Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burdon, County Durham

Burdon 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
SMITH1312.50008.85
ERRINGTON65.76921,034.48
BARWICK54.80771,136.36
SMURTHWAITE54.80773,333.33
ROBSON54.807773.10
DAVIS43.846217.51
WELSH43.846297.09
BOLTON43.846289.29
THOMPSON43.846212.84
WILSON32.88466.28
MARRINER21.92311,176.47
HOPPER21.9231134.23
BROWN21.92312.92
TROTTER21.9231183.49
GREGSON21.9231138.89
BULMER10.9615121.95
ETHERINGTON10.9615128.21
OXFORD10.9615277.78
DURKIN10.9615222.22
WHEELER10.961515.92
MILBURN10.9615107.53
TWEDDLE10.9615277.78
BUSHBY10.9615243.90
SIMPSON10.96155.50
ESLICK10.96152,000.00
NEWBY10.961596.15
DUNN10.961511.56
MAUGHAN10.9615172.41
DALE10.961522.78
JOHNSON10.96152.86
BURDON10.9615294.12
SMITHSON10.9615100.00
WILKINSON10.96156.30
MITCHELL10.96154.74
DAVISON10.961526.88
WADDLE10.9615833.33
MASON10.96157.15
CANDLISH10.9615833.33
HUDSON10.961511.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SMURTHWAITE0.101043333.3333
ESLICK0.101042000.0000
MARRINER0.101041176.4706
BARWICK0.101041136.3636
ERRINGTON0.101041034.4828
CANDLISH0.10104833.3333
WADDLE0.10104833.3333
BURDON0.10104294.1176
TWEDDLE0.10104277.7778
OXFORD0.10104277.7778
BUSHBY0.10104243.9024
DURKIN0.10104222.2222
TROTTER0.10104183.4862
MAUGHAN0.10104172.4138
GREGSON0.10104138.8889
HOPPER0.10104134.2282
ETHERINGTON0.10104128.2051
BULMER0.10104121.9512
MILBURN0.10104107.5269
SMITHSON0.10104100.0000
WELSH0.1010497.0874
NEWBY0.1010496.1538
BOLTON0.1010489.2857
ROBSON0.1010473.0994
DAVISON0.1010426.8817
DALE0.1010422.7790
DAVIS0.1010417.5055
WHEELER0.1010415.9236
THOMPSON0.1010412.8370
HUDSON0.1010411.7371
DUNN0.1010411.5607
SMITH0.101048.8532
MASON0.101047.1531
WILKINSON0.101046.3012
WILSON0.101046.2814
SIMPSON0.101045.4975
MITCHELL0.101044.7393
BROWN0.101042.9172
JOHNSON0.101042.8620

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 104 people called SMURTHWAITE in Burdon 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 3333.3333 in Burdon means that 3333.3333% of the people in Burdon on census day were called SMURTHWAITE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SMURTHWAITE 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 SMURTHWAITE 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 SMURTHWAITE 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 SMURTHWAITE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Burdon means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SMURTHWAITE in Burdon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burdon in 1881

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

BARWICK (5)  BENISON (1)  BOLTON (4)  BURDON (1)  BRANFORTH (1)  BROWN (2)  BULMER (1)  BUSHBY (1)  CANDLISH (1)  CRAGGES (1)  DALE (1)  DAGLISH (1)  DAVISON (1)  DAVIS (4)  DUNN (1)  DURKIN (1)  ESLICK (1)  ERRINGTON (6)  ETHERINGTON (1)  GOUNDRY (1)  GREGSON (2)  HAVELOCK (1)  HOPPER (2)  HUDSON (1)  INGLEDEW (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JOWSEY (1)  LEATHEARD (2)  MARRINER (2)  MASON (1)  MAUGHAN (1)  MALLAM (2)  MILBURN (1)  MITCHELL (1)  NEWBY (1)  OXFORD (1)  ROBSON (5)  SAUNDERSON (4)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (13)  SMITHSON (1)  SMURTHWAITE (5)  SWAANY (1)  THOMPSON (4)  TROTTER (2)  TWEDDLE (1)  WADDLE (1)  WELSH (4)  WHEELER (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (3)