Top surnames from the 1881 census in East Hartburn, County Durham

East Hartburn 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
BROWN246.666710.11
RICHARDSON123.333319.58
CARTER113.055618.20
BOWSER102.77781,886.79
HUDSON102.777833.92
YEOMAN82.2222352.42
WATSON82.22229.58
BELL82.222211.83
SMITH71.94441.38
BARNES71.944416.16
PITT61.666778.02
HUMBLE61.6667350.88
LUMLEY61.6667273.97
LANCASTER61.666767.04
SANDERSON61.666740.35
FOSTER61.666712.47
BARCLAY61.666780.97
LITTLEJOHN51.3889287.36
HORNER51.388972.99
LAWS51.3889125.00
THOMPSON51.38894.64
PULLAN51.3889352.11
BAINBRIDGE41.111179.05
SPINK41.1111137.93
BAGLEY41.1111150.38
ORMSBY41.1111909.09
PURVIS41.1111114.94
STOREY41.111143.72
HEAD41.111145.66
WILKINSON41.11117.28
HUNTER41.111110.82
GRAHAM41.11119.68
WARD41.11115.09
JUMP30.8333483.87
COWLING30.833394.64
HARRISON30.83333.75
WOOD30.83332.62
JACKSON30.83332.98
HAWORTH20.555626.42
WILSON20.55561.21
JACK20.555626.14
SCAIFE20.5556125.00
WAITE20.555626.77
BARKER20.55564.25
TAYLOR20.55560.87
HELM20.5556124.22
DONOHOE20.5556400.00
JOHNSON20.55561.65
GREEN20.55561.97
HIRST20.555617.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOWSER0.363601886.7925
CALLENDAR0.363601250.0000
ORMSBY0.36360909.0909
JUMP0.36360483.8710
DONOHOE0.36360400.0000
YEOMAN0.36360352.4229
PULLAN0.36360352.1127
HUMBLE0.36360350.8772
REYNARD0.36360333.3333
LITTLEJOHN0.36360287.3563
MONCKTON0.36360285.7143
LUMLEY0.36360273.9726
FLANIGAN0.36360161.2903
BAGLEY0.36360150.3759
WEATHERALL0.36360142.8571
SPINK0.36360137.9310
SCAIFE0.36360125.0000
LAWS0.36360125.0000
HELM0.36360124.2236
EGGLESTON0.36360117.6471
PURVIS0.36360114.9425
COWLING0.3636094.6372
BARCLAY0.3636080.9717
BAINBRIDGE0.3636079.0514
PITT0.3636078.0234
HORNER0.3636072.9927
LANCASTER0.3636067.0391
RACE0.3636051.0204
HUSBAND0.3636047.6190
HEAD0.3636045.6621
STOREY0.3636043.7158
HARLEY0.3636043.1034
SANDERSON0.3636040.3497
BRITTAIN0.3636035.9712
HUDSON0.3636033.9213
NEWBY0.3636027.7778
WAITE0.3636026.7738
HAWORTH0.3636026.4201
JACK0.3636026.1438
DUKE0.3636023.9234
HOLLIDAY0.3636021.1864
YORK0.3636021.0084
RICHARDSON0.3636019.5822
CARTER0.3636018.2029
ECCLES0.3636017.3611
HIRST0.3636017.0358
BARNES0.3636016.1551
KIRK0.3636012.8287
FOSTER0.3636012.4662
BELL0.3636011.8256

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 360 people called BOWSER in East Hartburn 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 1886.7925 in East Hartburn means that 1886.7925% of the people in East Hartburn on census day were called BOWSER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOWSER 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 BOWSER 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 BOWSER 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 BOWSER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in East Hartburn means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOWSER in East Hartburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in East Hartburn in 1881

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

ADAMSON (1)  ATKINSON (2)  BAGLEY (4)  BAINBRIDGE (4)  BARCLAY (6)  BARKER (2)  BARNES (7)  BELL (8)  BOWSER (10)  BRITTAIN (1)  BROWN (24)  BORROWS (3)  CALLENDAR (1)  CARTER (11)  COOFRER (3)  COOK (1)  COWLING (3)  DAND (1)  DAWSON (1)  DENNES (2)  DODSHON (1)  DONOHOE (2)  DUKE (1)  ECCLES (1)  EGGLESTON (1)  ELCOATE (8)  ELLAR (7)  FAIRS (1)  FLANIGAN (1)  FLOCKTON (1)  FOSTER (6)  GIBSON (1)  GRAHAM (4)  GREEN (2)  HALL (1)  HOLLIDAY (1)  HARLEY (2)  HARRISON (3)  HAWORTH (2)  HEAD (4)  HELM (2)  HEWISON (1)  HEWITT (1)  HINDMARCH (1)  HORNER (5)  HUDSON (10)  HUMBLE (6)  HUNTER (4)  HIRST (2)  HUSBAND (1)  JACK (2)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (2)  JUMP (3)  KIRK (2)  LANCASTER (6)  LAWS (5)  LITTLEJOHN (5)  LUMLEY (6)  MAYWERTH (7)  MELLANBY (5)  MIDDLETON (1)  MITCHISON (1)  MONCKTON (1)  MORRIS (1)  NEISBERTT (1)  NEWBY (1)  NOAD (5)  ORMSBY (4)  PALLISER (1)  PITT (6)  POTTER (2)  POTTS (1)  PULLAN (5)  PURVIS (4)  RACE (1)  REYNARD (2)  RICHARDSON (12)  ROBINSON (1)  SADLER (1)  SAIT (2)  SANDERSON (6)  SCAIFE (2)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (7)  SNAITH (7)  SPINK (4)  STOBART (4)  STOBBART (3)  STOREY (4)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (5)  TODD (1)  TOSSELL (2)  VIRICENT (1)  WARD (4)  WATSON (8)  WEATHERALL (1)  WILKINSON (4)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (3)  WAITE (2)  YEOMAN (8)  YORK (1)