Top surnames from the 1881 census in Blackwell, County Durham

Blackwell 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
PARK337.6389246.45
THOMPSON163.703712.36
LAYFIELD133.00931,645.57
HALL122.77789.44
SANDERSON122.777867.23
ROBINSON102.31487.26
BLAKEMORE102.3148543.48
SMITH102.31481.64
PINKNEY92.0833532.54
WARD92.08339.54
FURNISH81.85197,272.73
GLADSTONE81.8519683.76
POTTER81.851928.55
BRUNTON81.8519235.99
SMURTHWAITE81.85191,250.00
WARMINGTON71.6204875.00
JAMESON71.6204146.44
SHAW71.62048.82
JACKSON71.62045.80
STANDING71.6204253.62
PETTY71.6204163.55
LAMBERT71.620429.69
RAINE61.3889166.67
CASSON61.3889233.46
SWANSON51.1574158.23
HUMBLE51.1574243.90
MABON51.1574961.54
HORNER51.157460.83
SNOWDON51.1574155.28
HARTLEY51.157418.46
WRIGHT51.15743.61
PEACOCK40.925925.97
REED40.925912.69
BRAMLET40.925940,000.00
JENKINS40.92597.86
HANSON40.925928.69
GORDON40.925914.69
ROWNTREE30.6944236.22
BRAITHWAITE30.694459.88
BROWN20.46300.70
WILLIAMS20.46300.64
BURNSIDE20.4630132.45
EDGAR20.463030.08
WILLIS20.46308.71
MORRISON20.46305.89
MARSHALL20.46302.76
DIXON20.46304.23
WILLIAMSON20.46305.16
OWEN20.46303.90
JAQUES10.231531.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRAMLET0.4343240000.0000
FURNISH0.434327272.7273
LAYFIELD0.434321645.5696
SMURTHWAITE0.434321250.0000
MABON0.43432961.5385
WARMINGTON0.43432875.0000
HAIRE0.43432833.3333
GLADSTONE0.43432683.7607
YELL0.43432625.0000
WORTHEY0.43432588.2353
BLAKEMORE0.43432543.4783
PINKNEY0.43432532.5444
TROUSDALE0.43432526.3158
STANDING0.43432253.6232
PARK0.43432246.4526
HUMBLE0.43432243.9024
ROWNTREE0.43432236.2205
BRUNTON0.43432235.9882
CASSON0.43432233.4630
EWBANK0.43432185.1852
RAINE0.43432166.6667
PETTY0.43432163.5514
POCKLINGTON0.43432161.2903
SWANSON0.43432158.2278
SNOWDON0.43432155.2795
JAMESON0.43432146.4435
BURNSIDE0.43432132.4503
SANDERSON0.4343267.2269
TWEDDLE0.4343267.1141
HORNER0.4343260.8273
BRAITHWAITE0.4343259.8802
RANSON0.4343246.7290
LOFTUS0.4343242.3729
HORNSBY0.4343235.5872
JAQUES0.4343231.2500
EDGAR0.4343230.0752
LAMBERT0.4343229.6862
HANSON0.4343228.6944
MAWSON0.4343228.6533
POTTER0.4343228.5510
LUCK0.4343228.0112
PEACOCK0.4343225.9740
MARSTON0.4343224.8756
HARTLEY0.4343218.4638
FENWICK0.4343217.6678
ALDERSON0.4343216.6945
BAINBRIDGE0.4343216.4745
GORDON0.4343214.6897
APPLEBY0.4343214.1643
REED0.4343212.6863

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 432 people called BRAMLET in Blackwell 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 40000.0000 in Blackwell means that 40000.0000% of the people in Blackwell on census day were called BRAMLET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRAMLET 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 BRAMLET 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 BRAMLET 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 BRAMLET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.43 in Blackwell means that you are 0.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRAMLET in Blackwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Blackwell in 1881

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

ALDERSON (1)  ALLAN (1)  ALLISON (1)  APPLEBY (1)  ARCHER (1)  ARMEROAD (8)  AUDE (6)  BADHAM (1)  BAINBRIDGE (1)  BAMLET (1)  BARCLAY (1)  BARKER (1)  BAXTER (1)  BELL (1)  BIRD (1)  BLAKEMORE (10)  BLENKIRON (1)  BOYDAL (1)  BRAITHWAITE (3)  BRAMLET (4)  BROWN (2)  BRUNTON (8)  BURNSIDE (2)  CALVERT (1)  CAMPIONS (6)  CASSON (6)  CHAPELOW (1)  CLARK (1)  COOPER (1)  CRABTREE (1)  CRAGGS (2)  DENT (1)  DIXON (2)  EDGAR (2)  EWBANK (1)  FENWICK (1)  FRASER (1)  FURNISH (8)  GIBSON (1)  GLADSTONE (8)  GORDON (4)  GRAWFORD (1)  HALL (12)  HANSON (4)  HAIRE (1)  HARTLEY (5)  HEARENS (1)  HITCHES (7)  HORNER (5)  HORNSBY (1)  HORNSEY (1)  HOWE (1)  HUMBLE (5)  JAQUES (1)  JACKSON (7)  JAMESON (7)  JENKINS (4)  JOHNSON (1)  KELSY (1)  KINSLEA (1)  LAMBERT (7)  LAYFIELD (13)  LOCK (1)  LOFTUS (1)  LUCK (1)  MABON (5)  MARSHALL (2)  MARSTON (1)  MAWSON (1)  MORRISON (2)  MORTON (1)  MOSSOM (1)  OWEN (2)  PARK (33)  PEACOCK (4)  PETTY (7)  PINKNEY (9)  POCKLINGTON (1)  POTTER (8)  PORTER (1)  RAILTON (1)  RAINE (6)  RANSON (1)  RATHIE (3)  REED (4)  RIDSDALE (1)  ROBINSON (10)  ROWE (1)  ROWNTREE (3)  SANDERSON (12)  SIDGWICK (4)  SHAW (7)  SHEARLOCK (1)  SMITH (10)  SMURTHWAITE (8)  SMURTHWAIT (2)  SNOWDON (5)  SPENCER (1)  SPENER (3)  STANDING (7)  STONE (1)  STRUTT (1)  SUGGATT (2)  SWANSON (5)  THOMPSON (16)  TROUSDALE (1)  TUPLIN (6)  TWEDDLE (1)  WARD (9)  WARMINGTON (7)  WEIGHELL (5)  WELSH (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILLIS (2)  WORTHEY (1)  WRIGHT (5)  YELL (1)