DFHG Surname Counts
(100 most common)
The database currently has well over 70,000 individual entries for Diss and the surrounding villages! Those below are the surnames which have the greatest number of entries.
Click on a surname to find the first 200 records found.
Use the two main searches to find more specific records.
| Rank | Surname | Count |
| 1st | SMITH | 1040 |
| 2nd | REEVE | 668 |
| 3rd | BAKER | 559 |
| 4th | NUNN | 450 |
| 5th | BROWN | 441 |
| 6th | POTTER | 429 |
| 7th | SELF | 424 |
| 8th | BOND | 407 |
| 9th | WRIGHT | 404 |
| 10th | ELLIS | 401 |
| 11th | TAYLOR | 401 |
| 12th | KERRY | 396 |
| 13th | LEEDER | 394 |
| 14th | GREEN | 389 |
| 15th | COOPER | 388 |
| 16th | COBB | 375 |
| 17th | GARNHAM | 361 |
| 18th | HART | 358 |
| 19th | HOLDEN | 356 |
| 20th | WOODS | 350 |
| 21st | BARKER | 349 |
| 22nd | WOMACK | 347 |
| 23rd | MORLEY | 344 |
| 24th | JOLLY | 343 |
| 25th | MURTON | 326 |
| 26th | BROWNE | 318 |
| 27th | BANHAM | 314 |
| 28th | BLOOMFIELD | 314 |
| 29th | LAND | 314 |
| 30th | SAUNDERS | 311 |
| 31st | PEARCE | 306 |
| 32nd | PALMER | 286 |
| 33rd | GRANT | 282 |
| 34th | CLARKE | 275 |
| 35th | WILLIAMS | 265 |
| 36th | PAGE | 260 |
| 37th | BRYANT | 255 |
| 38th | HUGGINS | 253 |
| 39th | ELSEY | 246 |
| 40th | NOBLE | 243 |
| 41st | HOSKINS | 242 |
| 42nd | BEALES | 241 |
| 43rd | RUSH | 239 |
| 44th | FILBY | 236 |
| 45th | GARROOD | 236 |
| 46th | BETTS | 235 |
| 47th | RUDDOCK | 235 |
| 48th | FULCHER | 233 |
| 49th | BOBBY | 232 |
| 50th | COOK | 232 |
| 51st | BOWELL | 231 |
| 52nd | PRENTICE | 228 |
| 53rd | CATTERMOLE | 226 |
| 54th | LANCHESTER | 226 |
| 55th | CATCHPOLE | 225 |
| 56th | WHARTON | 222 |
| 57th | WALLIS | 220 |
| 58th | FROST | 217 |
| 59th | PUNT | 216 |
| 60th | TURNER | 216 |
| 61st | BAILEY | 213 |
| 62nd | LONG | 213 |
| 63rd | EATON | 212 |
| 64th | FLATMAN | 210 |
| 65th | HUBBARD | 207 |
| 66th | WARD | 206 |
| 67th | EDWARDS | 204 |
| 68th | FISHER | 204 |
| 69th | THURLOW | 199 |
| 70th | BUCKENHAM | 198 |
| 71st | MUSKETT | 197 |
| 72nd | MARTIN | 196 |
| 73rd | HALL | 194 |
| 74th | READ | 194 |
| 75th | CHAPMAN | 192 |
| 76th | GOOCH | 192 |
| 77th | BROCK | 191 |
| 78th | RUDD | 191 |
| 79th | SCOTT | 191 |
| 80th | GARRARD | 190 |
| 81st | BARHAM | 189 |
| 82nd | HOWLETT | 189 |
| 83rd | KERRIDGE | 189 |
| 84th | EMMS | 183 |
| 85th | ROPER | 183 |
| 86th | CHENERY | 182 |
| 87th | WADE | 182 |
| 88th | HUNT | 178 |
| 89th | WITTON | 178 |
| 90th | COCK | 174 |
| 91st | KEMP | 173 |
| 92nd | SPURDENS | 172 |
| 93rd | KEEBLE | 171 |
| 94th | ROLFE | 169 |
| 95th | EVERETT | 168 |
| 96th | CARMAN | 167 |
| 97th | HOLMES | 167 |
| 98th | KNIGHTS | 167 |
| 99th | SHAW | 165 |
| 100th | DOWNING | 164 |
| SQL: SELECT Parish, Surname, COUNT(*) as g FROM Complete WHERE (TempT4 LIKE '%DISS%') AND (Surname <> '-') GROUP BY Surname ORDER BY g DESC, Surname LIMIT 100; | ||
Page last updated: Wednesday, 7th October, 2026
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