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 Benson, with 117 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
601	Benson	117	0.030%	1.10x
602	Bradford	117	0.030%	1.52x
603	Wainwright	117	0.030%	1.40x
604	Bowman	116	0.030%	1.13x
605	Harpham	116	0.030%	21.57x
606	Plumb	116	0.030%	3.64x
607	Raven	116	0.030%	3.51x
608	Stubbins	116	0.030%	17.86x
609	Cree	115	0.030%	9.78x
610	Hodges	115	0.030%	1.00x
611	Leeson	115	0.030%	5.04x
612	Unwin	115	0.030%	2.94x
613	Bartle	114	0.030%	4.92x
614	Beck	114	0.030%	1.24x
615	Blackwell	114	0.030%	1.59x
616	Blythe	114	0.030%	3.81x
617	Chester	114	0.030%	2.36x
618	Hemstock	114	0.030%	44.01x
619	Kershaw	114	0.030%	0.90x
620	Shore	114	0.030%	2.69x
621	Staples	114	0.030%	3.03x
622	Sykes	114	0.030%	0.60x
623	Towlson	114	0.030%	37.86x
624	Brett	113	0.030%	1.51x
625	Bullock	113	0.030%	0.88x
626	Daws	113	0.030%	5.61x
627	Drabble	113	0.030%	8.62x
628	Garratt	113	0.030%	2.83x
629	Hartshorn	113	0.030%	6.62x
630	Orton	113	0.030%	3.05x
631	Simms	113	0.030%	2.52x
632	Broughton	112	0.030%	1.53x
633	Cartledge	112	0.030%	5.64x
634	Denman	112	0.030%	6.39x
635	Binch	111	0.030%	51.48x
636	Cottam	111	0.030%	4.63x
637	Elston	111	0.030%	5.82x
638	Flinders	111	0.030%	22.94x
639	Keetley	111	0.030%	43.52x
640	Langley	111	0.030%	1.28x
641	Ross	111	0.030%	0.26x
642	Sands	111	0.030%	2.52x
643	Bateman	110	0.030%	1.08x
644	Bolton	110	0.030%	0.65x
645	Burgess	110	0.030%	0.40x
646	Cole	110	0.030%	0.31x
647	Henton	110	0.030%	14.65x
648	Jordan	110	0.030%	0.63x
649	Ratcliffe	110	0.030%	1.01x
650	Shardlow	110	0.030%	20.36x
651	Stringfellow	110	0.030%	10.73x
652	Wallace	110	0.030%	0.41x
653	Gelsthorpe	109	0.030%	37.68x
654	Griffiths	109	0.030%	0.17x
655	Parkes	109	0.030%	1.35x
656	Stewart	109	0.030%	0.18x
657	Sulley	109	0.030%	31.29x
658	Topham	109	0.030%	3.79x
659	Banner	108	0.030%	5.02x
660	Chadburn	108	0.030%	20.38x
661	Hartley	108	0.030%	0.44x
662	Horner	108	0.030%	1.44x
663	Humphrey	108	0.030%	1.03x
664	Speed	108	0.030%	3.41x
665	Waplington	108	0.030%	53.69x
666	Belton	107	0.030%	5.05x
667	Gardner	107	0.030%	0.40x
668	Ledger	107	0.030%	3.97x
669	Snowden	107	0.030%	3.05x
670	Wheatcroft	107	0.030%	9.06x
671	Withers	107	0.030%	1.66x
672	Allison	106	0.030%	0.95x
673	Childs	106	0.030%	1.47x
674	Eggleston	106	0.030%	11.47x
675	Hughes	106	0.030%	0.10x
676	Littlewood	106	0.030%	2.09x
677	Redfern	106	0.030%	1.93x
678	Streets	106	0.030%	19.81x
679	Coxon	105	0.030%	3.49x
680	Hirst	105	0.030%	0.82x
681	Scattergood	105	0.030%	9.91x
682	Tyers	105	0.030%	8.32x
683	Foulds	104	0.030%	3.90x
684	Gregg	104	0.030%	3.75x
685	Norton	104	0.030%	0.79x
686	Todd	104	0.030%	0.52x
687	Wightman	104	0.030%	4.02x
688	Winter	104	0.030%	0.74x
689	Charles	103	0.030%	1.27x
690	Culley	103	0.030%	6.17x
691	Doubleday	103	0.030%	12.47x
692	Duke	103	0.030%	2.25x
693	Goulder	103	0.030%	18.61x
694	Hindley	103	0.030%	3.18x
695	Templeman	103	0.030%	6.77x
696	Willoughby	103	0.030%	3.01x
697	Ash	102	0.030%	1.57x
698	Dodson	102	0.030%	3.35x
699	Grant	102	0.030%	0.26x
700	Greasley	102	0.030%	10.96x