1881 census place

Heanor surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Heanor, 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

261 surnames are listed for Heanor, Derbyshire, covering 2,997 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Gillott, with 114 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Heanor

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	Gillott	114	1.67%	465.69x
2	Booth	75	1.10%	11.12x
3	Meakin	75	1.10%	140.63x
4	Bestwick	58	0.850%	497.85x
5	Brentnall	58	0.850%	461.05x
6	Buxton	52	0.760%	50.60x
7	Brough	50	0.730%	59.79x
8	Eyre	44	0.640%	53.67x
9	Lomax	44	0.640%	45.56x
10	Eley	42	0.610%	99.29x
11	Thorpe	42	0.610%	15.53x
12	Prince	40	0.580%	25.86x
13	Saxton	40	0.580%	98.94x
14	Earnshaw	38	0.560%	44.93x
15	Grainger	38	0.560%	36.15x
16	Calladine	37	0.540%	337.59x
17	Flint	37	0.540%	30.15x
18	Froggatt	32	0.470%	101.81x
19	Horsley	32	0.470%	50.04x
20	Osborne	31	0.450%	9.50x
21	Noon	30	0.440%	61.04x
22	Pollard	30	0.440%	12.03x
23	Stirland	29	0.420%	590.63x
24	Beresford	28	0.410%	55.58x
25	Hallam	27	0.390%	21.17x
26	Musson	27	0.390%	79.76x
27	Rawson	27	0.390%	36.16x
28	Berrisford	26	0.380%	124.40x
29	Inger	26	0.380%	730.34x
30	Parkin	26	0.380%	14.14x
31	Raynor	26	0.380%	54.84x
32	Boam	25	0.370%	289.69x
33	Bircumshaw	24	0.350%	757.10x
34	Bullock	24	0.350%	10.79x
35	Barks	22	0.320%	233.30x
36	Howitt	22	0.320%	86.92x
37	Oxley	22	0.320%	22.97x
38	Straw	22	0.320%	92.28x
39	Henshaw	21	0.310%	36.03x
40	Longdon	21	0.310%	152.73x
41	Peel	21	0.310%	17.11x
42	Shelton	21	0.310%	26.11x
43	Stafford	21	0.310%	14.43x
44	Roe	20	0.290%	15.01x
45	Carrington	19	0.280%	26.37x
46	Purdy	19	0.280%	48.71x
47	Bamford	18	0.260%	17.48x
48	Fretwell	18	0.260%	77.49x
49	Henson	18	0.260%	22.45x
50	Leivers	18	0.260%	329.67x
51	Singleton	18	0.260%	13.31x
52	Soar	18	0.260%	111.66x
53	Thornhill	18	0.260%	42.10x
54	Brewin	16	0.230%	64.99x
55	Fowkes	16	0.230%	78.35x
56	Lacey	16	0.230%	12.69x
57	Copestake	15	0.220%	107.84x
58	Mee	15	0.220%	28.84x
59	Beardsley	14	0.200%	64.13x
60	Bramley	14	0.200%	22.42x
61	Cresswell	14	0.200%	19.41x
62	Daykin	14	0.200%	59.27x
63	Kerry	14	0.200%	30.27x
64	Mayfield	14	0.200%	79.91x
65	Oldershaw	14	0.200%	147.68x
66	Peabody	14	0.200%	239.32x
67	Sharley	14	0.200%	639.27x
68	Swann	14	0.200%	18.76x
69	Farnsworth	13	0.190%	45.76x
70	Hingley	13	0.190%	82.02x
71	Kew	13	0.190%	64.74x
72	Orme	13	0.190%	22.77x
73	Paxton	13	0.190%	23.84x
74	Smallwood	13	0.190%	20.60x
75	Stainsby	13	0.190%	115.66x
76	Askew	12	0.180%	15.54x
77	Birks	12	0.180%	26.47x
78	Howsley	12	0.180%	937.50x
79	Towson	12	0.180%	591.13x
80	Bartlam	11	0.160%	149.05x
81	Baseley	11	0.160%	197.49x
82	Cripps	11	0.160%	16.54x
83	Holbrook	11	0.160%	22.32x
84	Mousley	11	0.160%	118.66x
85	Osbourne	11	0.160%	43.70x
86	Wilmot	11	0.160%	24.09x
87	Winfield	11	0.160%	19.36x
88	Aldred	10	0.150%	17.02x
89	Bosworth	10	0.150%	24.82x
90	Else	10	0.150%	44.19x
91	Hames	10	0.150%	51.71x
92	Hawley	10	0.150%	14.96x
93	Hollingworth	10	0.150%	18.10x
94	Lockton	10	0.150%	188.68x
95	Pacey	10	0.150%	37.55x
96	Peace	10	0.150%	16.13x
97	Poundall	10	0.150%	526.32x
98	Rigley	10	0.150%	106.84x
99	Storer	10	0.150%	23.35x
100	Adkin	9	0.130%	62.24x