Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westwick, County Durham

Westwick 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
HALL1013.513545.93
BROWN912.162218.45
ADDISON68.1081588.24
SHAW68.108144.15
LOWES56.75681,162.79
STODDART45.4054645.16
MOSES34.0541394.74
BAINBRIDGE34.0541288.46
MURRAY22.702721.79
WHITE22.70278.41
BELL11.35147.19
MILLER11.35147.55
LONGSTAFF11.3514192.31
SMITH11.35140.96
BYERS11.3514263.16
BEADLE11.3514192.31
MICHIE11.3514277.78
LITTLE11.351428.57
GEORGE11.351423.04
LAYFIELD11.3514769.23
DIXON11.351412.33
SANDERS11.351429.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LOWES0.07741162.7907
LAYFIELD0.0774769.2308
STODDART0.0774645.1613
ADDISON0.0774588.2353
MOSES0.0774394.7368
BAINBRIDGE0.0774288.4615
MICHIE0.0774277.7778
BYERS0.0774263.1579
BEADLE0.0774192.3077
LONGSTAFF0.0774192.3077
HALL0.077445.9348
SHAW0.077444.1501
SANDERS0.077429.8507
LITTLE0.077428.5714
GEORGE0.077423.0415
MURRAY0.077421.7865
BROWN0.077418.4502
DIXON0.077412.3305
WHITE0.07748.4069
MILLER0.07747.5529
BELL0.07747.1891
SMITH0.07740.9571

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 74 people called LOWES in Westwick 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 1162.7907 in Westwick means that 1162.7907% of the people in Westwick on census day were called LOWES.

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

All the surnames recorded in Westwick in 1881

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

ADDISON (6)  BAINBRIDGE (3)  BEADLE (1)  BYERS (1)  BELL (1)  BAISTER (1)  BROWN (9)  CRAGGS (1)  DIXON (1)  GEORGE (1)  HALL (10)  LAYFIELD (1)  LITTLE (1)  LITTLEFAIR (3)  LONGSTAFF (1)  LOWES (5)  MICHIE (1)  MILLER (1)  MOSES (3)  MURRAY (2)  NEASHAM (6)  SANDERS (1)  SHAW (6)  SMITH (1)  STODDART (4)  WEARMOUTH (1)  WHITE (2)