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.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Barrass	29	2.52%	1021.13x
2	Reay	21	1.82%	210.00x
3	Hedley	12	1.04%	101.95x
4	Finlay	11	0.950%	93.06x
5	Hand	11	0.950%	79.59x
6	Southern	11	0.950%	103.58x
7	Dobbie	9	0.780%	178.93x
8	Mowat	9	0.780%	113.92x
9	Timlin	9	0.780%	1111.11x
10	Amour	8	0.690%	2222.22x
11	Archbold	8	0.690%	293.04x
12	Imrie	8	0.690%	177.78x
13	Jobson	8	0.690%	118.17x
14	Wardlaw	8	0.690%	382.78x
15	Wharrier	8	0.690%	2580.65x
16	Batey	7	0.610%	155.56x
17	Carlisle	7	0.610%	115.32x
18	Chicken	7	0.610%	432.10x
19	Lockie	7	0.610%	267.18x
20	Covell	6	0.520%	324.32x
21	Ellerington	6	0.520%	645.16x
22	Pheby	6	0.520%	1052.63x
23	Twizell	6	0.520%	1500.00x
24	Yellowley	6	0.520%	1818.18x
25	Eastlake	5	0.430%	769.23x
26	Glendinning	5	0.430%	113.64x
27	Maddon	5	0.430%	427.35x
28	Swalwell	5	0.430%	602.41x
29	Langdown	4	0.350%	740.74x
30	Skipsey	4	0.350%	666.67x
31	Beaney	3	0.260%	157.89x
32	Buddle	3	0.260%	218.98x
33	Hepple	3	0.260%	122.95x
34	Moscrop	3	0.260%	173.41x
35	Patfield	3	0.260%	666.67x
36	Wanless	3	0.260%	151.52x
37	Aisbitt	2	0.170%	714.29x
38	Buglass	2	0.170%	122.70x
39	Middlemass	2	0.170%	139.86x
40	Prudhoe	2	0.170%	253.16x
41	Carnaby	1	0.090%	172.41x
42	Clint	1	0.090%	119.05x
43	Laverack	1	0.090%	93.46x
44	Middlewick	1	0.090%	285.71x