1881 census place

Belper surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Belper, 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

333 surnames are listed for Belper, Derbyshire, covering 4,269 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hall, with 172 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Belper

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	Hall	172	1.94%	6.59x
2	Spencer	168	1.89%	20.75x
3	Harrison	148	1.67%	7.52x
4	Booth	128	1.44%	14.63x
5	Allen	107	1.21%	6.39x
6	Hunt	104	1.17%	8.83x
7	Varney	82	0.920%	176.72x
8	Stone	71	0.800%	11.08x
9	Beresford	63	0.710%	96.45x
10	Waterfall	62	0.700%	422.92x
11	Melbourne	59	0.670%	327.23x
12	Tomlinson	47	0.530%	11.49x
13	Bridges	44	0.500%	31.19x
14	Blackham	42	0.470%	197.55x
15	Weston	41	0.460%	11.34x
16	Allsop	40	0.450%	43.93x
17	Glew	40	0.450%	205.34x
18	Ride	40	0.450%	502.51x
19	Parkin	38	0.430%	15.94x
20	Sims	38	0.430%	14.30x
21	Lander	37	0.420%	60.93x
22	Wass	37	0.420%	76.86x
23	Jennison	36	0.410%	231.21x
24	Boot	35	0.390%	83.59x
25	Hallsworth	35	0.390%	209.21x
26	Blount	34	0.380%	111.81x
27	Sandars	33	0.370%	1358.02x
28	Bacon	32	0.360%	14.36x
29	Berresford	32	0.360%	191.27x
30	Bowler	32	0.360%	29.56x
31	Kerry	32	0.360%	53.37x
32	Gamble	30	0.340%	23.64x
33	Needham	29	0.330%	15.37x
34	Nightingale	29	0.330%	19.41x
35	Rice	29	0.330%	10.53x
36	Smedley	29	0.330%	39.98x
37	Cheetham	28	0.320%	20.41x
38	Wain	28	0.320%	37.63x
39	Beardmore	27	0.300%	66.47x
40	Ratcliffe	27	0.300%	11.03x
41	Alton	26	0.290%	107.75x
42	Annable	26	0.290%	363.13x
43	Jessop	26	0.290%	24.70x
44	Wardle	26	0.290%	15.15x
45	Winson	26	0.290%	146.15x
46	Kirkland	24	0.270%	30.40x
47	Milward	24	0.270%	58.52x
48	Bryan	23	0.260%	10.45x
49	Crofts	23	0.260%	32.10x
50	Hobson	23	0.260%	10.00x
51	Redfern	23	0.260%	18.62x
52	Cresswell	22	0.250%	23.53x
53	Munslow	22	0.250%	208.14x
54	Troth	22	0.250%	235.80x
55	Wheatley	22	0.250%	12.18x
56	Wingfield	22	0.250%	53.68x
57	Pym	21	0.240%	95.45x
58	Alldread	20	0.230%	1250.00x
59	Bowmer	20	0.230%	196.46x
60	Calladine	20	0.230%	140.75x
61	Tranter	20	0.230%	30.65x
62	Wigley	20	0.230%	35.59x
63	Attenborough	19	0.210%	103.66x
64	Gaunt	19	0.210%	21.77x
65	Gration	19	0.210%	530.73x
66	Maycock	19	0.210%	46.23x
67	Meakin	19	0.210%	27.48x
68	Salt	19	0.210%	14.42x
69	Yeoman	19	0.210%	33.95x
70	Bodell	18	0.200%	266.67x
71	Linthwaite	18	0.200%	425.53x
72	Mee	18	0.200%	26.70x
73	Sellors	18	0.200%	245.23x
74	Spendlove	18	0.200%	132.16x
75	Buxton	17	0.190%	12.76x
76	Eley	17	0.190%	31.00x
77	Litchfield	17	0.190%	46.75x
78	Storer	17	0.190%	30.62x
79	Wildsmith	17	0.190%	89.99x
80	Hallam	16	0.180%	9.68x
81	Hibbert	16	0.180%	12.31x
82	Morrell	16	0.180%	19.20x
83	Braithwaite	15	0.170%	14.58x
84	Flint	15	0.170%	9.43x
85	Reader	15	0.170%	19.60x
86	Wathall	15	0.170%	872.09x
87	Worthey	15	0.170%	426.14x
88	Berkin	14	0.160%	482.76x
89	Billyeald	14	0.160%	828.40x
90	Millward	14	0.160%	14.06x
91	Belfield	13	0.150%	57.85x
92	Hague	13	0.150%	9.32x
93	Hitchcock	13	0.150%	12.71x
94	Stanhope	13	0.150%	61.15x
95	Statham	13	0.150%	25.40x
96	Carney	12	0.140%	14.97x
97	Chell	12	0.140%	60.58x
98	Crooks	12	0.140%	17.55x
99	Cutts	12	0.140%	17.22x
100	Homer	12	0.140%	17.78x