1881 census place

Bishop Auckland surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bishop Auckland, Durham 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

550 surnames are listed for Bishop Auckland, Durham, covering 4,488 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thompson, with 215 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bishop Auckland

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	215	1.84%	6.16x
2	Longstaff	82	0.700%	99.67x
3	Robson	79	0.680%	10.30x
4	Walton	73	0.630%	8.90x
5	Hull	67	0.570%	27.49x
6	Armstrong	64	0.550%	7.18x
7	Race	63	0.540%	99.15x
8	Hutchinson	62	0.530%	9.36x
9	Newton	56	0.480%	6.27x
10	Howe	52	0.450%	11.36x
11	Alderson	50	0.430%	30.91x
12	Pickering	45	0.390%	10.70x
13	Davison	42	0.360%	10.08x
14	Nevison	40	0.340%	298.73x
15	Maddison	34	0.290%	29.76x
16	Bainbridge	32	0.270%	19.53x
17	Sedgwick	32	0.270%	37.81x
18	Coates	30	0.260%	6.90x
19	Duffy	29	0.250%	11.39x
20	Bowman	28	0.240%	9.19x
21	Peart	28	0.240%	42.18x
22	Dowson	27	0.230%	42.36x
23	Braithwaite	26	0.220%	19.22x
24	Dodds	25	0.210%	10.19x
25	Proud	25	0.210%	41.97x
26	Cousins	24	0.210%	11.44x
27	Featherstone	24	0.210%	22.88x
28	Etherington	22	0.190%	25.01x
29	Metcalfe	22	0.190%	8.26x
30	Rutherford	22	0.190%	7.73x
31	Tate	22	0.190%	9.77x
32	Wharton	22	0.190%	13.47x
33	Gregg	21	0.180%	25.59x
34	Ord	21	0.180%	27.34x
35	Powton	21	0.180%	750.00x
36	Raine	21	0.180%	21.62x
37	Gardiner	20	0.170%	5.97x
38	Harker	20	0.170%	16.29x
39	Fothergill	19	0.160%	28.42x
40	Hopps	19	0.160%	119.35x
41	Moses	19	0.160%	15.93x
42	Thirkell	19	0.160%	122.34x
43	Carrick	18	0.150%	21.46x
44	Gent	18	0.150%	17.98x
45	Kell	18	0.150%	38.59x
46	Crosby	17	0.150%	12.32x
47	Harland	17	0.150%	17.49x
48	Kilburn	17	0.150%	28.30x
49	Swales	17	0.150%	20.85x
50	Wheatley	17	0.150%	7.16x
51	Ayre	16	0.140%	24.56x
52	Blackett	16	0.140%	35.92x
53	Brunskill	16	0.140%	59.13x
54	Kidd	16	0.140%	6.74x
55	Kitching	16	0.140%	23.66x
56	Ryder	16	0.140%	7.93x
57	Slee	16	0.140%	35.16x
58	Stobbs	16	0.140%	47.45x
59	Strachan	16	0.140%	7.96x
60	Dalkin	15	0.130%	201.61x
61	Gash	15	0.130%	62.55x
62	Gibbon	15	0.130%	12.70x
63	Smedley	15	0.130%	15.72x
64	Twist	15	0.130%	26.01x
65	Wearmouth	15	0.130%	94.22x
66	Westgarth	15	0.130%	73.96x
67	Brotherton	14	0.120%	23.58x
68	Condon	14	0.120%	43.32x
69	Copeland	14	0.120%	12.69x
70	Crooks	14	0.120%	15.57x
71	Duff	14	0.120%	6.75x
72	Heslop	14	0.120%	14.00x
73	Hindmarsh	14	0.120%	29.89x
74	Irwin	14	0.120%	14.27x
75	Mulholland	14	0.120%	32.31x
76	Siddle	14	0.120%	56.18x
77	Varey	14	0.120%	78.34x
78	Waddington	14	0.120%	7.39x
79	Batey	13	0.110%	28.52x
80	Coglan	13	0.110%	225.69x
81	Conlon	13	0.110%	50.98x
82	Greenwell	13	0.110%	34.00x
83	Haw	13	0.110%	33.70x
84	Heads	13	0.110%	106.38x
85	Kellett	13	0.110%	12.82x
86	Manners	13	0.110%	22.56x
87	Pallister	13	0.110%	44.11x
88	Priestman	13	0.110%	68.42x
89	Quin	13	0.110%	10.41x
90	Scrafton	13	0.110%	153.85x
91	Selby	13	0.110%	9.34x
92	Tallon	13	0.110%	137.42x
93	Tweddle	13	0.110%	32.39x
94	Beaston	12	0.100%	256.96x
95	Binks	12	0.100%	17.44x
96	Blanch	12	0.100%	53.50x
97	Burn	12	0.100%	7.65x
98	Hewitson	12	0.100%	17.41x
99	How	12	0.100%	15.76x
100	Mundell	12	0.100%	73.39x