Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cleatlam, County Durham

Cleatlam 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
SHEPHERD1814.4000196.51
THOMPSON1310.400034.71
ALDERSON97.2000520.23
JACKSON86.400022.90
TROTTER75.6000534.35
CHANDLER64.8000149.25
ROWELL54.0000458.72
LONGSTAFF54.0000568.18
RICHARDSON43.200018.80
PARKIN43.2000119.05
HILDRETH43.20003,076.92
FLETCHER43.200028.03
SAYER32.4000182.93
WEBB32.400017.71
AMOS32.4000146.34
HODGSON21.600023.09
DENT21.600084.03
BLACKETT10.8000208.33
WILSON10.80001.74
HARRISON10.80003.60
DONALDSON10.800028.09
YOUNG10.80003.72
LODGE10.800044.05
BARSON10.8000434.78
TAYLOR10.80001.25
GOLDIE10.8000128.21
DOBSON10.800018.15
CALVERT10.800039.22
WOOD10.80002.51
JAMES10.80004.07
ROBSON10.800012.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HILDRETH0.131253076.9231
LONGSTAFF0.13125568.1818
TROTTER0.13125534.3511
ALDERSON0.13125520.2312
ROWELL0.13125458.7156
BARSON0.13125434.7826
BLACKETT0.13125208.3333
SHEPHERD0.13125196.5066
SAYER0.13125182.9268
CHANDLER0.13125149.2537
AMOS0.13125146.3415
GOLDIE0.13125128.2051
PARKIN0.13125119.0476
DENT0.1312584.0336
LODGE0.1312544.0529
CALVERT0.1312539.2157
THOMPSON0.1312534.7130
DONALDSON0.1312528.0899
FLETCHER0.1312528.0308
HODGSON0.1312523.0947
JACKSON0.1312522.9029
RICHARDSON0.1312518.7970
DOBSON0.1312518.1488
WEBB0.1312517.7096
ROBSON0.1312512.1507
JAMES0.131254.0733
YOUNG0.131253.7244
HARRISON0.131253.6036
WOOD0.131252.5107
WILSON0.131251.7419
TAYLOR0.131251.2509

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 125 people called HILDRETH in Cleatlam 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 3076.9231 in Cleatlam means that 3076.9231% of the people in Cleatlam on census day were called HILDRETH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HILDRETH 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 HILDRETH 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 HILDRETH 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 HILDRETH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Cleatlam means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HILDRETH in Cleatlam than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cleatlam in 1881

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

ALDERSON (9)  AMOS (3)  BARSON (1)  BLACKETT (1)  BORROWDALE (7)  CALVERT (1)  CHANDLER (6)  DENT (2)  DOBSON (1)  DONALDSON (1)  FLETCHER (4)  GOLDIE (1)  HARRISON (1)  HILDRETH (4)  HODGSON (2)  JACKSON (8)  JAMES (1)  LODGE (1)  LONGSTAFF (5)  PARKIN (4)  PEVERELL (4)  RICHARDSON (4)  ROBSON (1)  ROWELL (5)  SAYER (3)  SHEPHERD (18)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (13)  TROTTER (7)  WEBB (3)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (1)