1881 census place

Acomb surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Acomb, Northumberland in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

43 surnames are listed for Acomb, Northumberland, covering 385 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Henderson, with 64 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Acomb

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Henderson	64	6.06%	55.76x
2	Rutherford	49	4.64%	190.14x
3	Ridley	34	3.22%	166.59x
4	Charlton	28	2.65%	92.56x
5	Allsopp	15	1.42%	346.42x
6	Jameson	15	1.42%	128.31x
7	Pigg	15	1.42%	482.32x
8	Chester	14	1.33%	108.28x
9	Stokoe	14	1.33%	393.26x
10	Shield	13	1.23%	270.83x
11	Ballantyne	11	1.04%	137.33x
12	Stobbs	11	1.04%	360.66x
13	Herdman	8	0.760%	300.75x
14	Hudspith	8	0.760%	761.90x
15	Whitefield	8	0.760%	366.97x
16	Allgood	7	0.660%	843.37x
17	Callighan	7	0.660%	721.65x
18	Errington	7	0.660%	118.85x
19	Simm	6	0.570%	146.70x
20	Proudlock	5	0.470%	335.57x
21	Thew	5	0.470%	357.14x
22	Craigie	4	0.380%	120.48x
23	Lillie	4	0.380%	155.04x
24	Baty	3	0.280%	117.19x
25	Burgh	3	0.280%	909.09x
26	Catcheside	3	0.280%	2727.27x
27	Dunwoodie	3	0.280%	555.56x
28	Carstairs	2	0.190%	114.94x
29	Dall	2	0.190%	102.56x
30	Ellerington	2	0.190%	232.56x
31	Farguson	2	0.190%	1250.00x
32	Maugham	2	0.190%	129.87x
33	Baptist	1	0.090%	161.29x
34	Burnhope	1	0.090%	434.78x
35	Coatsworth	1	0.090%	111.11x
36	Hudspeth	1	0.090%	101.01x
37	Leadbitter	1	0.090%	98.04x
38	Luckham	1	0.090%	128.21x
39	Macewen	1	0.090%	714.29x
40	Muse	1	0.090%	156.25x
41	Parvin	1	0.090%	89.29x
42	Porthouse	1	0.090%	208.33x
43	Smiles	1	0.090%	45.66x