1881 census place

Ilkeston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ilkeston, 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

430 surnames are listed for Ilkeston, Derbyshire, covering 6,609 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Beardsley, with 329 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ilkeston

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	Beardsley	329	2.57%	803.81x
2	Henshaw	213	1.66%	194.93x
3	Bostock	211	1.65%	175.25x
4	Shaw	175	1.36%	7.43x
5	Straw	173	1.35%	387.02x
6	Sisson	133	1.04%	394.19x
7	Wheatley	129	1.01%	49.38x
8	Webster	124	0.970%	11.12x
9	Trueman	96	0.750%	108.84x
10	Barker	95	0.740%	5.66x
11	Riley	88	0.690%	8.67x
12	Tatham	87	0.680%	200.97x
13	Fletcher	79	0.620%	5.40x
14	Winfield	77	0.600%	72.28x
15	Fisher	74	0.580%	4.93x
16	Aldred	71	0.550%	64.47x
17	Burrows	67	0.520%	11.94x
18	Shelton	63	0.490%	41.79x
19	Hallam	61	0.480%	25.52x
20	Knighton	60	0.470%	133.33x
21	Rigley	60	0.470%	341.88x
22	Potter	59	0.460%	7.09x
23	Morley	57	0.440%	11.12x
24	Stevenson	57	0.440%	6.33x
25	Whitehead	56	0.440%	6.46x
26	Fretwell	55	0.430%	126.29x
27	Scattergood	54	0.420%	156.48x
28	Lebeter	53	0.410%	1331.66x
29	Pollard	51	0.400%	10.91x
30	Daykin	48	0.370%	108.43x
31	Briggs	47	0.370%	6.75x
32	Rose	47	0.370%	4.94x
33	Horridge	45	0.350%	140.71x
34	Eaton	43	0.340%	11.98x
35	Henson	43	0.340%	28.60x
36	Carrier	41	0.320%	198.26x
37	Rice	41	0.320%	10.30x
38	Clifford	39	0.300%	14.79x
39	Severn	39	0.300%	99.97x
40	Stanley	39	0.300%	7.91x
41	Meakin	38	0.300%	38.01x
42	Hawley	36	0.280%	28.72x
43	Blount	35	0.270%	79.60x
44	Lacey	35	0.270%	14.81x
45	Tomlinson	35	0.270%	5.92x
46	Attenborough	34	0.270%	128.30x
47	Bramley	34	0.270%	29.04x
48	Moon	34	0.270%	12.57x
49	Eyre	33	0.260%	21.47x
50	Flint	33	0.260%	14.34x
51	Goddard	33	0.260%	6.40x
52	Cope	31	0.240%	10.69x
53	Duro	31	0.240%	1812.87x
54	Smedley	31	0.240%	29.55x
55	Cordon	29	0.230%	181.14x
56	Hollis	29	0.230%	16.34x
57	Shooter	29	0.230%	152.87x
58	Turton	29	0.230%	20.13x
59	Bamford	28	0.220%	14.51x
60	Reeves	28	0.220%	5.33x
61	Syson	28	0.220%	353.54x
62	Calladine	27	0.210%	131.39x
63	Hufton	27	0.210%	181.21x
64	Cockayne	25	0.200%	64.80x
65	Fearn	25	0.200%	26.11x
66	Rowley	25	0.200%	7.42x
67	Keeling	24	0.190%	21.44x
68	Sudbury	24	0.190%	143.37x
69	Neal	23	0.180%	6.06x
70	Richard	23	0.180%	20.80x
71	Flinders	22	0.170%	139.59x
72	Manners	22	0.170%	34.72x
73	Pounder	22	0.170%	52.54x
74	Flanagan	21	0.160%	20.90x
75	Keightley	21	0.160%	70.78x
76	Tilson	21	0.160%	135.83x
77	Clay	20	0.160%	7.60x
78	Fish	20	0.160%	8.38x
79	Stenson	20	0.160%	84.78x
80	Aram	19	0.150%	213.24x
81	Quinn	19	0.150%	7.75x
82	Street	19	0.150%	6.34x
83	Thorley	19	0.150%	22.79x
84	Woolley	19	0.150%	7.47x
85	Stirland	18	0.140%	195.44x
86	Bestwick	17	0.130%	77.84x
87	Boam	17	0.130%	105.00x
88	Ironmonger	17	0.130%	72.84x
89	Rollinson	17	0.130%	24.57x
90	Tunnicliffe	17	0.130%	40.23x
91	Adkin	16	0.120%	59.04x
92	Bloor	16	0.120%	22.61x
93	Gent	16	0.120%	14.53x
94	Haslam	16	0.120%	8.21x
95	Limb	16	0.120%	55.19x
96	Oakes	16	0.120%	8.62x
97	Whitechurch	16	0.120%	314.34x
98	Bircumshaw	15	0.120%	252.10x
99	Longdon	15	0.120%	58.18x
100	Pritchett	15	0.120%	49.00x