Top surnames from the 1881 census in Greatham, County Durham

Greatham 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
DEE273.66351,071.43
WATSON263.527815.21
SMITH253.39212.40
STONEHOUSE222.9851683.23
YOUNG212.849413.26
HAUXWELL172.30663,863.64
FOSTER162.171016.24
SCOTT152.03538.04
HUTCHINSON141.899633.44
COCKBURN141.8996148.94
BRADLEY121.628220.28
ROBINSON111.49254.68
HART111.492517.50
SNOWBALL101.3569416.67
GIBBON101.3569134.05
AYRE101.3569242.72
ATKINSON91.221212.54
WHITFIELD81.085554.35
GLASS81.0855104.85
MARK81.0855215.63
COCKFIELD81.08552,285.71
HARRISON81.08554.89
HODGSON81.085515.66
GLEW81.0855493.83
PROCTER81.085583.59
MELROSE70.9498244.76
JOHNSON70.94982.83
STAFFORD70.949844.64
MIDDLETON70.949818.09
WILSON70.94982.07
DAVISON70.949826.57
APPLEBY70.949858.14
MORRISON60.814110.36
RICHMOND60.814137.15
WHITE60.81412.53
EDMUNDSON60.8141287.08
SANDERSON60.814119.70
ERVIN60.81414,615.38
SNOWDEN60.814191.46
RUTHERFORD50.678427.81
JACKSON50.67842.43
WILKINSON50.67844.45
MUSGRAVE50.6784112.11
KEARSLEY50.6784290.70
MAXWELL50.678428.56
JENNINGS50.678413.38
TINKLER50.6784156.74
BODDY40.542798.04
FRANK40.5427128.62
PORRITT40.5427192.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ERVIN0.747374615.3846
HAUXWELL0.747373863.6364
COCKFIELD0.747372285.7143
DEE0.747371071.4286
STONEHOUSE0.74737683.2298
GLEW0.74737493.8272
SNOWBALL0.74737416.6667
KEARSLEY0.74737290.6977
EDMUNDSON0.74737287.0813
COULSTON0.74737263.1579
MELROSE0.74737244.7552
AYRE0.74737242.7184
MARK0.74737215.6334
PORRITT0.74737192.3077
BLAKEBOROUGH0.74737169.4915
TINKLER0.74737156.7398
FERGUS0.74737150.3759
COCKBURN0.74737148.9362
WETHERELL0.74737140.8451
KIRTLEY0.74737137.9310
GIBBON0.74737134.0483
FRANK0.74737128.6174
MUSGRAVE0.74737112.1076
GLASS0.74737104.8493
GOODRICK0.7473799.0099
BODDY0.7473798.0392
COLTMAN0.7473796.6184
SNOWDEN0.7473791.4634
PROCTER0.7473783.5946
CORNER0.7473774.6269
LAX0.7473770.9220
IRWIN0.7473764.5161
APPLEBY0.7473758.1395
CROWE0.7473754.4218
WHITFIELD0.7473754.3478
LUND0.7473750.1253
MANUEL0.7473745.0450
STAFFORD0.7473744.6429
CAMBRIDGE0.7473744.2478
HASWELL0.7473742.0168
WRAY0.7473740.3633
RICHMOND0.7473737.1517
BLACKETT0.7473735.4610
HUTCHINSON0.7473733.4368
ROONEY0.7473730.3951
KIRTON0.7473729.7619
CRISP0.7473729.2969
HICK0.7473729.1545
MAXWELL0.7473728.5551
HOPPER0.7473728.4900

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 737 people called ERVIN in Greatham 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 4615.3846 in Greatham means that 4615.3846% of the people in Greatham on census day were called ERVIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ERVIN 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 ERVIN 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 ERVIN 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 ERVIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Greatham means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ERVIN in Greatham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Greatham in 1881

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

ALLISON (1)  APPLEBY (7)  ARMSTRONG (4)  ATKINSON (9)  BAILEY (2)  BAKER (1)  BAMLETT (3)  BARTON (4)  BECKWITH (1)  BLACKETT (1)  BLAKEBOROUGH (1)  BLENKINSOP (1)  BODDY (4)  BOUSFIELD (3)  BRADLEY (12)  BROWNE (1)  BUTTERFIELD (2)  CAMBRIDGE (1)  CARLISLE (1)  CHARLTON (1)  CLARK (4)  CLARKSON (1)  COCKBURN (14)  COCKFIELD (8)  COLTMAN (2)  COULSTON (2)  COOPER (1)  CORNER (4)  CRAGGS (5)  CRISP (3)  CROWE (4)  DALTON (2)  DAVISON (7)  DEE (27)  DIXON (2)  DOBBING (10)  DOBSON (1)  DODS (1)  DOWNING (1)  EDEN (1)  EDMUNDSON (6)  EDWARDS (1)  AYRE (10)  FEATHERSTONE (1)  FERGUS (2)  FISH (1)  FORD (1)  FOSTER (16)  FOX (2)  FRANK (4)  FULSHAWE (1)  GARBUTT (1)  GIBBON (10)  GLASS (8)  GLENDINNING (1)  GLEW (8)  GOODCHILD (1)  GOODRICK (1)  GRABHAM (5)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAY (1)  GREY (1)  HANDISIDE (1)  HARRISON (8)  HART (11)  HARWOOD (1)  HASWELL (1)  HATCHER (1)  HAUXWELL (17)  HENDERSON (2)  HICK (1)  HODGSON (8)  HOPPER (3)  HUTCHINSON (14)  ERVIN (6)  IRWIN (4)  JACKSON (5)  JAMES (3)  JENNINGS (5)  JOHNSON (7)  KEARSLEY (5)  KEAN (1)  KIRTLEY (2)  KIRTON (1)  LAX (1)  LEATHARD (1)  LILLEY (1)  LISTER (1)  LIVERSEED (2)  LUND (4)  MALLABAR (1)  MANN (2)  MANUEL (1)  MARK (8)  MARLEY (1)  MAUGHAM (6)  MAXWELL (5)  MC BEATH (5)  MC LOUGHLIN (1)  MELLANBY (4)  MELROSE (7)  METCALFE (1)  MIDDLETON (7)  MITCHISON (1)  MORRISON (6)  MUNDAY (1)  MUSGRAVE (5)  MUSGROVE (1)  NIXON (1)  PAGE (2)  PORRITT (4)  PEARSON (1)  PECKITT (1)  POOLE (2)  POUT (11)  PROCTER (8)  PURVIS (1)  REAH (3)  WRAY (4)  RICHMOND (6)  RICKETTS (1)  RYDER (2)  ROBERTSON (2)  ROBINSON (11)  ROONEY (2)  ROSS (4)  ROWE (1)  RUSSELL (4)  RUTHERFORD (5)  SAFFIELD (2)  SANDERSON (6)  SANDWICK (3)  SCOTT (15)  SIDGWICK (7)  SKINNER (1)  SLEIGHTOLM (1)  SMITH (25)  SNOWBALL (10)  SNOWDEN (6)  SQUINCE (6)  STAFFORD (7)  STAINTHORPE (4)  STAINFORD (1)  STEPHENSON (2)  STUART (1)  STONEHOUSE (22)  TAYLOR (2)  THIRKELL (6)  THOMPSON (4)  THWAITES (1)  TINKLER (5)  TODD (4)  TURNBULL (1)  TURNER (4)  TIDYMAN (5)  WALLS (2)  WARRAND (1)  WATSON (26)  WETHERELL (2)  WHITE (6)  WHITFIELD (8)  WHITWORTH (1)  WILKINSON (5)  WILLAN (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (7)  WOOD (3)  WRIGHT (3)  YOUNG (21)