Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lambton, County Durham

Lambton 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
LYNN149.27151,060.61
THORNTON117.2848144.93
DIXON95.960354.41
LEIGHTON74.6358432.10
CHISHOLM63.9735273.97
WARD63.973518.19
TAIT63.9735134.83
WYLAM53.31138,333.33
ANDERSON53.311316.77
JACKSON53.311311.85
WINSHIP53.31131,612.90
GILCHRIST53.3113226.24
MAYS53.3113581.40
CAIRNS42.6490122.32
KENNEDY42.649043.96
ROGERSON42.6490215.05
FENNEL42.64903,333.33
MILLS31.986815.32
LOWE31.986826.50
MARSHALL31.986811.84
SMITH21.32450.94
HODGSON21.324519.12
HARRISON10.66232.98
HOPE10.662319.46
DAVISON10.662318.52
BUTLER10.66236.79
WILSON10.66231.44
JOHNSON10.66231.97
RICHARDSON10.66233.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WYLAM0.151518333.3333
FENNEL0.151513333.3333
WINSHIP0.151511612.9032
LYNN0.151511060.6061
MAYS0.15151581.3953
LEIGHTON0.15151432.0988
CHISHOLM0.15151273.9726
GILCHRIST0.15151226.2443
ROGERSON0.15151215.0538
THORNTON0.15151144.9275
TAIT0.15151134.8315
CAIRNS0.15151122.3242
DIXON0.1515154.4135
KENNEDY0.1515143.9560
LOWE0.1515126.5018
HOPE0.1515119.4553
HODGSON0.1515119.1205
DAVISON0.1515118.5185
WARD0.1515118.1873
ANDERSON0.1515116.7673
MILLS0.1515115.3218
JACKSON0.1515111.8483
MARSHALL0.1515111.8437
BUTLER0.151516.7935
RICHARDSON0.151513.8911
HARRISON0.151512.9833
JOHNSON0.151511.9712
WILSON0.151511.4420
SMITH0.151510.9381

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 151 people called WYLAM in Lambton 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 8333.3333 in Lambton means that 8333.3333% of the people in Lambton on census day were called WYLAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WYLAM 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 WYLAM 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 WYLAM 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 WYLAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Lambton means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WYLAM in Lambton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lambton in 1881

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

AIREY (1)  ANDERSON (5)  BUTLER (1)  CAIRNS (4)  CHISHOLM (6)  CHISHOLME (2)  CRAGGS (1)  DAVISON (1)  DIXON (9)  FENNEL (4)  GILCHRIST (5)  GLEIMINS (1)  HORKIN (1)  HARRISON (1)  HEWITSON (5)  HODGSON (2)  HOPE (1)  JACKSON (5)  JOHNSON (1)  KENNEDY (4)  LEIGHTON (7)  LOWE (3)  LYNN (14)  MARSHALL (3)  MAYS (5)  MILLS (3)  RICHARDSON (1)  RICHLEY (8)  ROGERSON (4)  SMITH (2)  SURTEES (5)  TAIT (6)  THORNTON (11)  WARD (6)  WYLAM (5)  WILSON (1)  WINSHIP (5)  WINTRUP (2)