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1881 census place

Backworth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Backworth, 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

44 surnames are listed for Backworth, Northumberland, covering 286 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Barrass, with 29 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Backworth

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1Barrass291021.13x
2Reay21210.00x
3Hedley12101.95x
4Finlay1193.06x
5Hand1179.59x
6Southern11103.58x
7Dobbie9178.93x
8Mowat9113.92x
9Timlin91111.11x
10Amour82222.22x
11Archbold8293.04x
12Imrie8177.78x
13Jobson8118.17x
14Wardlaw8382.78x
15Wharrier82580.65x
16Batey7155.56x
17Carlisle7115.32x
18Chicken7432.10x
19Lockie7267.18x
20Covell6324.32x
21Ellerington6645.16x
22Pheby61052.63x
23Twizell61500.00x
24Yellowley61818.18x
25Eastlake5769.23x
26Glendinning5113.64x
27Maddon5427.35x
28Swalwell5602.41x
29Langdown4740.74x
30Skipsey4666.67x
31Beaney3157.89x
32Buddle3218.98x
33Hepple3122.95x
34Moscrop3173.41x
35Patfield3666.67x
36Wanless3151.52x
37Aisbitt2714.29x
38Buglass2122.70x
39Middlemass2139.86x
40Prudhoe2253.16x
41Carnaby1172.41x
42Clint1119.05x
43Laverack193.46x
44Middlewick1285.71x