1881 census place

Alnwick surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Alnwick, 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

330 surnames are listed for Alnwick, Northumberland, covering 2,997 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thompson, with 195 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Alnwick

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	Thompson	195	2.61%	8.71x
2	Davison	117	1.57%	43.80x
3	Forster	103	1.38%	42.03x
4	Elliott	71	0.950%	11.20x
5	Dodds	51	0.680%	32.43x
6	Skelly	47	0.630%	332.86x
7	Rennison	43	0.580%	239.96x
8	Hume	42	0.560%	39.62x
9	Turnbull	42	0.560%	13.33x
10	Burn	38	0.510%	37.79x
11	Rutherford	35	0.470%	19.19x
12	Snowdon	35	0.470%	62.84x
13	Hindmarsh	34	0.460%	113.26x
14	Jobson	34	0.460%	77.41x
15	Darling	31	0.410%	43.31x
16	Gibb	30	0.400%	22.74x
17	Short	28	0.370%	9.59x
18	Keen	27	0.360%	18.03x
19	Appleby	26	0.350%	21.30x
20	Burnett	26	0.350%	12.58x
21	Egdell	26	0.350%	795.11x
22	Grey	26	0.350%	16.05x
23	Archbold	25	0.330%	141.32x
24	Tate	25	0.330%	17.32x
25	Marr	24	0.320%	28.16x
26	Whinham	24	0.320%	662.98x
27	Knox	23	0.310%	17.93x
28	Pickard	22	0.290%	21.11x
29	Pringle	22	0.290%	18.69x
30	Angus	21	0.280%	19.64x
31	Hetherington	21	0.280%	22.29x
32	Lockey	21	0.280%	118.38x
33	Mattison	21	0.280%	175.73x
34	Rogerson	21	0.280%	22.84x
35	Purvis	20	0.270%	27.67x
36	Straughan	20	0.270%	160.90x
37	Wilcox	20	0.270%	14.21x
38	Donohoe	19	0.250%	183.40x
39	Glass	19	0.250%	24.57x
40	Jeffrey	19	0.250%	13.75x
41	Cockburn	18	0.240%	18.88x
42	Goodfellow	18	0.240%	27.25x
43	Aitchison	16	0.210%	30.55x
44	Brewis	16	0.210%	73.63x
45	Connolly	16	0.210%	18.44x
46	Orange	16	0.210%	124.51x
47	Common	15	0.200%	90.53x
48	Dornan	15	0.200%	362.32x
49	Heslop	15	0.200%	23.41x
50	Middleman	15	0.200%	1546.39x
51	Renwick	15	0.200%	29.42x
52	Patten	14	0.190%	29.86x
53	Rickaby	14	0.190%	171.57x
54	Telford	14	0.190%	21.26x
55	Tweedy	14	0.190%	91.38x
56	Fairbairn	13	0.170%	23.55x
57	Heatley	13	0.170%	73.07x
58	Lorimer	13	0.170%	43.52x
59	Maule	13	0.170%	72.95x
60	Muckle	13	0.170%	153.66x
61	Obrien	13	0.170%	11.77x
62	Tennant	13	0.170%	16.29x
63	Trotter	13	0.170%	16.59x
64	Borthwick	12	0.160%	28.61x
65	Carston	12	0.160%	923.08x
66	Coxon	12	0.160%	21.01x
67	Dryden	12	0.160%	26.64x
68	Drysdale	12	0.160%	18.99x
69	Furlonger	12	0.160%	222.63x
70	Humble	12	0.160%	33.87x
71	Waugh	12	0.160%	11.78x
72	Beal	11	0.150%	15.67x
73	Hewitson	11	0.150%	24.90x
74	Lothian	11	0.150%	64.82x
75	Moffatt	11	0.150%	22.87x
76	Newbegin	11	0.150%	324.48x
77	Willcox	11	0.150%	27.30x
78	Bickerton	10	0.130%	31.93x
79	Chrisp	10	0.130%	125.31x
80	Fullerton	10	0.130%	31.63x
81	Gaines	10	0.130%	74.35x
82	Lillico	10	0.130%	233.10x
83	Reay	10	0.130%	15.41x
84	Shell	10	0.130%	63.61x
85	Weddell	10	0.130%	78.86x
86	Akeroyd	9	0.120%	98.58x
87	Amory	9	0.120%	306.12x
88	Bowey	9	0.120%	114.21x
89	Candlish	9	0.120%	103.09x
90	Cavins	9	0.120%	461.54x
91	Dundass	9	0.120%	319.15x
92	Furguson	9	0.120%	151.52x
93	Gilroy	9	0.120%	29.71x
94	Menmuir	9	0.120%	319.15x
95	Mole	9	0.120%	15.52x
96	Nesbitt	9	0.120%	43.82x
97	Patton	9	0.120%	33.86x
98	Reavell	9	0.120%	371.90x
99	Redshaw	9	0.120%	40.49x
100	Weedy	9	0.120%	324.91x