1881 census place

Wirksworth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wirksworth, 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

168 surnames are listed for Wirksworth, Derbyshire, covering 1,792 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Else, with 80 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wirksworth

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	Else	80	1.92%	581.40x
2	Flint	78	1.88%	104.56x
3	Wardman	55	1.32%	515.95x
4	Allsop	46	1.11%	107.75x
5	Greatorex	44	1.06%	345.10x
6	Gratton	42	1.01%	253.62x
7	Byard	37	0.890%	630.32x
8	Slack	36	0.870%	54.95x
9	Buxton	34	0.820%	54.43x
10	Land	34	0.820%	113.41x
11	Conway	32	0.770%	41.08x
12	Bunting	29	0.700%	62.50x
13	Frith	29	0.700%	69.90x
14	Wain	29	0.700%	83.12x
15	Botham	28	0.670%	257.12x
16	Sheldon	28	0.670%	44.28x
17	Maskrey	25	0.600%	1012.15x
18	Greenhough	24	0.580%	255.59x
19	Storer	24	0.580%	92.20x
20	Brough	22	0.530%	43.28x
21	Hawley	21	0.510%	51.67x
22	Steeples	21	0.510%	598.29x
23	Killer	20	0.480%	1098.90x
24	Ogdon	20	0.480%	1470.59x
25	Bowmer	19	0.460%	397.49x
26	Doxey	19	0.460%	284.01x
27	Gleeson	19	0.460%	149.37x
28	Higton	19	0.460%	599.37x
29	Smedley	19	0.460%	55.85x
30	Brailsford	18	0.430%	122.78x
31	Orridge	18	0.430%	865.38x
32	Poyser	18	0.430%	162.31x
33	Millward	17	0.410%	36.41x
34	Ellicock	16	0.380%	1666.67x
35	Redfern	16	0.380%	27.62x
36	Alsop	15	0.360%	80.91x
37	Brocklehurst	15	0.360%	66.11x
38	Gamble	15	0.360%	25.21x
39	Oxspring	15	0.360%	590.55x
40	Dakin	14	0.340%	46.95x
41	Marple	14	0.340%	765.03x
42	Peat	14	0.340%	42.21x
43	Wheeldon	14	0.340%	68.26x
44	Winson	14	0.340%	167.87x
45	Melbourne	13	0.310%	153.66x
46	Waywell	13	0.310%	599.08x
47	Gell	12	0.290%	109.79x
48	Hatfield	12	0.290%	40.46x
49	Kinder	12	0.290%	68.77x
50	Scothern	12	0.290%	307.69x
51	Stoppard	12	0.290%	478.09x
52	Wigley	12	0.290%	45.54x
53	Broome	11	0.260%	53.22x
54	Farnsworth	11	0.260%	63.69x
55	Fritchley	11	0.260%	738.26x
56	Herson	11	0.260%	808.82x
57	Waterfield	11	0.260%	64.29x
58	Yeomans	11	0.260%	32.09x
59	Fennell	10	0.240%	51.36x
60	Haworth	10	0.240%	11.43x
61	Seeds	10	0.240%	574.71x
62	Wragg	10	0.240%	25.99x
63	Fearn	9	0.220%	28.99x
64	Grattan	9	0.220%	276.92x
65	Kniveton	9	0.220%	344.83x
66	Marson	9	0.220%	47.57x
67	Pidcock	9	0.220%	248.62x
68	Bratby	8	0.190%	318.73x
69	Gallimore	8	0.190%	60.70x
70	Houlgate	8	0.190%	467.84x
71	Miers	8	0.190%	321.29x
72	Palin	8	0.190%	44.87x
73	Sherwin	8	0.190%	35.75x
74	Snowball	8	0.190%	59.17x
75	Spray	8	0.190%	64.15x
76	Abell	7	0.170%	54.39x
77	Ault	7	0.170%	72.99x
78	Batterley	7	0.170%	1147.54x
79	Beeson	7	0.170%	42.09x
80	Benyon	7	0.170%	134.87x
81	Pettingale	7	0.170%	518.52x
82	Repton	7	0.170%	284.55x
83	Tipper	7	0.170%	39.24x
84	Wetton	7	0.170%	78.56x
85	Wooley	7	0.170%	26.32x
86	Wyley	7	0.170%	526.32x
87	Barnsley	6	0.140%	36.79x
88	Blackham	6	0.140%	60.18x
89	Bridgett	6	0.140%	164.38x
90	Britland	6	0.140%	174.42x
91	Dalziel	6	0.140%	32.64x
92	Milward	6	0.140%	31.20x
93	Tatlow	6	0.140%	163.49x
94	Twigge	6	0.140%	260.87x
95	Wheatcroft	6	0.140%	48.12x
96	Beardsley	5	0.120%	37.68x
97	Blount	5	0.120%	35.06x
98	Bucknall	5	0.120%	45.75x
99	Dicken	5	0.120%	42.74x
100	Godbehere	5	0.120%	186.57x