Top surnames from the 1881 census in Edmondsley, County Durham

Edmondsley 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
ROBINSON353.763411.80
SMITH283.01082.13
BROWN272.90324.40
SIMPSON262.795715.98
YOUNG242.580612.01
CURRY232.4731172.67
SCOTT222.36569.35
CARR212.258131.29
PINKNEY212.2581575.34
GRAHAM181.935516.86
TURNBULL161.720440.82
KERR141.505427.60
DAVIDSON131.397816.63
WILSON111.18282.58
CORNFORTH111.1828516.43
ROWELL111.1828135.47
ENGLISH101.075357.18
ROBSON101.075316.34
BAINBRIDGE101.075376.51
WARDLE101.075355.56
CLARK101.07533.58
FORBES101.075332.09
NICHOLSON101.075315.13
COULSON90.967753.96
WOOD90.96773.04
WILLEY90.9677107.40
FINDLAY80.860241.52
MARTIN80.86023.49
SPARK80.8602195.60
HADDON70.7527112.36
GILBERT70.752713.22
GREEN70.75272.67
BOWMAN70.752728.82
HARDY70.752712.57
HENDERSON70.75276.93
BARRAS60.6452331.49
MASON60.64524.80
ELLIOTT60.64527.60
SIMS60.645221.52
MOLE60.645283.10
SWEETING60.6452160.86
RUTHERFORD60.645226.44
KIDD60.645231.70
BURY50.537672.36
PIGFORD50.53763,846.15
WALKER50.53761.61
URWIN50.5376118.20
BELL50.53762.86
RUTTER50.537635.29
STOTT50.537617.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PIGFORD0.939303846.1538
SMILEY0.939301351.3514
TRODDEN0.93930769.2308
COAN0.93930714.2857
BURLISON0.93930666.6667
PINKNEY0.93930575.3425
CHATTEN0.93930526.3158
CORNFORTH0.93930516.4319
HARTLY0.93930405.4054
SUMMERSON0.93930365.8537
BARRAS0.93930331.4917
MOSBY0.93930285.7143
WAILES0.93930222.2222
SPARK0.93930195.5990
CLAMP0.93930176.0563
CURRY0.93930172.6727
SWEETING0.93930160.8579
BOYNTON0.93930158.7302
ROWELL0.93930135.4680
RITSON0.93930133.6898
FRANK0.93930127.5510
HIGH0.93930119.0476
URWIN0.93930118.2033
TOWER0.93930117.6471
HADDON0.93930112.3596
WEARS0.93930108.6957
WILLEY0.93930107.3986
PETCH0.9393097.0874
CROFTON0.9393094.3396
MOLE0.9393083.1025
WASS0.9393079.2079
CANE0.9393078.9889
BAINBRIDGE0.9393076.5111
BURY0.9393072.3589
RUMNEY0.9393068.4932
PROUD0.9393063.1579
HUGHS0.9393059.1716
ENGLISH0.9393057.1755
WARDLE0.9393055.5556
COULSON0.9393053.9568
DRYDEN0.9393053.4759
WADDELL0.9393048.4848
PEMBERTON0.9393042.3370
QUIGLEY0.9393042.0168
FINDLAY0.9393041.5153
TURNBULL0.9393040.8163
MAUGHAN0.9393038.5356
LAIDLAW0.9393036.4078
DICKENSON0.9393035.4610
RUTTER0.9393035.2858

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 930 people called PIGFORD in Edmondsley 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 3846.1538 in Edmondsley means that 3846.1538% of the people in Edmondsley on census day were called PIGFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PIGFORD 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 PIGFORD 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 PIGFORD 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 PIGFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.93 in Edmondsley means that you are 0.93 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PIGFORD in Edmondsley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Edmondsley in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  ALDER (1)  ARMIN (4)  BAINBRIDGE (10)  BARRAS (6)  BATTY (1)  BELL (5)  BENDELOW (8)  BURY (5)  BLAKE (5)  BLACK (3)  BLANCHARD (2)  BLOOMFIELD (1)  BOWMAN (7)  BOYNTON (3)  BROWN (27)  BURLISON (2)  CANE (5)  CALDERBANK (2)  CARR (21)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHARLTON (2)  CHATTEN (4)  CHICKEN (1)  CHIMNEY (3)  CHIPCHASE (8)  CLAMP (5)  CLARK (10)  COACHRIN (1)  COAN (4)  COE (4)  CORNFORTH (11)  COULSON (9)  COWEL (1)  CRADDOCK (1)  CRAGGS (1)  CRAGIE (1)  CRAWFORD (1)  CROFTON (1)  CROW (2)  CUMMINGS (1)  CURRY (23)  CUTHBERT (1)  DAVIDSON (13)  DAWSON (2)  DENSHAM (1)  DICKENSON (5)  DIXON (2)  DRYDEN (3)  DRYSDALE (1)  DUFFY (4)  DYSON (1)  ELLIOTT (6)  FARMS (1)  FERGUSON (5)  FERGUSOW (1)  FINDLAY (8)  FLETCHER (2)  FORBES (10)  FOSTER (2)  FRANK (5)  GEDLING (1)  GIBBONS (1)  GILBERT (7)  GRAHAM (18)  GREEN (7)  HARDY (7)  HART (4)  HARTLY (3)  HARTLEY (1)  HARVEY (2)  HADDON (7)  HENDERSON (7)  HEPPLEWHITE (9)  HEWISON (5)  HIGH (5)  HODGSON (3)  HOLMES (2)  HOPE (1)  HUGHS (2)  HUNT (4)  HUSCROFT (4)  HUTCHINSON (2)  HUTTON (3)  ENGLISH (10)  URWIN (5)  JAMES (2)  JENKINS (3)  JEWITT (9)  JOHNSON (4)  JOHNSTON (1)  KERR (14)  KIDD (6)  KNIGHT (1)  LAWTON (3)  LAIDLAW (3)  LLOYD (4)  LOWS (8)  LOWTHER (1)  MARTIN (8)  MASON (6)  MAUGHAN (2)  MAC KINLEY (9)  MIDDLEMAS (3)  MOSBY (2)  MOLE (6)  NICHOLSON (10)  OWENS (3)  PARKINSON (4)  PEMBERTON (5)  PETCH (4)  PIGFORD (5)  PINKNEY (21)  PROUD (3)  QUIGLEY (2)  RENNOLDSON (2)  RENNALDSON (3)  RICHARDSON (4)  RIDLEY (1)  RITSON (5)  ROBINSON (35)  ROBSON (10)  ROW (1)  ROUGHEAD (1)  ROWELL (11)  RUMNEY (1)  RUTHERFORD (6)  RUTTER (5)  SCOTT (22)  SIMPSON (26)  SIMS (6)  SLATER (1)  SMILEY (5)  SMITH (28)  SNAITH (7)  SPARK (8)  SPARRS (1)  STEDY (4)  STEEL (3)  STOBART (4)  STOKER (2)  STONES (1)  STOTT (5)  SUMMERSON (3)  SURTEES (6)  SWEETING (6)  TEMPLE (1)  THIRKELL (2)  THIRLAWAY (4)  THOMPSON (4)  TOWER (1)  TOWNS (1)  TREVISS (2)  TRODDEN (3)  TURNBULL (16)  WAILES (2)  WALKER (5)  WALTON (5)  WADDELL (4)  WARDLE (10)  WARRON (5)  WASS (4)  WATSON (2)  WEARS (1)  WELSH (2)  WHITTAKER (4)  WILKINON (3)  WILKINSON (4)  WILLIAMSON (3)  WILSON (11)  WOOD (9)  WOODS (3)  WOODWARD (1)  WRIGHT (1)  WILLEY (9)  YOUNG (24)