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 Ditchburn, with 90 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
701	Ditchburn	90	0.020%	10.98x
702	Osborne	90	0.020%	0.43x
703	Sinton	90	0.020%	15.50x
704	Beal	89	0.020%	2.18x
705	Lumsdon	89	0.020%	18.58x
706	Oswald	89	0.020%	4.46x
707	Rose	89	0.020%	0.28x
708	Smailes	89	0.020%	14.03x
709	Webb	89	0.020%	0.15x
710	Wigham	89	0.020%	11.82x
711	Blenkinsop	88	0.020%	7.17x
712	Hays	88	0.020%	4.74x
713	Lowdon	88	0.020%	14.37x
714	Makepeace	88	0.020%	7.18x
715	Norton	88	0.020%	0.61x
716	Paterson	88	0.020%	0.30x
717	Ayre	87	0.020%	3.58x
718	Donnelly	87	0.020%	1.59x
719	Foggon	87	0.020%	43.76x
720	Handyside	87	0.020%	14.20x
721	Hastings	87	0.020%	1.57x
722	Howard	87	0.020%	0.20x
723	Kemp	87	0.020%	0.36x
724	Beck	86	0.020%	0.85x
725	Bullock	86	0.020%	0.61x
726	Coats	86	0.020%	4.38x
727	Irvine	86	0.020%	0.90x
728	Milligan	86	0.020%	1.68x
729	Mitchison	86	0.020%	26.46x
730	Payne	86	0.020%	0.22x
731	Savage	86	0.020%	0.52x
732	Simmons	86	0.020%	0.48x
733	Sproat	86	0.020%	10.08x
734	Swanson	86	0.020%	2.70x
735	Tindle	86	0.020%	12.77x
736	Westgarth	86	0.020%	11.37x
737	Brand	85	0.020%	1.32x
738	Craigs	85	0.020%	33.09x
739	Galloway	85	0.020%	1.14x
740	Gilhespie	85	0.020%	44.37x
741	Horn	85	0.020%	0.86x
742	Jack	85	0.020%	0.92x
743	Malone	85	0.020%	2.44x
744	Musgrove	85	0.020%	4.05x
745	Whillis	85	0.020%	46.12x
746	Balmer	84	0.020%	5.11x
747	Collier	84	0.020%	0.58x
748	Devlin	84	0.020%	2.36x
749	Fender	84	0.020%	12.67x
750	George	84	0.020%	0.33x
751	Petrie	84	0.020%	1.63x
752	Ryder	84	0.020%	1.12x
753	Warren	84	0.020%	0.29x
754	Baston	83	0.020%	8.96x
755	Byers	83	0.020%	3.68x
756	Coulthard	83	0.020%	3.42x
757	Dodgson	83	0.020%	3.93x
758	Flynn	83	0.020%	1.00x
759	Gleghorn	83	0.020%	23.83x
760	Hair	83	0.020%	4.90x
761	Munro	83	0.020%	0.43x
762	Spoor	83	0.020%	17.44x
763	Warwick	83	0.020%	1.38x
764	Wilkin	83	0.020%	3.48x
765	Foggin	82	0.020%	25.22x
766	Frost	82	0.020%	0.34x
767	Irvin	82	0.020%	6.43x
768	Legg	82	0.020%	1.14x
769	Lillico	82	0.020%	32.85x
770	Norris	82	0.020%	0.44x
771	Rowland	82	0.020%	0.66x
772	Stonehouse	82	0.020%	4.32x
773	Swinhoe	82	0.020%	27.04x
774	Watts	82	0.020%	0.23x
775	Wedderburn	82	0.020%	22.78x
776	Bushby	81	0.020%	4.75x
777	Dalton	81	0.020%	0.81x
778	Millican	81	0.020%	9.86x
779	Page	81	0.020%	0.23x
780	Paul	81	0.020%	0.74x
781	Sloan	81	0.020%	1.98x
782	Berkley	80	0.020%	13.58x
783	Haswell	80	0.020%	5.69x
784	Marley	80	0.020%	3.17x
785	Owens	80	0.020%	0.37x
786	Phillipson	80	0.020%	4.96x
787	Scorer	80	0.020%	13.35x
788	Waite	80	0.020%	0.89x
789	Wall	80	0.020%	0.53x
790	Addison	79	0.020%	1.31x
791	Denham	79	0.020%	2.06x
792	Leadbitter	79	0.020%	18.77x
793	Lockie	79	0.020%	7.99x
794	Rice	79	0.020%	0.59x
795	Swann	79	0.020%	1.67x
796	Ternent	79	0.020%	27.22x
797	Trainer	79	0.020%	4.44x
798	Waddle	79	0.020%	15.42x
799	Welton	79	0.020%	5.03x
800	Barlow	78	0.020%	0.33x