1881 census place

Byker surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Byker, 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

910 surnames are listed for Byker, Northumberland, covering 10,903 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Scott, with 262 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Byker

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	Scott	262	1.22%	4.82x
2	Thompson	241	1.12%	3.74x
3	Wilson	230	1.07%	2.33x
4	Robson	209	0.970%	14.78x
5	Bell	197	0.920%	4.88x
6	Hall	187	0.870%	2.96x
7	Richardson	170	0.790%	4.65x
8	Watson	157	0.730%	3.15x
9	Anderson	149	0.690%	3.51x
10	Dixon	134	0.620%	5.69x
11	Young	131	0.610%	2.84x
12	Armstrong	124	0.580%	7.55x
13	Graham	122	0.570%	4.95x
14	Henderson	113	0.530%	4.84x
15	Carr	96	0.450%	6.19x
16	Nicholson	95	0.440%	6.22x
17	Patterson	91	0.420%	12.15x
18	Hunter	88	0.410%	3.99x
19	Gibson	82	0.380%	3.14x
20	Forster	81	0.380%	11.50x
21	Pearson	78	0.360%	3.13x
22	Davison	63	0.290%	8.20x
23	Walton	61	0.280%	4.03x
24	Elliott	58	0.270%	3.18x
25	Lamb	57	0.270%	5.03x
26	Bruce	56	0.260%	5.56x
27	Laws	56	0.260%	23.44x
28	Knox	51	0.240%	13.83x
29	Turnbull	51	0.240%	5.63x
30	Willis	51	0.240%	4.46x
31	Potts	49	0.230%	6.83x
32	Allan	46	0.210%	3.41x
33	Curry	46	0.210%	14.95x
34	Dodds	46	0.210%	10.17x
35	Chambers	44	0.200%	3.60x
36	Temple	44	0.200%	15.60x
37	Charlton	43	0.200%	6.99x
38	Falcus	43	0.200%	571.05x
39	Jobling	43	0.200%	52.34x
40	Storey	43	0.200%	7.88x
41	Spence	42	0.200%	5.91x
42	Burn	41	0.190%	14.18x
43	Ord	41	0.190%	28.96x
44	Tate	41	0.190%	9.88x
45	Hutchinson	40	0.190%	3.28x
46	Dickinson	38	0.180%	4.14x
47	Todd	38	0.180%	3.48x
48	Wolf	38	0.180%	91.17x
49	Calvert	35	0.160%	7.99x
50	Cockburn	35	0.160%	12.77x
51	Rutherford	35	0.160%	6.68x
52	Hedley	34	0.160%	15.49x
53	Mooney	34	0.160%	13.63x
54	Nixon	34	0.160%	5.19x
55	Angus	33	0.150%	10.73x
56	Blackett	33	0.150%	40.20x
57	Cairns	33	0.150%	7.10x
58	Grey	32	0.150%	6.87x
59	Huntley	32	0.150%	21.13x
60	Reay	32	0.150%	17.15x
61	Arthur	31	0.140%	6.62x
62	Hindmarsh	31	0.140%	35.92x
63	Purvis	31	0.140%	14.91x
64	Nichol	30	0.140%	12.97x
65	Westgarth	30	0.140%	80.26x
66	Bagnall	29	0.140%	15.71x
67	Cummings	29	0.140%	8.76x
68	Ridley	29	0.140%	6.98x
69	Bright	28	0.130%	6.45x
70	Donaldson	28	0.130%	4.57x
71	Longstaff	28	0.130%	18.47x
72	Lowrey	28	0.130%	68.59x
73	Mitcheson	28	0.130%	82.50x
74	Norton	28	0.130%	3.92x
75	Hetherington	26	0.120%	9.60x
76	Jeffrey	26	0.120%	6.54x
77	Proctor	26	0.120%	4.92x
78	Bewick	25	0.120%	41.19x
79	Fenwick	25	0.120%	8.88x
80	Gullon	25	0.120%	335.12x
81	Harwood	25	0.120%	4.35x
82	Brownlee	24	0.110%	32.32x
83	Humphrey	24	0.110%	4.19x
84	Lancaster	24	0.110%	4.49x
85	Tait	24	0.110%	3.79x
86	Whitfield	24	0.110%	5.59x
87	Wise	24	0.110%	5.36x
88	Blair	23	0.110%	4.13x
89	Butterfield	23	0.110%	8.01x
90	Coulson	23	0.110%	5.97x
91	Dinning	23	0.110%	47.99x
92	Fairless	23	0.110%	54.05x
93	Finlay	23	0.110%	10.43x
94	Gilchrist	23	0.110%	7.30x
95	Usher	23	0.110%	9.70x
96	Coxon	22	0.100%	13.40x
97	Garrett	22	0.100%	4.51x
98	Gee	22	0.100%	4.01x
99	Hiscock	22	0.100%	13.94x
100	Laing	22	0.100%	5.10x