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 Percival, with 69 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
901	Percival	69	0.020%	1.01x
902	Pollard	69	0.020%	0.44x
903	Stark	69	0.020%	1.16x
904	Walsh	69	0.020%	0.30x
905	Coulter	68	0.020%	3.12x
906	Crowther	68	0.020%	0.52x
907	Higgins	68	0.020%	0.31x
908	Lawrie	68	0.020%	1.63x
909	March	68	0.020%	1.45x
910	Mitchelson	68	0.020%	12.36x
911	Nicholls	68	0.020%	0.30x
912	Penman	68	0.020%	2.39x
913	Rule	68	0.020%	2.28x
914	Tailford	68	0.020%	46.85x
915	Twizell	68	0.020%	45.06x
916	Wailes	68	0.020%	16.16x
917	Barrow	67	0.020%	0.73x
918	Duff	67	0.020%	0.87x
919	Fullerton	67	0.020%	3.64x
920	Gregson	67	0.020%	1.11x
921	Griffiths	67	0.020%	0.09x
922	Innes	67	0.020%	1.00x
923	Livingstone	67	0.020%	1.65x
924	Murton	67	0.020%	4.55x
925	Pearce	67	0.020%	0.17x
926	Pye	67	0.020%	1.03x
927	Wray	67	0.020%	1.15x
928	Arrowsmith	66	0.020%	1.96x
929	Burgess	66	0.020%	0.22x
930	Casey	66	0.020%	1.03x
931	Haddon	66	0.020%	2.27x
932	Mackey	66	0.020%	3.99x
933	Mathison	66	0.020%	5.61x
934	Rough	66	0.020%	6.73x
935	Salkeld	66	0.020%	6.75x
936	Skeen	66	0.020%	16.60x
937	Skelton	66	0.020%	1.04x
938	Strachan	66	0.020%	0.88x
939	Tucker	66	0.020%	0.27x
940	Aiston	65	0.020%	29.47x
941	Baptist	65	0.020%	25.59x
942	Gourley	65	0.020%	8.26x
943	Lawrence	65	0.020%	0.23x
944	Mains	65	0.020%	9.12x
945	Meikle	65	0.020%	2.08x
946	Oates	65	0.020%	0.96x
947	Orange	65	0.020%	8.70x
948	Patten	65	0.020%	2.38x
949	Bowmaker	64	0.010%	25.34x
950	Carse	64	0.010%	12.28x
951	Cowley	64	0.010%	0.80x
952	Dean	64	0.010%	0.21x
953	Finley	64	0.010%	5.33x
954	Frame	64	0.010%	2.32x
955	Hawkins	64	0.010%	0.20x
956	Kirsopp	64	0.010%	28.27x
957	Neal	64	0.010%	0.50x
958	Rewcastle	64	0.010%	21.30x
959	Sands	64	0.010%	1.31x
960	Trewick	64	0.010%	31.50x
961	Bland	63	0.010%	0.70x
962	Booth	63	0.010%	0.15x
963	Carroll	63	0.010%	0.72x
964	Collin	63	0.010%	2.78x
965	Cranston	63	0.010%	3.58x
966	Cullen	63	0.010%	0.83x
967	Ellerington	63	0.010%	17.86x
968	Eltringham	63	0.010%	13.78x
969	Grundy	63	0.010%	0.71x
970	Hadaway	63	0.010%	12.37x
971	Henzell	63	0.010%	47.71x
972	Lord	63	0.010%	0.31x
973	Marsh	63	0.010%	0.20x
974	Miles	63	0.010%	0.25x
975	Moscrop	63	0.010%	9.65x
976	Parkinson	63	0.010%	0.30x
977	Saunders	63	0.010%	0.16x
978	Weatherson	63	0.010%	43.41x
979	Wrightson	63	0.010%	5.01x
980	Armitage	62	0.010%	0.56x
981	Crombie	62	0.010%	2.54x
982	Fairlamb	62	0.010%	27.74x
983	Hannah	62	0.010%	1.10x
984	Hobbs	62	0.010%	0.39x
985	Holt	62	0.010%	0.21x
986	Temperley	62	0.010%	16.00x
987	Copeland	61	0.010%	1.48x
988	Flinn	61	0.010%	2.32x
989	Gardiner	61	0.010%	0.49x
990	Gilbert	61	0.010%	0.25x
991	Hodge	61	0.010%	0.56x
992	Pace	61	0.010%	3.15x
993	Perkins	61	0.010%	0.31x
994	Reavley	61	0.010%	38.57x
995	Rodgers	61	0.010%	0.51x
996	Thorburn	61	0.010%	2.43x
997	Toward	61	0.010%	15.92x
998	Towers	61	0.010%	1.21x
999	Wastle	61	0.010%	55.32x
1000	Whitelaw	61	0.010%	2.35x