1881 census place

Alfreton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Alfreton, Derbyshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

580 surnames are listed for Alfreton, Derbyshire, covering 6,666 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Parkin, with 136 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Alfreton

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Parkin	136	0.980%	36.40x
2	Radford	102	0.730%	38.71x
3	Barker	88	0.630%	4.84x
4	Elliott	84	0.600%	7.12x
5	Spencer	70	0.500%	5.52x
6	Riley	69	0.500%	6.28x
7	Bacon	68	0.490%	19.47x
8	Langton	68	0.490%	61.68x
9	Slater	65	0.470%	7.73x
10	Bonsall	64	0.460%	248.54x
11	Bradley	64	0.460%	5.74x
12	Rhodes	63	0.450%	9.77x
13	Naylor	61	0.440%	11.65x
14	Walters	61	0.440%	9.21x
15	Dawes	57	0.410%	30.13x
16	England	57	0.410%	19.91x
17	Ball	56	0.400%	4.88x
18	Farnsworth	55	0.400%	95.29x
19	Kerry	55	0.400%	58.54x
20	Weightman	54	0.390%	99.30x
21	Burnham	53	0.380%	62.02x
22	Godber	53	0.380%	182.19x
23	Dexter	52	0.370%	50.95x
24	Brentnall	51	0.370%	199.53x
25	Burton	49	0.350%	4.14x
26	Haywood	48	0.350%	16.47x
27	Severn	48	0.350%	113.56x
28	Barlow	46	0.330%	6.13x
29	Waller	46	0.330%	13.14x
30	Dooley	45	0.320%	52.54x
31	Daykin	43	0.310%	89.64x
32	Bunting	41	0.300%	26.44x
33	Bullock	39	0.280%	8.63x
34	Cope	39	0.280%	12.42x
35	Clay	38	0.270%	13.32x
36	Abbott	37	0.270%	6.04x
37	Castledine	37	0.270%	155.79x
38	Merriman	37	0.270%	72.83x
39	Marriott	36	0.260%	11.57x
40	Wilbraham	34	0.240%	165.45x
41	Bowler	33	0.240%	19.45x
42	Buxton	33	0.240%	15.81x
43	Eliott	33	0.240%	223.73x
44	Shipman	33	0.240%	64.08x
45	Chamberlain	32	0.230%	8.46x
46	Jepson	32	0.230%	23.54x
47	Wild	31	0.220%	5.48x
48	Hanbury	30	0.220%	122.25x
49	Bettison	29	0.210%	170.79x
50	Hardwick	29	0.210%	13.65x
51	Shawcroft	29	0.210%	383.60x
52	Cresswell	27	0.190%	18.43x
53	Hopkinson	27	0.190%	11.89x
54	Straw	27	0.190%	55.74x
55	Lilley	26	0.190%	13.51x
56	Wagstaff	26	0.190%	15.04x
57	Dennis	25	0.180%	6.08x
58	Peach	25	0.180%	16.64x
59	Platts	25	0.180%	26.95x
60	Swindell	25	0.180%	74.52x
61	Vernon	25	0.180%	10.93x
62	Alvey	24	0.170%	101.22x
63	Blatherwick	24	0.170%	136.52x
64	Pidcock	24	0.170%	198.18x
65	Smedley	24	0.170%	21.11x
66	Wharton	24	0.170%	12.33x
67	Whitehouse	24	0.170%	6.64x
68	Bakewell	23	0.170%	58.52x
69	Barratt	23	0.170%	8.16x
70	Cartledge	23	0.170%	32.81x
71	Grundy	23	0.170%	8.09x
72	Haslam	23	0.170%	10.90x
73	Rawson	23	0.170%	15.16x
74	Wardle	23	0.170%	8.55x
75	Calladine	22	0.160%	98.79x
76	Evison	22	0.160%	49.97x
77	Greasley	22	0.160%	66.97x
78	Purdy	22	0.160%	27.76x
79	Tagg	22	0.160%	41.49x
80	Topham	22	0.160%	21.67x
81	Wass	22	0.160%	29.16x
82	Anthony	21	0.150%	13.01x
83	Bland	21	0.150%	7.29x
84	Carlin	21	0.150%	29.74x
85	Kitts	21	0.150%	163.42x
86	Leighton	21	0.150%	14.05x
87	Sims	21	0.150%	5.04x
88	Swain	21	0.150%	7.84x
89	Whittle	21	0.150%	6.94x
90	Beecroft	20	0.140%	34.18x
91	Handbury	20	0.140%	607.90x
92	Hollingworth	20	0.140%	17.82x
93	Shacklock	20	0.140%	163.27x
94	Wetton	20	0.140%	67.14x
95	Atkin	19	0.140%	10.23x
96	Bingham	19	0.140%	9.31x
97	Garratt	19	0.140%	13.48x
98	Moon	19	0.140%	6.48x
99	Stacey	19	0.140%	6.09x
100	Duffin	18	0.130%	34.27x