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 Bower, with 78 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
801	Bower	78	0.020%	0.98x
802	Burdis	78	0.020%	21.16x
803	Cavanagh	78	0.020%	2.38x
804	Davey	78	0.020%	0.44x
805	Gardener	78	0.020%	1.00x
806	Golightly	78	0.020%	8.08x
807	Pike	78	0.020%	0.62x
808	Rea	78	0.020%	3.19x
809	Roper	78	0.020%	0.86x
810	Rowley	78	0.020%	0.68x
811	Spraggon	78	0.020%	26.74x
812	Bowden	77	0.020%	0.61x
813	Brownlee	77	0.020%	5.13x
814	Falcus	77	0.020%	50.53x
815	Geggie	77	0.020%	40.82x
816	Gibbon	77	0.020%	1.75x
817	Hand	77	0.020%	1.48x
818	Jenkins	77	0.020%	0.15x
819	Kane	77	0.020%	2.20x
820	Lister	77	0.020%	0.62x
821	Morley	77	0.020%	0.44x
822	Owen	77	0.020%	0.15x
823	Punton	77	0.020%	21.05x
824	Wakenshaw	77	0.020%	54.14x
825	Wales	77	0.020%	2.19x
826	Weatherston	77	0.020%	18.17x
827	Yellowley	77	0.020%	60.98x
828	Curtis	76	0.020%	0.31x
829	Glenwright	76	0.020%	40.60x
830	Mark	76	0.020%	3.48x
831	Richley	76	0.020%	30.09x
832	Ripley	76	0.020%	2.65x
833	Waddell	76	0.020%	1.97x
834	Ainslie	75	0.020%	6.53x
835	Bagnall	75	0.020%	2.01x
836	Bickerton	75	0.020%	4.12x
837	Creighton	75	0.020%	4.38x
838	Emerson	75	0.020%	2.49x
839	Ireland	75	0.020%	0.74x
840	Lowther	75	0.020%	2.83x
841	Mackenzie	75	0.020%	0.62x
842	Mould	75	0.020%	2.01x
843	Askew	74	0.020%	1.51x
844	Barnfather	74	0.020%	11.72x
845	Clarkson	74	0.020%	0.64x
846	Day	74	0.020%	0.18x
847	Gillis	74	0.020%	8.48x
848	Gladstone	74	0.020%	6.30x
849	Malcolm	74	0.020%	1.29x
850	Peart	74	0.020%	2.99x
851	Renner	74	0.020%	42.85x
852	Toole	74	0.020%	3.15x
853	Vardy	74	0.020%	8.47x
854	Athey	73	0.020%	14.33x
855	Baldwin	73	0.020%	0.39x
856	Gilhespy	73	0.020%	36.72x
857	Lake	73	0.020%	0.76x
858	Lloyd	73	0.020%	0.14x
859	Paton	73	0.020%	0.75x
860	Roy	73	0.020%	1.85x
861	Sowerby	73	0.020%	3.11x
862	Strother	73	0.020%	20.28x
863	Burt	72	0.020%	0.70x
864	Carlisle	72	0.020%	3.15x
865	Carss	72	0.020%	34.70x
866	Collingwood	72	0.020%	3.01x
867	Hewison	72	0.020%	6.91x
868	Hicks	72	0.020%	0.40x
869	Lowe	72	0.020%	0.22x
870	Lyons	72	0.020%	0.74x
871	Minto	72	0.020%	5.98x
872	Newman	72	0.020%	0.22x
873	Cohen	71	0.020%	1.04x
874	Docherty	71	0.020%	1.10x
875	Flint	71	0.020%	0.91x
876	Grainger	71	0.020%	1.06x
877	Hurst	71	0.020%	0.46x
878	Richmond	71	0.020%	0.75x
879	Vincent	71	0.020%	0.52x
880	York	71	0.020%	1.24x
881	Chester	70	0.020%	1.31x
882	Cowe	70	0.020%	5.98x
883	Cromarty	70	0.020%	14.06x
884	Hagan	70	0.020%	3.22x
885	Langley	70	0.020%	0.73x
886	Mattison	70	0.020%	10.07x
887	Middlemas	70	0.020%	10.22x
888	Monaghan	70	0.020%	2.22x
889	Myers	70	0.020%	0.62x
890	Ratcliffe	70	0.020%	0.58x
891	Tunnah	70	0.020%	20.61x
892	Weatherhead	70	0.020%	5.64x
893	Barclay	69	0.020%	0.77x
894	Barras	69	0.020%	8.15x
895	Buck	69	0.020%	0.74x
896	Buckham	69	0.020%	13.74x
897	Knott	69	0.020%	0.80x
898	Lees	69	0.020%	0.36x
899	Melville	69	0.020%	1.50x
900	Nugent	69	0.020%	3.00x