Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newton Bewley, County Durham

Newton Bewley 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
BEACH1511.11111,162.79
HICKS85.9259141.59
STEPHENSON85.9259103.63
DAWSON85.925953.76
WILSON75.185211.29
ALLISON75.1852182.29
DOBSON75.1852117.65
PARKINSON75.1852108.02
DAVISON64.4444124.22
LEE64.444427.20
HANDLEY64.4444263.16
ADDISON53.7037267.38
HODGSON42.963042.74
GREY32.2222102.39
MIDDLETON32.222242.31
JENNINGS21.481529.24
SMITH21.48151.05
BEST10.740727.47
WRIGHT10.74072.31
HOPPER10.740751.81
HASWELL10.7407227.27
GIBBON10.740772.99
WALKER10.74072.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEACH0.141351162.7907
ADDISON0.14135267.3797
HANDLEY0.14135263.1579
HASWELL0.14135227.2727
ALLISON0.14135182.2917
HICKS0.14135141.5929
DAVISON0.14135124.2236
DOBSON0.14135117.6471
PARKINSON0.14135108.0247
STEPHENSON0.14135103.6269
GREY0.14135102.3891
GIBBON0.1413572.9927
DAWSON0.1413553.7634
HOPPER0.1413551.8135
HODGSON0.1413542.7350
MIDDLETON0.1413542.3131
JENNINGS0.1413529.2398
BEST0.1413527.4725
LEE0.1413527.1985
WILSON0.1413511.2903
WRIGHT0.141352.3089
WALKER0.141352.2129
SMITH0.141351.0493

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 135 people called BEACH in Newton Bewley 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 1162.7907 in Newton Bewley means that 1162.7907% of the people in Newton Bewley on census day were called BEACH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEACH 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 BEACH 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 BEACH 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 BEACH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Newton Bewley means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEACH in Newton Bewley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newton Bewley in 1881

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

ADDISON (5)  ALLISON (7)  BEACH (15)  BEST (1)  DAVISON (6)  DAWSON (8)  DOBSON (7)  GIBBON (1)  GREY (3)  GRAY (GREY) (8)  GREENSHIELDS (3)  HANDLEY (6)  HASWELL (1)  HICKS (8)  HODGSON (4)  HOPPER (1)  JENNINGS (2)  LEE (6)  MIDDLETON (3)  NODDINGS (3)  PARKINSON (7)  SIDGWICK (1)  SMITH (2)  SPROATS (5)  STEPHENSON (8)  TIDYMAN (5)  WALKER (1)  WILSON (7)  WRIGHT (1)