Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mordon, County Durham

Mordon 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
HUTCHINSON2112.2093214.94
WRIGHT137.558123.56
GIBSON116.395352.68
LAWSON116.3953108.48
HUNTER105.814056.63
BURDON95.23261,607.14
THOMPSON84.651215.52
GRAY74.069828.50
TAYLOR63.48845.46
PALMER63.488429.60
BROWN63.48845.29
BAYES52.9070980.39
HOPPS42.32561,739.13
CLAMPITT42.32565,000.00
ADDISON21.162884.03
SNOWDON21.1628156.25
ROBINSON21.16283.65
EVANS21.16282.66
BOYD10.581416.58
TOMKINS10.581456.18
SMITH10.58140.41
DOBSON10.581413.18
JONES10.58140.51
TODD10.581411.43
DAY10.58146.18
OLIVER10.58148.15
WAINWRIGHT10.581427.47
APPLEGARTH10.5814909.09
HETHERINGTON10.581446.08
SMURTHWAITE10.5814384.62
PICKLES10.581428.57
YATES10.58148.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CLAMPITT0.171725000.0000
HOPPS0.171721739.1304
BURDON0.171721607.1429
BAYES0.17172980.3922
APPLEGARTH0.17172909.0909
SMURTHWAITE0.17172384.6154
HUTCHINSON0.17172214.9437
SNOWDON0.17172156.2500
LAWSON0.17172108.4813
ADDISON0.1717284.0336
HUNTER0.1717256.6251
TOMKINS0.1717256.1798
GIBSON0.1717252.6820
HETHERINGTON0.1717246.0829
PALMER0.1717229.6004
PICKLES0.1717228.5714
GRAY0.1717228.5016
WAINWRIGHT0.1717227.4725
WRIGHT0.1717223.5593
BOYD0.1717216.5837
THOMPSON0.1717215.5249
DOBSON0.1717213.1752
TODD0.1717211.4286
YATES0.171728.4602
OLIVER0.171728.1500
DAY0.171726.1767
TAYLOR0.171725.4550
BROWN0.171725.2919
ROBINSON0.171723.6470
EVANS0.171722.6610
JONES0.171720.5133
SMITH0.171720.4118

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 172 people called CLAMPITT in Mordon 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 5000.0000 in Mordon means that 5000.0000% of the people in Mordon on census day were called CLAMPITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CLAMPITT 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 CLAMPITT 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 CLAMPITT 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 CLAMPITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Mordon means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CLAMPITT in Mordon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mordon in 1881

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

ADDISON (2)  APPLEGARTH (1)  BURDON (9)  BOYD (1)  BROWN (6)  BAYES (5)  CLAMPITT (4)  CLEMINSON (6)  DAUT (1)  DAY (1)  DOBSON (1)  EVANS (2)  FLEETHAM (4)  FOXHALL (1)  GARGET (1)  GIBSON (11)  GRAY (7)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HEWITSON (6)  HOPPS (4)  HOBORN (HOLBORN) (2)  HOLBORN (2)  HUNTER (10)  HUTCHINSON (21)  JONES (1)  JOWSEY (3)  LAWSON (11)  METCAIP (1)  OLIVER (1)  PALMER (6)  PICKLES (1)  ROBINSON (2)  SMITH (1)  SMURTHWAITE (1)  SNOWDON (2)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMPSON (8)  TODD (1)  TOMKINS (1)  TUKE (1)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WHINN (1)  WRIGHT (13)  YATES (1)