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 Doherty, with 36 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
1501	Doherty	36	0.010%	1.01x
1502	Duffey	36	0.010%	2.31x
1503	Gullon	36	0.010%	23.86x
1504	Headley	36	0.010%	3.07x
1505	Hilton	36	0.010%	0.24x
1506	Luckley	36	0.010%	31.01x
1507	Mawson	36	0.010%	1.03x
1508	Moir	36	0.010%	0.60x
1509	Mowat	36	0.010%	1.21x
1510	Obrian	36	0.010%	2.52x
1511	Pease	36	0.010%	2.19x
1512	Pinkney	36	0.010%	2.11x
1513	Power	36	0.010%	0.62x
1514	Roddam	36	0.010%	10.42x
1515	Sayers	36	0.010%	0.75x
1516	Scougal	36	0.010%	25.31x
1517	Stone	36	0.010%	0.11x
1518	Adam	35	0.010%	0.47x
1519	Air	35	0.010%	13.33x
1520	Batson	35	0.010%	2.89x
1521	Beaney	35	0.010%	4.87x
1522	Beaumont	35	0.010%	0.27x
1523	Bryant	35	0.010%	0.19x
1524	Clements	35	0.010%	0.24x
1525	Coltman	35	0.010%	2.87x
1526	Davie	35	0.010%	0.87x
1527	Denton	35	0.010%	0.44x
1528	Downing	35	0.010%	0.46x
1529	Faill	35	0.010%	24.87x
1530	Gent	35	0.010%	0.94x
1531	Gow	35	0.010%	1.02x
1532	Haley	35	0.010%	0.68x
1533	Hornby	35	0.010%	0.71x
1534	Mcintyre	35	0.010%	4.02x
1535	Mckenna	35	0.010%	5.93x
1536	Moss	35	0.010%	0.13x
1537	Nevison	35	0.010%	7.01x
1538	Oconnor	35	0.010%	1.41x
1539	Poole	35	0.010%	0.17x
1540	Pope	35	0.010%	0.23x
1541	Rafferty	35	0.010%	1.56x
1542	Reeves	35	0.010%	0.20x
1543	Roughead	35	0.010%	20.27x
1544	Rush	35	0.010%	0.75x
1545	Sawyer	35	0.010%	0.44x
1546	Seymour	35	0.010%	0.39x
1547	Urquhart	35	0.010%	0.57x
1548	Wilde	35	0.010%	0.55x
1549	Yarrow	35	0.010%	4.13x
1550	Blaylock	34	0.010%	4.49x
1551	Brett	34	0.010%	0.41x
1552	Cable	34	0.010%	1.56x
1553	Courtney	34	0.010%	1.09x
1554	Crighton	34	0.010%	1.97x
1555	Crooks	34	0.010%	1.01x
1556	Cruddas	34	0.010%	19.05x
1557	Devine	34	0.010%	0.79x
1558	Diamond	34	0.010%	1.68x
1559	Fairweather	34	0.010%	1.01x
1560	Firth	34	0.010%	0.24x
1561	Futers	34	0.010%	32.54x
1562	Garland	34	0.010%	0.59x
1563	Garvey	34	0.010%	2.19x
1564	Hewson	34	0.010%	0.96x
1565	Ingham	34	0.010%	0.31x
1566	Kirkland	34	0.010%	0.88x
1567	Monkhouse	34	0.010%	3.36x
1568	Pattie	34	0.010%	9.12x
1569	Pescod	34	0.010%	9.26x
1570	Pow	34	0.010%	3.34x
1571	Readhead	34	0.010%	12.94x
1572	Rossiter	34	0.010%	1.24x
1573	Stirling	34	0.010%	0.60x
1574	Stocks	34	0.010%	0.72x
1575	Stothard	34	0.010%	3.53x
1576	Taggart	34	0.010%	2.07x
1577	Thwaites	34	0.010%	1.31x
1578	Tulley	34	0.010%	3.80x
1579	Wandless	34	0.010%	11.60x
1580	Whiteford	34	0.010%	2.95x
1581	Yeomans	34	0.010%	0.95x
1582	Arnot	33	0.010%	2.46x
1583	Bartle	33	0.010%	1.29x
1584	Beaty	33	0.010%	3.32x
1585	Beech	33	0.010%	0.51x
1586	Bowstead	33	0.010%	16.85x
1587	Bullerwell	33	0.010%	23.94x
1588	Cannon	33	0.010%	0.42x
1589	Cleugh	33	0.010%	20.31x
1590	Colley	33	0.010%	0.60x
1591	Convery	33	0.010%	10.68x
1592	Cookson	33	0.010%	0.64x
1593	Cousin	33	0.010%	3.87x
1594	Cragie	33	0.010%	17.63x
1595	Crammond	33	0.010%	12.49x
1596	Cumming	33	0.010%	0.40x
1597	Dobie	33	0.010%	2.27x
1598	Fleck	33	0.010%	6.71x
1599	Gates	33	0.010%	0.49x
1600	Gofton	33	0.010%	13.45x