1881 census county

Northumberland surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Northumberland in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

9,800 surnames are listed for Northumberland, covering 392,027 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Thompson, with 5,556 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Northumberland

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Thompson	5,556	1.28%	4.27x
2	Smith	5,406	1.24%	0.88x
3	Brown	5,360	1.23%	1.87x
4	Robson	4,996	1.15%	17.47x
5	Bell	4,548	1.05%	5.57x
6	Scott	4,467	1.03%	4.06x
7	Wilson	4,040	0.930%	2.02x
8	Hall	3,670	0.840%	2.87x
9	Taylor	3,399	0.780%	1.22x
10	Armstrong	3,163	0.730%	9.52x
11	Dixon	3,029	0.700%	6.36x
12	Watson	2,841	0.650%	2.82x
13	Johnson	2,824	0.650%	1.93x
14	Robinson	2,766	0.640%	2.00x
15	Richardson	2,739	0.630%	3.70x
16	Young	2,623	0.600%	2.81x
17	Henderson	2,603	0.600%	5.51x
18	Anderson	2,473	0.570%	2.88x
19	Turnbull	2,175	0.500%	11.87x
20	Graham	2,134	0.490%	4.28x
21	Charlton	2,129	0.490%	17.10x
22	Gibson	2,113	0.490%	4.00x
23	Davison	2,049	0.470%	13.19x
24	Forster	1,956	0.450%	13.72x
25	Clark	1,931	0.440%	1.48x
26	Elliott	1,916	0.440%	5.20x
27	Carr	1,896	0.440%	6.05x
28	Patterson	1,797	0.410%	11.86x
29	Davidson	1,680	0.390%	4.60x
30	Hunter	1,661	0.380%	3.72x
31	Gray	1,607	0.370%	2.59x
32	Wood	1,587	0.370%	1.15x
33	Nicholson	1,586	0.360%	5.14x
34	Simpson	1,511	0.350%	1.99x
35	Rutherford	1,507	0.350%	14.21x
36	Harrison	1,462	0.340%	1.52x
37	Atkinson	1,445	0.330%	3.41x
38	Tait	1,440	0.330%	11.25x
39	Walker	1,421	0.330%	0.98x
40	Dunn	1,418	0.330%	3.92x
41	White	1,414	0.330%	1.01x
42	Dodds	1,390	0.320%	15.19x
43	Wilkinson	1,359	0.310%	2.05x
44	Marshall	1,314	0.300%	1.80x
45	Jackson	1,298	0.300%	1.07x
46	Miller	1,273	0.290%	1.64x
47	Hedley	1,233	0.280%	27.77x
48	Oliver	1,206	0.280%	3.89x
49	Wright	1,187	0.270%	0.85x
50	Reed	1,151	0.260%	3.63x
51	Storey	1,139	0.260%	10.31x
52	Ridley	1,121	0.260%	13.34x
53	Murray	1,110	0.260%	2.06x
54	Stewart	1,055	0.240%	1.55x
55	Lee	1,053	0.240%	1.48x
56	Potts	1,051	0.240%	7.24x
57	Dawson	1,047	0.240%	2.19x
58	Robertson	1,026	0.240%	1.41x
59	Pearson	1,016	0.230%	2.01x
60	Pringle	941	0.220%	13.74x
61	Turner	936	0.220%	0.77x
62	Green	933	0.210%	0.76x
63	Moore	913	0.210%	1.05x
64	Todd	911	0.210%	4.12x
65	Campbell	905	0.210%	1.23x
66	Douglas	904	0.210%	4.29x
67	Martin	894	0.210%	0.83x
68	Hutchinson	878	0.200%	3.56x
69	Walton	864	0.200%	2.82x
70	Foster	839	0.190%	1.44x
71	Purvis	837	0.190%	19.91x
72	Burn	829	0.190%	14.17x
73	Dodd	815	0.190%	4.61x
74	Nixon	790	0.180%	5.97x
75	Cook	779	0.180%	0.90x
76	Wallace	768	0.180%	2.58x
77	Allan	765	0.180%	2.80x
78	Short	763	0.180%	4.49x
79	Grey	724	0.170%	7.68x
80	Sanderson	709	0.160%	3.95x
81	Fenwick	702	0.160%	12.33x
82	Dickinson	699	0.160%	3.77x
83	Parker	698	0.160%	0.84x
84	Waugh	698	0.160%	11.78x
85	Mason	695	0.160%	1.19x
86	Lawson	687	0.160%	2.68x
87	Little	687	0.160%	3.34x
88	Kelly	684	0.160%	1.44x
89	Johnston	670	0.150%	1.91x
90	Lamb	670	0.150%	2.92x
91	Nichol	668	0.150%	14.28x
92	Reay	661	0.150%	17.52x
93	Milburn	655	0.150%	16.88x
94	Mitchell	641	0.150%	0.73x
95	Coulson	636	0.150%	8.16x
96	Curry	627	0.140%	10.07x
97	Jones	623	0.140%	0.13x
98	Black	616	0.140%	2.19x
99	Hudson	616	0.140%	1.73x
100	Ferguson	599	0.140%	1.94x