Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bradbury, County Durham

Bradbury 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
CLARK84.123713.72
BAKER84.123718.82
RACE73.6082660.38
VASEY73.60821,014.49
NEWCOMB73.60821,521.74
HOPPER63.0928216.61
THOMPSON63.092810.32
DUNN63.092837.20
HEMSLEY63.0928618.56
MILLS52.577319.87
RILEY52.577332.57
WILLIAMS52.57733.59
MURRAY52.577320.78
WOOD52.57738.09
GARRARD52.5773617.28
MARSON42.0619454.55
HODGSON42.061929.76
LAMBERT42.061937.77
MENZIES42.0619158.73
RAINE42.0619246.91
GIBSON31.546412.74
PATTERSON31.546444.38
HUDSON31.546418.89
ROBSON31.546423.49
WILKINSON31.546410.14
POWELL31.546412.40
COATES31.546441.49
HORSMAN31.5464441.18
KITSON31.5464193.55
ELDERS21.03091,333.33
BROWN21.03091.56
ORD21.0309156.25
MORRE21.03094,000.00
BELL21.03095.49
DAVISON21.030928.82
SHEPHERD10.51557.03
YOUNGER10.515595.24
LANCASTER10.515520.75
WARTERS10.5155833.33
JOHNSON10.51551.53
CURTIN10.5155666.67
MILBURN10.515557.80
RICHARDS10.51553.41
LOWTHER10.515584.75
WALKER10.51551.54
JACKSON10.51551.84
STRINGER10.515525.91
ROBINSON10.51551.62
WINFIELD10.515562.11
LOCKEY10.5155217.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MORRE0.191944000.0000
NEWCOMB0.191941521.7391
ELDERS0.191941333.3333
VASEY0.191941014.4928
WARTERS0.19194833.3333
CURTIN0.19194666.6667
RACE0.19194660.3774
HEMSLEY0.19194618.5567
GARRARD0.19194617.2840
MARSON0.19194454.5455
HORSMAN0.19194441.1765
RAINE0.19194246.9136
LOCKEY0.19194217.3913
HOPPER0.19194216.6065
KITSON0.19194193.5484
MENZIES0.19194158.7302
ORD0.19194156.2500
YOUNGER0.1919495.2381
LOWTHER0.1919484.7458
WINFIELD0.1919462.1118
MILBURN0.1919457.8035
PATTERSON0.1919444.3787
COATES0.1919441.4938
LAMBERT0.1919437.7715
DUNN0.1919437.1978
RILEY0.1919432.5733
HODGSON0.1919429.7619
DAVISON0.1919428.8184
STRINGER0.1919425.9067
ROBSON0.1919423.4926
MURRAY0.1919420.7814
LANCASTER0.1919420.7469
MILLS0.1919419.8728
HUDSON0.1919418.8917
BAKER0.1919418.8191
FORSTER0.1919415.7233
CLARK0.1919413.7198
GIBSON0.1919412.7389
POWELL0.1919412.3967
THOMPSON0.1919410.3235
WILKINSON0.1919410.1351
HUTCHINSON0.191949.0744
WOOD0.191948.0893
SHEPHERD0.191947.0323
BELL0.191945.4870
PEARSON0.191944.4366
WILLIAMS0.191943.5878
RICHARDS0.191943.4130
WATSON0.191942.2222
JACKSON0.191941.8443

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 194 people called MORRE in Bradbury 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 4000.0000 in Bradbury means that 4000.0000% of the people in Bradbury on census day were called MORRE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MORRE 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 MORRE 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 MORRE 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 MORRE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Bradbury means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MORRE in Bradbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bradbury in 1881

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

BAKER (8)  BARRASS (2)  BELL (2)  BENDLEOW (1)  BILLSBOROUGH (1)  BROWELL (3)  BROWN (2)  CLARK (8)  COATES (3)  COUSSONS (1)  DAVISON (2)  DUDDLES (1)  DUNN (6)  ELDERS (2)  FARNABY (1)  FORSTER (1)  GARRARD (5)  GIBSON (3)  HEMSLEY (6)  HODGSON (4)  HOPPER (6)  HORSMAN (3)  HUDSON (3)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (1)  CURTIN (1)  KITSON (3)  LAMBERT (4)  LANCASTER (1)  LOCKEY (1)  LOWTHER (1)  MALEAVY (1)  MARSON (4)  MENZIES (4)  MILBURN (1)  MILLS (5)  MORRE (2)  MORRAN (4)  MURRAY (5)  NEWCOMB (7)  ORD (2)  PATTERSON (3)  PEARSON (1)  POUTON (1)  POWELL (3)  RACE (7)  RAINE (4)  RICHARDS (1)  RILEY (5)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (3)  SHEPHERD (1)  SOUTTER (1)  STRINGER (1)  SUDDES (1)  THOMPSON (6)  THUBRON (2)  VASEY (7)  WALKER (1)  WARTERS (1)  WATSON (1)  WHINFIELD (WINFIELD) (2)  WILLCOCK (3)  WILKINSON (3)  WILLIAMS (5)  WINFIELD (1)  WOOD (5)  YOUNGER (1)