1881 census place

Elswick surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Elswick, 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

1,608 surnames are listed for Elswick, Northumberland, covering 21,559 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Carey, with 21 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Elswick

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	Carey	21	0.060%	3.21x
202	Connely	21	0.060%	32.84x
203	Crow	21	0.060%	4.01x
204	Dees	21	0.060%	203.69x
205	Dewar	21	0.060%	4.64x
206	Dunbar	21	0.060%	5.27x
207	Elliot	21	0.060%	2.37x
208	Finlay	21	0.060%	5.90x
209	Gallon	21	0.060%	24.56x
210	Grieves	21	0.060%	24.17x
211	Hastie	21	0.060%	9.56x
212	Liddell	21	0.060%	6.60x
213	Lough	21	0.060%	33.89x
214	Mullen	21	0.060%	6.33x
215	Petrie	21	0.060%	5.09x
216	Porteous	21	0.060%	9.08x
217	Ritson	21	0.060%	15.07x
218	Wedderburn	21	0.060%	73.09x
219	Batey	20	0.060%	14.74x
220	Brewis	20	0.060%	19.82x
221	Connell	20	0.060%	3.32x
222	Drummond	20	0.060%	2.90x
223	Finn	20	0.060%	6.32x
224	Frazer	20	0.060%	7.44x
225	Havelock	20	0.060%	72.86x
226	Hindmarsh	20	0.060%	14.35x
227	Maguire	20	0.060%	5.64x
228	Mould	20	0.060%	6.73x
229	Pease	20	0.060%	15.24x
230	Riddell	20	0.060%	6.87x
231	Strangeways	20	0.060%	166.11x
232	Varty	20	0.060%	40.06x
233	Weir	20	0.060%	2.22x
234	Avery	19	0.050%	3.26x
235	Cummings	19	0.050%	3.56x
236	Dove	19	0.050%	4.79x
237	Doyle	19	0.050%	2.25x
238	Fender	19	0.050%	35.90x
239	Kane	19	0.050%	6.80x
240	Pyle	19	0.050%	13.42x
241	Ramsay	19	0.050%	2.13x
242	Straughan	19	0.050%	32.93x
243	Birkett	18	0.050%	5.38x
244	Calvert	18	0.050%	2.54x
245	Carlisle	18	0.050%	9.85x
246	Cockburn	18	0.050%	4.07x
247	Kirkpatrick	18	0.050%	6.03x
248	Lockie	18	0.050%	22.82x
249	Ramsey	18	0.050%	4.78x
250	Spark	18	0.050%	11.81x
251	Stobbs	18	0.050%	17.94x
252	Wear	18	0.050%	16.57x
253	Ayre	17	0.050%	8.77x
254	Barnfather	17	0.050%	33.74x
255	Bowie	17	0.050%	5.63x
256	Brayson	17	0.050%	326.30x
257	Coxon	17	0.050%	6.41x
258	Coyle	17	0.050%	7.22x
259	Dotchin	17	0.050%	225.76x
260	Downing	17	0.050%	2.82x
261	Farrell	17	0.050%	2.58x
262	Fee	17	0.050%	28.83x
263	Foreman	17	0.050%	3.75x
264	Gallagher	17	0.050%	3.23x
265	Grainger	17	0.050%	3.19x
266	Gregson	17	0.050%	3.54x
267	Guthrie	17	0.050%	3.89x
268	Herbertson	17	0.050%	59.42x
269	Heron	17	0.050%	5.11x
270	Hogarth	17	0.050%	7.43x
271	Montgomery	17	0.050%	3.09x
272	Philips	17	0.050%	2.65x
273	Thwaites	17	0.050%	8.20x
274	Tindall	17	0.050%	8.09x
275	Weightman	17	0.050%	12.52x
276	Baty	16	0.050%	19.05x
277	Brough	16	0.050%	3.77x
278	Cruddas	16	0.050%	112.28x
279	Downey	16	0.050%	6.52x
280	Downie	16	0.050%	3.93x
281	Laverick	16	0.050%	12.64x
282	Leech	16	0.050%	2.83x
283	Maddison	16	0.050%	4.71x
284	Oakes	16	0.050%	3.18x
285	Penman	16	0.050%	7.05x
286	Riddle	16	0.050%	5.56x
287	Thirlwell	16	0.050%	34.19x
288	Trainer	16	0.050%	11.28x
289	Waterston	16	0.050%	31.83x
290	Aiston	15	0.040%	85.18x
291	Boag	15	0.040%	14.94x
292	Bryson	15	0.040%	5.64x
293	Clelland	15	0.040%	15.66x
294	Common	15	0.040%	19.50x
295	Docherty	15	0.040%	2.91x
296	Dodgson	15	0.040%	8.90x
297	Douthwaite	15	0.040%	19.74x
298	Dunford	15	0.040%	7.15x
299	Ewart	15	0.040%	7.69x
300	Graig	15	0.040%	175.03x