1881 census place

Chirton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Chirton, 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

447 surnames are listed for Chirton, Northumberland, covering 3,628 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Robson, with 120 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Chirton

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	Robson	120	1.22%	18.54x
2	Turnbull	75	0.760%	18.09x
3	Dixon	70	0.710%	6.50x
4	Dodds	60	0.610%	28.98x
5	Carr	53	0.540%	7.47x
6	Johnston	53	0.540%	6.68x
7	Patterson	52	0.530%	15.16x
8	Armstrong	51	0.520%	6.78x
9	Arkley	47	0.480%	452.79x
10	Hedley	45	0.460%	44.79x
11	Nicholson	45	0.460%	6.44x
12	Charlton	41	0.420%	14.55x
13	Storey	41	0.420%	16.40x
14	Chater	34	0.350%	112.62x
15	Rutherford	34	0.350%	14.16x
16	Mathews	30	0.310%	8.26x
17	Forster	29	0.290%	8.99x
18	English	28	0.280%	15.14x
19	Ramshaw	28	0.280%	115.37x
20	Fenwick	27	0.270%	20.95x
21	Purvis	27	0.270%	28.37x
22	Skipsey	26	0.260%	507.81x
23	Chisholm	25	0.250%	17.50x
24	Minto	24	0.240%	88.04x
25	Nixon	24	0.240%	8.01x
26	Irvin	23	0.230%	79.67x
27	Maxwell	23	0.230%	9.84x
28	Spence	23	0.230%	7.07x
29	Grieves	22	0.220%	89.32x
30	Burn	21	0.210%	15.86x
31	Clouston	21	0.210%	160.18x
32	Irving	20	0.200%	9.13x
33	Legg	20	0.200%	12.32x
34	Ord	20	0.200%	30.86x
35	Spendiff	20	0.200%	1104.97x
36	Bainbridge	19	0.190%	13.74x
37	Goldsmith	19	0.190%	12.44x
38	Heal	19	0.190%	36.29x
39	Knox	19	0.190%	11.25x
40	Whitfield	19	0.190%	9.67x
41	Hepple	18	0.180%	86.46x
42	Snowdon	18	0.180%	24.55x
43	Stobbs	18	0.180%	63.27x
44	Angus	17	0.170%	12.08x
45	Finley	17	0.170%	62.50x
46	Olsen	17	0.170%	91.30x
47	Blyth	16	0.160%	10.32x
48	Elsdon	16	0.160%	88.54x
49	Vardy	16	0.160%	80.93x
50	Younger	16	0.160%	30.05x
51	Appleby	15	0.150%	9.34x
52	Beams	15	0.150%	143.68x
53	Dennison	15	0.150%	19.73x
54	Donkin	15	0.150%	40.99x
55	Dowson	15	0.150%	27.90x
56	Fothergill	15	0.150%	26.60x
57	Kirton	15	0.150%	33.41x
58	Ramsey	15	0.150%	14.03x
59	Emmerson	14	0.140%	14.41x
60	Heron	14	0.140%	14.84x
61	Heslop	14	0.140%	16.60x
62	Kirkwood	14	0.140%	15.74x
63	Rimer	14	0.140%	484.43x
64	Scurr	14	0.140%	117.45x
65	Surtees	14	0.140%	47.36x
66	Wake	14	0.140%	17.68x
67	Warwick	14	0.140%	10.29x
68	Addison	13	0.130%	9.55x
69	Churnside	13	0.130%	366.20x
70	Coats	13	0.130%	29.25x
71	Mordue	13	0.130%	120.26x
72	Telford	13	0.130%	15.00x
73	Wears	13	0.130%	133.20x
74	Cuthbertson	12	0.120%	15.79x
75	Dowey	12	0.120%	192.31x
76	Gallon	12	0.120%	49.51x
77	Georgeson	12	0.120%	61.10x
78	Horsley	12	0.120%	13.05x
79	Twaddle	12	0.120%	117.07x
80	Blakey	11	0.110%	13.94x
81	Chicken	11	0.110%	79.71x
82	Harker	11	0.110%	10.62x
83	Mainland	11	0.110%	115.43x
84	Malcolm	11	0.110%	8.50x
85	Paisley	11	0.110%	50.27x
86	Pearey	11	0.110%	447.15x
87	Usher	11	0.110%	10.14x
88	Westgarth	11	0.110%	64.29x
89	Wigham	11	0.110%	64.52x
90	Arrowsmith	10	0.100%	13.11x
91	Bewick	10	0.100%	35.98x
92	Corder	10	0.100%	58.79x
93	Ditchburn	10	0.100%	53.88x
94	Gallant	10	0.100%	60.90x
95	Grainge	10	0.100%	138.31x
96	Griggs	10	0.100%	13.05x
97	Hudspeth	10	0.100%	108.70x
98	Jewels	10	0.100%	515.46x
99	Mcgee	10	0.100%	93.37x
100	Milburn	10	0.100%	11.39x