1881 census place

Berwick Upon Tweed surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Berwick Upon Tweed, 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

385 surnames are listed for Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, covering 3,968 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Patterson, with 112 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Berwick Upon Tweed

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	Patterson	112	1.22%	34.88x
2	Young	111	1.21%	5.61x
3	Robertson	100	1.09%	6.48x
4	Cockburn	76	0.830%	64.68x
5	Gibson	73	0.790%	6.53x
6	Henderson	66	0.720%	6.59x
7	Johnston	53	0.580%	7.13x
8	Douglas	52	0.560%	11.65x
9	Lyall	49	0.530%	78.03x
10	Burgon	48	0.520%	400.33x
11	Dodds	48	0.520%	24.76x
12	Dickson	46	0.500%	13.49x
13	Purves	46	0.500%	76.40x
14	Renton	45	0.490%	79.66x
15	Wallace	44	0.480%	6.98x
16	Borthwick	43	0.470%	83.17x
17	Rutherford	43	0.470%	19.13x
18	Weatherburn	43	0.470%	409.91x
19	Hattle	42	0.460%	2131.98x
20	Middlemiss	42	0.460%	192.66x
21	Turnbull	42	0.460%	10.82x
22	Buglass	40	0.430%	306.75x
23	Steven	39	0.420%	55.89x
24	Ewart	38	0.410%	73.37x
25	Sanderson	38	0.410%	9.99x
26	Tait	35	0.380%	12.91x
27	Cairns	34	0.370%	17.07x
28	Dickinson	34	0.370%	8.64x
29	Moor	34	0.370%	26.34x
30	Purvis	34	0.370%	38.16x
31	Cowe	33	0.360%	132.96x
32	Jamieson	33	0.360%	12.87x
33	Renwick	32	0.350%	50.93x
34	Crombie	31	0.340%	60.00x
35	Farrell	30	0.330%	17.18x
36	Drummond	28	0.300%	15.30x
37	Sutherland	27	0.290%	5.82x
38	Brotherton	26	0.280%	55.44x
39	How	26	0.280%	43.25x
40	Pattison	26	0.280%	17.74x
41	Rowland	26	0.280%	9.93x
42	Alder	24	0.260%	36.47x
43	Hume	23	0.250%	17.61x
44	Percy	22	0.240%	25.61x
45	Redpath	22	0.240%	51.46x
46	Aird	21	0.230%	43.83x
47	Knox	21	0.230%	13.28x
48	Leddy	21	0.230%	509.71x
49	Mace	21	0.230%	25.87x
50	Paxton	21	0.230%	28.59x
51	Pringle	21	0.230%	14.48x
52	Roper	21	0.230%	10.95x
53	Darling	20	0.220%	22.68x
54	Gilchrist	19	0.210%	14.07x
55	Gunn	19	0.210%	8.43x
56	Logan	19	0.210%	8.70x
57	Waite	19	0.210%	9.94x
58	Gallagher	18	0.200%	12.86x
59	Ord	18	0.200%	29.66x
60	Redfearn	18	0.200%	65.98x
61	Teague	18	0.200%	34.55x
62	Trainer	18	0.200%	47.78x
63	Edgar	17	0.180%	11.99x
64	Gillie	17	0.180%	180.66x
65	Lough	17	0.180%	103.34x
66	Trotter	17	0.180%	17.60x
67	Brough	16	0.170%	14.21x
68	Crow	16	0.170%	11.51x
69	Grey	16	0.170%	8.01x
70	Hogarth	16	0.170%	26.33x
71	Lawrie	16	0.170%	18.14x
72	Noon	16	0.170%	24.18x
73	Suthern	16	0.170%	356.35x
74	Craik	15	0.160%	53.19x
75	Hindhaugh	15	0.160%	246.31x
76	Mathison	15	0.160%	60.22x
77	Skelly	15	0.160%	86.16x
78	Strother	15	0.160%	196.59x
79	Whillis	15	0.160%	383.63x
80	Dunlop	14	0.150%	9.43x
81	Gregg	14	0.150%	21.59x
82	Herriott	14	0.150%	127.85x
83	Manuel	14	0.150%	50.47x
84	Slack	14	0.150%	9.65x
85	Weatherhead	14	0.150%	53.25x
86	Cone	13	0.140%	150.99x
87	Downes	13	0.140%	11.41x
88	Hush	13	0.140%	184.66x
89	Mark	13	0.140%	28.07x
90	Oswald	13	0.140%	30.72x
91	Virtue	13	0.140%	130.92x
92	Brigham	12	0.130%	61.73x
93	Conolly	12	0.130%	43.07x
94	Friar	12	0.130%	85.41x
95	Garden	12	0.130%	31.19x
96	Haswell	12	0.130%	40.31x
97	Roxburgh	12	0.130%	42.09x
98	Sample	12	0.130%	83.05x
99	Thew	12	0.130%	98.04x
100	Cavanagh	11	0.120%	15.83x