1881 census place

Hexham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Hexham, 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

265 surnames are listed for Hexham, Northumberland, covering 3,171 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Robson, with 250 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Hexham

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	250	3.72%	56.47x
2	Dodd	169	2.51%	61.78x
3	Bell	157	2.33%	12.42x
4	Dixon	71	1.06%	9.63x
5	Charlton	67	1.00%	34.76x
6	Armstrong	65	0.970%	12.64x
7	Forster	63	0.940%	28.56x
8	Hamilton	60	0.890%	11.89x
9	Hope	58	0.860%	25.33x
10	Snowball	50	0.740%	228.52x
11	Hedley	46	0.680%	66.95x
12	Rutherford	45	0.670%	27.41x
13	Baty	44	0.650%	270.27x
14	Oliver	43	0.640%	8.96x
15	Ridley	42	0.620%	32.31x
16	Purvis	41	0.610%	63.01x
17	Nixon	39	0.580%	19.03x
18	Maughan	37	0.550%	98.51x
19	Coulson	33	0.490%	27.35x
20	Fenwick	33	0.490%	37.44x
21	Dinning	29	0.430%	193.33x
22	Tweddle	29	0.430%	125.22x
23	Burn	28	0.420%	30.93x
24	Potts	28	0.420%	12.47x
25	Ritson	28	0.420%	103.63x
26	Riddle	27	0.400%	48.37x
27	Milburn	26	0.390%	43.30x
28	Stokoe	26	0.390%	114.49x
29	Pigg	25	0.370%	126.07x
30	Porteous	25	0.370%	55.73x
31	Shield	25	0.370%	81.73x
32	Urwin	25	0.370%	81.65x
33	Bowman	22	0.330%	12.52x
34	Ainsley	21	0.310%	111.58x
35	Darlington	21	0.310%	45.94x
36	Oates	21	0.310%	20.03x
37	Pattinson	21	0.310%	34.88x
38	Routledge	21	0.310%	36.69x
39	Dunwoodie	20	0.300%	586.51x
40	Herdman	20	0.300%	118.06x
41	Kirsopp	19	0.280%	542.86x
42	Salkeld	19	0.280%	125.50x
43	Hogarth	18	0.270%	40.55x
44	Oxley	17	0.250%	18.04x
45	Waugh	17	0.250%	18.54x
46	Bibby	16	0.240%	22.03x
47	Bulman	16	0.240%	65.28x
48	Carruthers	16	0.240%	17.98x
49	Barron	15	0.220%	14.40x
50	Hetherington	15	0.220%	17.69x
51	Ord	15	0.220%	33.84x
52	Stobbs	15	0.220%	77.12x
53	Appleby	14	0.210%	12.74x
54	Atkin	14	0.210%	15.57x
55	Craft	14	0.210%	94.28x
56	Emmerson	14	0.210%	21.08x
57	Gregg	14	0.210%	29.57x
58	Lisle	14	0.210%	83.23x
59	Reay	14	0.210%	23.97x
60	Rowell	14	0.210%	23.83x
61	Wear	14	0.210%	66.45x
62	Byron	13	0.190%	52.85x
63	Civil	13	0.190%	439.19x
64	Cowen	13	0.190%	35.22x
65	Ellerington	13	0.190%	238.10x
66	Malone	13	0.190%	24.15x
67	Stobart	13	0.190%	102.44x
68	Strafford	13	0.190%	133.06x
69	Gilhespy	12	0.180%	389.61x
70	Jameson	11	0.160%	14.78x
71	Jewitt	11	0.160%	48.82x
72	Nichol	11	0.160%	15.19x
73	Paxton	11	0.160%	20.51x
74	Thorburn	11	0.160%	28.32x
75	Aynsley	10	0.150%	115.07x
76	Bushby	10	0.150%	37.89x
77	Fairless	10	0.150%	75.08x
78	Leadbitter	10	0.150%	153.61x
79	Lishman	10	0.150%	72.62x
80	Loadman	10	0.150%	840.34x
81	Lobley	10	0.150%	74.35x
82	Lowes	10	0.150%	25.60x
83	Rogan	10	0.150%	56.50x
84	Scudamore	10	0.150%	145.99x
85	Carver	9	0.130%	14.77x
86	Conlon	9	0.130%	61.18x
87	Coxon	9	0.130%	17.50x
88	Duns	9	0.130%	489.13x
89	Humble	9	0.130%	28.21x
90	Huntington	9	0.130%	46.06x
91	Irwin	9	0.130%	15.91x
92	Millican	9	0.130%	70.81x
93	Newbegin	9	0.130%	295.08x
94	Renwick	9	0.130%	19.61x
95	Riddell	9	0.130%	15.95x
96	Stainthorpe	9	0.130%	110.70x
97	Swinburn	9	0.130%	71.03x
98	Trueman	9	0.130%	19.45x
99	Chatt	8	0.120%	199.01x
100	Daglish	8	0.120%	58.01x