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 Sisterson, with 108 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
601	Sisterson	108	0.020%	44.56x
602	Wanless	108	0.020%	14.45x
603	Connell	107	0.020%	1.42x
604	Connor	107	0.020%	0.83x
605	Fail	107	0.020%	29.73x
606	Redford	107	0.020%	4.57x
607	Stanton	107	0.020%	1.23x
608	Cochrane	106	0.020%	1.57x
609	Horsley	106	0.020%	2.61x
610	Ions	106	0.020%	44.53x
611	Gregg	105	0.020%	3.43x
612	Heads	105	0.020%	23.04x
613	Leonard	105	0.020%	1.11x
614	Rennison	105	0.020%	10.08x
615	Woodman	105	0.020%	2.19x
616	Auld	104	0.020%	3.97x
617	Blythe	104	0.020%	3.15x
618	Wait	104	0.020%	4.74x
619	Woods	104	0.020%	0.38x
620	Borthwick	103	0.020%	4.22x
621	Bowes	103	0.020%	2.58x
622	Cooke	103	0.020%	0.43x
623	Dunbar	103	0.020%	2.06x
624	Fulton	103	0.020%	1.88x
625	Leach	103	0.020%	0.57x
626	Reynolds	103	0.020%	0.27x
627	Conroy	102	0.020%	3.16x
628	Crisp	102	0.020%	1.69x
629	Piercy	102	0.020%	6.53x
630	Benson	101	0.020%	0.86x
631	Cowens	101	0.020%	27.08x
632	Dale	101	0.020%	0.55x
633	Locke	101	0.020%	2.59x
634	Moat	101	0.020%	12.02x
635	Shipley	101	0.020%	2.63x
636	Wade	101	0.020%	0.58x
637	Banks	100	0.020%	0.45x
638	Lawton	100	0.020%	0.89x
639	Mckenzie	100	0.020%	6.88x
640	Story	100	0.020%	3.71x
641	Wells	100	0.020%	0.28x
642	Jewitt	99	0.020%	6.80x
643	Spowart	99	0.020%	20.80x
644	Varty	99	0.020%	15.83x
645	Whinham	99	0.020%	47.05x
646	Brunton	98	0.020%	2.87x
647	Gibbons	98	0.020%	0.70x
648	Mathews	98	0.020%	0.61x
649	Nevin	98	0.020%	11.24x
650	Skelly	98	0.020%	11.93x
651	Alderson	97	0.020%	1.61x
652	Dewar	97	0.020%	1.71x
653	Hails	97	0.020%	18.06x
654	Lilley	97	0.020%	1.61x
655	Lowrie	97	0.020%	6.51x
656	Macdonald	97	0.020%	0.56x
657	Moffitt	97	0.020%	13.81x
658	Fell	96	0.020%	1.57x
659	Keith	96	0.020%	2.06x
660	Nichols	96	0.020%	0.68x
661	Barton	95	0.020%	0.40x
662	Chilton	95	0.020%	2.72x
663	Gillespie	95	0.020%	1.38x
664	Gunn	95	0.020%	0.89x
665	Stanley	95	0.020%	0.57x
666	Stott	95	0.020%	0.70x
667	Wears	95	0.020%	22.04x
668	Bain	94	0.020%	0.87x
669	Chicken	94	0.020%	15.42x
670	Fairley	94	0.020%	4.42x
671	Frater	94	0.020%	11.78x
672	Hastie	94	0.020%	3.42x
673	Inglis	94	0.020%	1.29x
674	Mcdonald	94	0.020%	2.66x
675	Neil	94	0.020%	1.64x
676	Thew	94	0.020%	16.27x
677	Weddle	94	0.020%	22.65x
678	Hartley	93	0.020%	0.34x
679	Hayes	93	0.020%	0.34x
680	Stobbart	93	0.020%	17.18x
681	Vickers	93	0.020%	0.83x
682	Amos	92	0.020%	1.29x
683	Calder	92	0.020%	1.51x
684	Dickenson	92	0.020%	1.40x
685	Fawcus	92	0.020%	46.61x
686	Gascoigne	92	0.020%	4.60x
687	Gee	92	0.020%	0.83x
688	Gledson	92	0.020%	56.61x
689	Cowing	91	0.020%	26.34x
690	Greaves	91	0.020%	0.71x
691	Kell	91	0.020%	5.23x
692	Preston	91	0.020%	0.42x
693	Small	91	0.020%	0.83x
694	Sweeney	91	0.020%	1.56x
695	Tweddell	91	0.020%	25.49x
696	Waller	91	0.020%	0.83x
697	Wardhaugh	91	0.020%	30.00x
698	Brough	90	0.020%	1.69x
699	Bulmer	90	0.020%	2.62x
700	Codling	90	0.020%	5.89x