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 Thomas, with 139 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
501	Thomas	139	0.040%	0.09x
502	Haynes	138	0.040%	0.98x
503	Holbrook	138	0.040%	4.86x
504	Langham	138	0.040%	7.99x
505	Bowley	137	0.030%	6.34x
506	Doughty	137	0.030%	2.74x
507	Long	136	0.030%	0.53x
508	Payne	136	0.030%	0.38x
509	Pegg	136	0.030%	3.52x
510	Sissons	136	0.030%	11.19x
511	Smart	136	0.030%	0.76x
512	Fish	135	0.030%	1.84x
513	Keeling	135	0.030%	3.93x
514	Lilley	135	0.030%	2.48x
515	Marlow	135	0.030%	2.92x
516	Otter	135	0.030%	13.62x
517	Bexon	134	0.030%	34.08x
518	Lewin	134	0.030%	4.22x
519	Miles	134	0.030%	0.58x
520	Newstead	134	0.030%	9.80x
521	Wharmby	134	0.030%	17.48x
522	Crossland	133	0.030%	3.84x
523	Hackett	133	0.030%	2.87x
524	Salmon	133	0.030%	1.48x
525	Warren	133	0.030%	0.51x
526	Beckett	132	0.030%	1.68x
527	Davison	132	0.030%	0.94x
528	Varley	132	0.030%	2.44x
529	Bond	131	0.030%	0.63x
530	Carnell	131	0.030%	11.00x
531	Hand	131	0.030%	2.77x
532	Bland	130	0.030%	1.59x
533	Lester	130	0.030%	2.10x
534	Pilkington	130	0.030%	1.84x
535	Giles	129	0.030%	0.86x
536	Gretton	129	0.030%	13.86x
537	Herring	129	0.030%	3.19x
538	Shooter	129	0.030%	22.15x
539	Dutton	128	0.030%	1.44x
540	Garton	128	0.030%	6.61x
541	Leverton	128	0.030%	17.96x
542	Paulson	128	0.030%	29.32x
543	Cotton	127	0.030%	1.35x
544	Holloway	127	0.030%	1.05x
545	Marson	127	0.030%	7.09x
546	Summers	127	0.030%	1.15x
547	Varney	127	0.030%	6.16x
548	Weightman	127	0.030%	8.24x
549	Hopkins	126	0.030%	0.53x
550	Rowley	126	0.030%	1.22x
551	Goodacre	125	0.030%	9.91x
552	Greenwood	125	0.030%	0.41x
553	Hunter	125	0.030%	0.31x
554	Lovett	125	0.030%	3.47x
555	Spick	125	0.030%	50.84x
556	Starbuck	125	0.030%	19.68x
557	Tansley	125	0.030%	8.57x
558	Beecroft	124	0.030%	7.48x
559	Brewster	124	0.030%	3.25x
560	Featherstone	124	0.030%	3.50x
561	Pickard	124	0.030%	2.26x
562	Sisson	124	0.030%	11.97x
563	Whittle	124	0.030%	1.45x
564	Woodhead	124	0.030%	1.68x
565	Breedon	123	0.030%	23.16x
566	Buckley	123	0.030%	0.57x
567	Kirkby	123	0.030%	5.52x
568	Neal	123	0.030%	1.06x
569	Proctor	123	0.030%	1.27x
570	Wilford	123	0.030%	7.75x
571	Wilkins	123	0.030%	0.71x
572	Grocock	122	0.030%	20.30x
573	Lockwood	122	0.030%	1.40x
574	Sampson	122	0.030%	1.82x
575	Bamford	121	0.030%	2.04x
576	Berridge	121	0.030%	5.86x
577	Birkett	121	0.030%	3.18x
578	Bosworth	121	0.030%	5.22x
579	Metcalf	121	0.030%	1.52x
580	Oakland	121	0.030%	41.46x
581	Searson	121	0.030%	24.09x
582	Voce	121	0.030%	22.89x
583	Charlesworth	120	0.030%	2.36x
584	Whitt	120	0.030%	46.33x
585	Wootton	120	0.030%	3.36x
586	Chadwick	119	0.030%	0.69x
587	Fearn	119	0.030%	4.05x
588	Morrell	119	0.030%	3.22x
589	Rice	119	0.030%	0.97x
590	Bagshaw	118	0.030%	3.75x
591	Barrett	118	0.030%	0.45x
592	Brookes	118	0.030%	1.28x
593	Gale	118	0.030%	1.00x
594	Granger	118	0.030%	2.93x
595	Heathcote	118	0.030%	3.71x
596	Rigley	118	0.030%	21.89x
597	Sheldon	118	0.030%	1.97x
598	Street	118	0.030%	1.28x
599	Baggaley	117	0.030%	15.34x
600	Beard	117	0.030%	1.13x