Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hilton, County Durham

Hilton 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
SANDERSON1110.3774251.14
BRADLEY87.547294.01
DICKINSON76.6038154.53
THOMPSON76.603822.05
BEST76.6038244.76
BELL76.603835.14
YOUNG65.660426.35
HUTCHINSON65.660499.67
HOWE54.7170120.19
SEWELL54.7170223.21
LOWE43.773650.31
WATSON21.88688.13
ALDERSON10.943468.03
RANK10.94341,666.67
KIRKLEY10.9434769.23
HALL10.94343.21
BROWN10.94341.43
PICKERING10.943426.18
ELSEY10.9434303.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RANK0.111061666.6667
KIRKLEY0.11106769.2308
ELSEY0.11106303.0303
SANDERSON0.11106251.1416
BEST0.11106244.7552
SEWELL0.11106223.2143
DICKINSON0.11106154.5254
HOWE0.11106120.1923
HUTCHINSON0.1110699.6678
BRADLEY0.1110694.0071
ALDERSON0.1110668.0272
LOWE0.1110650.3145
BELL0.1110635.1406
YOUNG0.1110626.3505
PICKERING0.1110626.1780
THOMPSON0.1110622.0472
WATSON0.111068.1334
HALL0.111063.2072
BROWN0.111061.4310

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 106 people called RANK in Hilton 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 1666.6667 in Hilton means that 1666.6667% of the people in Hilton on census day were called RANK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RANK 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 RANK 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 RANK 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 RANK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Hilton means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RANK in Hilton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hilton in 1881

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

ALDERSON (1)  BATHGATE (7)  BEALSEY (1)  BELL (7)  BEST (7)  BLACKET (7)  BLENKINSOP (3)  BOUSFIELD (1)  BRADLEY (8)  BROWN (1)  CANT (3)  CLEMISON (1)  DICKINSON (7)  ELSEY (1)  HALL (1)  HOWE (5)  HUTCHINSON (6)  KIRKLEY (1)  LOWE (4)  PICKERING (1)  RANK (1)  SANDERSON (11)  SEWELL (5)  THOMPSON (7)  WATSON (2)  WYLD (1)  YOUNG (6)