1881 census place

Heworth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Heworth, Durham 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

733 surnames are listed for Heworth, Durham, covering 8,759 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Robson, with 225 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Heworth

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	225	1.31%	19.96x
2	Bell	224	1.31%	6.96x
3	Robinson	187	1.09%	3.42x
4	Thompson	175	1.02%	3.41x
5	Scott	152	0.890%	3.51x
6	Dixon	115	0.670%	6.13x
7	Richardson	104	0.610%	3.57x
8	Simpson	104	0.610%	3.47x
9	Burns	100	0.580%	8.70x
10	Armstrong	95	0.550%	7.26x
11	Gray	93	0.540%	3.80x
12	Forster	84	0.490%	14.96x
13	Kelly	84	0.490%	4.48x
14	Pearson	79	0.460%	3.97x
15	Hunter	78	0.460%	4.44x
16	Graham	71	0.410%	3.61x
17	Murphy	70	0.410%	5.12x
18	Dodds	65	0.380%	18.03x
19	Henry	63	0.370%	14.55x
20	Davidson	62	0.360%	4.31x
21	Carr	57	0.330%	4.61x
22	Ridley	56	0.330%	16.92x
23	Charlton	55	0.320%	11.21x
24	Hutchinson	55	0.320%	5.65x
25	Nicholson	53	0.310%	4.36x
26	Elliott	52	0.300%	3.58x
27	Morrison	51	0.300%	3.79x
28	Burnett	49	0.290%	10.34x
29	Reed	49	0.290%	3.92x
30	Black	45	0.260%	4.06x
31	Davison	45	0.260%	7.35x
32	Reay	44	0.260%	29.59x
33	Cairns	40	0.230%	10.80x
34	Dickinson	40	0.230%	5.47x
35	Turnbull	40	0.230%	5.54x
36	Heslop	39	0.230%	26.56x
37	Little	39	0.230%	4.82x
38	Parkin	37	0.220%	8.03x
39	Patterson	37	0.220%	6.20x
40	Waugh	37	0.220%	15.85x
41	Connor	36	0.210%	7.12x
42	Keenan	35	0.200%	24.12x
43	Crilly	34	0.200%	349.79x
44	Curry	34	0.200%	13.86x
45	Noble	34	0.200%	4.78x
46	Wardle	33	0.190%	9.96x
47	Cain	32	0.190%	9.00x
48	Potts	32	0.190%	5.60x
49	Boyle	31	0.180%	6.98x
50	Carson	31	0.180%	16.43x
51	Boiston	30	0.180%	625.00x
52	Conner	30	0.180%	22.64x
53	Boyd	29	0.170%	4.83x
54	Burdis	29	0.170%	199.72x
55	Denham	29	0.170%	19.21x
56	Donnely	29	0.170%	109.31x
57	Forsyth	29	0.170%	7.94x
58	Pattinson	29	0.170%	18.92x
59	Pattison	29	0.170%	10.64x
60	Storey	29	0.170%	6.66x
61	Lowes	28	0.160%	28.15x
62	Moody	28	0.160%	6.26x
63	Ritson	28	0.160%	40.70x
64	Slasor	28	0.160%	1530.05x
65	Tait	28	0.160%	5.55x
66	Convery	27	0.160%	221.67x
67	Lynn	27	0.160%	18.06x
68	Carmichael	26	0.150%	10.61x
69	Errington	26	0.150%	27.24x
70	Cullen	25	0.150%	8.33x
71	Jobling	25	0.150%	38.18x
72	Purvis	25	0.150%	15.09x
73	Scullion	25	0.150%	96.71x
74	Corr	24	0.140%	174.93x
75	Craigs	24	0.140%	237.15x
76	Hagan	24	0.140%	28.03x
77	Harkness	24	0.140%	25.01x
78	Swinburne	24	0.140%	107.62x
79	Hopper	23	0.130%	9.40x
80	Snowball	23	0.130%	41.29x
81	Tulip	23	0.130%	83.45x
82	Bowman	22	0.130%	4.92x
83	Burn	22	0.130%	9.55x
84	Crooks	22	0.130%	16.66x
85	Grievson	22	0.130%	418.25x
86	Jefferson	22	0.130%	11.83x
87	Redhead	22	0.130%	23.65x
88	Reilly	22	0.130%	12.10x
89	Woodruff	22	0.130%	27.31x
90	Connelly	21	0.120%	13.20x
91	Coulson	21	0.120%	6.84x
92	Cummings	21	0.120%	7.96x
93	Liddle	21	0.120%	10.41x
94	Lightfoot	21	0.120%	8.81x
95	Makepeace	21	0.120%	43.46x
96	Alder	20	0.120%	16.34x
97	Barras	20	0.120%	59.99x
98	Bewick	20	0.120%	41.34x
99	Duggan	20	0.120%	15.26x
100	Hogarth	20	0.120%	17.70x