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 Downey, with 137 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
501	Downey	137	0.030%	4.46x
502	Hale	137	0.030%	0.88x
503	Laidlaw	137	0.030%	3.56x
504	Ray	137	0.030%	1.59x
505	Shell	137	0.030%	14.98x
506	Stoddart	137	0.030%	3.78x
507	Philips	136	0.030%	1.69x
508	Goodfellow	135	0.030%	3.51x
509	Bertram	134	0.030%	6.45x
510	Cox	134	0.030%	0.20x
511	Craggs	133	0.030%	5.95x
512	Stephens	133	0.030%	0.55x
513	Sutton	133	0.030%	0.48x
514	Muckle	132	0.030%	26.83x
515	Woodcock	132	0.030%	1.06x
516	Crosby	131	0.030%	2.55x
517	Muir	131	0.030%	0.79x
518	Forbes	130	0.030%	0.89x
519	Sample	129	0.030%	18.91x
520	Burrell	128	0.030%	2.26x
521	Jennings	128	0.030%	0.58x
522	Wight	128	0.030%	5.72x
523	Boag	127	0.030%	10.09x
524	Bowey	127	0.030%	27.69x
525	Davies	127	0.030%	0.06x
526	Freeman	127	0.030%	0.46x
527	Hull	126	0.030%	1.39x
528	Butler	125	0.030%	0.30x
529	Dobinson	125	0.030%	10.92x
530	Lockey	125	0.030%	12.11x
531	May	125	0.030%	0.45x
532	Oxley	125	0.030%	2.05x
533	Spark	125	0.030%	6.54x
534	Atchison	124	0.030%	23.67x
535	Grieve	124	0.030%	2.46x
536	Leslie	124	0.030%	1.72x
537	Lillie	124	0.030%	11.69x
538	Wilkie	124	0.030%	2.00x
539	Bird	123	0.030%	0.37x
540	Hutchison	123	0.030%	1.72x
541	Kirton	123	0.030%	6.20x
542	Norman	123	0.030%	0.61x
543	Shiel	123	0.030%	15.78x
544	Straker	123	0.030%	15.58x
545	Montgomery	122	0.030%	1.77x
546	Morpeth	122	0.030%	37.53x
547	Quinn	122	0.030%	1.47x
548	Millar	121	0.030%	0.76x
549	Sewell	121	0.030%	1.32x
550	Knight	120	0.030%	0.22x
551	Wightman	120	0.030%	4.20x
552	Cassidy	119	0.030%	2.24x
553	Fitzpatrick	119	0.030%	1.87x
554	Smiles	119	0.030%	13.20x
555	Robison	118	0.030%	12.15x
556	Barrett	117	0.030%	0.40x
557	Brydon	117	0.030%	8.56x
558	Calvert	117	0.030%	1.32x
559	Cowell	117	0.030%	1.88x
560	Donald	117	0.030%	1.34x
561	Ritchie	117	0.030%	0.78x
562	Swinney	117	0.030%	24.65x
563	Fothergill	116	0.030%	4.65x
564	Garrett	115	0.030%	1.17x
565	Glass	115	0.030%	2.56x
566	Greenwell	115	0.030%	8.07x
567	Parkin	115	0.030%	0.98x
568	Richards	115	0.030%	0.18x
569	Saint	115	0.030%	8.65x
570	Wintrip	115	0.030%	50.16x
571	Chater	114	0.030%	8.55x
572	Hunt	114	0.030%	0.20x
573	Mann	114	0.030%	0.50x
574	Donnison	113	0.030%	18.81x
575	Rowntree	113	0.030%	8.82x
576	Egdell	112	0.030%	58.91x
577	Hind	112	0.030%	2.04x
578	Lishman	112	0.030%	12.59x
579	Cutter	111	0.030%	9.08x
580	Dagg	111	0.030%	20.90x
581	Fryer	111	0.030%	1.38x
582	Hardie	111	0.030%	1.96x
583	Heatley	111	0.030%	10.73x
584	Porteous	111	0.030%	3.83x
585	Raine	111	0.030%	3.07x
586	Arkley	110	0.030%	23.99x
587	Blacklock	110	0.030%	5.96x
588	Dunlop	110	0.030%	1.57x
589	Elsdon	110	0.030%	13.78x
590	Giles	110	0.030%	0.66x
591	Humphrey	110	0.030%	0.95x
592	Knowles	110	0.030%	0.47x
593	Cain	109	0.030%	1.21x
594	Cleghorn	109	0.030%	9.14x
595	Cowen	109	0.030%	4.57x
596	Moran	109	0.030%	1.37x
597	Proud	109	0.030%	4.91x
598	Farrell	108	0.020%	1.31x
599	Hudspeth	108	0.020%	26.58x
600	Mooney	108	0.020%	2.14x