Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whorlton, County Durham

Whorlton 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
HARWOOD239.5436356.59
ROBINSON208.298826.03
JONES187.46896.59
MILBURN83.3195372.09
KAY72.904655.91
THOMPSON62.48968.31
ALDERSON62.4896179.64
OATES62.4896159.57
LONG62.489638.39
TROTTER62.4896237.15
BEADLE52.0747295.86
HENDERSON52.074719.08
HEDLEY52.0747203.25
BOWMAN52.074779.49
STANTON41.659883.16
LEES41.659837.42
BECKWITH41.6598281.69
JACKSON41.65985.94
STABLER31.2448714.29
KNAGGS31.2448483.87
DODDS31.244859.17
CUMBY31.24487,500.00
ROBSON31.244818.92
DAWSON31.244811.29
HOGG20.829922.96
BEACHAM20.8299298.51
BROWN20.82991.26
WILKINSON20.82995.44
BILTON20.8299196.08
HUTCHINSON20.829914.61
WHITE20.82992.58
COLLIN10.414979.37
LONGSTAFF10.414958.82
BULMER10.414952.36
GRAHAM10.41493.61
BOWES10.414945.25
DODGSON10.414985.47
HUGILL10.4149166.67
WAITS10.4149769.23
DANIEL10.414918.80
MIDDLETON10.41497.91
TENNENT10.4149256.41
CHILTON10.414951.55
HART10.41494.86
GIBSON10.41493.42
REED10.41495.69
BINKS10.414970.42
MOSES10.414940.65
BEAMISH10.4149270.27
HOPKINSON10.414925.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CUMBY0.242417500.0000
WAITS0.24241769.2308
STABLER0.24241714.2857
KNAGGS0.24241483.8710
MILBURN0.24241372.0930
HARWOOD0.24241356.5891
BEACHAM0.24241298.5075
BEADLE0.24241295.8580
BECKWITH0.24241281.6901
BEAMISH0.24241270.2703
TENNENT0.24241256.4103
TROTTER0.24241237.1542
GAINES0.24241232.5581
BURRAGE0.24241212.7660
HEDLEY0.24241203.2520
BILTON0.24241196.0784
ALDERSON0.24241179.6407
HUGILL0.24241166.6667
OATES0.24241159.5745
DODGSON0.2424185.4701
STANTON0.2424183.1601
BOWMAN0.2424179.4913
COLLIN0.2424179.3651
BINKS0.2424170.4225
DODDS0.2424159.1716
LONGSTAFF0.2424158.8235
KAY0.2424155.9105
BULMER0.2424152.3560
CHILTON0.2424151.5464
BOWES0.2424145.2489
MOSES0.2424140.6504
LONG0.2424138.3877
LEES0.2424137.4181
TEMPLE0.2424131.6456
ROBINSON0.2424126.0281
HOPKINSON0.2424125.3807
HOGG0.2424122.9621
HENDERSON0.2424119.0840
ROBSON0.2424118.9155
DANIEL0.2424118.7970
LOCKWOOD0.2424118.7970
LYONS0.2424118.6567
PARKIN0.2424115.4321
HUTCHINSON0.2424114.6092
DAWSON0.2424111.2909
THOMPSON0.242418.3102
MIDDLETON0.242417.9051
BAXTER0.242416.9638
JONES0.242416.5949
JACKSON0.242415.9391

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 241 people called CUMBY in Whorlton 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 7500.0000 in Whorlton means that 7500.0000% of the people in Whorlton on census day were called CUMBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CUMBY 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 CUMBY 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 CUMBY 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 CUMBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Whorlton means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CUMBY in Whorlton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whorlton in 1881

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

ALDERSON (6)  BAXTER (1)  BEACHAM (2)  BEADLE (5)  BEAMISH (1)  BECKWITH (4)  BAISTER (1)  BEETHAM (1)  BILTON (2)  BINKS (1)  BOWES (1)  BOWMAN (5)  BROWN (2)  BULMER (1)  BURRAGE (1)  CHILTON (1)  COLLIN (1)  CUMBY (3)  DANIEL (1)  DAWSON (3)  DAWSUN (1)  DODDS (3)  DODGSON (1)  GIBSON (1)  GOLDEBROUGH (3)  GRAHAM (1)  HALL (1)  HART (1)  HARWOOD (23)  HEDLEY (5)  HENDERSON (5)  HOGG (2)  HOPKINSON (1)  HUGILL (1)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JACKSON (4)  GAINES (1)  JONES (18)  KAY (7)  KNAGGS (3)  LEES (4)  LOCKWOOD (1)  LONG (6)  LONGSTAFF (1)  LYONS (1)  MARWOOD (5)  MC KINN (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILBURN (8)  MOSES (1)  NAPPEZ (2)  NEESHAM (1)  NEASHAM (5)  NEESOM (5)  OATES (6)  PARKIN (1)  REED (1)  ROBINSON (20)  ROBSON (3)  STABLER (3)  STANTON (4)  STANWIT (6)  SUMMERBELL (4)  TEMPLE (1)  TENNENT (1)  THOMPSON (6)  TROTTER (6)  ULLATHORN (3)  WAPPET (1)  WETHERALL (1)  WHITE (2)  WILKINSON (2)  WAITS (1)