Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stella, County Durham

Stella 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
ARMSTRONG202.684635.12
HANDS172.2819227.58
FORSTER172.281969.59
DOWSON162.1477393.12
SMALL162.147784.66
BROWN152.01343.05
GRAY152.013414.10
ATKINSON141.879219.29
THOMPSON141.87926.27
DOUGLASS141.8792295.98
TATE141.879297.29
LIDDELL131.7450190.34
GREENER131.7450599.08
SMITH131.74501.24
WILSON131.74503.80
BELL111.47657.86
DODD111.476536.30
WATSON111.47656.37
THOBURN111.47652,244.90
BANKS111.476528.79
COWANS101.34231,219.51
HOPPER101.342393.99
HESLOP101.3423156.49
HUDSON91.208114.75
DODDS91.208157.40
LAWSON91.208120.49
WILKINSON81.07387.04
CHEESEMAN81.0738136.29
HENDERSON81.07389.88
CARR81.073814.88
NEWTON81.073814.01
CURRY81.073874.98
GRAHAM81.07389.35
PEEL81.073859.84
DALTON70.939640.94
PHILLIPSON70.9396253.62
DAVIS70.93964.28
RUTHERFORD60.805433.00
URWIN60.8054176.99
BROOKS60.80548.24
CONWAY60.805442.98
BAILEY60.80545.35
ROBSON60.805412.24
NICHOLSON50.67119.44
HOGG50.671118.58
TAYLOR50.67111.05
FARROW50.671135.77
TURNER50.67112.41
HALL50.67112.28
PICTON50.6711197.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THOBURN0.757452244.8980
BABE0.757451428.5714
COWANS0.757451219.5122
GREENER0.75745599.0783
HAVER0.75745555.5556
DOWSON0.75745393.1204
HEADS0.75745384.6154
DOUGLASS0.75745295.9831
DUGMORE0.75745267.8571
SHIPPEN0.75745256.4103
PHILLIPSON0.75745253.6232
HANDS0.75745227.5770
PICTON0.75745197.6285
BEWICK0.75745190.4762
LIDDELL0.75745190.3367
URWIN0.75745176.9912
OGLE0.75745168.0672
HESLOP0.75745156.4945
CURLEY0.75745154.4402
CRONE0.75745147.0588
CHEESEMAN0.75745136.2862
TATE0.7574597.2898
MINTO0.7574597.0874
HOPPER0.7574593.9850
SMALL0.7574584.6561
WIGHAM0.7574577.5194
CURRY0.7574574.9766
GARTHWAITE0.7574570.4225
FORSTER0.7574569.5866
PEEL0.7574559.8355
DODDS0.7574557.3980
EADIE0.7574556.8182
BIGGINS0.7574555.5556
COWEN0.7574548.8998
CONWAY0.7574542.9799
COLLEY0.7574542.3729
HASWELL0.7574541.4938
DALTON0.7574540.9357
DODD0.7574536.3036
FARROW0.7574535.7654
ARMSTRONG0.7574535.1185
RUTHERFORD0.7574533.0033
WATERSON0.7574532.0513
LYNN0.7574530.7692
SPARK0.7574530.5810
GLYNN0.7574530.3951
BANKS0.7574528.7883
MARR0.7574523.5294
LAWSON0.7574520.4918
TILLEY0.7574520.4499

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 745 people called THOBURN in Stella 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 2244.8980 in Stella means that 2244.8980% of the people in Stella on census day were called THOBURN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THOBURN 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 THOBURN 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 THOBURN 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 THOBURN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.75 in Stella means that you are 0.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THOBURN in Stella than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stella in 1881

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

ANDERSON (4)  ARIMAN (6)  ARMSTRONG (20)  AISTON (9)  ATKINSON (14)  BAILEY (6)  BAINBRIDGE (2)  BANKS (11)  BABE (1)  BELL (11)  BEWICK (4)  BIGGINS (1)  BIRCH (2)  BIRKETT (1)  BOLAM (6)  BRIGGS (1)  BROOKS (6)  BROWN (15)  BULLOCK (4)  CARR (8)  CARRICK (1)  CHARLTON (3)  CHEESEMAN (8)  COLLEY (4)  CONWAY (6)  COWANS (10)  COWEN (2)  CRONE (2)  CURLEY (4)  CURRY (8)  DAGLISH (12)  DALTON (7)  DANCE (1)  DANSKIN (3)  DAVIS (7)  DAWSON (3)  DIXON (4)  DODDS (9)  DODD (11)  DOUGLASS (14)  DOWSON (16)  DUGMORE (3)  EADIE (2)  ELLIOTT (1)  ELSDON (2)  EYRE (1)  FAIRBRIDGE (7)  FARROW (5)  FORSTER (17)  GARTHWAITE (1)  GIBSON (3)  GLYNN (1)  GRAHAM (8)  GRAY (15)  GREENER (13)  GREENSITT (13)  HALL (5)  HAMILTON (2)  HANDS (17)  HARDY (1)  HASTWELL (2)  HASWELL (1)  HEADS (3)  HAVER (1)  HEDWORTH (4)  HENDERSON (8)  HERBERTSON (1)  HESLOP (10)  HEWITSON (2)  HILL (4)  HOGG (5)  HOPPER (10)  HOPE (1)  HUDSON (9)  HUNTER (4)  HUTTON (1)  HYMERS (2)  URWIN (6)  JOHNSON (1)  KNOWLES (2)  LAWSON (9)  LAYBURN (1)  LAYBOURN (2)  LIDDELL (13)  LITTLER (1)  LONG (2)  LYNN (2)  MASON (4)  MC COURT (11)  MC DONALD (1)  MC PHERSON (3)  METCALF (3)  MILNER (1)  MINTO (2)  MOONEY (1)  MARR (2)  NEWBIGGEN (7)  NEWTON (8)  NICHOLSON (5)  OGLE (4)  O DONNOVAN (3)  PARKIN (2)  PEEL (8)  PHILLIPSON (7)  PICKERING (2)  PICTON (5)  POTTS (3)  QUINN (1)  WRENNALL (1)  ROBSON (6)  ROWLAND (1)  RUTHERFORD (6)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHIPPEN (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SISTERSON (1)  SMALL (16)  SMITH (13)  SPARK (1)  SPOORS (6)  STIVEN (1)  STEWART (1)  STOKOE (10)  STOREY (1)  TATE (14)  TURBITT (7)  TAYLOR (5)  TEASDALE (1)  THOBURN (11)  THOMPSON (14)  TILLEY (2)  TURNER (5)  TWIZELL (1)  VALLANS (6)  WATERSON (1)  WATSON (11)  WELCH (1)  WHITE (1)  WIGHAM (1)  WILKINSON (8)  WILSON (13)  WOOD (1)