1881 census place

Widdrington surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Widdrington, 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

46 surnames are listed for Widdrington, Northumberland, covering 283 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Davison, with 30 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Widdrington

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	30	2.88%	80.69x
2	Laidlaw	18	1.73%	195.23x
3	Hindmarsh	14	1.35%	334.93x
4	Stoves	13	1.25%	2363.64x
5	Foggo	12	1.15%	1100.92x
6	Straker	11	1.06%	582.01x
7	Chrisp	10	0.960%	900.90x
8	Nesbit	10	0.960%	312.50x
9	Drysdale	9	0.870%	102.39x
10	Huntley	9	0.870%	122.78x
11	Laidler	9	0.870%	217.92x
12	Caisley	8	0.770%	1081.08x
13	Gilbertson	8	0.770%	263.16x
14	Patton	8	0.770%	216.22x
15	Humble	7	0.670%	141.99x
16	Ord	7	0.670%	102.19x
17	Wigham	7	0.670%	388.89x
18	Clavering	6	0.580%	2222.22x
19	Buglass	5	0.480%	340.14x
20	Crackett	5	0.480%	6250.00x
21	Embleton	5	0.480%	167.22x
22	Fail	5	0.480%	581.40x
23	Fallow	5	0.480%	704.23x
24	Joice	5	0.480%	238.10x
25	Annett	4	0.380%	425.53x
26	Blenkinsop	4	0.380%	136.05x
27	Howey	4	0.380%	239.52x
28	Kinghorn	4	0.380%	133.33x
29	Mavin	4	0.380%	506.33x
30	Mitcheson	4	0.380%	243.90x
31	Gibbison	3	0.290%	1363.64x
32	Hewit	3	0.290%	181.82x
33	Strother	3	0.290%	348.84x
34	Ternent	3	0.290%	434.78x
35	Weatherburn	3	0.290%	254.24x
36	Weddell	3	0.290%	170.45x
37	Carss	2	0.190%	400.00x
38	Dickeson	2	0.190%	384.62x
39	Dinning	2	0.190%	86.21x
40	Lowrey	2	0.190%	101.01x
41	Wakenshaw	2	0.190%	588.24x
42	Foggon	1	0.100%	208.33x
43	Hindmarch	1	0.100%	49.75x
44	Punton	1	0.100%	113.64x
45	Walby	1	0.100%	106.38x
46	Wealleans	1	0.100%	500.00x