Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wolviston, County Durham

Wolviston 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
JAMISON223.63641,818.18
WATSON162.644611.40
WILSON152.47935.40
THOMPSON142.31407.72
SMITH132.14881.52
MOOR132.1488153.30
ATKINSON111.818218.67
LINSLEY111.81821,195.65
ROBINSON91.48764.67
BROWN91.48762.26
APPLEBY91.487691.09
BENSON91.487654.88
HALE81.322336.85
KENT81.322331.38
TOMLINSON81.322328.67
SHARKEY81.3223579.71
DOBSON81.322329.97
HUSBAND81.3223226.63
LAX81.3223689.66
HARRISON71.15705.21
WALKER71.15703.46
HANDLEY71.157068.56
REYNARD60.9917594.06
WALKINGTON60.9917833.33
CARTWRIGHT60.991726.02
PICKARD60.991771.09
BLAKE60.991720.48
FAWCETT60.991751.28
LAMB60.991718.80
FLETCHER60.99178.69
ARROWSMITH60.9917127.93
BLAIR60.991738.27
SIMPSON50.82644.73
ARMSTRONG50.826410.81
COLMAN50.826488.81
HASWELL50.8264255.10
DOWSON50.8264151.06
TULLEY50.8264400.00
ADDISON50.826459.74
YOUNG50.82643.85
DAVISON50.826423.12
SEENEY50.82641,851.85
GIBSON40.66125.45
LISHMAN40.6612322.58
ALDERSON40.661247.68
MIDDLETON40.661212.59
BATTLE40.6612216.22
CORNER40.661290.91
STOTHARD40.6612298.51
CAVANAGH30.495965.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CAMBEL0.6160515000.0000
TOMILSON0.616052500.0000
MCCAFFERY0.616052000.0000
SEENEY0.616051851.8519
JAMISON0.616051818.1818
FINKLE0.616051250.0000
LINSLEY0.616051195.6522
WALKINGTON0.61605833.3333
LAX0.61605689.6552
CADDEN0.61605625.0000
OYSTON0.61605600.0000
REYNARD0.61605594.0594
SHARKEY0.61605579.7101
PLAIN0.61605487.8049
TULLEY0.61605400.0000
LISHMAN0.61605322.5806
MCMAHON0.61605303.0303
DUN0.61605303.0303
STOTHARD0.61605298.5075
TOPPER0.61605294.1176
HUNTON0.61605263.1579
HASWELL0.61605255.1020
STACK0.61605241.9355
HUSBAND0.61605226.6289
BATTLE0.61605216.2162
HUDSPETH0.61605175.4386
PORRITT0.61605175.4386
ROWNTREE0.61605168.5393
BOLAND0.61605168.0672
HANKIN0.61605161.2903
MOOR0.61605153.3019
POUNDER0.61605151.5152
DOWSON0.61605151.0574
ARROWSMITH0.61605127.9318
APPLEBY0.6160591.0931
CORNER0.6160590.9091
COLMAN0.6160588.8099
MORROW0.6160581.3008
PICKARD0.6160571.0900
HANDLEY0.6160568.5602
CAVANAGH0.6160565.7895
HIRD0.6160564.2398
ADDISON0.6160559.7372
MADDEN0.6160557.3614
REAY0.6160557.1429
KITCHING0.6160556.9801
BENSON0.6160554.8780
MUSGRAVE0.6160554.6448
FAWCETT0.6160551.2821
ALDERSON0.6160547.6758

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 605 people called CAMBEL in Wolviston 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 Wolviston means that 15000.0000% of the people in Wolviston on census day were called CAMBEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CAMBEL 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 CAMBEL 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 CAMBEL 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 CAMBEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.61 in Wolviston means that you are 0.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CAMBEL in Wolviston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wolviston in 1881

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

ACKROYD (1)  ACOMB (5)  ADDISON (5)  ALDERSON (4)  ANDERSON (2)  ANLDERSON (1)  APPLEBY (9)  ARMSTRONG (5)  ARROWSMITH (6)  ATKINSON (11)  BARBER (2)  BARKER (3)  BARLOW (1)  BARTON (2)  BEACH (1)  BENJAMIN (1)  BENSON (9)  BEST (1)  BATTLE (4)  BLAKE (6)  BLAIR (6)  BOISTON (3)  BOLAM (2)  BOLAND (2)  BOOTH (1)  BROUGHTON (3)  BROWN (9)  BURRELL (3)  CADDEN (2)  CAMBEL (3)  CARROLL (2)  CARTWRIGHT (6)  CAVENY (1)  CAVANAGH (3)  CAYGILL (1)  CHRISHTON (1)  COLMAN (5)  COLLINS (1)  CORNER (4)  COUSSONS (7)  CROSBY (1)  CUTHBERT (1)  DAVISON (5)  DICKINSON (3)  DIXON (3)  DOBBING (1)  DOBSON (8)  DOWSON (5)  DUN (2)  DUNN (1)  EADE (1)  EGAN (1)  ELCOTE (1)  ELLOIOTT (1)  ELSTOB (8)  FAWCETT (6)  FINKLE (2)  FLETCHER (6)  FLOOD (1)  FLOWERS (2)  FLINN (1)  FOSTER (1)  GAMAN (1)  GARDINER (2)  GARNETT (1)  GIBBON (1)  GIBSON (4)  GLOVER (1)  GORDON (2)  GRAY (1)  GRIFFORDY (1)  HALE (8)  HANDLEY (7)  HANKIN (3)  HARDY (1)  HARKER (2)  HARLAND (2)  HARRISON (7)  HART (1)  HASWELL (5)  HAIGH (2)  HIRD (3)  HEDLEY (1)  HEWSON (1)  HODGSON (2)  HOLBURN (1)  HOWGEGO (1)  HUDSPETH (1)  HUNTON (2)  HUSBAND (8)  HUTCHINSON (3)  JAMISON (22)  JESTON (1)  JOHNSON (2)  KENT (8)  KILGALON (1)  KITCHING (2)  LAX (8)  LAMB (6)  LAWSON (1)  LISHMAN (4)  LERIE (1)  LILLBURN (1)  LINSLEY (11)  MADDEN (3)  MCMAHON (3)  MALTHOUSE (1)  MC MAMARA (2)  MCCAFFERY (1)  MACDONALD (2)  MELOYE (4)  MIDDLETON (4)  MILLS (1)  MONTHER (1)  MOOR (13)  MORROW (2)  MUSGRAVE (2)  NOCTHAN (1)  KNOWLEN (7)  OYSTON (3)  PARKER (1)  PORRITT (3)  PEACOCK (2)  PICKARD (6)  PLAIN (2)  POUNDER (3)  PROCTER (2)  REAY (3)  REYNARD (6)  REED (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROACH (2)  ROBINSON (9)  ROWNTREE (3)  RUTHERFORD (2)  SCOTSON (10)  SEENEY (5)  SHARKEY (8)  SIMPSON (5)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (13)  SOUTER (1)  SPENCE (2)  SPIERS (1)  STAINTHORPE (3)  STACK (3)  STEVENS (1)  STOCKBURN (2)  STOCKDALE (1)  STOTHARD (4)  SWALWELL (2)  SWINBURNE (3)  TATE (1)  TAYLERSON (3)  THOMPSON (14)  TOMILSON (1)  TOMLINSON (8)  TOPPER (1)  TROTTER (1)  TULLEY (5)  TULLY (1)  TUNNY (5)  WALKER (7)  WARWICK (1)  WATSON (16)  WAISTELL (1)  WHITE (2)  WIDDOWFIELD (1)  WALKINGTON (6)  WILLOUGHBY (1)  WILSON (15)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (5)