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 Oley, with 12 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
3201	Oley	12	0.000%	11.18x
3202	Panton	12	0.000%	0.82x
3203	Parish	12	0.000%	0.18x
3204	Parmley	12	0.000%	5.95x
3205	Prentice	12	0.000%	0.23x
3206	Prickett	12	0.000%	1.01x
3207	Pullen	12	0.000%	0.21x
3208	Radcliffe	12	0.000%	0.24x
3209	Randell	12	0.000%	0.44x
3210	Rayson	12	0.000%	0.96x
3211	Rider	12	0.000%	0.28x
3212	Rourke	12	0.000%	0.56x
3213	Royal	12	0.000%	0.98x
3214	Rycroft	12	0.000%	0.96x
3215	Silk	12	0.000%	0.56x
3216	Smedley	12	0.000%	0.34x
3217	Smetham	12	0.000%	8.35x
3218	Staward	12	0.000%	31.80x
3219	Stonebank	12	0.000%	12.72x
3220	Strathern	12	0.000%	3.78x
3221	Stroud	12	0.000%	0.27x
3222	Sunderland	12	0.000%	0.24x
3223	Swailes	12	0.000%	2.48x
3224	Thornhill	12	0.000%	0.44x
3225	Thornley	12	0.000%	0.25x
3226	Tipping	12	0.000%	0.48x
3227	Tobias	12	0.000%	3.47x
3228	Tulloch	12	0.000%	0.42x
3229	Tynan	12	0.000%	2.34x
3230	Warnes	12	0.000%	0.84x
3231	Weirs	12	0.000%	29.56x
3232	Whiles	12	0.000%	2.57x
3233	Whitehouse	12	0.000%	0.11x
3234	Whiting	12	0.000%	0.14x
3235	Whittingham	12	0.000%	0.37x
3236	Wilton	12	0.000%	0.29x
3237	Witheridge	12	0.000%	3.42x
3238	Worth	12	0.000%	0.31x
3239	Wragg	12	0.000%	0.30x
3240	Agan	11	0.000%	11.31x
3241	Allsop	11	0.000%	0.25x
3242	Archbald	11	0.000%	9.13x
3243	Ashford	11	0.000%	0.26x
3244	Atherton	11	0.000%	0.14x
3245	Attwell	11	0.000%	1.15x
3246	Barradell	11	0.000%	4.19x
3247	Bate	11	0.000%	0.15x
3248	Beckett	11	0.000%	0.13x
3249	Biggar	11	0.000%	1.83x
3250	Blackwood	11	0.000%	0.43x
3251	Blamire	11	0.000%	2.26x
3252	Bowser	11	0.000%	1.71x
3253	Boynes	11	0.000%	5.74x
3254	Brockett	11	0.000%	2.62x
3255	Bullen	11	0.000%	0.24x
3256	Burden	11	0.000%	0.20x
3257	Burnie	11	0.000%	2.06x
3258	Burrel	11	0.000%	4.57x
3259	Burrows	11	0.000%	0.06x
3260	Cane	11	0.000%	0.37x
3261	Carle	11	0.000%	2.32x
3262	Cassels	11	0.000%	1.40x
3263	Cassey	11	0.000%	2.69x
3264	Charteris	11	0.000%	4.16x
3265	Chorlton	11	0.000%	0.78x
3266	Cleland	11	0.000%	0.96x
3267	Cock	11	0.000%	0.23x
3268	Coil	11	0.000%	7.58x
3269	Collings	11	0.000%	0.21x
3270	Cosh	11	0.000%	3.16x
3271	Cracknell	11	0.000%	0.36x
3272	Cramond	11	0.000%	3.09x
3273	Cran	11	0.000%	1.78x
3274	Creed	11	0.000%	0.46x
3275	Crossthwaite	11	0.000%	6.48x
3276	Crown	11	0.000%	2.06x
3277	Dallas	11	0.000%	0.67x
3278	Dann	11	0.000%	0.40x
3279	Darragh	11	0.000%	6.16x
3280	Darrell	11	0.000%	3.16x
3281	Davinson	11	0.000%	5.62x
3282	Davitt	11	0.000%	4.21x
3283	Deighton	11	0.000%	0.51x
3284	Delap	11	0.000%	18.05x
3285	Dobby	11	0.000%	2.29x
3286	Doig	11	0.000%	0.43x
3287	Donnachie	11	0.000%	2.94x
3288	Dowie	11	0.000%	1.05x
3289	Dowsey	11	0.000%	12.43x
3290	Duffield	11	0.000%	0.29x
3291	Dyers	11	0.000%	11.66x
3292	Edwardson	11	0.000%	2.06x
3293	Elgey	11	0.000%	5.23x
3294	Elsender	11	0.000%	68.97x
3295	Ely	11	0.000%	0.48x
3296	Emley	11	0.000%	14.87x
3297	Enderby	11	0.000%	1.91x
3298	Fernie	11	0.000%	0.85x
3299	Flannery	11	0.000%	1.27x
3300	Foulger	11	0.000%	1.07x