1881 census place

Monkwearmouth Shore surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Monkwearmouth Shore, 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

734 surnames are listed for Monkwearmouth Shore, Durham, covering 7,005 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thompson, with 259 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Monkwearmouth Shore

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	Thompson	259	1.53%	5.10x
2	Robson	154	0.910%	13.79x
3	Dodds	91	0.540%	25.49x
4	Hutchinson	88	0.520%	9.13x
5	Henderson	79	0.470%	4.28x
6	Atkinson	68	0.400%	4.12x
7	Jobling	67	0.390%	103.30x
8	Storey	65	0.380%	15.08x
9	Potts	62	0.370%	10.95x
10	Carney	61	0.360%	39.77x
11	Charlton	57	0.340%	11.73x
12	Newton	56	0.330%	4.31x
13	Fenwick	52	0.310%	23.39x
14	Metcalf	52	0.310%	15.13x
15	Morrison	52	0.310%	3.90x
16	Reay	49	0.290%	33.27x
17	Jopling	48	0.280%	159.57x
18	Turnbull	47	0.280%	6.57x
19	Reed	44	0.260%	3.55x
20	Wake	42	0.250%	30.75x
21	Laws	40	0.240%	21.20x
22	Lawson	40	0.240%	4.00x
23	Todd	40	0.240%	4.63x
24	Davison	39	0.230%	6.43x
25	Watt	39	0.230%	5.99x
26	Welsh	39	0.230%	5.81x
27	Swan	37	0.220%	8.42x
28	Milburn	36	0.210%	23.77x
29	Stafford	35	0.210%	9.69x
30	Crinson	34	0.200%	845.77x
31	Welch	34	0.200%	5.70x
32	Casey	33	0.190%	13.20x
33	Kirtley	33	0.190%	98.74x
34	Pattison	32	0.190%	11.85x
35	Rutherford	32	0.190%	7.73x
36	Adamson	31	0.180%	6.91x
37	Ditchburn	31	0.180%	96.84x
38	Rowell	31	0.180%	20.93x
39	Purvis	30	0.180%	18.28x
40	Brewis	29	0.170%	58.78x
41	Liddell	29	0.170%	18.64x
42	Liddle	29	0.170%	14.51x
43	Allison	28	0.170%	5.81x
44	Curry	28	0.170%	11.52x
45	Dale	28	0.170%	3.91x
46	Tansey	28	0.170%	108.15x
47	Wrightson	27	0.160%	55.03x
48	English	26	0.150%	8.15x
49	Meek	26	0.150%	13.18x
50	Spain	26	0.150%	60.63x
51	Bulmer	25	0.150%	18.62x
52	Burn	25	0.150%	10.95x
53	Deans	25	0.150%	21.73x
54	Nichol	25	0.150%	13.69x
55	Raine	25	0.150%	17.69x
56	Shipley	25	0.150%	16.67x
57	Snowdon	25	0.150%	19.77x
58	Spence	25	0.150%	4.46x
59	Whitfield	25	0.150%	7.38x
60	Burlinson	24	0.140%	190.02x
61	Cutter	24	0.140%	50.31x
62	Knox	24	0.140%	8.24x
63	Teasdale	24	0.140%	16.69x
64	Beattie	23	0.140%	6.33x
65	Blackett	23	0.140%	35.49x
66	Laverick	23	0.140%	37.14x
67	Clasper	22	0.130%	107.26x
68	Maddison	22	0.130%	13.24x
69	Middlemiss	22	0.130%	54.78x
70	Fenton	21	0.120%	6.20x
71	Fulton	21	0.120%	9.81x
72	Garrett	21	0.120%	5.45x
73	Moffat	21	0.120%	6.83x
74	Ramsey	21	0.120%	11.39x
75	Wardle	21	0.120%	6.40x
76	Archbold	20	0.120%	49.80x
77	Campble	20	0.120%	280.11x
78	Flett	20	0.120%	27.24x
79	Laing	20	0.120%	5.87x
80	Maughan	20	0.120%	21.11x
81	Usher	20	0.120%	10.69x
82	Youle	20	0.120%	97.80x
83	Younger	20	0.120%	21.78x
84	Calvert	19	0.110%	5.49x
85	Cockburn	19	0.110%	8.78x
86	Farrell	19	0.110%	5.91x
87	Hogarth	19	0.110%	16.97x
88	Pringle	19	0.110%	7.11x
89	Shotton	19	0.110%	32.37x
90	Blacklock	18	0.110%	24.98x
91	Blakey	18	0.110%	13.23x
92	Gardener	18	0.110%	5.91x
93	Garland	18	0.110%	8.01x
94	Meldrum	18	0.110%	16.85x
95	Swallow	18	0.110%	10.52x
96	Aldridge	17	0.100%	5.17x
97	Bosher	17	0.100%	63.31x
98	Donkin	17	0.100%	26.94x
99	Drummond	17	0.100%	5.04x
100	Granger	17	0.100%	9.80x