Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woodland, County Durham

Woodland 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
DOWSON345.89251,079.37
BLACKETT305.19931,363.64
SMITH213.63952.58
STEPHENSON193.292957.56
BELL172.946315.68
LONGSTAFF162.7730393.12
RAINE152.5997311.85
MORTON132.253042.15
CLARKSON122.079778.43
WALKER122.07976.21
SHIELD111.9064419.85
COATES111.906451.14
BRUNSKILL101.7331746.27
PATTINSON101.7331193.80
COLLINSON101.7331147.71
RAPER91.5598371.90
HASWELL91.5598481.28
DANBY91.5598365.85
BAINBRIDGE91.5598110.97
NELSON91.559832.20
WADE81.386534.65
STODDARD81.3865842.11
PATRICK71.213260.87
MOSES71.2132118.64
HETHERINGTON71.213296.29
HOBSON71.213246.76
CHAPMAN61.03997.32
DENHAM61.0399117.88
HALL61.03993.53
NEWTON61.039913.57
WALLER61.039941.27
LEE61.03996.36
REDFERN50.866662.19
NIXON50.866628.44
FINLEY50.8666312.50
RAMAGE50.8666154.32
BEADLE50.8666123.46
DUNN40.69328.34
HIND40.693254.95
CURRY40.693248.43
BARKER40.69325.30
GREGORY40.69329.88
GIBSON40.69325.71
MAY40.693210.89
BEAVIS40.6932169.49
WILSON40.69321.51
BARKE40.69321,052.63
SAPPER40.693213,333.33
HUMBLE40.6932145.99
ATKINSON40.69327.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAPPER0.5857713333.3333
JEMISON0.585771666.6667
BLACKETT0.585771363.6364
DOWSON0.585771079.3651
BARKE0.585771052.6316
CLARSON0.58577952.3810
STODDARD0.58577842.1053
BRUNSKILL0.58577746.2687
HASWELL0.58577481.2834
LAWER0.58577454.5455
SHIELD0.58577419.8473
LONGSTAFF0.58577393.1204
RAPER0.58577371.9008
DANBY0.58577365.8537
FINLEY0.58577312.5000
RAINE0.58577311.8503
PATTINSON0.58577193.7984
BEAVIS0.58577169.4915
RAMAGE0.58577154.3210
COLLINSON0.58577147.7105
HUMBLE0.58577145.9854
DOLPHIN0.58577139.5349
BRAHAM0.58577128.2051
BEADLE0.58577123.4568
MOSES0.58577118.6441
DENHAM0.58577117.8782
BAINBRIDGE0.58577110.9741
BYERS0.58577100.3344
HETHERINGTON0.5857796.2861
BAILES0.5857791.7431
CLARKSON0.5857778.4314
REDFERN0.5857762.1891
PATRICK0.5857760.8696
STEPHENSON0.5857757.5583
HIND0.5857754.9451
COATES0.5857751.1390
CURRY0.5857748.4262
HOBSON0.5857746.7602
MORTON0.5857742.1530
WALLER0.5857741.2655
ALDERSON0.5857737.4532
WADE0.5857734.6470
NELSON0.5857732.2004
COULTHARD0.5857731.0559
LOWES0.5857729.8507
NIXON0.5857728.4414
ADDISON0.5857725.0313
AMOS0.5857721.0970
JOY0.5857720.5761
DENT0.5857718.1984

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 577 people called SAPPER in Woodland 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 13333.3333 in Woodland means that 13333.3333% of the people in Woodland on census day were called SAPPER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAPPER 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 SAPPER 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 SAPPER 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 SAPPER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in Woodland means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAPPER in Woodland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woodland in 1881

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

ADDISON (2)  AIREY (1)  ALDERSON (3)  AMOS (2)  ANDERSON (1)  ATKINSON (4)  BAINBRIDGE (9)  BARKER (4)  BAILES (1)  BEADLE (5)  BEAVIS (4)  BYERS (3)  BELL (17)  BARKE (4)  BLACKETT (30)  BLACKETTGOUNDRY (2)  BRAHAM (1)  BRUNSKILL (10)  CHAPMAN (6)  CLARKSON (12)  CLARSON (2)  COATES (11)  COLLINSON (10)  COULTHARD (1)  CROFS (4)  CURRY (4)  DANBY (9)  DENHAM (6)  DENT (2)  DABELL (6)  DOLPHIN (3)  DOWSON (34)  DUNN (4)  FARN (10)  FINLEY (5)  GARGETT (1)  GIBSON (4)  GILL (4)  GOUNDRY (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GREGORY (4)  GRUNDY (1)  HALL (6)  HARDY (2)  HASWELL (9)  HEAZETINE (1)  HETHERINGTON (7)  HIND (4)  HOBSON (7)  HORNE (1)  HOWE (1)  HUMBLE (4)  JEMISON (2)  JOHNSON (3)  JOY (1)  KELLOTT (2)  KINDLAW (1)  LAWER (1)  LOWSON (1)  LEE (6)  LIDDEL (1)  LITTLE (1)  LONGSTAFF (16)  LONGUINRES (1)  LOWES (1)  MARGUIRE (3)  MAY (4)  MOORE (2)  MORTON (13)  MOSES (7)  NAPPY (3)  NELSON (9)  NEWTON (6)  NIXON (5)  OLIVER (1)  PARKIN (1)  PATTINSON (10)  PATRICK (7)  PEACOCK (3)  RAINE (15)  RAMAGE (5)  RAPER (9)  READSHAW (1)  REDFERN (5)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBSON (2)  RUNDMAN (2)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SAPPER (4)  SHIELD (11)  SIMPSON (4)  SMITH (21)  SOWES (7)  STEPHENSON (19)  STODDARD (8)  SUDDICK (1)  SUDDOCH (1)  SWINBANK (10)  TATE (1)  TARN (8)  TENNICK (1)  TENNICH (1)  THOMPSON (3)  VICKERS (1)  WADE (8)  WAKLOW (2)  WALKER (12)  WALLER (6)  WALTON (1)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILSON (4)