Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thrislington, County Durham

Thrislington 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
PARKER1418.918999.50
BROWN810.810816.40
METCALFE79.4595414.20
HUTCHINSON68.1081142.86
ROCKS68.108115,000.00
COLLING56.75682,631.58
TURNBULL56.7568160.26
CAPE56.75682,631.58
GIBSON45.405444.54
BAINES11.351470.42
NICHOLSON11.351419.01
NELSON11.351427.93
VASEY11.3514384.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROCKS0.077415000.0000
CAPE0.07742631.5789
COLLING0.07742631.5789
METCALFE0.0774414.2012
VASEY0.0774384.6154
TURNBULL0.0774160.2564
HUTCHINSON0.0774142.8571
PARKER0.077499.5025
BAINES0.077470.4225
GIBSON0.077444.5434
NELSON0.077427.9330
NICHOLSON0.077419.0114
BROWN0.077416.4002

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 74 people called ROCKS in Thrislington 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 15000.0000 in Thrislington means that 15000.0000% of the people in Thrislington on census day were called ROCKS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROCKS 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 ROCKS 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 ROCKS 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 ROCKS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Thrislington means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROCKS in Thrislington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thrislington in 1881

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

BAINES (1)  BURDY (1)  BROWN (8)  CAPE (5)  GIBSON (4)  HUTCHINSON (6)  ISETON (8)  JOBLING (1)  COLLING (5)  METCALFE (7)  NELSON (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  PARKER (14)  ROCKS (6)  TURNBULL (5)  VASEY (1)