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 Cameron, with 221 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
301	Cameron	221	0.050%	0.65x
302	Hepple	221	0.050%	24.02x
303	Weir	221	0.050%	1.96x
304	Potter	220	0.050%	0.78x
305	Herdman	219	0.050%	20.01x
306	Surtees	219	0.050%	16.77x
307	Evans	218	0.050%	0.11x
308	Gilroy	218	0.050%	12.37x
309	Ritson	218	0.050%	12.49x
310	Welch	218	0.050%	1.43x
311	Joyce	217	0.050%	2.03x
312	Spencer	217	0.050%	0.55x
313	Halliday	215	0.050%	2.39x
314	Herron	215	0.050%	13.82x
315	Purves	215	0.050%	7.57x
316	Snowball	215	0.050%	15.21x
317	Ewart	214	0.050%	8.76x
318	Shotton	213	0.050%	14.17x
319	Tweedy	213	0.050%	23.90x
320	Middlemiss	212	0.050%	20.60x
321	Riddell	212	0.050%	5.81x
322	Main	211	0.050%	2.97x
323	Proctor	211	0.050%	1.98x
324	Kirkup	210	0.050%	20.04x
325	Moody	209	0.050%	1.84x
326	Porter	208	0.050%	0.64x
327	Redhead	208	0.050%	8.81x
328	Finlay	207	0.050%	4.64x
329	Grieves	207	0.050%	19.02x
330	Hornsby	206	0.050%	7.29x
331	Stafford	206	0.050%	2.23x
332	Stobart	206	0.050%	25.12x
333	Arthur	205	0.050%	2.16x
334	Patrick	205	0.050%	2.37x
335	Snaith	204	0.050%	11.04x
336	Burton	203	0.050%	0.55x
337	Dent	203	0.050%	2.45x
338	Ogle	203	0.050%	14.62x
339	Tully	202	0.050%	8.68x
340	Tweddle	202	0.050%	13.50x
341	Usher	202	0.050%	4.21x
342	Barron	201	0.050%	2.99x
343	Clarke	201	0.050%	0.23x
344	Clough	200	0.050%	2.06x
345	Pratt	200	0.050%	0.80x
346	Frazer	199	0.050%	5.91x
347	Gair	199	0.050%	17.29x
348	Hewitt	198	0.050%	0.94x
349	Jamieson	198	0.050%	1.64x
350	Lyall	198	0.050%	6.68x
351	Gallagher	197	0.050%	2.98x
352	Harding	197	0.050%	0.63x
353	Thomas	197	0.050%	0.11x
354	Edgar	196	0.050%	2.93x
355	Mullen	196	0.050%	4.72x
356	Wheatley	196	0.050%	2.21x
357	Ramsey	195	0.040%	4.13x
358	Riley	195	0.040%	0.57x
359	Brooks	192	0.040%	0.45x
360	Fisher	192	0.040%	0.38x
361	Gill	192	0.040%	0.62x
362	Jefferson	192	0.040%	4.07x
363	Strong	192	0.040%	2.96x
364	Brodie	191	0.040%	3.27x
365	Harle	191	0.040%	19.38x
366	Coates	190	0.040%	1.17x
367	Tulip	190	0.040%	27.16x
368	Carrick	189	0.040%	6.05x
369	Veitch	188	0.040%	6.56x
370	Leighton	187	0.040%	4.00x
371	Watt	187	0.040%	1.12x
372	Metcalf	186	0.040%	2.11x
373	Emmerson	185	0.040%	4.31x
374	Webster	184	0.040%	0.49x
375	Baxter	183	0.040%	0.71x
376	Lewis	183	0.040%	0.16x
377	Moffatt	182	0.040%	6.51x
378	Cowan	181	0.040%	2.04x
379	Holland	181	0.040%	0.58x
380	Ainsley	180	0.040%	14.80x
381	Currie	180	0.040%	1.47x
382	Irwin	180	0.040%	4.92x
383	Quin	180	0.040%	3.86x
384	Baird	179	0.040%	1.93x
385	Drummond	178	0.040%	2.06x
386	Laverick	178	0.040%	11.22x
387	Ormston	177	0.040%	23.27x
388	Conway	176	0.040%	2.16x
389	Winship	176	0.040%	19.75x
390	Paxton	175	0.040%	5.05x
391	Peel	175	0.040%	2.24x
392	Telfer	175	0.040%	6.73x
393	Atkin	174	0.040%	3.00x
394	Fish	174	0.040%	2.15x
395	Cole	172	0.040%	0.43x
396	Duffy	172	0.040%	1.81x
397	Mitcheson	172	0.040%	25.05x
398	Glendinning	171	0.040%	10.30x
399	Huntley	171	0.040%	5.58x
400	Kinghorn	171	0.040%	13.62x