Top surnames from the 1881 census in Walworth, County Durham

Walworth 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
DAVISON147.6923215.05
DIXON116.044055.17
GRAINGER105.4945357.14
MILLER105.494530.71
HARRISON94.945122.28
WHITAKER84.3956155.64
STEPHENSON84.395676.85
BECK73.8462164.32
NELSON73.846279.37
ROUTLEDGE63.2967387.10
THOMPSON63.296711.01
WALKER63.29679.85
HAW42.1978666.67
PERRY42.197829.90
LAING42.1978109.29
LONGSTAFF42.1978312.50
WEIR42.197884.57
HODGSON42.197831.72
HANKEY42.1978930.23
LISHMAN31.6484810.81
JACKSON21.09893.93
BELL10.54952.92
BEASLEY10.549550.76
GIBSON10.54954.53
CALVERT10.549526.95
HOGG10.549515.22
BECKWORTH10.54951,000.00
ROBINSON10.54951.72
PARKER10.54952.89
GRAHAM10.54954.78
KIRK10.549512.69
BOLLAND10.5495166.67
PYBUS10.5495185.19
GODFREY10.549518.52
WRIGHT10.54951.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BECKWORTH0.181821000.0000
HANKEY0.18182930.2326
LISHMAN0.18182810.8108
HAW0.18182666.6667
ROUTLEDGE0.18182387.0968
GRAINGER0.18182357.1429
LONGSTAFF0.18182312.5000
DAVISON0.18182215.0538
PYBUS0.18182185.1852
BOLLAND0.18182166.6667
BECK0.18182164.3192
WHITAKER0.18182155.6420
LAING0.18182109.2896
WEIR0.1818284.5666
NELSON0.1818279.3651
STEPHENSON0.1818276.8492
DIXON0.1818255.1655
BEASLEY0.1818250.7614
HODGSON0.1818231.7209
MILLER0.1818230.7125
PERRY0.1818229.8954
CALVERT0.1818226.9542
HARRISON0.1818222.2772
GODFREY0.1818218.5185
HOGG0.1818215.2207
KIRK0.1818212.6904
THOMPSON0.1818211.0051
WALKER0.181829.8474
GRAHAM0.181824.7847
GIBSON0.181824.5269
JACKSON0.181823.9324
BELL0.181822.9240
PARKER0.181822.8885
ROBINSON0.181821.7232
WRIGHT0.181821.7126

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 182 people called BECKWORTH in Walworth 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 1000.0000 in Walworth means that 1000.0000% of the people in Walworth on census day were called BECKWORTH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BECKWORTH 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 BECKWORTH 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 BECKWORTH 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 BECKWORTH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Walworth means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BECKWORTH in Walworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Walworth in 1881

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

BEASLEY (1)  BECK (7)  BECKWORTH (1)  BELL (1)  BOLLAND (1)  CALVERT (1)  DAVISON (14)  DIXON (11)  FIRBANK (5)  GIBSON (1)  GODFREY (1)  GOODSAM (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAINGER (10)  HANKEY (4)  HURDY (1)  HARRISON (9)  HAW (4)  HEIGHTHOLME (5)  HEWITSON (8)  HODGSON (4)  HOGG (1)  INGALL (1)  JACKSON (2)  GIGGINS (3)  KIRK (1)  LAING (4)  LISHMAN (3)  LITTLEFAIR (4)  LONGSTAFF (4)  MC GEE (1)  MILLER (10)  MOSSOM (1)  MURRAS (1)  MUYE (1)  NELSON (7)  PARKER (1)  PERRY (4)  PYBUS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROUTLEDGE (6)  STEPHENSON (8)  SUDDICK (1)  THOMPSON (6)  WALKER (6)  WEIR (4)  WHITAKER (8)  WRIGHT (1)