Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cocken, County Durham

Cocken 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
WILLIS346.2615117.77
BELL203.683219.60
LOWERY152.7624847.46
WILSON122.20994.81
ANDERSON112.025810.26
LAWSON101.841631.24
GRAINGER101.8416119.76
VASEY91.6575466.32
CHARLTON91.657557.84
ROBSON91.657525.18
WHEELER81.473324.40
SEYMOUR81.473372.07
LOWREY81.4733776.70
GALLEY81.4733412.37
BOLTON81.473334.22
HARTIS81.473326,666.67
HUTCHINSON81.473325.93
TAYLOR71.28912.02
JOHNSON71.28913.84
HEAL71.2891242.21
TAIT71.289143.78
HEPWORTH71.2891113.09
LIDDELL71.2891140.56
DUFFY71.289159.02
STANDISH61.1050566.04
LEE61.10506.76
GREEN61.10503.92
HALL61.10503.76
CURRY61.105077.12
MIDDLETON50.920817.54
COCKERILL50.9208190.84
BOWMAN50.920835.26
JACKSON50.92083.29
LAWTON50.920835.71
TRIPPET50.92088,333.33
HILL50.92083.62
HARRISON40.73663.32
HUNTER40.73667.17
WISEMAN40.736653.62
BAINBRIDGE40.736652.42
HALLIWELL40.736666.34
MOWBRAY40.7366176.99
BROWN40.73661.12
ELLIOTT40.73668.68
DOBIN40.73664,000.00
DEIGHTON30.5525110.29
GRIFFITH30.552516.96
ERRINGTON30.552599.01
SHIPLEY30.552562.50
GILMOUR20.368326.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARTIS0.5454326666.6667
TRIPPET0.545438333.3333
DOBIN0.545434000.0000
BRINES0.545432500.0000
VAN0.545431538.4615
LOWERY0.54543847.4576
LOWREY0.54543776.6990
OLEY0.54543769.2308
STANDISH0.54543566.0377
BYERLEY0.54543555.5556
VASEY0.54543466.3212
GALLEY0.54543412.3711
HEAL0.54543242.2145
COCKERILL0.54543190.8397
MOWBRAY0.54543176.9912
LIDDELL0.54543140.5622
GRAINGER0.54543119.7605
WILLIS0.54543117.7693
HEPWORTH0.54543113.0856
DEIGHTON0.54543110.2941
ERRINGTON0.5454399.0099
CURRY0.5454377.1208
FORTH0.5454375.1880
SEYMOUR0.5454372.0721
HALLIWELL0.5454366.3350
SHIPLEY0.5454362.5000
DUFFY0.5454359.0219
CHARLTON0.5454357.8406
OGLE0.5454357.4713
WISEMAN0.5454353.6193
BAINBRIDGE0.5454352.4246
TAIT0.5454343.7774
URWIN0.5454340.4858
DARLING0.5454338.4615
LAWTON0.5454335.7143
BOWMAN0.5454335.2609
QUIN0.5454334.3643
BOLTON0.5454334.2173
KITCHING0.5454331.7460
LAWSON0.5454331.2402
GILMOUR0.5454326.0417
HUTCHINSON0.5454325.9319
ROBSON0.5454325.1819
WHEELER0.5454324.3977
BULMER0.5454323.2558
MILBURN0.5454320.6186
BELL0.5454319.6002
MIDDLETON0.5454317.5377
GRIFFITH0.5454316.9587
HETHERINGTON0.5454314.6199

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 543 people called HARTIS in Cocken 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 26666.6667 in Cocken means that 26666.6667% of the people in Cocken on census day were called HARTIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARTIS 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 HARTIS 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 HARTIS 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 HARTIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.54 in Cocken means that you are 0.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARTIS in Cocken than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cocken in 1881

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

ALDERSON (1)  ANDERSON (11)  BAINBRIDGE (4)  BELL (20)  BELL (STANDISH) (4)  BLALEY (1)  BOLTON (8)  BOWMAN (5)  BRINES (1)  BROWN (4)  BULMER (1)  BUTCHU... (1)  BYERLEY (1)  CHARLTON (9)  COCKERILL (5)  CRAKE (5)  CHRISOP (6)  CURRY (6)  DARLING (2)  DEIGHTON (3)  DEVERIX (4)  DOBIN (4)  DUFFY (7)  ELLIOTT (4)  ERRINGTON (3)  FORTH (1)  FAWKES (4)  GALLEY (8)  GILMOUR (2)  GOWLAND (10)  GRAINGER (10)  GREEN (6)  GRIFFITH (3)  HALL (6)  HALLIWELL (4)  HARRISON (4)  HARTIS (8)  HEAL (7)  HEATH (1)  HEPPLE (4)  HEPWORTH (7)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HEWITSON (11)  HILL (5)  HOLT (2)  HUNTER (4)  HUTCHINSON (8)  INGLEDEN (2)  INGLEDEW (3)  URWIN (1)  JACKSON (5)  JOHNSON (7)  KITCHING (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LOWREY (8)  LOWERY (15)  LAWSON (10)  LAWTON (5)  LEYBOURN (6)  LEE (6)  LIDDELL (7)  LIGHTON (1)  LOWERSON (10)  LYONS (1)  MASON (2)  MC CAFFERTY (8)  DONALD (1)  MC KEAG (3)  MIDDLETON (5)  MILBURN (1)  MOWBRAY (4)  MUSKELLS (2)  MUSKELLS ? (1)  MC GRAIL (4)  NELSON (1)  OGLE (1)  OLIVER (2)  OLEY (1)  PATTERSON (1)  PINNLETT (4)  PUNTON (8)  QUIN (2)  RAINDEN (ROBSON) (2)  RAMSHAW (8)  ROBINSON (2)  ROBSON (9)  SEYMOUR (8)  SHIPLEY (3)  SILCOCK (5)  SMITH (2)  SNAITH (5)  STAINTHORPE (6)  STANDISH (6)  STEWART (1)  STOKOE (2)  STUDHAM (7)  TAIT (7)  TAYLOR (7)  TRIPPET (5)  TURNBULL (2)  VAN (2)  VASEY (9)  WALKER (2)  WILSHAW (1)  WELSH (1)  WHEELER (8)  WIFFIN (5)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIS (34)  WILSON (12)  WISEMAN (4)