Top surnames from the 1881 census in Walkerfield, County Durham

Walkerfield 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
BOWES1713.28131,452.99
GARSIDE97.0313486.49
GREEN75.468819.42
BINKS75.4688921.05
BARBER64.687577.92
WALKER64.687514.00
PARKINSON64.687597.72
TODD53.906376.80
ATKINSON53.906340.10
BEST53.9063144.93
HALL53.906313.28
WRIGHT53.906312.18
ROWELL43.1250357.14
REED43.125042.83
DODDS32.3438111.52
MARSHALL32.343813.97
SCOTT32.34389.26
JACKSON32.34388.39
BELL21.56258.32
FOSTER21.562511.69
PRICE21.56258.93
SMITH21.56251.11
RICHARDSON21.56259.18
DOBSON21.562535.40
LAMB21.562529.63
WILKINSON10.78135.12
HESLOP10.781390.91
GRAHAM10.78136.80
FAWCETT10.781340.32
PATTERSON10.781322.42
BAINBRIDGE10.781355.56
FARWELL10.7813833.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOWES0.131281452.9915
BINKS0.13128921.0526
FARWELL0.13128833.3333
GARSIDE0.13128486.4865
ROWELL0.13128357.1429
BEST0.13128144.9275
DODDS0.13128111.5242
PARKINSON0.1312897.7199
HESLOP0.1312890.9091
BARBER0.1312877.9221
TODD0.1312876.8049
BAINBRIDGE0.1312855.5556
REED0.1312842.8266
FAWCETT0.1312840.3226
ATKINSON0.1312840.0962
DOBSON0.1312835.3982
LAMB0.1312829.6296
PATTERSON0.1312822.4215
GREEN0.1312819.4229
WALKER0.1312814.0023
MARSHALL0.1312813.9730
HALL0.1312813.2767
WRIGHT0.1312812.1773
FOSTER0.1312811.6891
SCOTT0.131289.2621
RICHARDSON0.131289.1785
PRICE0.131288.9286
JACKSON0.131288.3869
BELL0.131288.3160
GRAHAM0.131286.8027
WILKINSON0.131285.1203
SMITH0.131281.1066

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 128 people called BOWES in Walkerfield 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 1452.9915 in Walkerfield means that 1452.9915% of the people in Walkerfield on census day were called BOWES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOWES 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 BOWES 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 BOWES 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 BOWES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Walkerfield means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOWES in Walkerfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Walkerfield in 1881

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

ATKINSON (5)  BAINBRIDGE (1)  BARBER (6)  BELL (2)  BEST (5)  BINKS (7)  BOWES (17)  CANT (4)  DOBSON (2)  DODDS (3)  FARWELL (1)  FAWCETT (1)  FOSTER (2)  GARSIDE (9)  GRAHAM (1)  GREEN (7)  HALL (5)  HESLOP (1)  JACKSON (3)  LAMB (2)  MARSHALL (3)  PARKINSON (6)  PATTERSON (1)  PRICE (2)  REED (4)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROWELL (4)  SCOTT (3)  SMITH (2)  TODD (5)  WALKER (6)  WILKINSON (1)  WRIGHT (5)