1881 census place

Whickham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Whickham, 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

301 surnames are listed for Whickham, Durham, covering 3,239 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Robson, with 90 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Whickham

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	90	1.13%	17.10x
2	Lawson	82	1.03%	17.39x
3	Oxley	75	0.940%	66.97x
4	Armstrong	74	0.930%	12.11x
5	Errington	73	0.910%	163.79x
6	Newton	65	0.810%	10.61x
7	Swaddle	64	0.800%	1787.71x
8	Hunter	63	0.790%	7.67x
9	Forster	62	0.780%	23.64x
10	Turnbull	53	0.660%	15.72x
11	Elliott	52	0.650%	7.66x
12	Charlton	51	0.640%	22.26x
13	Noble	51	0.640%	15.36x
14	Spoor	49	0.610%	559.36x
15	Arkless	46	0.580%	608.47x
16	Lumley	42	0.530%	86.19x
17	Davison	41	0.510%	14.34x
18	Lamb	40	0.500%	9.48x
19	Jobling	39	0.490%	127.58x
20	Rutherford	39	0.490%	19.98x
21	Harbottle	36	0.450%	231.66x
22	Pattison	32	0.400%	25.14x
23	Smiles	32	0.400%	193.00x
24	Burn	31	0.390%	28.81x
25	Shield	29	0.360%	79.74x
26	Hopper	28	0.350%	24.51x
27	Milburn	27	0.340%	37.83x
28	Potts	27	0.340%	10.12x
29	Whitfield	27	0.340%	16.91x
30	Buckton	25	0.310%	226.65x
31	Dinning	25	0.310%	140.13x
32	Soulsby	25	0.310%	106.52x
33	Pyle	24	0.300%	73.55x
34	Bainbridge	22	0.280%	19.57x
35	Clasper	22	0.280%	227.51x
36	Maddison	22	0.280%	28.08x
37	Grey	21	0.260%	12.11x
38	Penman	21	0.260%	40.15x
39	Heads	20	0.250%	238.66x
40	Wheatley	20	0.250%	12.28x
41	Collingwood	19	0.240%	43.15x
42	Copeland	19	0.240%	25.11x
43	Blenkinsop	18	0.230%	79.68x
44	Coulson	18	0.230%	12.55x
45	Donnelly	18	0.230%	17.89x
46	Liddle	18	0.230%	19.11x
47	Ridley	18	0.230%	11.65x
48	Cheesman	17	0.210%	41.61x
49	Thirlwell	17	0.210%	157.55x
50	Gillender	16	0.200%	842.11x
51	Hepplewhite	16	0.200%	271.19x
52	Stokoe	16	0.200%	59.26x
53	Carrick	15	0.190%	26.08x
54	Frazer	15	0.190%	24.21x
55	Hutchison	15	0.190%	11.41x
56	Pescod	15	0.190%	221.89x
57	Garbutt	14	0.180%	24.24x
58	Hedworth	14	0.180%	426.83x
59	Millburn	14	0.180%	151.02x
60	Turbitt	14	0.180%	972.22x
61	Bourn	13	0.160%	74.20x
62	Brabban	13	0.160%	511.81x
63	Garland	13	0.160%	12.27x
64	Keenan	13	0.160%	19.19x
65	Stark	13	0.160%	11.87x
66	Baty	12	0.150%	61.98x
67	Beveridge	12	0.150%	14.42x
68	Dance	12	0.150%	18.75x
69	Liddell	12	0.150%	16.36x
70	Malloy	12	0.150%	86.27x
71	Mowbray	12	0.150%	36.07x
72	Overton	12	0.150%	15.46x
73	Reay	12	0.150%	17.28x
74	Sherrington	12	0.150%	71.77x
75	Snowball	12	0.150%	46.14x
76	Hails	11	0.140%	111.34x
77	Herron	11	0.140%	38.42x
78	Maughan	11	0.140%	24.64x
79	Prinn	11	0.140%	354.84x
80	Ryle	11	0.140%	148.25x
81	Wake	11	0.140%	17.09x
82	Weightman	11	0.140%	35.14x
83	Ballantyne	10	0.130%	16.49x
84	Brewis	10	0.130%	42.99x
85	Brymer	10	0.130%	225.73x
86	Cowen	10	0.130%	22.79x
87	Ellender	10	0.130%	191.20x
88	Ismay	10	0.130%	120.48x
89	Kirsop	10	0.130%	267.38x
90	Laidler	10	0.130%	31.50x
91	Lockey	10	0.130%	52.66x
92	Took	10	0.130%	92.00x
93	Tweddle	10	0.130%	36.32x
94	Batey	9	0.110%	28.78x
95	Blackmoor	9	0.110%	237.47x
96	Bulman	9	0.110%	30.90x
97	Easey	9	0.110%	162.75x
98	Hannington	9	0.110%	121.29x
99	Lennox	9	0.110%	18.97x
100	Ord	9	0.110%	17.08x