1881 census place

Washington surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Washington, 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

153 surnames are listed for Washington, Durham, covering 863 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Davison, with 27 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Washington

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	Davison	27	0.740%	20.73x
2	Slowther	23	0.630%	4693.88x
3	Brabban	22	0.600%	1896.55x
4	Kellett	19	0.520%	59.94x
5	Finn	18	0.490%	54.14x
6	Jefferson	18	0.490%	45.48x
7	Quin	16	0.440%	40.97x
8	Chicken	14	0.380%	273.97x
9	Agar	12	0.330%	85.53x
10	Craggs	12	0.330%	64.00x
11	Humble	12	0.330%	69.44x
12	Noon	12	0.330%	45.82x
13	Swaddle	12	0.330%	736.20x
14	Bowring	11	0.300%	93.78x
15	Hylton	11	0.300%	516.43x
16	Marley	11	0.300%	52.01x
17	Mitcheson	11	0.300%	190.97x
18	Mould	11	0.300%	35.23x
19	Routledge	11	0.300%	35.48x
20	Speight	11	0.300%	37.14x
21	Thornby	11	0.300%	572.92x
22	Blenkinsop	10	0.270%	97.18x
23	Spears	10	0.270%	115.21x
24	Brewis	9	0.250%	84.91x
25	Gilley	9	0.250%	338.35x
26	Lambton	9	0.250%	382.98x
27	Loughton	9	0.250%	174.08x
28	Snowdon	9	0.250%	33.14x
29	Alcroft	8	0.220%	645.16x
30	Faid	8	0.220%	1095.89x
31	Frinch	8	0.220%	2105.26x
32	Fullerton	8	0.220%	51.88x
33	Molesworth	8	0.220%	222.84x
34	Spanton	8	0.220%	168.07x
35	Watchman	8	0.220%	384.62x
36	Winder	8	0.220%	33.44x
37	Bottoms	7	0.190%	109.20x
38	Daglish	7	0.190%	93.71x
39	Drumond	7	0.190%	443.04x
40	Frail	7	0.190%	358.97x
41	Greenwell	7	0.190%	58.58x
42	Hagan	7	0.190%	38.42x
43	Littlefair	7	0.190%	134.62x
44	Penaluna	7	0.190%	333.33x
45	Screen	7	0.190%	135.92x
46	Spark	7	0.190%	43.72x
47	Urwin	7	0.190%	42.22x
48	Wraith	7	0.190%	132.58x
49	Bowser	6	0.160%	111.32x
50	Conolly	6	0.160%	54.45x
51	Daviss	6	0.160%	588.24x
52	Farnish	6	0.160%	317.46x
53	Glendinning	6	0.160%	43.10x
54	Hedworth	6	0.160%	400.00x
55	Lafferty	6	0.160%	72.12x
56	Marjoram	6	0.160%	112.57x
57	Marriner	6	0.160%	100.00x
58	Meck	6	0.160%	2000.00x
59	Nest	6	0.160%	571.43x
60	Plews	6	0.160%	68.89x
61	Rafferty	6	0.160%	31.91x
62	Ryding	6	0.160%	120.97x
63	Saint	6	0.160%	53.81x
64	Sterling	6	0.160%	78.43x
65	Stokoe	6	0.160%	48.78x
66	Tilly	6	0.160%	53.96x
67	Tough	6	0.160%	42.80x
68	Woodend	6	0.160%	162.60x
69	Abba	5	0.140%	485.44x
70	Barras	5	0.140%	70.52x
71	Cram	5	0.140%	70.32x
72	Elison	5	0.140%	543.48x
73	Finegan	5	0.140%	161.29x
74	Gillings	5	0.140%	58.21x
75	Gills	5	0.140%	143.68x
76	Kenning	5	0.140%	87.11x
77	Lakes	5	0.140%	515.46x
78	Muldoon	5	0.140%	69.64x
79	Roddy	5	0.140%	141.64x
80	Spittal	5	0.140%	131.23x
81	Stobart	5	0.140%	72.78x
82	Twaites	5	0.140%	310.56x
83	Baley	4	0.110%	118.69x
84	Bellerby	4	0.110%	65.25x
85	Bewick	4	0.110%	38.87x
86	Bews	4	0.110%	71.05x
87	Farrin	4	0.110%	360.36x
88	Fewster	4	0.110%	62.02x
89	Garman	4	0.110%	85.65x
90	Hair	4	0.110%	28.15x
91	Hewit	4	0.110%	69.08x
92	Jobling	4	0.110%	28.72x
93	Lishman	4	0.110%	53.62x
94	Mossop	4	0.110%	40.53x
95	Somes	4	0.110%	217.39x
96	Stoves	4	0.110%	207.25x
97	Tower	4	0.110%	120.48x
98	Tuff	4	0.110%	88.89x
99	Barrass	3	0.080%	33.41x
100	Beeney	3	0.080%	143.54x