Top surnames from the 1881 census in Old Park, County Durham

Old Park 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
HUGHES343.703713.22
SMITH252.72331.93
WALTON212.287632.50
OGDEN202.178677.07
STEPHENSON192.069736.18
WATSON171.85197.98
HODGSON141.525122.01
JOHNSON141.52514.54
WILLIAMS141.52512.12
THOMPSON131.41614.73
BURTON131.416116.62
PEARSON121.307211.25
WILSON121.30722.85
ROBSON121.307219.86
JOYCE111.198348.80
GRAHAM111.198310.44
DAVIES101.08932.14
DOWNEY101.0893154.08
FEATHERSTONE101.0893121.07
DODDS90.980446.58
WOOD90.98043.08
SMURTHWAITE90.9804656.93
EAGLE90.9804176.82
JACKSON90.98043.51
PRICE90.98045.60
HAWLEY80.871589.19
ELAND80.8715761.90
WALLS80.871572.46
MARLEY80.8715150.09
BARKER80.87156.66
SANDERSON80.871521.10
HOLMES80.87157.16
HENDERSON80.87158.02
BULMAN80.8715239.52
TAYLOR80.87151.36
DACK80.8715283.69
DAVISON70.762521.33
RICHARDSON70.76254.48
GREENWELL70.7625232.56
TWEDDLE70.7625221.52
EDGAR70.762549.54
WALKER70.76252.28
FRANKLIN70.762522.97
ROGERSON70.762561.95
MOON70.762536.16
BARRON60.653642.22
DUNBAR60.653656.87
FRANCIS60.653610.97
EVANS60.65361.50
HARDY60.653610.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WORTHEY0.929181666.6667
ELAND0.92918761.9048
SMURTHWAITE0.92918656.9343
GARTLAND0.92918465.1163
EALAND0.92918322.5806
DACK0.92918283.6879
PENTLAND0.92918272.7273
BULMAN0.92918239.5210
GREENWELL0.92918232.5581
TWEDDLE0.92918221.5190
SUTCH0.92918217.3913
EAGLE0.92918176.8173
DOWNEY0.92918154.0832
MARLEY0.92918150.0938
CURTIN0.92918138.8889
RODDAM0.92918136.9863
BERTRAM0.92918136.6743
RANSON0.92918132.1586
FEATHERSTONE0.92918121.0654
KELL0.92918108.9918
HAWKIN0.92918101.0101
EVAN0.9291895.2381
SHOTTON0.9291894.3396
BINKS0.9291892.2509
HAWLEY0.9291889.1862
SIMON0.9291882.7815
OGDEN0.9291877.0713
CLOSE0.9291874.9064
WALLS0.9291872.4638
ROGERSON0.9291861.9469
DOWSON0.9291859.7610
DUNBAR0.9291856.8720
EDGAR0.9291849.5400
MILNES0.9291849.3827
USHER0.9291849.3583
JOYCE0.9291848.8021
HIGH0.9291848.1928
DODDS0.9291846.5839
BARRON0.9291842.2238
IVESON0.9291838.3142
STEPHENSON0.9291836.1767
MOON0.9291836.1570
WALTON0.9291832.5027
PEEL0.9291830.3398
FRANKLIN0.9291822.9659
CURRY0.9291822.8137
BRADBURY0.9291822.6244
MADDISON0.9291822.2469
HODGSON0.9291822.0057
DAVISON0.9291821.3285

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 918 people called WORTHEY in Old Park 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 1666.6667 in Old Park means that 1666.6667% of the people in Old Park on census day were called WORTHEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WORTHEY 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 WORTHEY 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 WORTHEY 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 WORTHEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.92 in Old Park means that you are 0.92 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WORTHEY in Old Park than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Old Park in 1881

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

EALAND (1)  ELAND (8)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINSON (3)  BARKER (8)  BARRON (6)  BELLISS (3)  BELL (2)  BENTLEY (ELWEN) (10)  BERTRAM (6)  BEST (2)  BINKS (5)  BIRBECK (5)  BOWES (HUGHES) (6)  BRADBURY (6)  BRADLEY (5)  BRANDLING (4)  BROADLEY (8)  BROWN (1)  BULLOCK (1)  BULMAN (8)  BURTON (13)  CLARK (1)  CLEMINSON (1)  CLOSE (6)  COOPER (5)  CORFIELD (1)  COURTLEY (10)  CURRY (3)  CUTLER (1)  DACK (8)  DAVISON (7)  DAVIES (10)  DAWSON (1)  DIXON (3)  DODDS (9)  DOWNEY (10)  DOWSON (3)  DUNBAR (6)  DUNN (1)  EAGLE (9)  EDGAR (7)  EGGLESTONE (8)  ELLIOT (2)  ELWEN (5)  EVANS (6)  EVAN (1)  FEATHERSTONE (10)  FORSTER (1)  FRANCIS (6)  FRANKLIN (7)  GARTLAND (4)  GOULD (2)  GRAHAM (11)  GREENWELL (7)  GRIFFITHS (1)  GROCOCK (4)  HECKLEY (9)  HANSON (6)  HARDY (6)  HARRISON (1)  HAWKIN (2)  HAWLEY (8)  HENDERSON (8)  HEPPLE (7)  HEWITSON (2)  HIGH (2)  HODGSON (14)  HOLMES (8)  HUDSON (5)  HUGHES (34)  HUNTER (6)  INGAM (6)  IVESON (1)  JACKSON (9)  JAMES (1)  JENNINGS (4)  JOBLING (2)  JOHNSON (14)  JONES (6)  JOYCE (11)  KELL (4)  KIRBY (6)  CURTIN (1)  LEWIS (5)  MADDISON (2)  MARLEY (8)  MC DOWELL (1)  MC GEE (10)  MC LEOD (9)  MIDDLETON (5)  MILLER (1)  MILLIM (5)  MILNES (4)  MOON (7)  NATTRASS (6)  NAISBETT (6)  NYMER (1)  OGDEN (20)  OGLEBY (5)  ORRISS (2)  OVERSBY (12)  OWENS (1)  PALLENT (1)  PARKIN (4)  PARKINSON (4)  PEARSON (12)  PEEL (5)  PENTLAND (3)  PRAIGLE (2)  PRICE (9)  QUICKMIRE (1)  RANCROFT (3)  RANSON (6)  RICHARDSON (7)  RITCHIE (5)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (12)  RODDAM (1)  ROGERSON (7)  ROE (2)  SANDERSON (8)  SHOTTON (3)  SIMON (5)  SIMS (3)  SLATER (4)  SMITH (25)  SMURTHWAITE (9)  STEPHENSON (19)  STOBBART (2)  STONEBANKS (6)  STUBBS (1)  SUTCH (2)  SWINBANKS (7)  SWINBURNE (5)  SWINBURN (2)  TALLANTIRE (6)  TAYLOR (8)  THOMAS (6)  THOMPSON (13)  TIMMS (1)  TWEDDLE (7)  USHER (5)  WALKER (7)  WALLS (8)  WALTON (21)  WATSON (17)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMS (14)  WILSON (12)  WOOD (9)  WORTHEY (6)  YOUNG (5)