Top surnames from the 1881 census in Silksworth, County Durham

Silksworth 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
WALKER143.491310.43
WEIGHTMAN122.9925764.33
NICOL102.4938119.76
ATKINSON102.493825.60
ELLIOTT102.493829.39
GREEN92.24447.97
LAYFIELD81.99501,095.89
RICHARDSON71.745610.25
FORSTER71.745653.23
CARTER71.745610.40
HARRIS71.74566.87
EVERETT71.745697.22
ALLARD71.7456496.45
HICKSON71.7456252.71
BELL71.74569.29
WAKEFIELD61.496383.57
PANTON61.4963444.44
GIRLING61.4963235.29
DAVIDSON61.496317.80
NIXON61.496349.10
BARKER61.496311.44
MOODY51.246947.76
OSWALD51.2469271.74
BECKWITH51.2469211.86
ROBSON51.246918.95
GRUNDY51.246960.90
HUDSON51.246915.23
LATHAN51.24693,125.00
SHORT51.246931.93
WANLESS40.9975579.71
LEIGHTON40.997592.81
CROSSLEY40.997536.33
SMITH40.99750.71
CHAPMAN40.99757.02
ROBINSON40.99753.13
WHITELEY30.748141.67
DOLAN30.748185.96
SKELTON30.748151.37
HOLMES30.74816.14
SIMPSON30.74814.28
TURNER30.74812.69
CORDNER30.74812,500.00
NASH30.748116.23
ELLIOT20.498819.55
HUNTLEY20.498870.67
ADAMSON20.498818.85
WAKEFORD20.4988143.88
YOUNG20.49882.32
KIRKBRIDE20.4988169.49
HALL20.49881.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LATHAN0.404013125.0000
DELVIN0.404012500.0000
CORDNER0.404012500.0000
CATTS0.404012000.0000
SKIFFINGTON0.404011250.0000
LAYFIELD0.404011095.8904
PYBURN0.40401769.2308
WEIGHTMAN0.40401764.3312
MARLBOROUGH0.40401625.0000
WANLESS0.40401579.7101
ALLARD0.40401496.4539
PANTON0.40401444.4444
NIEL0.40401434.7826
OSWALD0.40401271.7391
HICKSON0.40401252.7076
GIRLING0.40401235.2941
BECKWITH0.40401211.8644
KIRKBRIDE0.40401169.4915
SORRELL0.40401166.6667
GARRICK0.40401163.9344
STRAUGHAN0.40401149.2537
WAKEFORD0.40401143.8849
DONKIN0.40401134.2282
NICOL0.40401119.7605
STOTHARD0.40401112.3596
EGGLESTON0.40401106.3830
EVERETT0.4040197.2222
CLERK0.4040196.1538
LEIGHTON0.4040192.8074
DOLAN0.4040185.9599
WAKEFIELD0.4040183.5655
HUNTLEY0.4040170.6714
HERRON0.4040169.4444
BATEY0.4040163.6943
GRUNDY0.4040160.9013
FORSTER0.4040153.2319
WILTON0.4040151.8135
ELSTON0.4040151.5464
SKELTON0.4040151.3699
NIXON0.4040149.0998
LINDSEY0.4040149.0196
MOODY0.4040147.7555
ERRINGTON0.4040144.8430
WHITELEY0.4040141.6667
CROSSLEY0.4040136.3306
SHORT0.4040131.9285
BRUNTON0.4040131.7460
BLAKEY0.4040131.0559
ELLIOTT0.4040129.3945
MOULD0.4040129.0698

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 401 people called LATHAN in Silksworth 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 3125.0000 in Silksworth means that 3125.0000% of the people in Silksworth on census day were called LATHAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LATHAN 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 LATHAN 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 LATHAN 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 LATHAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.40 in Silksworth means that you are 0.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LATHAN in Silksworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Silksworth in 1881

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

ADAMSON (2)  ALLARD (7)  ALLISON (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINSON (10)  AITCHINSON (1)  BACON (1)  BARKER (6)  BATEY (1)  BECKWITH (5)  BELL (7)  BENNET (1)  BENNESON (1)  BLAKEY (1)  BLOOMFORD (1)  BONNAR (1)  BOTCHERBY (5)  BOWMAN (1)  BRAKETHORN (1)  BROWN (2)  BRUNTON (1)  CARR (1)  CARTER (7)  CATTS (1)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLERK (1)  COMBEY (1)  CORDNER (3)  COWEY (1)  CRAGGS (1)  CRAWFORD (1)  CROSSLEY (4)  DAVIDSON (6)  DELVIN (1)  DOBINSON (3)  DOUGLES (1)  DOLAN (3)  DOXFORD (4)  DONKIN (2)  EGGLESTON (1)  ELLIOTT (10)  ELLIOT (2)  ELSTON (1)  ERRINGTON (1)  EVERETT (7)  O FARREL (5)  FERREY (1)  FORSTER (7)  FULLER (1)  FAWKES (1)  GARGETT (2)  GARRICK (1)  GIBSON (1)  GIRLING (6)  GLAISTER (7)  GODFREY (1)  GRANGER (1)  GREEN (9)  GRUNDY (5)  GUTHRIE (1)  HALE (2)  HALL (2)  HAMILTON (1)  HARRIS (7)  HERRON (1)  HICKSON (7)  HINDMARCH (1)  HOLMES (3)  HOPWOOD (1)  HUDSON (5)  HUNTER (1)  HUNTLEY (2)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (1)  KIRKBRIDE (2)  LATHAN (5)  LAYFIELD (8)  LEIGHTON (4)  LIDDLE (1)  LINDSEY (1)  LYDLE (1)  LYNCH (1)  MARBOROUGH (1)  MARLBOROUGH (1)  MARWOOD (1)  MC SWEEN (9)  MALLAM (7)  MELVEN (1)  MENNION (2)  MILLER (2)  MOODY (5)  MOSS (1)  MOULD (1)  MUSTS (2)  NASH (3)  NIEL (1)  NICOL (10)  NIXON (6)  OLIVER (1)  OSWALD (5)  PANTON (6)  PYBURN (1)  RICHARDSON (7)  ROBINSON (4)  ROBSON (5)  ROSS (1)  SEYMOUR (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHORT (5)  SIMPSON (3)  SKELTON (3)  SKIFFINGTON (1)  SMITH (4)  SMITHSON (1)  SORRELL (2)  SPENCER (1)  STRAUGHAN (1)  STOTHARD (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMAS (2)  THOMPSON (1)  TINDALE (1)  TOMLINSON (1)  TURNER (3)  WADS (1)  WAKEFIELD (6)  WAKEFORD (2)  WALKER (14)  WALTON (1)  WANLESS (4)  WEIGHTMAN (12)  WELSH (1)  WHITELEY (3)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIS (1)  WILTON (2)  YOUNG (2)