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 Stoves, with 40 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
1401	Stoves	40	0.010%	17.33x
1402	Thorn	40	0.010%	0.62x
1403	Varley	40	0.010%	0.67x
1404	Weedy	40	0.010%	24.83x
1405	Youll	40	0.010%	15.66x
1406	Batty	39	0.010%	0.59x
1407	Carrigan	39	0.010%	4.60x
1408	Dand	39	0.010%	10.84x
1409	Driver	39	0.010%	0.48x
1410	Eddy	39	0.010%	1.50x
1411	Erskine	39	0.010%	1.45x
1412	Farthing	39	0.010%	1.70x
1413	Fiddes	39	0.010%	4.82x
1414	Gilmore	39	0.010%	1.53x
1415	Gowland	39	0.010%	2.74x
1416	Grady	39	0.010%	1.36x
1417	Hubbuck	39	0.010%	30.20x
1418	Jacobs	39	0.010%	0.37x
1419	Orwin	39	0.010%	10.22x
1420	Pritchard	39	0.010%	0.17x
1421	Reilly	39	0.010%	0.85x
1422	Russel	39	0.010%	1.30x
1423	Skinner	39	0.010%	0.18x
1424	Suthern	39	0.010%	18.40x
1425	Swanston	39	0.010%	4.18x
1426	Tilley	39	0.010%	0.68x
1427	Waldie	39	0.010%	4.19x
1428	Wishart	39	0.010%	1.15x
1429	Younghusband	39	0.010%	7.44x
1430	Annan	38	0.010%	6.23x
1431	Balls	38	0.010%	0.68x
1432	Blackhall	38	0.010%	4.88x
1433	Bourke	38	0.010%	3.58x
1434	Bradshaw	38	0.010%	0.21x
1435	Carpenter	38	0.010%	0.25x
1436	Craven	38	0.010%	0.45x
1437	Denholm	38	0.010%	2.09x
1438	Ewing	38	0.010%	0.95x
1439	Fagan	38	0.010%	1.83x
1440	Forrester	38	0.010%	0.65x
1441	Furness	38	0.010%	1.09x
1442	Gowans	38	0.010%	2.72x
1443	Jardine	38	0.010%	0.94x
1444	Kitchen	38	0.010%	0.51x
1445	Landells	38	0.010%	16.37x
1446	Latty	38	0.010%	24.48x
1447	Murdy	38	0.010%	24.48x
1448	Neill	38	0.010%	1.32x
1449	Nicholl	38	0.010%	1.67x
1450	Peterson	38	0.010%	1.72x
1451	Rutledge	38	0.010%	5.77x
1452	Shearer	38	0.010%	0.68x
1453	Slight	38	0.010%	3.40x
1454	Smails	38	0.010%	30.45x
1455	Summerson	38	0.010%	9.92x
1456	Tempest	38	0.010%	1.88x
1457	Timlin	38	0.010%	12.41x
1458	Whaley	38	0.010%	2.60x
1459	Willoughby	38	0.010%	1.01x
1460	Yeaman	38	0.010%	7.59x
1461	Yeats	38	0.010%	3.17x
1462	Almond	37	0.010%	0.69x
1463	Arkless	37	0.010%	9.01x
1464	Barns	37	0.010%	1.32x
1465	Bilton	37	0.010%	2.00x
1466	Bray	37	0.010%	0.25x
1467	Broughton	37	0.010%	0.46x
1468	Byrne	37	0.010%	0.61x
1469	Crawley	37	0.010%	0.66x
1470	Donohoe	37	0.010%	6.14x
1471	Dowling	37	0.010%	0.77x
1472	Dumble	37	0.010%	11.75x
1473	Fettis	37	0.010%	31.48x
1474	Garbutt	37	0.010%	1.18x
1475	Hewett	37	0.010%	0.73x
1476	Holliday	37	0.010%	0.65x
1477	Hook	37	0.010%	0.57x
1478	Horne	37	0.010%	0.39x
1479	Horner	37	0.010%	0.45x
1480	Lakey	37	0.010%	8.36x
1481	Lang	37	0.010%	0.38x
1482	Markey	37	0.010%	4.77x
1483	Matfin	37	0.010%	68.93x
1484	Mosley	37	0.010%	0.90x
1485	Murry	37	0.010%	1.61x
1486	Pape	37	0.010%	2.84x
1487	Roseby	37	0.010%	34.93x
1488	Spears	37	0.010%	3.58x
1489	Swallow	37	0.010%	0.84x
1490	Swift	37	0.010%	0.28x
1491	Taws	37	0.010%	36.94x
1492	Thain	37	0.010%	2.64x
1493	Topping	37	0.010%	1.24x
1494	Wallis	37	0.010%	0.25x
1495	Aird	36	0.010%	1.59x
1496	Blain	36	0.010%	2.39x
1497	Cobb	36	0.010%	0.58x
1498	Cocks	36	0.010%	1.25x
1499	Conley	36	0.010%	2.29x
1500	Cosser	36	0.010%	12.28x