	Asher	145	0.040%	8.70x
474	Hardwick	145	0.040%	2.41x
475	Hodson	145	0.040%	1.78x
476	Hooton	145	0.040%	10.67x
477	Newman	145	0.040%	0.50x
478	Scrimshaw	144	0.040%	20.55x
479	Swanwick	144	0.040%	26.91x
480	Beardall	143	0.040%	34.75x
481	Buttery	143	0.040%	9.45x
482	Corbett	143	0.040%	1.85x
483	Franks	143	0.040%	2.91x
484	Birkin	142	0.040%	18.37x
485	Hooley	142	0.040%	7.52x
486	Huskinson	142	0.040%	38.57x
487	Kitchen	142	0.040%	2.12x
488	Comery	141	0.040%	56.74x
489	Crooks	141	0.040%	4.64x
490	Herrod	141	0.040%	39.00x
491	Keeton	141	0.040%	21.89x
492	Sadler	141	0.040%	1.52x
493	Towers	141	0.040%	3.09x
494	Attewell	140	0.040%	22.51x
495	Carlin	140	0.040%	7.00x
496	Cragg	140	0.040%	5.60x
497	Millington	140	0.040%	2.35x
498	Sewell	140	0.040%	1.68x
499	Twells	140	0.040%	27.16x
500	Meads	139	0.040%	10.83x