Top surnames from the 1881 census in Acton Old Felton, Northumberland

Acton Old Felton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Northumberland

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
GARDNER1110.3774152.78
DAWSON76.603859.93
TAYLOR76.603810.33
DOUGLAS76.6038136.19
MATHER65.6604228.14
LANDERS65.66043,529.41
THAIN65.66041,764.71
HARDIE54.7170362.32
LEE43.773623.09
THOMPSON32.83029.45
ROBSON32.830242.98
TODD21.886837.11
ATKINSON21.886819.38
HOOK21.8868127.39
DIXON21.886817.23
HOOD21.886868.26
BELL10.94345.02
REAVELY10.94345,000.00
HEWITT10.943419.38
ADAMS10.94346.40
NICHOLSON10.943413.28
HARBOTTLE10.9434476.19
LONGSTAFF10.9434133.33
FAWCETT10.943448.78
JOBSON10.9434161.29
HOGARTH10.9434142.86
PORTER10.943412.58
HARDY10.943415.75
GRAHAM10.94348.22
COWANS10.9434833.33
HODGSON10.943413.61
ALLAN10.943415.04
OWEN10.94347.95
LUND10.943486.96
WHITWORTH10.943456.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REAVELY0.111065000.0000
LANDERS0.111063529.4118
THAIN0.111061764.7059
COWANS0.11106833.3333
HARBOTTLE0.11106476.1905
HARDIE0.11106362.3188
MATHER0.11106228.1369
JOBSON0.11106161.2903
GARDNER0.11106152.7778
HOGARTH0.11106142.8571
DOUGLAS0.11106136.1868
LONGSTAFF0.11106133.3333
HOOK0.11106127.3885
LUND0.1110686.9565
HOOD0.1110668.2594
DAWSON0.1110659.9315
WHITWORTH0.1110656.4972
FAWCETT0.1110648.7805
ROBSON0.1110642.9799
TODD0.1110637.1058
LEE0.1110623.0947
ATKINSON0.1110619.3798
HEWITT0.1110619.3798
DIXON0.1110617.2265
HARDY0.1110615.7480
ALLAN0.1110615.0376
HODGSON0.1110613.6054
NICHOLSON0.1110613.2802
PORTER0.1110612.5786
TAYLOR0.1110610.3260
THOMPSON0.111069.4488
GRAHAM0.111068.2169
OWEN0.111067.9491
ADAMS0.111066.4020
BELL0.111065.0201

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 106 people called REAVELY in Acton Old Felton 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 5000.0000 in Acton Old Felton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Acton Old Felton on census day were called REAVELY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REAVELY 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 REAVELY 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 REAVELY 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 REAVELY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Acton Old Felton means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REAVELY in Acton Old Felton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Acton Old Felton in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLAN (1)  ATKINSON (2)  BELL (1)  COWANS (1)  DAWSON (7)  DIXON (2)  DOUGLAS (7)  FAWCETT (1)  GARDNER (11)  GILHOLM (5)  GRAHAM (1)  HARBOTTLE (1)  HARDIE (5)  HARDY (1)  HEWITT (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOGARTH (1)  HOOD (2)  HOOK (2)  JOBSON (1)  LANDERS (6)  LEE (4)  LONGSTAFF (1)  LUND (1)  MATHER (6)  MC KENZIE (1)  MIDDLEMASS (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  OWEN (1)  PORTER (1)  REAVELY (1)  ROBSON (3)  STEAURT (4)  TAYLOR (7)  THAIN (6)  THOMPSON (3)  TODD (2)  WHITWORTH (1)  WINDROSS (1)