Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bolam, County Durham

Bolam 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
BROWN119.401714.26
NEWCOMBE119.40171,341.46
CHARLSON108.547020,000.00
WALTON97.6923109.36
IVESON86.83762,424.24
PLUMMER65.1282384.62
ROUTLEDGE54.2735500.00
OVERTON43.4188350.88
LENG32.5641909.09
DONALD32.5641127.12
METCALF32.5641126.58
SMURTHWAITE32.56411,764.71
ARMITAGE21.709467.11
NEWTON21.709422.30
MARSHALL21.709410.19
PLUMPTON21.7094952.38
METCALFE10.854737.45
THOMPSON10.85472.85
WILKINSON10.85475.60
LEE10.85475.23
PRATT10.854714.88
HUNTER10.85478.32
CLAPHAM10.854799.01
BASHAM10.8547344.83
SHERWOOD10.854767.11
KIPLING10.8547357.14
HARRISON10.85473.85
OLIVER10.854711.98

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHARLSON0.1211720000.0000
IVESON0.121172424.2424
SMURTHWAITE0.121171764.7059
NEWCOMBE0.121171341.4634
PLUMPTON0.12117952.3810
LENG0.12117909.0909
ROUTLEDGE0.12117500.0000
PLUMMER0.12117384.6154
KIPLING0.12117357.1429
OVERTON0.12117350.8772
BASHAM0.12117344.8276
DONALD0.12117127.1186
METCALF0.12117126.5823
WALTON0.12117109.3560
CLAPHAM0.1211799.0099
ARMITAGE0.1211767.1141
SHERWOOD0.1211767.1141
METCALFE0.1211737.4532
NEWTON0.1211722.2965
PRATT0.1211714.8810
BROWN0.1211714.2616
OLIVER0.1211711.9760
MARSHALL0.1211710.1937
HUNTER0.121178.3195
WILKINSON0.121175.6022
LEE0.121175.2301
HARRISON0.121173.8506
THOMPSON0.121172.8531

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 117 people called CHARLSON in Bolam 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 20000.0000 in Bolam means that 20000.0000% of the people in Bolam on census day were called CHARLSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHARLSON 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 CHARLSON 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 CHARLSON 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 CHARLSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Bolam means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHARLSON in Bolam than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bolam in 1881

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

MC ARDLE (1)  ARMITAGE (2)  BASHAM (1)  BRIGNAL (8)  BROWN (11)  CHARLSON (10)  CLAPHAM (1)  CLEMINSON (2)  CUSHBERTER (1)  GOUNDRY (3)  HARRISON (1)  HYAM (1)  HUNTER (1)  IVESON (8)  KIPLING (1)  LEE (1)  LENG (3)  MARSHALL (2)  MAUGHAM (1)  DONALD (3)  METCALF (3)  METCALFE (1)  NEWCOMBE (11)  NEWTON (2)  OLIVER (1)  ORMSTON (2)  OVERTON (4)  PLUMMER (6)  PLUMPTON (2)  PRATT (1)  ROUTLEDGE (5)  SHERWOOD (1)  SMURTHWAITE (3)  THOMPSON (1)  THRUAGE (2)  WALTON (9)  WILKINSON (1)