MOST of us know someone with the surname Smith or Brown, so it may not come as a surprise to learn they are the two most common surnames in Northumberland.
But what other surnames are common in the county?
The website Forebears has listed the top 50:
(= incidence)
1. Smith (3,852)
2. Brown (3,362)
3. Thompson (2,934)
4. Wilson (2,553)
5. Scott (2,533)
6. Bell (2,365)
7. Robson (2,227)
8. Taylor (2,132)
9. Robinson (2,046)
10. Armstrong (2,028)
11. Hall (2,012)
12. Watson (1,806)
13. Johnson (1,746)
14. Young (1,731)
15. Henderson (1,571)
16. Dixon (1,529)
17. Richardson (1,478)
18. Clark (1,474)
19. Anderson (1,403)
20. Davison (1,392)
21. Graham (1,217)
22. Wright (1,206)
23. Turnbull (1,203)
24. Jones (1,190)
25. Charlton (1,170)
26. Gray (1,159)
27. Elliott (1,062)
28. Wood (1,053)
29. Walker (1,051)
30. Stewart (1,039)
31. Wilkinson (1,033)
32. Jackson (1,006)
33. White (922)
34. Nicholson (909)
35. Patterson (900)
36. Gibson (887)
37. Marshall (880)
38. Robertson (855)
39. Murray (844)
40. Carr (842)
41. Douglas (836)
42. Miller (824)
43. Stephenson (800)
44. Dunn (793)
44. Simpson (793)
46. Moore (782)
47. Hunter (778)
48. Dawson (773)
49. Turner (765)
50. Davidson (760)
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