Top surnames from the 1881 census in Billingside, County Durham

Billingside 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
CLARK225.000083.33
SHOTTON225.00006,666.67
NIXON112.5000416.67
WATSON112.500053.76
HUSSEY112.50001,250.00
HARDY112.5000208.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHOTTON0.0186666.6667
HUSSEY0.0181250.0000
NIXON0.018416.6667
HARDY0.018208.3333
CLARK0.01883.3333
WATSON0.01853.7634

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called SHOTTON in Billingside 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 6666.6667 in Billingside means that 6666.6667% of the people in Billingside on census day were called SHOTTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHOTTON 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 SHOTTON 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 SHOTTON 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 SHOTTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.01 in Billingside means that you are 0.01 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHOTTON in Billingside than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Billingside in 1881

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

CLARK (2)  HARDY (1)  HUSSEY (1)  NIXON (1)  SHOTTON (2)  WATSON (1)