Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitton, County Durham

Whitton 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
STEPHENSON304.386076.67
PUGH152.193057.41
WATSON142.04688.82
FLETCHER131.900616.65
ATKINSON131.900619.51
THOMPSON121.75445.86
MOORE121.75448.77
ALLEN111.60828.51
DARBY111.6082100.18
TAYLOR111.60822.51
DIXON91.315812.01
CALLENDER91.3158647.48
ROBINSON81.16963.67
MORROW81.1696286.74
BRADFORD81.169659.97
GALE81.169639.04
ROBERTS81.16963.11
HARPER81.169618.27
BODDY81.1696211.08
WELCH71.023429.11
BROWN71.02341.55
LONSDALE71.0234123.46
CLARKE71.02345.05
DENTON71.023455.69
MARSHALL71.02346.10
BROOM71.023483.04
JACKSON71.02343.66
BELL71.02345.45
DAWSON60.87727.96
SPARKS60.877258.03
BROGAN60.8772259.74
LOWES60.8772151.13
WALKER60.87722.62
GIBBON60.877286.58
BRANNAN60.8772129.59
MORRELL60.877293.31
KIBBLE60.8772291.26
DAVIES60.87721.72
SNOWBALL60.8772270.27
HARRISON50.73103.29
CATON50.7310152.44
FITZPATRICK50.731049.95
SOWERBY50.7310135.50
PIPE50.7310164.47
ROSS50.73106.69
MACINTOSH50.7310169.49
LAMBERT50.731013.39
THROPE50.73104,545.45
ISLEY40.58481,333.33
CLOSE40.584867.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THROPE0.686844545.4545
MCGEEVER0.686841666.6667
MCNICHOLAS0.686841666.6667
CRAGAN0.686841428.5714
ISLEY0.686841333.3333
APPLEGARTH0.68684666.6667
CALLENDER0.68684647.4820
CONWELL0.68684434.7826
MCNULTY0.68684408.1633
OGLESBY0.68684352.9412
PINCH0.68684347.8261
KERNS0.68684344.8276
CATTERSON0.68684312.5000
BEARMAN0.68684296.2963
KIBBLE0.68684291.2621
MORROW0.68684286.7384
SNOWBALL0.68684270.2703
BROGAN0.68684259.7403
KIRTLEY0.68684222.2222
BODDY0.68684211.0818
HOYE0.68684204.0816
OYSTON0.68684178.5714
MACINTOSH0.68684169.4915
PIPE0.68684164.4737
CATON0.68684152.4390
LOWES0.68684151.1335
HARBOTTLE0.68684150.3759
REDSHAW0.68684147.7833
SOWERBY0.68684135.5014
FULFORD0.68684131.5789
WHALEY0.68684130.4348
BRANNAN0.68684129.5896
LONSDALE0.68684123.4568
DARBY0.68684100.1821
SMURTHWAITE0.6868498.0392
MORRELL0.6868493.3126
GIBBON0.6868486.5801
BROOM0.6868483.0368
MAN0.6868480.0000
STEPHENSON0.6868476.6675
KITCHIN0.6868468.0272
CLOSE0.6868467.0017
BRADFORD0.6868459.9700
SPARKS0.6868458.0271
PUGH0.6868457.4053
DENTON0.6868455.6881
LEIGHTON0.6868454.3478
FITZPATRICK0.6868449.9500
DARLING0.6868445.8015
GALE0.6868439.0434

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 684 people called THROPE in Whitton 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 4545.4545 in Whitton means that 4545.4545% of the people in Whitton on census day were called THROPE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THROPE 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 THROPE 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 THROPE 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 THROPE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Whitton means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THROPE in Whitton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitton in 1881

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

ALLEN (11)  APPLEGARTH (3)  ATKINSON (13)  BARBER (1)  BURNICLE (3)  BARNES (1)  BAXTOR (ROBERTS) (2)  BELL (7)  BLENKINSOP (12)  BODDY (8)  BRADFORD (8)  BRADY (2)  BRANNAN (6)  BROGAN (6)  BROOM (7)  BROWN (7)  BROWNLESS (12)  BRUCE (1)  BRUNTY (1)  O'BRYAN (2)  BULMUR (2)  BEARMAN (4)  BUSHEL (1)  KERNS (1)  CALLENDER (9)  CALLENDR (1)  CATON (5)  CATTERSON (1)  CLARKE (7)  CLOSE (4)  COLEMAN (1)  CONWELL (1)  COPELAND (1)  COSTOLLO (1)  CRAGAN (1)  DARBY (11)  DARLING (3)  DAVIES (6)  DAVIS (1)  DAWSON (6)  DENTON (7)  DIXON (9)  DOLAN (1)  DOYLE (4)  DUGSON (1)  DUNN (1)  EASBY (6)  EASTON (1)  EASTWOOD (2)  ENDERWICK (7)  FARROW (2)  FAWCETT (1)  FIN (4)  FLETCHER (13)  FORDHAM (1)  FOSTER (1)  FOX (1)  FULFORD (3)  GALE (8)  GALLAGHER (1)  GARDNER (2)  GIBBON (6)  GOLDIER (3)  GOLAND (2)  HALMOND (1)  HANDYSIDES (1)  HARBOTTLE (2)  HARPER (8)  HARRISON (5)  HARTBURN (6)  HEALDS (9)  HIGGINS (2)  HOGGETT (2)  HODGSON (4)  HOLBURN (6)  HOPPER (3)  HOWES (1)  HOYE (1)  HOYLE (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUNTER (1)  INGRAM (4)  IRVING (2)  ISLEY (4)  JACKSON (7)  GAFFREY (6)  JOHN (1)  KIBBLE (6)  KIRTLEY (3)  KITCHIN (1)  LAMB (1)  LAMBERT (5)  LAING (1)  LARVIN (2)  LEIGHTON (4)  LITTLE (1)  LOGAN (1)  LONSDALE (7)  LONDSDALE (6)  LOWERE (4)  LOWES (6)  MAN (1)  MANN (3)  MARSHALL (7)  O'DONNELL (8)  MCGEEVER (1)  MACINTOSH (5)  MCNICHOLAS (1)  MEGEPICE (1)  MILLIGAN (1)  MOORE (12)  MORRELL (6)  MORROW (8)  MOUTRY (5)  O'NEIL (1)  NEWCOMBE (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  NUGENT (1)  MCNULTY (2)  OGLESBY (3)  OLIVER (1)  OWENS (1)  OYSTON (1)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (1)  FITZPATRICK (5)  PAURLING (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARSON (1)  PINCH (4)  PIPE (5)  PRESTON (1)  PRICE (2)  PUGH (15)  REDSHAW (3)  ROACH (1)  ROBERTS (8)  SMITH (ROBERTS) (4)  ROBINSON (8)  ROSS (5)  SCOTT (4)  SCURR (10)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (1)  SMURTHWAITE (1)  SNOWBALL (6)  SOWERBY (5)  SPARKS (6)  SPENCER (1)  STEPHENSON (30)  STEWART (3)  STIBBORD (12)  TAYLOR (11)  THOMPSON (12)  THROPE (5)  TIMNS (1)  TINKLER (1)  TROTTER (1)  TYSON (3)  VARLEY (1)  WALKER (6)  WALL (1)  WHALEY (3)  WATSON (14)  WELCH (7)  WESTWOOD (2)  WILSON (2)  WOODS (1)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHTSON (1)  YOUNG (1)