Top surnames from the 1881 census in Greencroft Langley, County Durham

Greencroft Langley 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
ROBINSON123.12509.80
ALLISON112.8646100.82
HUDSON112.864634.99
MOOR102.6042185.87
JAMESON102.6042235.29
STOREY102.6042102.46
HARRISON92.343810.56
SHIELD92.3438514.29
GIBSON82.083317.16
WHITFIELD82.0833104.30
COLLINS82.083314.52
LUTHER82.08331,481.48
DIXON82.083319.02
GRAY82.083314.59
WOOD82.08336.54
JORDAN71.822941.25
MASON71.822913.56
HUNTER71.822917.75
PICKERING71.822950.54
DAVISON61.562543.70
HODGSON61.562522.55
AYRE61.5625279.07
KAY61.562530.08
GILLESPIE61.562598.52
POTTS51.302139.00
WAUGH51.302195.60
STRATFORD51.3021190.11
TINKLER51.3021301.20
NASH41.041722.59
WAKE41.0417129.45
COOKE41.041718.88
BYRNE41.041774.63
PEARSON41.04178.97
YOUNG41.04174.85
MARSHALL41.04176.21
WHEATLEY41.041751.15
THOMPSON30.78132.61
HERRON30.7813218.98
WILLS30.781326.13
EDGAR30.781350.76
HERDMAN30.7813309.28
RAINE30.781393.75
FAWCETT30.781340.38
BATES20.52088.18
SISSON20.5208198.02
WIND20.52081,111.11
HUTCHINSON20.52089.17
LYNN20.520859.70
NEWTON20.52086.80
KENNEDY20.52088.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUTHER0.383841481.4815
WIND0.383841111.1111
HOBKIRK0.38384800.0000
SHIELD0.38384514.2857
TRAILL0.38384377.3585
HERDMAN0.38384309.2784
TINKLER0.38384301.2048
AYRE0.38384279.0698
JAMESON0.38384235.2941
HERRON0.38384218.9781
SISSON0.38384198.0198
STRATFORD0.38384190.1141
MOOR0.38384185.8736
WAKE0.38384129.4498
WHITFIELD0.38384104.3025
STOREY0.38384102.4590
ALLISON0.38384100.8249
GILLESPIE0.3838498.5222
WAUGH0.3838495.6023
RAINE0.3838493.7500
EMBLETON0.3838490.9091
WARRINER0.3838488.4956
BYRNE0.3838474.6269
DONKIN0.3838469.9301
PINKNEY0.3838466.2252
LAYTON0.3838465.1466
LYNN0.3838459.7015
STONEHOUSE0.3838459.5238
MADDISON0.3838453.1915
WHEATLEY0.3838451.1509
EDGAR0.3838450.7614
PICKERING0.3838450.5415
HARKER0.3838449.5050
DAVISON0.3838443.6999
LOWTHER0.3838442.5532
JORDAN0.3838441.2493
FAWCETT0.3838440.3769
POTTS0.3838439.0016
HUDSON0.3838434.9873
HESLOP0.3838430.3951
KAY0.3838430.0752
ROY0.3838428.6533
WILLS0.3838426.1324
SAYERS0.3838423.5849
NASH0.3838422.5861
HODGSON0.3838422.5479
LIDDLE0.3838422.1239
CLARKSON0.3838419.6464
DIXON0.3838419.0159
COOKE0.3838418.8768

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 384 people called LUTHER in Greencroft Langley 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 1481.4815 in Greencroft Langley means that 1481.4815% of the people in Greencroft Langley on census day were called LUTHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LUTHER 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 LUTHER 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 LUTHER 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 LUTHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Greencroft Langley means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LUTHER in Greencroft Langley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Greencroft Langley in 1881

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

ALLISON (11)  ARUNDALE (3)  BAKER (1)  BALLENY (3)  BATES (2)  BLAND (1)  BYRNE (4)  CALOTHORN (1)  CLARKSON (2)  COLLEATT (2)  COLLINS (8)  COOKE (4)  COULSON (1)  COUTHARD (1)  CUTHBERT (1)  DAVISON (6)  DIXON (8)  DONKIN (1)  DUNN (1)  EDGAR (3)  EMBLETON (1)  AYRE (6)  FAWCETT (3)  FORREST (1)  JARROW (1)  GIBSON (8)  GILLESPIE (6)  JORDAN (7)  GRAHAM (2)  GRAINGER (1)  GRAY (8)  GREENHOW (6)  HARKER (2)  HARRISON (9)  HERDMAN (3)  HERRON (3)  HESLOP (1)  HOBKIRK (2)  HODGSON (6)  HUDSON (11)  HUNTER (7)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JAMESON (10)  JOHNSON (1)  KAY (6)  KENNEDY (2)  LAMB (1)  LAYTON (2)  LEWINS (4)  LIDDLE (1)  LOWTHER (1)  LUTHER (8)  LYNN (2)  MACTAGART (1)  MADDISON (2)  MARSHALL (4)  MASON (7)  MC LEOD (ROBINSON) (4)  MITCHELL (1)  MOOR (10)  MOSSAM (1)  NASH (4)  MC NEAL (2)  NELSON (1)  NEWTON (2)  PAGE (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARSON (4)  PICKERING (7)  PINKNEY (1)  POTTS (5)  RAINE (3)  ROBERTSON (2)  ROBINSON (12)  ROBSON (2)  ROY (1)  SAYERS (1)  SHEERMAN (1)  SHIELD (9)  SIMPSON (1)  SISSON (2)  SMITH (1)  SPOORS (2)  SPRAGGON (3)  STABLES (5)  STOKOE (5)  STONEHOUSE (1)  STOREY (10)  STRATFORD (5)  SUDDES (4)  THOMPSON (3)  TINKLER (5)  TRAILL (2)  WADROPER (1)  WAKE (4)  WALKER (1)  WALL (1)  WALTON (1)  WARRINER (1)  WAUGH (5)  WETHERALL (3)  WHEATLEY (4)  WHITE (1)  WHITFIELD (8)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLS (3)  WIND (2)  WOOD (8)  YOUNG (4)