Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whessoe, County Durham

Whessoe 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
HOGG135.0781140.54
GATES93.5156227.27
YATES93.515651.17
THOMPSON93.515611.74
LEWIS93.515613.37
GREENLAND93.51561,111.11
YARROW93.51561,800.00
FIELDING83.1250139.86
ROBSON83.125047.48
ATKINSON72.734428.08
WHARTON72.7344194.99
RAINE62.3438281.69
HOWE62.343859.70
HODGSON62.343833.82
ROBINSON51.95316.13
MARREN51.95313,571.43
HARRISON51.95318.80
JACKSON51.95316.99
EVANS51.95314.47
HENDERSON51.953117.97
WILLIAMS41.56252.18
TURNBULL41.562537.07
GREGORY41.562522.27
RAFF41.562510,000.00
WALTON41.562522.20
BRUNTON31.1719149.25
GLADWIN31.1719312.50
BELL31.17196.24
STOBBS31.1719405.41
VICKERS20.781330.44
THOMAS20.78131.89
SCOTT20.78133.09
LOCKEY20.7813327.87
CORNER20.7813107.53
GILL20.781311.04
MITCHELL20.78133.85
DALE20.781318.48
KAY20.781315.04
HUDSON10.39064.77
WATSON10.39061.68
NIGHTINGALE10.390623.20
DAWSON10.39063.54
CROSBY10.390633.00
LEE10.39062.39
BURNSIDE10.3906111.11
WARD10.39061.79
NEWTON10.39065.10
DANIALS10.390610,000.00
TAYLER10.390670.92
LAING10.390619.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DANIALS0.2625610000.0000
RAFF0.2625610000.0000
MARREN0.262563571.4286
YARROW0.262561800.0000
GREENLAND0.262561111.1111
STOBBS0.26256405.4054
LOCKEY0.26256327.8689
GLADWIN0.26256312.5000
RAINE0.26256281.6901
GATES0.26256227.2727
WHARTON0.26256194.9861
BRUNTON0.26256149.2537
HOGG0.26256140.5405
FIELDING0.26256139.8601
BURNSIDE0.26256111.1111
CORNER0.26256107.5269
TAYLER0.2625670.9220
HOWE0.2625659.7015
YATES0.2625651.1654
ROBSON0.2625647.4777
TURNBULL0.2625637.0714
HODGSON0.2625633.8219
CROSBY0.2625633.0033
FRANKS0.2625631.3480
VICKERS0.2625630.4414
BURN0.2625629.0698
ATKINSON0.2625628.0786
HUTCHISON0.2625623.7530
NIGHTINGALE0.2625623.2019
GREGORY0.2625622.2717
WALTON0.2625622.1976
HORNER0.2625620.5339
LAING0.2625619.4553
DALE0.2625618.4843
HENDERSON0.2625617.9662
KAY0.2625615.0376
LEWIS0.2625613.3710
THOMPSON0.2625611.7356
GILL0.2625611.0436
HARRISON0.262568.7982
JACKSON0.262566.9891
BARBER0.262566.4893
BELL0.262566.2357
ROBINSON0.262566.1252
NEWTON0.262565.0968
HUDSON0.262564.7710
EVANS0.262564.4695
MITCHELL0.262563.8513
DIXON0.262563.5651
DAWSON0.262563.5436

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 256 people called DANIALS in Whessoe 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 Whessoe means that 10000.0000% of the people in Whessoe on census day were called DANIALS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DANIALS 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 DANIALS 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 DANIALS 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 DANIALS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Whessoe means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DANIALS in Whessoe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whessoe in 1881

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

ATKINSON (7)  BARBER (1)  BELL (3)  BRUNTON (3)  BURN (1)  BURNSIDE (1)  CLARK (1)  CORNER (2)  CROSBY (1)  DAKEY (1)  DALE (2)  DANIALS (1)  DAWSON (1)  DIXON (1)  EVANS (5)  FIELDING (8)  FRANKS (1)  GARBUT (3)  GATES (9)  GIBSON (1)  GILL (2)  GLADWIN (3)  GREENLAND (9)  GREGORY (4)  HARRISON (5)  HENDERSON (5)  HODGSON (6)  HOGG (13)  HORNER (1)  HOWE (6)  HUDSON (1)  HUTCHISON (1)  JACKSON (5)  KAY (2)  LAING (1)  LEE (1)  LEWIS (9)  LITTLEFAIR (5)  LOCKEY (2)  MAUGHON (4)  MITCHELL (2)  MARREN (5)  NADDINGS (3)  NEWTON (1)  NIGHTINGALE (1)  OXBERRY (2)  RAINE (6)  ROBINSON (5)  ROBSON (8)  RAFF (4)  SCOTT (2)  SAWERBY (2)  STOBBS (3)  TAYLOUR (11)  TAYLER (1)  THOMAS (2)  THOMPSON (9)  TURNBULL (4)  VICKERS (2)  WALTON (4)  WARD (1)  WARDEL (10)  WATSON (1)  WHARTON (7)  WILLIAMS (4)  YARROW (9)  YATES (9)