Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitwell House, County Durham

Whitwell House 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
BROWN1410.370415.73
JONES139.62968.50
ENGLISH85.9259314.96
HESLOP75.1852603.45
ELLIOTT64.444452.40
MORRISON53.703747.13
SIMPSON53.703721.18
ROWLES53.7037833.33
WHITE53.703711.52
MORAN53.7037202.43
HOLMES53.703730.41
DEAN42.963042.69
LUKE42.9630305.34
WILKINSON42.963019.42
THOMPSON42.96309.89
THURSBY32.22221,875.00
RAIN32.22221,250.00
WARDELL21.4815370.37
DIXON21.481513.52
SHIELDS21.481595.69
ROBSON21.481522.52
PERCY21.4815158.73
SMITH10.74070.52
SHERWOOD10.740758.14
RICHARDS10.74074.90
COXON10.740797.09
HARRISON10.74073.34
DINNING10.7407333.33
CARR10.740710.27
FAIRLESS10.7407370.37
DOWSON10.7407135.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THURSBY0.141351875.0000
RAIN0.141351250.0000
ROWLES0.14135833.3333
HESLOP0.14135603.4483
FAIRLESS0.14135370.3704
WARDELL0.14135370.3704
DINNING0.14135333.3333
ENGLISH0.14135314.9606
LUKE0.14135305.3435
MORAN0.14135202.4291
PERCY0.14135158.7302
DOWSON0.14135135.1351
COXON0.1413597.0874
SHIELDS0.1413595.6938
SHERWOOD0.1413558.1395
ELLIOTT0.1413552.4017
MORRISON0.1413547.1254
DEAN0.1413542.6894
HOLMES0.1413530.4136
ROBSON0.1413522.5225
SIMPSON0.1413521.1775
WILKINSON0.1413519.4175
BROWN0.1413515.7321
DIXON0.1413513.5227
WHITE0.1413511.5234
CARR0.1413510.2669
THOMPSON0.141359.8912
JONES0.141358.5028
RICHARDS0.141354.9044
HARRISON0.141353.3367
SMITH0.141350.5246

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 135 people called THURSBY in Whitwell House 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 1875.0000 in Whitwell House means that 1875.0000% of the people in Whitwell House on census day were called THURSBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THURSBY 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 THURSBY 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 THURSBY 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 THURSBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Whitwell House means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THURSBY in Whitwell House than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitwell House in 1881

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

BROWN (14)  CARR (1)  COXON (1)  CRAGGS (5)  DEAN (4)  DINNING (1)  DIXON (2)  DOWSON (1)  ELLIOTT (6)  FAIRLESS (1)  HARRISON (1)  HESLOP (7)  HOLMES (5)  ENGLISH (8)  JONES (13)  LUKE (4)  MORAN (5)  MORRISON (5)  PERCY (2)  RAIN (3)  RAMSHAW (2)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBSON (2)  ROWLES (5)  SHERWOOD (1)  SHIELDS (2)  SIMPSON (5)  SMITH (1)  THOMPSON (4)  THURSBY (3)  WARDELL (2)  WEIGHILL (9)  WHITE (5)  WILKINSON (4)