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 Draper, with 30 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
1701	Draper	30	0.010%	0.29x
1702	Duns	30	0.010%	25.21x
1703	Dunwoodie	30	0.010%	13.60x
1704	Etherington	30	0.010%	0.92x
1705	Fenton	30	0.010%	0.35x
1706	Greenfield	30	0.010%	0.62x
1707	Greenwood	30	0.010%	0.09x
1708	Hatley	30	0.010%	5.09x
1709	Heal	30	0.010%	1.30x
1710	Healy	30	0.010%	1.04x
1711	Herbert	30	0.010%	0.18x
1712	Hyde	30	0.010%	0.22x
1713	Keeney	30	0.010%	22.97x
1714	Lazenby	30	0.010%	1.46x
1715	Leightley	30	0.010%	55.89x
1716	Lillies	30	0.010%	29.96x
1717	Lowden	30	0.010%	2.10x
1718	Maddox	30	0.010%	1.35x
1719	Meldrum	30	0.010%	1.10x
1720	Messer	30	0.010%	2.35x
1721	Ogg	30	0.010%	2.16x
1722	Ormond	30	0.010%	3.24x
1723	Riches	30	0.010%	0.60x
1724	Ridpath	30	0.010%	16.54x
1725	Rowan	30	0.010%	1.07x
1726	Scurr	30	0.010%	5.69x
1727	Sheil	30	0.010%	9.70x
1728	Sheppard	30	0.010%	0.20x
1729	Sidney	30	0.010%	3.51x
1730	Stringer	30	0.010%	0.35x
1731	Towell	30	0.010%	2.43x
1732	Train	30	0.010%	3.07x
1733	Tullock	30	0.010%	5.31x
1734	Willins	30	0.010%	14.36x
1735	Barnett	29	0.010%	0.15x
1736	Borrowdale	29	0.010%	8.54x
1737	Braithwaite	29	0.010%	0.58x
1738	Broomfield	29	0.010%	0.99x
1739	Brunskill	29	0.010%	2.88x
1740	Colman	29	0.010%	0.72x
1741	Colvin	29	0.010%	1.93x
1742	Cowey	29	0.010%	7.87x
1743	Darlington	29	0.010%	0.98x
1744	Finney	29	0.010%	0.77x
1745	Foley	29	0.010%	0.53x
1746	Forest	29	0.010%	2.33x
1747	Fry	29	0.010%	0.21x
1748	Glaister	29	0.010%	3.91x
1749	Glasgow	29	0.010%	3.05x
1750	Hettle	29	0.010%	54.02x
1751	Larsen	29	0.010%	9.75x
1752	Longlands	29	0.010%	20.61x
1753	Lothian	29	0.010%	2.94x
1754	Marin	29	0.010%	32.77x
1755	Mckie	29	0.010%	12.57x
1756	Midcalf	29	0.010%	19.59x
1757	Muter	29	0.010%	19.98x
1758	Nickolson	29	0.010%	6.34x
1759	Parks	29	0.010%	0.64x
1760	Rattray	29	0.010%	1.36x
1761	Rook	29	0.010%	0.98x
1762	Rump	29	0.010%	4.85x
1763	Self	29	0.010%	0.94x
1764	Snell	29	0.010%	0.35x
1765	Sparks	29	0.010%	0.44x
1766	Stamp	29	0.010%	0.91x
1767	Sword	29	0.010%	3.37x
1768	Tatters	29	0.010%	14.38x
1769	Thom	29	0.010%	0.75x
1770	Virtue	29	0.010%	6.19x
1771	Whitefield	29	0.010%	3.23x
1772	Yule	29	0.010%	1.33x
1773	Affleck	28	0.010%	2.79x
1774	Alderton	28	0.010%	1.44x
1775	Barry	28	0.010%	0.36x
1776	Beldon	28	0.010%	11.69x
1777	Beswick	28	0.010%	0.66x
1778	Birkley	28	0.010%	17.86x
1779	Bones	28	0.010%	2.19x
1780	Brumwell	28	0.010%	8.01x
1781	Bush	28	0.010%	0.26x
1782	Carlin	28	0.010%	1.27x
1783	Clapperton	28	0.010%	2.74x
1784	Clemitson	28	0.010%	22.17x
1785	Colledge	28	0.010%	2.53x
1786	Conlon	28	0.010%	2.95x
1787	Cornish	28	0.010%	0.45x
1788	Dack	28	0.010%	2.10x
1789	Darnell	28	0.010%	2.26x
1790	Davenport	28	0.010%	0.34x
1791	Dobbs	28	0.010%	0.95x
1792	Dotchin	28	0.010%	29.69x
1793	Endean	28	0.010%	8.17x
1794	Featherstone	28	0.010%	0.72x
1795	Ferry	28	0.010%	2.04x
1796	Gaffney	28	0.010%	1.90x
1797	Gills	28	0.010%	6.75x
1798	Grahame	28	0.010%	2.46x
1799	Hogan	28	0.010%	0.64x
1800	Jackman	28	0.010%	0.69x