1881 census place

Cowpen surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cowpen, 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

382 surnames are listed for Cowpen, Northumberland, covering 4,149 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Young, with 149 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cowpen

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	Young	149	1.49%	6.93x
2	Dixon	141	1.41%	12.86x
3	Rutherford	91	0.910%	37.26x
4	Forster	88	0.880%	26.81x
5	Soulsby	83	0.830%	282.51x
6	Henderson	79	0.790%	7.26x
7	Davison	75	0.750%	20.96x
8	Turnbull	67	0.670%	15.88x
9	Dodds	60	0.600%	28.48x
10	Herron	57	0.570%	159.08x
11	Nicholson	54	0.540%	7.59x
12	Charlton	47	0.470%	16.39x
13	Patterson	47	0.470%	13.47x
14	Hedley	44	0.440%	43.04x
15	Clough	37	0.370%	16.56x
16	Nelson	37	0.370%	7.63x
17	Pringle	37	0.370%	23.47x
18	Storey	36	0.360%	14.15x
19	Blair	34	0.340%	13.10x
20	Fenwick	34	0.340%	25.92x
21	Winship	34	0.340%	165.69x
22	Bower	32	0.320%	17.45x
23	Crosby	32	0.320%	27.02x
24	Tate	32	0.320%	16.55x
25	York	32	0.320%	24.19x
26	Pattison	31	0.310%	19.46x
27	Redford	31	0.310%	57.47x
28	Knox	29	0.290%	16.88x
29	Mather	26	0.260%	10.48x
30	Tait	26	0.260%	8.82x
31	Aynsley	25	0.250%	193.35x
32	Carnaby	25	0.250%	492.13x
33	Curry	25	0.250%	17.44x
34	Rutter	24	0.240%	15.74x
35	Lacey	22	0.220%	11.93x
36	Percy	22	0.220%	23.57x
37	Sample	22	0.220%	140.04x
38	Urwin	22	0.220%	48.30x
39	Bainbridge	21	0.210%	14.93x
40	Hetherington	21	0.210%	16.64x
41	Manners	21	0.210%	42.46x
42	Besford	20	0.200%	308.64x
43	Brewis	20	0.200%	68.70x
44	Gibb	20	0.200%	11.32x
45	Grey	20	0.200%	9.22x
46	Guthrie	20	0.200%	15.86x
47	Quinn	20	0.200%	10.45x
48	Routledge	20	0.200%	23.49x
49	Stoker	20	0.200%	29.45x
50	Burn	19	0.190%	14.11x
51	Colpitts	19	0.190%	739.30x
52	Felton	19	0.190%	27.60x
53	Garrett	19	0.190%	8.36x
54	Harbottle	19	0.190%	97.69x
55	Catchpole	18	0.180%	27.91x
56	Laws	18	0.180%	16.17x
57	Maughan	18	0.180%	32.21x
58	Cannon	17	0.170%	9.38x
59	Easton	17	0.170%	11.20x
60	Greener	17	0.170%	58.34x
61	Jobling	17	0.170%	44.42x
62	Ramsey	17	0.170%	15.63x
63	Temple	17	0.170%	12.94x
64	Towers	16	0.160%	13.80x
65	Whiteman	16	0.160%	24.78x
66	Donkin	15	0.150%	40.29x
67	Dowey	15	0.150%	236.22x
68	Luke	15	0.150%	15.40x
69	Reay	15	0.150%	17.26x
70	Rowell	15	0.150%	17.16x
71	Stannard	15	0.150%	21.47x
72	Tweedy	15	0.150%	73.10x
73	Wakenshaw	15	0.150%	458.72x
74	Blakey	14	0.140%	17.44x
75	Buckham	14	0.140%	121.11x
76	Buglass	14	0.140%	98.80x
77	Cocks	14	0.140%	21.05x
78	Fulton	14	0.140%	11.08x
79	Gledson	14	0.140%	374.33x
80	Nichol	14	0.140%	12.99x
81	Sellers	14	0.140%	18.19x
82	Tweddle	14	0.140%	40.63x
83	Edgar	13	0.130%	8.44x
84	Hand	13	0.130%	10.83x
85	Mordue	13	0.130%	118.29x
86	Summerbell	13	0.130%	175.91x
87	Waddle	13	0.130%	110.17x
88	Beecroft	12	0.120%	28.48x
89	Clyde	12	0.120%	84.69x
90	Colvin	12	0.120%	34.59x
91	Haggerty	12	0.120%	64.83x
92	Milburn	12	0.120%	13.43x
93	Pyle	12	0.120%	29.38x
94	Reveley	12	0.120%	200.67x
95	Valentine	12	0.120%	9.35x
96	Weatherby	12	0.120%	84.27x
97	Arkle	11	0.110%	80.47x
98	Cassidy	11	0.110%	8.99x
99	Dalrymple	11	0.110%	25.24x
100	Emmerson	11	0.110%	11.13x