Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hawthorn, County Durham

Hawthorn 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
TATE113.9146202.58
PEMBERTON103.5587280.11
GOODCHILD103.5587366.30
HUTCHINSON93.202856.39
WADE93.202880.00
ASKEW93.2028283.91
OLIVER93.202844.89
BROWN93.20284.86
THOMPSON82.84709.50
MASSER82.84703,636.36
BIRD72.491132.60
WRIGHT62.13526.66
HILLS62.135277.22
ROBINSON62.13526.70
SCOTT62.13528.44
KIRBY51.779446.90
BOWMAN51.779468.12
LAMB51.779433.74
ELLIOTT51.779420.97
POTTS51.779453.30
STONEHOUSE51.7794406.50
REDPATH41.4235307.69
BROUGH41.4235116.28
MARTEN41.4235470.59
JACQUES41.4235168.07
DAVISON41.423539.80
BUTT41.4235110.50
TINKLER41.4235327.87
ARMSTRONG41.423518.62
THORNTON41.423528.31
PATTISON31.067667.11
HUNTING31.06761,071.43
BRISON31.06765,000.00
BONNER31.0676121.46
DIXON20.71176.50
WATTERS20.7117222.22
HUNTER20.71176.93
BOX20.711787.72
ALLEN10.35591.88
SEWARD10.355964.94
CONEY10.3559125.00
WHITE10.35591.11
RUTTER10.355923.36
MULHOLLAND10.355996.15
RITCHIE10.355910.30
FENWICK10.355927.17
RAY10.355917.99
SUTHERLAND10.35597.06
PEARSON10.35593.06
WRAY10.355926.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRISON0.282815000.0000
MASSER0.282813636.3636
FREND0.282811428.5714
HUNTING0.282811071.4286
HACKWORTH0.28281769.2308
MARTEN0.28281470.5882
STONEHOUSE0.28281406.5041
GOODCHILD0.28281366.3004
TINKLER0.28281327.8689
REDPATH0.28281307.6923
ASKEW0.28281283.9117
PEMBERTON0.28281280.1120
WATTERS0.28281222.2222
TATE0.28281202.5783
JACQUES0.28281168.0672
CONEY0.28281125.0000
BONNER0.28281121.4575
BROUGH0.28281116.2791
BUTT0.28281110.4972
MULHOLLAND0.2828196.1538
BOX0.2828187.7193
WADE0.2828180.0000
HILLS0.2828177.2201
MONTAGUE0.2828170.9220
BOWMAN0.2828168.1199
PATTISON0.2828167.1141
SEWARD0.2828164.9351
HUTCHINSON0.2828156.3910
POTTS0.2828153.3049
SELF0.2828150.0000
KIRBY0.2828146.9043
OLIVER0.2828144.8878
DAVISON0.2828139.8010
NEWBY0.2828135.5872
LAMB0.2828133.7382
BIRD0.2828132.6036
THORNTON0.2828128.3086
FENWICK0.2828127.1739
WRAY0.2828126.4550
RUTTER0.2828123.3645
ELLIOTT0.2828120.9732
ARMSTRONG0.2828118.6220
RAY0.2828117.9856
CROFT0.2828115.0602
RITCHIE0.2828110.2987
THOMPSON0.282819.5034
SCOTT0.282818.4388
SUTHERLAND0.282817.0621
HUNTER0.282816.9300
ROBINSON0.282816.6964

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 281 people called BRISON in Hawthorn 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 5000.0000 in Hawthorn means that 5000.0000% of the people in Hawthorn on census day were called BRISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRISON 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 BRISON 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 BRISON 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 BRISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Hawthorn means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRISON in Hawthorn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hawthorn in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ARMSTRONG (4)  ASKEW (9)  BARRESS (1)  BAISTER (3)  BIRD (7)  BURDES (1)  BONNER (3)  BOWMAN (5)  BOX (2)  BROUGH (4)  BROWN (9)  BRISON (3)  BUTT (4)  CONEY (1)  CROFT (1)  DAVISON (4)  DIXON (2)  ELLIOTT (5)  FENWICK (1)  FERRAY (5)  FREND (1)  FROGGATT (1)  FROUD (2)  GARDNER (1)  GOODCHILD (10)  HERKES (1)  HARRISON (1)  HACKWORTH (1)  HILLS (6)  HINDMARCH (1)  HUNTER (2)  HUNTING (3)  HUTCHINSON (9)  JACQUES (4)  JACKSON (1)  KIRBY (5)  KIROKNER (1)  LAMB (5)  LENET (1)  MARTEN (4)  MC DERMID (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MASSER (8)  MONTAGUE (1)  MULHOLLAND (1)  NEWBY (1)  OLIVER (9)  PATTISON (3)  PEARCE (1)  PEARSON (1)  PEMBERTON (10)  POTTS (5)  WRAY (1)  RAY (1)  REDPATH (4)  REED (1)  RENNISON (4)  RITCHIE (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBON (1)  ROBINSON (6)  RUTTER (1)  SCHNANCLE (1)  SCOTT (6)  SELF (1)  SEWARD (1)  SISMEY (5)  SOWLER (3)  STEPENSON (1)  STONEHOUSE (5)  STRAINTON (1)  SURTEES (3)  SUTHERLAND (1)  TATE (11)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (8)  THORNTON (4)  TINKLER (4)  WADE (9)  WALLACE (1)  WATTERS (2)  WEALLEANS (4)  WHITE (1)  WILDON (3)  WILLIS (1)  WRIGHT (6)