Top surnames from the 1881 census in Garmondsway Moor, County Durham

Garmondsway Moor 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
NORFOLK138.33333,023.26
WEBB117.051352.01
ROBINSON106.410320.10
HENNING95.76923,913.04
HESLER74.487235,000.00
WHITE74.487213.96
TENANT74.48728,750.00
FORSTER63.8462117.19
JOHNSON63.846211.45
HARLEY63.8462298.51
JARDINE53.2051344.83
BAINES53.2051167.22
WAITE53.2051154.32
BROWN42.56413.89
DAVISON42.564171.68
SMITH42.56411.82
TAIT31.923165.36
MITCHELL31.92319.48
STEEL31.923147.17
JAMIESON21.282146.08
WEIR21.282149.26
CONNELLY10.641068.97
BOWLING10.6410172.41
CHAPMAN10.64104.51
BELL10.64103.41
HYSON10.64101,428.57
CUMMING10.641033.56
NAYLOR10.641017.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HESLER0.1615635000.0000
TENANT0.161568750.0000
HENNING0.161563913.0435
NORFOLK0.161563023.2558
HYSON0.161561428.5714
JARDINE0.16156344.8276
HARLEY0.16156298.5075
BOWLING0.16156172.4138
BAINES0.16156167.2241
WAITE0.16156154.3210
FORSTER0.16156117.1875
DAVISON0.1615671.6846
CONNELLY0.1615668.9655
TAIT0.1615665.3595
WEBB0.1615652.0095
WEIR0.1615649.2611
STEEL0.1615647.1698
JAMIESON0.1615646.0829
CUMMING0.1615633.5570
ROBINSON0.1615620.1045
NAYLOR0.1615617.0068
WHITE0.1615613.9609
JOHNSON0.1615611.4482
MITCHELL0.161569.4787
CHAPMAN0.161564.5126
BROWN0.161563.8895
BELL0.161563.4118
SMITH0.161561.8160

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 156 people called HESLER in Garmondsway Moor 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 35000.0000 in Garmondsway Moor means that 35000.0000% of the people in Garmondsway Moor on census day were called HESLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HESLER 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 HESLER 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 HESLER 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 HESLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Garmondsway Moor means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HESLER in Garmondsway Moor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Garmondsway Moor in 1881

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

ARDBEY (1)  BAINES (5)  BELL (1)  BOWLING (1)  BROWN (4)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLASPER (1)  CONNELLY (1)  CRAGGS (6)  CUMMING (1)  DAVISON (4)  FORSTER (6)  JARDINE (5)  HARLEY (6)  HENNING (9)  HESLER (7)  HYSON (1)  JAMIESON (2)  JOBLING (3)  JOHNSON (6)  KEVANY (1)  MITCHELL (3)  NAYLOR (1)  NORFOLK (13)  ROBINSON (10)  SMITH (4)  SUTHERN (8)  STEEL (3)  SUDDES (1)  SUNNING (1)  TAIT (3)  TENANT (7)  WEARMOUTH (4)  WEBB (11)  WEIR (2)  WHITE (7)  WRANGHAM (1)  WAITE (5)