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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 Haswell, with 5 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
101Haswell537.20x
102Leason5119.62x
103Marples545.25x
104Ridout533.85x
105Spetch5310.56x
106Watterson537.12x
107Willetts521.49x
108Worthy549.41x
109Baggaley449.69x
110Budworth4118.69x
111Casterton4264.90x
112Cooks4167.36x
113Corden458.31x
114Hooke474.49x
115Macbeth4103.36x
116Marriot455.87x
117Morewood4258.06x
118Axe368.81x
119Beardall368.97x
120Bridgewood3144.23x
121Cleland327.27x
122Colledge328.33x
123Rockley363.03x
124Sladen341.78x
125Tillson3120.48x
126Dibb222.91x
127Foulk2192.31x
128Hatchett244.15x
129Hodkin244.35x
130Horobin224.94x
131Jennens2114.29x
132Maclure2100.00x
133Maskery251.81x
134Mear225.87x
135Meller228.37x
136Nall240.90x
137Springthorpe233.90x
138Udall225.71x
139Wint297.56x
140Berisford127.10x
141Bestwick114.12x
142Bettle149.26x
143Briddon121.74x
144Calladine115.02x
145Carding139.37x
146Cranch144.64x
147Foulks123.92x
148Gascoine130.03x
149Ghent149.26x
150Halksworth181.97x
151Hanby118.32x
152Handbury1101.01x
153Hooson112.32x
154Hydes117.15x
155Kiddy128.17x
156Laud125.84x
157Linacre146.08x
158Matkin142.55x
159Mitchley158.14x
160Peal128.33x
161Pyper122.52x
162Rosewarne130.12x
163Savidge118.32x
164Sellors129.07x
165Spare128.82x
166Twyford117.06x
167Wathey1172.41x
168Webberley148.31x