Top surnames from the 1881 census in Archdeacon Newton, County Durham

Archdeacon Newton 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
WARD712.963059.32
DIXON611.1111101.35
THOMPSON611.111137.08
BECKWORTH59.259316,666.67
BELT47.40746,666.67
WALKER35.555616.59
NEVISON11.85191,666.67
JACKSON11.85196.63
GILL11.851926.18
WADE11.851946.30
BRADLEY11.851923.04
SHEPHERD11.851925.25
LEE11.851911.33
HETHERINGTON11.8519147.06
GARBUTT11.8519256.41
TINKLER11.8519434.78
PYBUS11.8519625.00
KIRTLEY11.8519909.09
GREENWELL11.8519555.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BECKWORTH0.055416666.6667
BELT0.05546666.6667
NEVISON0.05541666.6667
KIRTLEY0.0554909.0909
PYBUS0.0554625.0000
GREENWELL0.0554555.5556
TINKLER0.0554434.7826
GARBUTT0.0554256.4103
HETHERINGTON0.0554147.0588
DIXON0.0554101.3514
WARD0.055459.3220
WADE0.055446.2963
THOMPSON0.055437.0828
GILL0.055426.1780
SHEPHERD0.055425.2525
BRADLEY0.055423.0415
WALKER0.055416.5929
LEE0.055411.3250
JACKSON0.05546.6269

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 54 people called BECKWORTH in Archdeacon Newton 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 16666.6667 in Archdeacon Newton means that 16666.6667% of the people in Archdeacon Newton on census day were called BECKWORTH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BECKWORTH 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 BECKWORTH 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 BECKWORTH 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 BECKWORTH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Archdeacon Newton means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BECKWORTH in Archdeacon Newton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Archdeacon Newton in 1881

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

BECKWORTH (5)  BELT (4)  BRADLEY (1)  DIXON (6)  GARBUTT (1)  GILL (1)  GREENWELL (1)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HORWORTH (1)  JACKSON (1)  KIRTLEY (1)  LEE (1)  LONGSTAFFE (2)  NESOM (7)  NEVISON (1)  PYBUS (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  THOMPSON (6)  TINKLER (1)  WADE (1)  WALKER (3)  WARD (7)