1881 census place

Haltwhistle surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Haltwhistle, 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

85 surnames are listed for Haltwhistle, Northumberland, covering 930 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bell, with 116 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Haltwhistle

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	Bell	116	5.50%	29.27x
2	Armstrong	59	2.80%	36.60x
3	Robson	52	2.47%	37.46x
4	Forster	44	2.09%	63.62x
5	Saint	36	1.71%	558.14x
6	Pattinson	32	1.52%	169.58x
7	Teasdale	31	1.47%	173.48x
8	Coulson	25	1.19%	66.09x
9	Keen	24	1.14%	56.79x
10	Liddell	24	1.14%	124.03x
11	Ridley	21	1.00%	51.52x
12	Birkett	20	0.950%	98.28x
13	Leighton	20	0.950%	88.18x
14	Carrick	19	0.900%	125.25x
15	Waugh	18	0.850%	62.61x
16	Bright	16	0.760%	37.52x
17	Crowe	16	0.760%	76.05x
18	Heslop	15	0.710%	82.96x
19	Hindmarsh	14	0.660%	165.29x
20	Hudspith	14	0.660%	669.86x
21	Reay	13	0.620%	71.00x
22	Welton	12	0.570%	157.27x
23	Dryden	11	0.520%	86.55x
24	Wanless	11	0.520%	303.03x
25	Gregg	10	0.470%	67.34x
26	Snowdon	10	0.470%	63.61x
27	Fidler	9	0.430%	66.72x
28	Heppell	9	0.430%	269.46x
29	Bones	8	0.380%	129.24x
30	Bowerbank	8	0.380%	434.78x
31	Leake	8	0.380%	92.27x
32	Tweddell	8	0.380%	462.43x
33	Whaley	8	0.380%	112.84x
34	Batey	7	0.330%	84.85x
35	Harbin	7	0.330%	1014.49x
36	Hastwell	7	0.330%	1060.61x
37	Hymers	7	0.330%	424.24x
38	Mitchinson	7	0.330%	130.11x
39	Snowball	7	0.330%	102.04x
40	Tyers	7	0.330%	103.55x
41	Blenkinsop	6	0.280%	100.67x
42	Bushby	6	0.280%	72.55x
43	Coats	6	0.280%	62.96x
44	Glenwright	6	0.280%	659.34x
45	Morrow	6	0.280%	69.85x
46	Proudlock	6	0.280%	202.02x
47	Speirs	6	0.280%	72.73x
48	Sproat	6	0.280%	144.93x
49	Weddell	6	0.280%	167.60x
50	Brownrigg	5	0.240%	183.15x
51	Carlyle	5	0.240%	86.06x
52	Dobinson	5	0.240%	89.93x
53	Farish	5	0.240%	195.31x
54	Hanking	5	0.240%	1562.50x
55	Wigg	5	0.240%	86.06x
56	Borrow	4	0.190%	206.19x
57	Dinning	4	0.190%	85.11x
58	Garrigan	4	0.190%	540.54x
59	Heatherington	4	0.190%	211.64x
60	Mixon	4	0.190%	2000.00x
61	Croudace	3	0.140%	750.00x
62	Markie	3	0.140%	375.00x
63	Sarson	3	0.140%	102.74x
64	Greive	2	0.090%	70.18x
65	Hamel	2	0.090%	192.31x
66	Keenlyside	2	0.090%	317.46x
67	Mccluskey	2	0.090%	625.00x
68	Pellew	2	0.090%	219.78x
69	Alban	1	0.050%	178.57x
70	Bushley	1	0.050%	285.71x
71	Cowing	1	0.050%	59.52x
72	Donati	1	0.050%	555.56x
73	Dowthwaite	1	0.050%	53.48x
74	Ellcott	1	0.050%	1428.57x
75	Fairlamb	1	0.050%	92.59x
76	Faulding	1	0.050%	204.08x
77	Ferries	1	0.050%	53.76x
78	Gaddes	1	0.050%	117.65x
79	Hives	1	0.050%	53.19x
80	Hoff	1	0.050%	62.11x
81	Kerney	1	0.050%	84.75x
82	Mechan	1	0.050%	43.48x
83	Millican	1	0.050%	25.06x
84	Spotswood	1	0.050%	147.06x
85	Wheater	1	0.050%	37.74x