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 Reid, with 592 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
101	Reid	592	0.140%	1.30x
102	Ross	591	0.140%	1.24x
103	Hindmarsh	585	0.130%	33.50x
104	Bruce	571	0.130%	2.80x
105	Kennedy	570	0.130%	2.18x
106	Mills	560	0.130%	0.99x
107	Dobson	556	0.130%	2.90x
108	Mather	556	0.130%	5.16x
109	Heslop	555	0.130%	14.89x
110	Hetherington	555	0.130%	10.13x
111	Maughan	555	0.130%	22.87x
112	Burns	552	0.130%	1.89x
113	Newton	552	0.130%	1.66x
114	Knox	549	0.130%	7.36x
115	Cockburn	547	0.130%	9.86x
116	Ward	530	0.120%	0.56x
117	Hope	525	0.120%	3.55x
118	English	510	0.120%	6.24x
119	Ord	507	0.120%	17.71x
120	Nelson	505	0.120%	2.40x
121	Spence	503	0.120%	3.50x
122	Telford	503	0.120%	13.13x
123	Morton	500	0.120%	2.15x
124	Cairns	499	0.110%	5.31x
125	Allen	498	0.110%	0.61x
126	Collins	492	0.110%	0.79x
127	Pattison	492	0.110%	7.11x
128	Crawford	490	0.110%	2.30x
129	Hodgson	486	0.110%	1.61x
130	Tate	484	0.110%	5.77x
131	Cooper	476	0.110%	0.45x
132	Swan	470	0.110%	4.17x
133	Elliot	469	0.110%	4.23x
134	Appleby	464	0.110%	6.54x
135	Williamson	454	0.100%	1.17x
136	Wardle	450	0.100%	5.35x
137	Holmes	445	0.100%	0.84x
138	Laidler	445	0.100%	25.79x
139	Hill	444	0.100%	0.40x
140	Urwin	438	0.100%	22.14x
141	Bowman	437	0.100%	3.85x
142	Douglass	435	0.100%	15.75x
143	Lowes	434	0.100%	17.20x
144	Stoker	434	0.100%	14.72x
145	Snowdon	432	0.100%	13.34x
146	Liddle	426	0.100%	8.32x
147	Gordon	422	0.100%	1.54x
148	Grant	420	0.100%	0.97x
149	Russell	419	0.100%	0.79x
150	Brewis	417	0.100%	32.99x
151	Morrison	417	0.100%	1.22x
152	Dryden	416	0.100%	15.88x
153	Willis	411	0.090%	1.78x
154	Sharp	406	0.090%	1.12x
155	Davis	404	0.090%	0.42x
156	Jobson	404	0.090%	15.82x
157	Trotter	404	0.090%	8.86x
158	Harvey	401	0.090%	0.86x
159	Laws	401	0.090%	8.30x
160	Nesbit	401	0.090%	30.00x
161	Adams	398	0.090%	0.62x
162	Hume	398	0.090%	6.46x
163	Whitfield	398	0.090%	4.58x
164	King	397	0.090%	0.42x
165	Moor	396	0.090%	6.50x
166	Hay	394	0.090%	2.47x
167	Coxon	391	0.090%	11.77x
168	Archbold	382	0.090%	37.12x
169	Rowell	382	0.090%	10.06x
170	Younger	380	0.090%	16.15x
171	Baker	376	0.090%	0.39x
172	Bates	374	0.090%	1.35x
173	Chambers	374	0.090%	1.51x
174	Batey	371	0.090%	21.83x
175	Bolton	371	0.090%	1.98x
176	Hamilton	368	0.080%	1.13x
177	Stokoe	368	0.080%	25.08x
178	Angus	362	0.080%	5.82x
179	Boyd	360	0.080%	2.36x
180	Alexander	358	0.080%	1.56x
181	Mole	356	0.080%	10.55x
182	Welsh	356	0.080%	2.07x
183	Rogers	355	0.080%	0.63x
184	Bainbridge	351	0.080%	5.75x
185	Morris	348	0.080%	0.36x
186	Philipson	341	0.080%	28.10x
187	Straughan	338	0.080%	46.76x
188	Thornton	338	0.080%	1.55x
189	Lambert	336	0.080%	1.42x
190	Blackburn	334	0.080%	2.04x
191	Logan	330	0.080%	3.20x
192	Redpath	328	0.080%	16.26x
193	Palmer	326	0.080%	0.64x
194	Temple	326	0.080%	5.71x
195	Phillips	324	0.070%	0.42x
196	Jeffrey	323	0.070%	4.02x
197	Jobling	321	0.070%	19.32x
198	Park	321	0.070%	2.38x
199	Rogerson	320	0.070%	5.98x
200	Slater	320	0.070%	1.22x