Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barmston, County Durham

Barmston is an 1881 census registration district in the county of County Durham

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
HOLLAND182.769238.90
HOGAN162.4615245.02
BELL162.461513.10
POTTS142.153864.55
ROBSON132.000030.39
BOYLE111.692365.24
WATTS101.538518.35
ROWNTREE91.3846468.75
MONAGHAN91.3846191.08
MAGUIRE91.3846135.54
JOHNSON91.38464.12
REAY91.3846159.57
HALL81.23084.18
WELCH81.230835.00
MORGAN81.23086.19
SELF81.2308173.16
HAMILTON71.076914.36
HORSLEY71.0769115.13
WOODS71.076917.08
MALONE71.0769134.62
DUGGAN71.0769140.85
MARTIN71.07694.37
WHITTLE71.076949.44
CALLAGHAN71.076995.11
FOSTER71.07698.05
COATES71.076928.89
POULTER71.0769144.93
BUTTON71.076990.79
DRAKE60.923131.68
CAUGHEY60.92313,000.00
PARNELL60.923195.54
CUNNINGHAM60.923119.60
WHITE60.92312.87
HARLE60.9231408.16
PURSLEY60.92315,454.55
HORSBURGH60.9231375.00
CONWAY60.923149.26
JONES60.92310.82
ROBERTSON60.92315.51
DUFFY60.923142.25
HUNTER60.92318.99
GILLIGAN50.7692301.20
DODDS50.769236.55
WILKINSON50.76925.04
MORTON50.769214.39
BRENNAN50.769273.64
BLYTH50.769248.78
SCOTT50.76923.04
HICKS50.769218.38
MIDDLEMISS50.7692324.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GALLEHER0.6565010000.0000
PURSLEY0.656505454.5455
CAUGHEY0.656503000.0000
MURDY0.656502173.9130
ROWNTREE0.65650468.7500
COIL0.65650454.5455
DONAGHY0.65650447.7612
HARLE0.65650408.1633
HORSBURGH0.65650375.0000
STRIKE0.65650373.8318
TOWER0.65650338.9831
MIDDLEMISS0.65650324.6753
GILLIGAN0.65650301.2048
LANDERS0.65650291.2621
HOGAN0.65650245.0230
MAIL0.65650204.0816
MONAGHAN0.65650191.0828
SELF0.65650173.1602
REAY0.65650159.5745
CHILVERS0.65650156.8627
MCGOWAN0.65650153.8462
POULTER0.65650144.9275
CATTON0.65650142.1801
DUGGAN0.65650140.8451
MAGUIRE0.65650135.5422
URWIN0.65650135.1351
MALONE0.65650134.6154
BROCKIE0.65650128.2051
HORSLEY0.65650115.1316
KEARNEY0.6565099.3377
PARNELL0.6565095.5414
CALLAGHAN0.6565095.1087
BURDON0.6565093.8967
BUTTON0.6565090.7912
TOLL0.6565087.7193
CALLIGAN0.6565077.5194
BRENNAN0.6565073.6377
BOYLE0.6565065.2432
POTTS0.6565064.5459
SWANSON0.6565063.0252
CHEESEMAN0.6565058.5938
SCULLY0.6565049.7512
WHITTLE0.6565049.4350
CONWAY0.6565049.2611
BLYTH0.6565048.7805
DOUGLASS0.6565048.4262
STYLES0.6565043.6681
DUFFY0.6565042.2535
MACKEY0.6565040.4858
HOLLAND0.6565038.9021

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 650 people called GALLEHER in Barmston at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 10000.0000 in Barmston means that 10000.0000% of the people in Barmston on census day were called GALLEHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GALLEHER in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called GALLEHER as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called GALLEHER here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called GALLEHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.65 in Barmston means that you are 0.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GALLEHER in Barmston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Barmston in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

AMOS (1)  MC ARDLE (4)  ARKLESS (1)  MC ARTHUR (6)  BANTHORPE (1)  BELL (16)  BESTLEY (4)  BLYTH (5)  BURDON (2)  BOWLES (4)  BOYLE (11)  BRENNAN (5)  BROCKIE (1)  BROOKS (1)  BREWIS (2)  O'BRIEN (8)  BUTTON (7)  KEARNEY (3)  CALLAGHAN (7)  CALLIGAN (1)  CAMPBELL (4)  CANT (2)  CORRIGHAN (5)  CATTON (3)  CHEESEMAN (3)  CHILVERS (4)  CLARK (1)  COATES (7)  COLLINS (2)  CONWAY (6)  CUNNINGHAM (6)  DAVIES (1)  DIXON (1)  DODDS (5)  DONAGHY (3)  DOUGLASS (2)  DRAKE (6)  DUFFY (6)  DUGGAN (7)  DUNCAN (4)  DUNN (4)  ELLISON (4)  FORSTER (2)  FOSTER (7)  GALLEHER (2)  GILLIGAN (5)  GIBSON (3)  GILL (1)  MC GOWAN (12)  GRAHAM (2)  MC GREVEY (1)  HAGLASS (1)  HALL (8)  HAMILTON (7)  HANCOCK (4)  HARLE (6)  HARRIS (2)  HARTINSON (1)  HARVEY (2)  HENRY (3)  HEWITSON (4)  HEWETT (2)  HICKS (5)  HOGAN (16)  HOLLAND (18)  HORSBURGH (6)  HORSLEY (7)  HUNTER (6)  URWIN (4)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (9)  JONES (6)  KENIGHEN (1)  COIL (1)  LANDERS (3)  MC LYOD (8)  LUDBROOK (1)  LYNCH (1)  MAGUIRE (9)  MAIL (1)  MALONE (7)  MEARIS (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MARTIN (7)  MC ATOREY (1)  CAUGHEY (6)  MC CULLOUGH (5)  SCULLY (1)  MC FARLING (7)  MCGOWAN (1)  MACKEY (1)  MC MANUS (2)  MC PARTTIN (3)  MC WHORTERS (6)  MIDDLEMISS (5)  MONAGHAN (9)  MOONEY (2)  MORGAN (8)  MORTON (5)  MURDY (5)  MURY (1)  MC NEILL (9)  O'NEIL (4)  NUNN (3)  PARNELL (6)  MC PARTHIN (1)  PATTERSON (3)  PHILLIPS (4)  POTTS (14)  POULTER (7)  PURSLEY (6)  REAY (9)  ROBERTSON (6)  ROBSON (13)  ROONEY (1)  ROUSE (2)  ROWNTREE (9)  SAVAGE (3)  SCOTT (5)  SELF (8)  SHEARER (1)  SHIELDS (2)  SMITH (2)  SOUTHERON (1)  SPENCER (3)  STEPHENSON (4)  STRIKE (4)  STYLES (3)  SWANSON (3)  SWEENEY (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TODD (3)  TOLL (1)  TOWER (2)  TURNBULL (2)  WALKER (1)  WARD (2)  WARNABY (4)  WATTS (10)  WELCH (8)  WHITE (6)  WHITEHEAD (3)  WHITTAM (4)  WHITTLE (7)  WILKINSON (5)  WILSON (1)  WISEMAN (1)  WOODS (7)  WOODMANSEY (4)