Top surnames from the 1881 census in Offerton, County Durham

Offerton 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
KEENE85.8394987.65
SIBBALD75.10951,944.44
CAMPBELL75.109530.20
KNOWLES64.379681.97
HENDERSON64.379640.30
TOLL64.37962,500.00
NICHOL64.3796408.16
TURNBULL64.3796103.99
DICKINSON53.649685.47
FORSTER42.919789.09
SANDERSON42.919770.67
TODD42.919757.39
LILLEY42.9197210.53
RUDD42.9197185.19
THOMPSON32.18987.31
LUNN32.1898169.49
SWANN32.1898201.34
DUFF32.1898122.95
BLACK21.459922.55
PICKERING21.459940.49
DENT21.459976.63
TURNER21.45995.24
BROWN21.45992.21
SMITH21.45991.03
CARR10.729910.11
NIMMO10.7299163.93
GALLOWAY10.729942.37
PETTIGREW10.7299149.25
CLARK10.72992.43
KAY10.729914.04
FORTH10.7299294.12
PADDISON10.7299500.00
NASH10.729915.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOLL0.141372500.0000
SIBBALD0.141371944.4444
KEENE0.14137987.6543
PADDISON0.14137500.0000
NICHOL0.14137408.1633
FORTH0.14137294.1176
LILLEY0.14137210.5263
SWANN0.14137201.3423
RUDD0.14137185.1852
LUNN0.14137169.4915
NIMMO0.14137163.9344
PETTIGREW0.14137149.2537
DUFF0.14137122.9508
TURNBULL0.14137103.9861
FORSTER0.1413789.0869
DICKINSON0.1413785.4701
KNOWLES0.1413781.9672
DENT0.1413776.6284
SANDERSON0.1413770.6714
TODD0.1413757.3888
GALLOWAY0.1413742.3729
PICKERING0.1413740.4858
HENDERSON0.1413740.2955
CAMPBELL0.1413730.1984
BLACK0.1413722.5479
NASH0.1413715.8228
KAY0.1413714.0449
CARR0.1413710.1112
THOMPSON0.141377.3099
TURNER0.141375.2438
CLARK0.141372.4284
BROWN0.141372.2146
SMITH0.141371.0339

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 137 people called TOLL in Offerton 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 2500.0000 in Offerton means that 2500.0000% of the people in Offerton on census day were called TOLL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Offerton in 1881

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

BLACK (2)  BLENCHLEY (1)  BROWN (2)  CAMPBELL (7)  CARR (1)  CLARK (1)  DENT (2)  DICKINSON (5)  DUFF (3)  FORSTER (4)  FORTH (1)  GALLOWAY (1)  HENDERSON (6)  HUDDLESTONE (4)  JARDISON (4)  KAY (1)  KEENE (8)  KNOWLES (6)  LILLEY (4)  LUNN (3)  MC LAREN (7)  NASH (1)  NICHOL (6)  NIMMO (1)  OGILVY (8)  PADDISON (1)  PETTIGREW (1)  PICKERING (2)  RAMSHAW (1)  RUDD (4)  SANDERSON (4)  SIBBALD (7)  SMITH (2)  SPRAGGON (2)  SWANN (3)  THOMPSON (3)  TODD (4)  TOLL (6)  TURNBULL (6)  TURNER (2)