Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newsham, County Durham

Newsham 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
BELL914.062574.81
JOHNSON812.500037.21
EMMETT812.50001,481.48
SOWERBY69.37501,714.29
MAUGHAN46.25001,111.11
SMITH23.12502.21
DODSWORTH11.5625370.37
BARKER11.562511.95
FRANCE11.5625103.09
BRUNTON11.5625200.00
SCOTT11.56256.18
MOLLOY11.5625285.71
HAMMOND11.562527.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SOWERBY0.06641714.2857
EMMETT0.06641481.4815
MAUGHAN0.06641111.1111
DODSWORTH0.0664370.3704
MOLLOY0.0664285.7143
BRUNTON0.0664200.0000
FRANCE0.0664103.0928
BELL0.066474.8130
JOHNSON0.066437.2093
HAMMOND0.066427.4725
BARKER0.066411.9474
SCOTT0.06646.1767
SMITH0.06642.2134

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 64 people called SOWERBY in Newsham 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 1714.2857 in Newsham means that 1714.2857% of the people in Newsham on census day were called SOWERBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SOWERBY 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 SOWERBY 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 SOWERBY 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 SOWERBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Newsham means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SOWERBY in Newsham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newsham in 1881

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

BARKER (1)  BELL (9)  BRUNTON (1)  CRUSHER (15)  DOBBING (1)  DODSWORTH (1)  EMMETT (8)  FRANCE (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HOLBORNE (3)  JOHNSON (8)  MAUGHAN (4)  MOLLOY (1)  NEESHAM (1)  SCOTT (1)  SMITH (2)  SOWERBY (6)