1881 census place

Bishopwearmouth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bishopwearmouth, 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

2,950 surnames are listed for Bishopwearmouth, Durham, covering 55,539 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Short, with 51 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bishopwearmouth

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
201	Short	51	0.070%	1.75x
202	Smart	51	0.070%	1.50x
203	Brewis	50	0.070%	23.04x
204	Hartley	50	0.070%	1.07x
205	Humphrey	50	0.070%	2.52x
206	Proctor	50	0.070%	2.73x
207	Ritson	50	0.070%	16.68x
208	Rowntree	50	0.070%	22.73x
209	Alder	49	0.070%	9.19x
210	Appleby	49	0.070%	4.02x
211	Burnett	49	0.070%	2.37x
212	English	49	0.070%	3.49x
213	Nixon	49	0.070%	2.16x
214	Burrell	48	0.060%	4.94x
215	Dobbing	48	0.060%	100.36x
216	Greig	48	0.060%	4.07x
217	Howe	48	0.060%	1.64x
218	Kirkup	48	0.060%	26.69x
219	Trotter	48	0.060%	6.14x
220	Burlinson	47	0.060%	84.61x
221	Grey	47	0.060%	2.91x
222	Harding	47	0.060%	0.87x
223	Parkin	47	0.060%	2.34x
224	Rowell	47	0.060%	7.22x
225	Surtees	47	0.060%	20.96x
226	Bolton	46	0.060%	1.43x
227	Huntley	46	0.060%	8.75x
228	Kay	46	0.060%	1.19x
229	Newby	46	0.060%	6.17x
230	Proud	46	0.060%	12.07x
231	Purvis	46	0.060%	6.37x
232	Barber	45	0.060%	1.00x
233	Blakey	45	0.060%	7.52x
234	Blyth	45	0.060%	3.83x
235	Farrow	45	0.060%	3.21x
236	Hendry	45	0.060%	3.81x
237	Pinkney	45	0.060%	15.37x
238	Welsh	45	0.060%	1.52x
239	Barron	44	0.060%	3.81x
240	Henry	44	0.060%	2.33x
241	Jobling	44	0.060%	15.43x
242	Renwick	44	0.060%	8.65x
243	Stubbs	44	0.060%	2.23x
244	Summers	44	0.060%	2.10x
245	Ferry	43	0.060%	18.25x
246	Finlay	43	0.060%	5.62x
247	Greenfield	43	0.060%	5.18x
248	Old	43	0.060%	14.20x
249	Smiles	43	0.060%	27.80x
250	Soulsby	43	0.060%	19.64x
251	Giles	42	0.060%	1.48x
252	Jeffrey	42	0.060%	3.05x
253	Lambert	42	0.060%	1.03x
254	Bates	41	0.060%	0.86x
255	Chisholm	41	0.060%	3.78x
256	Doxford	41	0.060%	166.26x
257	Hood	41	0.060%	1.99x
258	Jameson	41	0.060%	4.97x
259	Shield	41	0.060%	12.08x
260	Tindle	41	0.060%	35.47x
261	Calvert	40	0.050%	2.63x
262	Laws	40	0.050%	4.82x
263	Paxton	40	0.050%	6.72x
264	Pratt	40	0.050%	0.93x
265	Stoddart	40	0.050%	6.42x
266	Storey	40	0.050%	2.11x
267	Swinhoe	40	0.050%	76.83x
268	Vaux	40	0.050%	39.36x
269	Wynn	40	0.050%	6.19x
270	Cogdon	39	0.050%	279.77x
271	Common	39	0.050%	23.58x
272	Fleming	39	0.050%	1.26x
273	Hay	39	0.050%	1.43x
274	Hodge	39	0.050%	2.07x
275	Hume	39	0.050%	3.69x
276	Kirby	39	0.050%	1.38x
277	Laverick	39	0.050%	14.32x
278	Ramshaw	39	0.050%	21.19x
279	Riddell	39	0.050%	6.23x
280	Addison	38	0.050%	3.68x
281	Moor	38	0.050%	3.63x
282	Simmons	38	0.050%	1.25x
283	Skinner	38	0.050%	1.00x
284	Trueman	38	0.050%	7.41x
285	Woods	38	0.050%	0.81x
286	Boyd	37	0.050%	1.41x
287	Cowe	37	0.050%	18.41x
288	Dinsdale	37	0.050%	9.63x
289	Eggleston	37	0.050%	21.13x
290	Friedman	37	0.050%	99.04x
291	Lackenby	37	0.050%	67.52x
292	Wrightson	37	0.050%	17.15x
293	Craggs	36	0.050%	9.38x
294	Ellison	36	0.050%	2.28x
295	Herbert	36	0.050%	1.29x
296	Morley	36	0.050%	1.21x
297	Morrell	36	0.050%	5.13x
298	Nichol	36	0.050%	4.48x
299	Rochester	36	0.050%	18.43x
300	Sewell	36	0.050%	2.28x