Top surnames from the 1881 census in Butterwick Old Acres, County Durham

Butterwick Old Acres 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
HART913.4328157.62
WALKER913.432840.12
HARRISON811.940353.80
CHAPMAN68.955263.03
TRENHOLM57.462716,666.67
MARSHALL34.477626.69
MUSGRAVE34.4776731.71
SMITH22.98512.11
ROBINSON22.98519.36
USHER11.4925135.14
BROWN11.49252.26
PEARSON11.492512.85
GREENWELL11.4925454.55
SANDERSON11.492536.10
NEWTON11.492519.49
TOPPIN11.49251,666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TRENHOLM0.076716666.6667
TOPPIN0.07671666.6667
MUSGRAVE0.0767731.7073
GREENWELL0.0767454.5455
HART0.0767157.6182
USHER0.0767135.1351
CHAPMAN0.076763.0252
HARRISON0.076753.7996
WALKER0.076740.1248
SANDERSON0.076736.1011
MARSHALL0.076726.6904
NEWTON0.076719.4932
PEARSON0.076712.8535
ROBINSON0.07679.3633
BROWN0.07672.2640
SMITH0.07672.1142

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 67 people called TRENHOLM in Butterwick Old Acres 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 16666.6667 in Butterwick Old Acres means that 16666.6667% of the people in Butterwick Old Acres on census day were called TRENHOLM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TRENHOLM 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 TRENHOLM 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 TRENHOLM 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 TRENHOLM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Butterwick Old Acres means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TRENHOLM in Butterwick Old Acres than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Butterwick Old Acres in 1881

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

BROWN (1)  CARVEY OR CARREY (12)  CHAPMAN (6)  GARAWAY (1)  GREENWELL (1)  HARRISON (8)  HART (9)  MARSHALL (3)  MUSGRAVE (3)  NEWTON (1)  PEARSON (1)  ROBINSON (2)  SANDERSON (1)  SMITH (2)  TOPPIN (1)  TRENHOLM (5)  USHER (1)  WALKER (9)