Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shincliffe, County Durham

Shincliffe 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
ALDERSON242.4742178.31
GREENWELL151.5464471.70
LOWE141.443319.25
WILKINSON141.44339.46
DAVISON141.443340.37
YOUNG141.44336.72
CLOUGH121.237155.40
JOHNSON121.23713.68
SMITH121.23710.88
COXON121.2371161.94
THOMPSON111.13403.79
KAYE111.134075.65
WATFORD111.1340846.15
ROBSON111.134017.23
MITCHELL101.03095.08
BLACKBURN101.030927.34
SHARP90.927811.13
REDSHAW90.9278311.42
MAUGHAN90.9278166.05
BROOKE90.927862.28
FORD90.92789.53
WILLIS90.927817.45
DUFFY90.927842.47
RAGAN90.9278566.04
PINDER90.927876.99
ILLINGWORTH90.927881.97
HORNER90.927848.75
DOUGLAS90.927819.15
HALL90.92783.15
MADDEN90.9278107.27
PEELE90.92781,875.00
COWENS80.8247963.86
METCALF80.824740.73
HARDY80.824713.77
MAIN80.824750.38
SHERWOOD80.824764.72
PATTINSON70.721680.65
BEST70.721626.78
HODGSON70.721610.41
BATES70.721611.34
HARRISON70.72163.25
WALTON70.721610.25
BRANNEN70.7216614.04
MORRISON70.72169.18
SEYMOUR70.721635.30
MURRAY70.72165.82
EASTWOOD70.721630.51
PATTISON70.721645.34
REED70.72169.89
REAY70.721683.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROAM0.9797010000.0000
PEELE0.979701875.0000
GOGGINS0.979701818.1818
COWENS0.97970963.8554
WATFORD0.97970846.1538
MURROW0.97970731.7073
DEMSEY0.97970714.2857
TIMBER0.97970714.2857
BRANNEN0.97970614.0351
RAGAN0.97970566.0377
DOCKRAY0.97970526.3158
GREENWELL0.97970471.6981
MALIA0.97970461.5385
STABLER0.97970359.2814
BOUCH0.97970347.8261
COIL0.97970312.5000
REDSHAW0.97970311.4187
MOSSMAN0.97970287.3563
CORRY0.97970264.5503
FAIRBANK0.97970230.4147
CONN0.97970225.5639
BALLAM0.97970206.1856
ALDERSON0.97970178.3061
MAUGHAN0.97970166.0517
COXON0.97970161.9433
JANSON0.97970126.5823
GAVIN0.97970125.0000
BLACKETT0.97970107.8167
MADDEN0.97970107.2706
CRAPP0.97970106.3830
BLACKLOCK0.9797097.0874
REAY0.9797083.1354
ILLINGWORTH0.9797081.9672
PATTINSON0.9797080.6452
BRITTEN0.9797077.7202
PINDER0.9797076.9889
GAMMON0.9797076.6284
REDHEAD0.9797075.9013
KAYE0.9797075.6534
DARNELL0.9797072.2022
ROWNTREE0.9797069.9301
SHERWOOD0.9797064.7249
BROOKE0.9797062.2837
MURTON0.9797060.9756
HESLOP0.9797060.0962
CORNER0.9797056.7376
CLOUGH0.9797055.4017
LOWER0.9797054.3478
MAIN0.9797050.3778
RAINE0.9797049.5050

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 970 people called ROAM in Shincliffe 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 10000.0000 in Shincliffe means that 10000.0000% of the people in Shincliffe on census day were called ROAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROAM 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 ROAM 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 ROAM 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 ROAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.97 in Shincliffe means that you are 0.97 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROAM in Shincliffe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shincliffe in 1881

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

ADAMSON (3)  ALDERSON (24)  ANDERSON (5)  APPLETON (4)  ARMSTRONG (3)  ATKINSON (3)  BALL (2)  BALLAM (2)  BARKER (3)  BARRET (1)  BARTON (3)  BATES (7)  BEAN (1)  BELL (1)  BEST (7)  BURKE (1)  BLACKBURN (10)  BLACKETT (4)  BLACKLOCK (4)  BLENKINSOPP (5)  BOLAM (1)  BURDON (1)  BRANNEN (7)  BRITTEN (3)  BROOKE (9)  BROPHYY (6)  BROWN (6)  BRIAN (1)  BOUCH (4)  BULMAIN (2)  CONN (6)  CARR (4)  CARSS (6)  CLOUGH (12)  COLE (3)  COLLINSON (1)  CONNER (1)  COOKE (2)  COOK (1)  COOPER (1)  CORBURY (1)  CORNER (4)  CORRY (5)  COSKER (5)  COWENS (8)  COWELL (5)  COXON (12)  CRAPP (1)  CRAIG (4)  CRAWFORD (3)  CURRY (4)  DARNELL (2)  DAVISON (14)  DEMSEY (1)  DINNING (1)  DOCKING (1)  DOCKRAY (6)  DODDS (4)  DONGLAS (1)  DOUGLAS (9)  DUFFY (9)  DUNN (1)  EASTWOOD (7)  ELLIS (4)  FAIRBANK (5)  FALLONS (2)  FERENS (2)  FLETCHER (2)  FORD (9)  FRANCIS (1)  FRENCH (6)  GAMMON (4)  GARDENER (3)  GATRICK (3)  GATISS (3)  GAVIN (6)  GIFFORD (4)  GOFFINS (1)  GOGGINS (4)  GOODMAN (1)  GOUNDRY (9)  GOWLAND (2)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (2)  GREENWELL (15)  GUSTARD (13)  HABRON (1)  HALL (9)  HANDMURCH (1)  MC HAN (1)  HARDY (8)  HARRISON (7)  HENDERSON (6)  HESLOP (5)  HIGGINS (4)  HINDMARCH (1)  HOBSON (2)  HODGKINSON (1)  HODGSON (7)  HOLLINWOOD (1)  HORNER (9)  HOWE (1)  MC QUE (4)  HUNTER (2)  HUNWICK (1)  ILLINGWORTH (9)  URWIN (1)  JACKSON (6)  JANSON (2)  JOHNSON (12)  KAYE (11)  KELLET (1)  KELLEY (5)  KELLY (1)  KELSALL (1)  COIL (1)  LAING (4)  LIDDLE (1)  LONGTHEW (1)  LOVE (2)  LOWE (14)  LOWER (1)  LYNCH (4)  MADDEN (9)  MAIN (8)  MARSHALL (1)  MURTON (2)  MARWOOD (1)  MASON (1)  MAUGHAN (9)  MC DERMOT (1)  MCKEWON (9)  MC KEAN (6)  MEAD (2)  MALIA (3)  METCALF (8)  MIDDLETON (4)  MILLER (1)  MITCHELL (10)  MOODY (5)  MORAN (4)  MORRISON (7)  MOSS (3)  MOSSMAN (5)  MULLEN (1)  MULLINS (1)  MURROW (3)  MURRAY (7)  HOLD (2)  OLIVER (2)  PATTINSON (7)  PATTISON (7)  PATTIISON (1)  PEACOCK (4)  PEELE (9)  PINDER (9)  POOL (1)  PRICE (1)  PUNSHON (1)  REAY (7)  RAINE (4)  REDHEAD (4)  REDSHAW (9)  RAGAN (9)  REED (7)  RENINGTON (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIPPON (1)  ROAM (3)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (11)  ROSS (4)  ROWNTREE (2)  RUSSEL (3)  RUSSELL (2)  SALMON (4)  SANDERSON (5)  SEYMOUR (7)  SHARP (9)  SHERWOOD (8)  SIMMONS (6)  SIMPSON (3)  SMITH (12)  SMURTHWATER (12)  SNAITH (10)  SNOWDON (2)  SPARKES (2)  SPEDDING (12)  STABLER (6)  STEPHENSON (3)  STEWARD (1)  STORY (1)  STOREY (1)  SUMMERBELL (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TERRY (1)  THOMPSON (11)  TIMBER (1)  TINDALE (9)  TREDDNICK (3)  WALKER (1)  WALLACE (1)  WALTON (7)  WATFORD (11)  WATSON (2)  WAUGH (1)  WHITE (5)  WHITFIELD (2)  WILKINSON (14)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WILLIS (9)  WILSON (6)  WOODS (1)  WRIGHT (5)  WYLEY (2)  YOUNG (14)