Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mainsforth, County Durham

Mainsforth 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
BARRY76.1404339.81
BARNES76.140451.02
MIDDLETON65.2632100.33
BINKS65.2632895.52
JOHNSON65.263215.67
CARR65.263272.90
HOPPER54.3860306.75
ALLERTON54.38601,923.08
SHEPPARD54.3860126.58
STACEY54.3860195.31
SNARE54.38605,555.56
BELL32.631614.01
PEARSON21.754415.11
PURVIS21.7544181.82
FENWICK21.7544134.23
THOMPSON10.87722.93
HARDY10.877214.64
ETHERINGTON10.8772116.28
HENDERSON10.87728.07
SHAW10.87724.78
HAMMOND10.877215.41
PATTERSON10.877225.19
LONSDALE10.8772105.26
WADE10.877221.93
JACKSON10.87723.14
ARMSTRONG10.877211.48
HARRISON10.87723.95
NICHOLLS10.877216.81
BLACKBURN10.877223.26
LEE10.87725.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SNARE0.111145555.5556
ALLERTON0.111141923.0769
BINKS0.11114895.5224
BARRY0.11114339.8058
HOPPER0.11114306.7485
STACEY0.11114195.3125
PURVIS0.11114181.8182
FENWICK0.11114134.2282
SHEPPARD0.11114126.5823
ETHERINGTON0.11114116.2791
LONSDALE0.11114105.2632
MIDDLETON0.11114100.3344
CARR0.1111472.9040
BARNES0.1111451.0204
PATTERSON0.1111425.1889
BLACKBURN0.1111423.2558
WADE0.1111421.9298
NICHOLLS0.1111416.8067
JOHNSON0.1111415.6658
HAMMOND0.1111415.4083
PEARSON0.1111415.1057
HARDY0.1111414.6413
BELL0.1111414.0056
ARMSTRONG0.1111411.4811
HENDERSON0.111148.0710
LEE0.111145.3677
SHAW0.111144.7755
HARRISON0.111143.9510
JACKSON0.111143.1387
THOMPSON0.111142.9283

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 114 people called SNARE in Mainsforth 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 5555.5556 in Mainsforth means that 5555.5556% of the people in Mainsforth on census day were called SNARE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SNARE 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 SNARE 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 SNARE 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 SNARE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Mainsforth means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SNARE in Mainsforth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mainsforth in 1881

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

ALLERTON (5)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BARNES (7)  BAYSTON (1)  BELL (3)  BARRY (7)  BINKS (6)  BLACKBURN (1)  BOVILL (2)  CARR (6)  CAVOISION (1)  CRATHORNE (2)  ETHERINGTON (1)  FENWICK (2)  FENNA (6)  FIRKY (1)  HAILL (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HARDY (1)  HARRISON (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HOPPER (5)  INOIN (4)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (6)  CURBISON (3)  LEE (1)  LIVENBANK (1)  LONSDALE (1)  LUTHEREN (3)  MIDDLETON (6)  NICHOLLS (1)  PATTERSON (1)  PEARSON (2)  PURVIS (2)  SEDGEWICK (1)  SHAW (1)  SHEPPARD (5)  SNARE (5)  STACEY (5)  THOMPSON (1)  WADE (1)  WARNETT (1)