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 Swindale, with 15 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
2801	Swindale	15	0.000%	10.66x
2802	Tasker	15	0.000%	0.32x
2803	Thorne	15	0.000%	0.16x
2804	Tierney	15	0.000%	0.84x
2805	Tindale	15	0.000%	1.20x
2806	Unthank	15	0.000%	4.17x
2807	Vipond	15	0.000%	2.42x
2808	Waggitt	15	0.000%	15.90x
2809	Wann	15	0.000%	4.88x
2810	Watmore	15	0.000%	4.12x
2811	Weatheritt	15	0.000%	51.74x
2812	Weller	15	0.000%	0.24x
2813	Wesley	15	0.000%	0.89x
2814	Whalin	15	0.000%	17.52x
2815	Wilkins	15	0.000%	0.08x
2816	Winstanley	15	0.000%	0.34x
2817	Wiper	15	0.000%	9.48x
2818	Abercrombie	14	0.000%	1.83x
2819	Abernethy	14	0.000%	1.39x
2820	Alcock	14	0.000%	0.22x
2821	Ash	14	0.000%	0.20x
2822	Ashurst	14	0.000%	0.91x
2823	Bartley	14	0.000%	0.67x
2824	Batchelor	14	0.000%	0.19x
2825	Beeby	14	0.000%	0.95x
2826	Belshaw	14	0.000%	1.69x
2827	Birks	14	0.000%	0.49x
2828	Bocock	14	0.000%	2.66x
2829	Bogie	14	0.000%	2.36x
2830	Bowran	14	0.000%	8.32x
2831	Box	14	0.000%	0.40x
2832	Callan	14	0.000%	1.00x
2833	Callcott	14	0.000%	8.17x
2834	Chamberlain	14	0.000%	0.12x
2835	Chappell	14	0.000%	0.19x
2836	Cheesman	14	0.000%	0.63x
2837	Chesterton	14	0.000%	2.05x
2838	Clancy	14	0.000%	1.10x
2839	Clint	14	0.000%	4.42x
2840	Colbeck	14	0.000%	1.43x
2841	Colling	14	0.000%	1.27x
2842	Cone	14	0.000%	3.45x
2843	Cormack	14	0.000%	0.43x
2844	Covel	14	0.000%	9.65x
2845	Cowling	14	0.000%	0.37x
2846	Cromar	14	0.000%	4.25x
2847	Dady	14	0.000%	3.75x
2848	Dalgliesh	14	0.000%	2.33x
2849	Danson	14	0.000%	1.44x
2850	Dawe	14	0.000%	0.37x
2851	Dingwall	14	0.000%	0.81x
2852	Doidge	14	0.000%	1.13x
2853	Dundas	14	0.000%	1.70x
2854	Edgell	14	0.000%	2.07x
2855	England	14	0.000%	0.16x
2856	Evers	14	0.000%	2.02x
2857	Falk	14	0.000%	7.60x
2858	Farrar	14	0.000%	0.24x
2859	Farris	14	0.000%	4.87x
2860	Finlayson	14	0.000%	0.28x
2861	Flemming	14	0.000%	0.80x
2862	Foy	14	0.000%	0.39x
2863	Furguson	14	0.000%	4.05x
2864	Garden	14	0.000%	0.77x
2865	Garfitt	14	0.000%	5.45x
2866	Gash	14	0.000%	1.57x
2867	Glanville	14	0.000%	0.78x
2868	Glynn	14	0.000%	0.73x
2869	Goldberg	14	0.000%	2.43x
2870	Golden	14	0.000%	0.77x
2871	Goodall	14	0.000%	0.15x
2872	Grantham	14	0.000%	0.52x
2873	Grear	14	0.000%	7.04x
2874	Gribbin	14	0.000%	2.95x
2875	Haddock	14	0.000%	0.50x
2876	Hakin	14	0.000%	14.84x
2877	Halcrow	14	0.000%	1.97x
2878	Hampton	14	0.000%	0.20x
2879	Harford	14	0.000%	0.99x
2880	Heaton	14	0.000%	0.13x
2881	Herriott	14	0.000%	2.71x
2882	Hewit	14	0.000%	2.03x
2883	Hodgen	14	0.000%	7.25x
2884	Howdon	14	0.000%	7.31x
2885	Howes	14	0.000%	0.18x
2886	Jamson	14	0.000%	6.70x
2887	John	14	0.000%	0.09x
2888	Jull	14	0.000%	5.00x
2889	Keegan	14	0.000%	0.97x
2890	Kenney	14	0.000%	0.59x
2891	Kettle	14	0.000%	0.37x
2892	Lanigan	14	0.000%	4.31x
2893	Lathan	14	0.000%	8.11x
2894	Lingwood	14	0.000%	1.76x
2895	Ludlow	14	0.000%	0.62x
2896	Macbeth	14	0.000%	3.46x
2897	Mallen	14	0.000%	2.19x
2898	Mallett	14	0.000%	0.36x
2899	Mansell	14	0.000%	0.28x
2900	Marwick	14	0.000%	2.66x