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 Jameson, with 318 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
201	Jameson	318	0.070%	6.61x
202	Shield	318	0.070%	16.09x
203	Best	314	0.070%	2.68x
204	Chapman	313	0.070%	0.51x
205	Ellison	311	0.070%	3.39x
206	Moffat	311	0.070%	3.95x
207	Waters	309	0.070%	1.77x
208	Bolam	307	0.070%	25.95x
209	Humble	306	0.070%	14.85x
210	Barnes	305	0.070%	0.58x
211	Shaw	304	0.070%	0.38x
212	Bradley	302	0.070%	0.87x
213	Routledge	300	0.070%	8.11x
214	Baty	299	0.070%	28.42x
215	Noble	299	0.070%	1.66x
216	Ford	296	0.070%	0.70x
217	Adamson	295	0.070%	2.57x
218	Teasdale	295	0.070%	8.01x
219	Winter	294	0.070%	1.91x
220	Sutherland	292	0.070%	1.33x
221	Ramsay	291	0.070%	2.60x
222	Darling	290	0.070%	6.97x
223	Murphy	290	0.070%	0.84x
224	Blair	286	0.070%	2.54x
225	Johnstone	282	0.060%	1.44x
226	Percy	282	0.060%	6.96x
227	Soulsby	282	0.060%	22.10x
228	Weightman	282	0.060%	16.58x
229	Williams	282	0.060%	0.09x
230	Renwick	281	0.060%	9.48x
231	Cummings	280	0.060%	4.18x
232	Fairbairn	280	0.060%	8.72x
233	Dickson	279	0.060%	1.73x
234	Liddell	278	0.060%	6.97x
235	Gardner	276	0.060%	0.94x
236	Hopper	272	0.060%	4.38x
237	Harris	271	0.060%	0.25x
238	Stevenson	271	0.060%	0.89x
239	Guthrie	269	0.060%	4.91x
240	Pickering	269	0.060%	1.72x
241	Beattie	268	0.060%	2.88x
242	Donkin	265	0.060%	16.39x
243	Pattinson	264	0.060%	6.79x
244	Wake	264	0.060%	7.54x
245	Edwards	263	0.060%	0.22x
246	Hart	262	0.060%	0.71x
247	Rutter	262	0.060%	3.96x
248	Shepherd	262	0.060%	0.82x
249	Fletcher	260	0.060%	0.52x
250	Henry	260	0.060%	2.37x
251	Allison	259	0.060%	2.10x
252	Cuthbertson	258	0.060%	7.68x
253	Forrest	257	0.060%	2.29x
254	Irving	257	0.060%	2.65x
255	Summers	257	0.060%	2.11x
256	Bennett	256	0.060%	0.36x
257	Stobbs	255	0.060%	20.29x
258	Gallon	254	0.060%	23.71x
259	Maxwell	254	0.060%	2.46x
260	Laing	253	0.060%	2.90x
261	Riddle	253	0.060%	7.01x
262	Pigg	252	0.060%	19.66x
263	Donaldson	251	0.060%	2.02x
264	Embleton	251	0.060%	20.09x
265	Bailey	250	0.060%	0.38x
266	Matthews	250	0.060%	0.66x
267	Foreman	249	0.060%	4.38x
268	Hughes	249	0.060%	0.20x
269	Forsyth	247	0.060%	2.66x
270	Jordan	247	0.060%	1.29x
271	Heron	245	0.060%	5.88x
272	Maddison	245	0.060%	5.75x
273	Price	245	0.060%	0.32x
274	Carter	244	0.060%	0.33x
275	Aynsley	243	0.060%	43.26x
276	Barker	243	0.060%	0.43x
277	Blakey	241	0.060%	6.91x
278	Arkle	240	0.060%	40.43x
279	Chisholm	240	0.060%	3.80x
280	Crozier	239	0.060%	11.71x
281	Hogarth	238	0.050%	8.30x
282	Errington	235	0.050%	9.70x
283	Howey	235	0.050%	33.59x
284	Roberts	235	0.050%	0.14x
285	Rochester	234	0.050%	20.56x
286	Smart	234	0.050%	1.18x
287	Bewick	233	0.050%	18.98x
288	Bryson	233	0.050%	6.99x
289	Kerr	233	0.050%	0.98x
290	Harbottle	232	0.050%	27.47x
291	Bulman	231	0.050%	14.59x
292	Howe	228	0.050%	1.34x
293	Proudlock	228	0.050%	37.23x
294	Lumsden	227	0.050%	6.26x
295	Lisle	226	0.050%	20.79x
296	Kidd	225	0.050%	2.54x
297	Common	224	0.050%	23.24x
298	Hood	224	0.050%	1.86x
299	Fraser	222	0.050%	0.57x
300	Shanks	222	0.050%	6.72x