1881 census place

Dronfield surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dronfield, 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

229 surnames are listed for Dronfield, Derbyshire, covering 2,428 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Ward, with 176 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dronfield

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	Ward	176	3.00%	13.75x
2	Bennett	131	2.24%	13.60x
3	Booker	59	1.01%	84.00x
4	Sharp	58	0.990%	11.87x
5	Hewitt	52	0.890%	18.21x
6	Vickers	44	0.750%	29.24x
7	Biggin	42	0.720%	283.78x
8	Bingham	41	0.700%	47.62x
9	Lockwood	34	0.580%	26.27x
10	Wildgoose	33	0.560%	210.19x
11	Davison	31	0.530%	14.80x
12	Heathcote	31	0.530%	65.51x
13	Swift	31	0.530%	17.13x
14	Talbot	31	0.530%	21.25x
15	Hibbert	30	0.510%	34.92x
16	Unwin	30	0.510%	51.51x
17	Haslam	29	0.490%	32.57x
18	Mather	29	0.490%	19.96x
19	Platts	29	0.490%	74.13x
20	Greaves	25	0.430%	14.55x
21	Hardwick	25	0.430%	27.89x
22	Needham	25	0.430%	20.04x
23	Henson	24	0.410%	34.93x
24	Higginbottom	24	0.410%	62.66x
25	Mosley	23	0.390%	41.67x
26	Siddall	23	0.390%	53.54x
27	Staton	23	0.390%	203.00x
28	Hattersley	20	0.340%	119.55x
29	Outram	20	0.340%	116.55x
30	Street	19	0.320%	13.88x
31	Havenhand	18	0.310%	483.87x
32	Hopkinson	18	0.310%	18.79x
33	Crookes	17	0.290%	66.46x
34	Marples	17	0.290%	109.11x
35	Whitworth	17	0.290%	17.36x
36	Fryer	16	0.270%	14.71x
37	Rudge	16	0.270%	34.81x
38	Linacre	15	0.260%	491.80x
39	Rotherham	15	0.260%	127.33x
40	Widdowson	15	0.260%	48.17x
41	Charlesworth	14	0.240%	18.50x
42	Lievesley	14	0.240%	639.27x
43	Sheard	14	0.240%	26.08x
44	Shirt	14	0.240%	105.98x
45	Silcock	14	0.240%	57.05x
46	Gard	13	0.220%	86.49x
47	Hodkin	13	0.220%	204.40x
48	Rawson	13	0.220%	20.32x
49	Smedley	13	0.220%	27.11x
50	Spick	13	0.220%	355.19x
51	Wagstaff	13	0.220%	17.82x
52	Crofts	12	0.200%	25.34x
53	Herrington	12	0.200%	54.40x
54	Raynes	12	0.200%	103.09x
55	Wolstenholme	12	0.200%	25.66x
56	Cotterill	11	0.190%	21.42x
57	Duffield	11	0.190%	21.64x
58	Hoggard	11	0.190%	177.42x
59	Searston	11	0.190%	924.37x
60	Watkinson	11	0.190%	16.02x
61	Bargh	10	0.170%	221.24x
62	Creasey	10	0.170%	42.41x
63	Gare	10	0.170%	198.81x
64	Gascoyne	10	0.170%	73.64x
65	Hallas	10	0.170%	45.75x
66	Margerrison	10	0.170%	1250.00x
67	Mothersill	10	0.170%	595.24x
68	Reaney	10	0.170%	100.60x
69	Soar	10	0.170%	72.36x
70	Stirland	10	0.170%	237.53x
71	Tipper	10	0.170%	39.76x
72	Bakewell	9	0.150%	54.28x
73	Barfoot	9	0.150%	49.67x
74	Boot	9	0.150%	32.53x
75	Flinders	9	0.150%	125.00x
76	Fretwell	9	0.150%	45.23x
77	Heall	9	0.150%	434.78x
78	Higginbotham	9	0.150%	59.48x
79	Lowcock	9	0.150%	119.21x
80	Maskery	9	0.150%	165.44x
81	Milnes	9	0.150%	17.39x
82	Newall	9	0.150%	26.77x
83	Purser	9	0.150%	41.69x
84	Staniforth	9	0.150%	40.49x
85	Tagg	9	0.150%	40.23x
86	Baxby	8	0.140%	833.33x
87	Botham	8	0.140%	52.15x
88	Brunt	8	0.140%	19.82x
89	Cartledge	8	0.140%	27.05x
90	Corker	8	0.140%	55.83x
91	Damms	8	0.140%	227.27x
92	Dunstone	8	0.140%	113.31x
93	Howele	8	0.140%	4000.00x
94	Longden	8	0.140%	29.55x
95	Sanby	8	0.140%	567.38x
96	Smelt	8	0.140%	148.15x
97	Westmoreland	8	0.140%	85.02x
98	Adames	7	0.120%	235.69x
99	Bramall	7	0.120%	44.87x
100	Brothwell	7	0.120%	151.52x