Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eglingham, Northumberland

Eglingham 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
OLIVER205.012570.27
TAYLOR164.01006.27
BAIRD153.7594175.85
BURN143.5088260.71
BELL143.508818.67
ROBINSON133.258110.22
GREEN133.258111.57
NICHOLSON112.756938.80
STODDART112.7569330.33
ALLAN102.506339.92
COXON102.5063327.87
THOMPSON92.25567.53
GIBSON92.255618.58
LAING82.005099.75
CHRISTAL82.005016,000.00
WOOD82.00506.29
GRAY82.005014.04
LEE82.005012.27
FOSTER71.754413.12
COWANS71.75441,590.91
JACKSON71.75446.28
PRINGLE71.7544111.47
ROUGH61.5038666.67
HAMILTON61.503820.05
HALL61.50385.11
ARMSTRONG51.253116.39
HUNTER51.253112.20
NICHOLL51.2531239.23
CHISHOLM51.253186.36
BLACK51.253119.35
NEILL51.2531189.39
THORNTON51.253124.93
DAVIDSON41.002511.92
WALKER41.00252.99
LOVELL41.002547.90
REED41.002513.73
CODLING41.0025285.71
CARR41.002513.89
MOLE41.0025129.03
TAIT30.751925.53
WHITE30.75192.34
WILSON30.75191.64
JAMES30.75193.83
MORDUE30.7519681.82
BUCKLE30.751969.12
ROGERSON30.751961.10
MILBURN30.751984.27
JOHNSTON30.75199.32
BROWN30.75191.14
COWENS30.7519882.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHRISTAL0.4039916000.0000
COWANS0.403991590.9091
COWENS0.40399882.3529
MORDUE0.40399681.8182
ROUGH0.40399666.6667
STODDART0.40399330.3303
COXON0.40399327.8689
CODLING0.40399285.7143
BURN0.40399260.7076
NICHOLL0.40399239.2344
ATCHISON0.40399208.3333
NEILL0.40399189.3939
BAIRD0.40399175.8499
MOLE0.40399129.0323
PRINGLE0.40399111.4650
LAING0.4039999.7506
CHISHOLM0.4039986.3558
MILBURN0.4039984.2697
OLIVER0.4039970.2741
BUCKLE0.4039969.1244
WEIGHTMAN0.4039964.1026
WELDON0.4039962.8931
CRANSTON0.4039962.1118
ROGERSON0.4039961.0998
LAIDLAW0.4039956.4972
MUTCH0.4039956.1798
DINSDALE0.4039948.7805
LOVELL0.4039947.9042
BRAMWELL0.4039944.4444
ARMOUR0.4039940.0000
ALLAN0.4039939.9202
NICHOLSON0.4039938.8007
LYALL0.4039936.7647
FAIRBAIRN0.4039933.8983
WALES0.4039930.9598
TAIT0.4039925.5319
THORNTON0.4039924.9252
HAMILTON0.4039920.0468
BLACK0.4039919.3498
BELL0.4039918.6716
GIBSON0.4039918.5835
CRISP0.4039918.0180
WILKIE0.4039917.5747
CURRY0.4039917.5131
ARMSTRONG0.4039916.3934
GRAY0.4039914.0449
CARR0.4039913.8937
REED0.4039913.7315
JEFFREY0.4039913.5501
FOSTER0.4039913.1209

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 399 people called CHRISTAL in Eglingham 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 16000.0000 in Eglingham means that 16000.0000% of the people in Eglingham on census day were called CHRISTAL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHRISTAL 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 CHRISTAL 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 CHRISTAL 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 CHRISTAL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.40 in Eglingham means that you are 0.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHRISTAL in Eglingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eglingham in 1881

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

ALLAN (10)  ANDERSON (2)  ARMOUR (1)  ARMSTRONG (5)  ATCHISON (1)  BAIRD (15)  BELL (14)  BLACK (5)  BRAMWELL (1)  BROWN (3)  BREWIS (2)  BUCKLE (3)  BURN (14)  CARR (4)  CHISHOLM (5)  CHRISTAL (8)  CODLING (4)  COWANS (7)  COWENS (3)  COXON (10)  CRANSTON (1)  CRISP (1)  CURRY (1)  DAVIDSON (4)  DAWSON (1)  DINSDALE (1)  DICKSON (1)  FAIRBAIRN (1)  FIELD (2)  FOSTER (7)  GIBSON (9)  GRAY (8)  GREEN (13)  HALL (6)  HAMILTON (6)  HENDERSON (2)  HILL (1)  HUNTER (5)  JACKSON (7)  JAMES (3)  JEFFREY (1)  JOHNSTON (3)  LAING (8)  LEE (8)  LAIDLAW (2)  LOVELL (4)  LYALL (1)  MIDDLEMASS (5)  MILBURN (3)  MILLAR (1)  MOLE (4)  MORDUE (3)  MUTCH (1)  NEILL (5)  NICHOLL (5)  NICHOLSON (11)  OLIVER (20)  ORPE (1)  PRATT (1)  PRINGLE (7)  PROUDLOCK (6)  REED (4)  ROBINSON (13)  ROBSON (1)  ROGERSON (3)  ROUGH (6)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SHEPHERD (2)  SINCLAIR (2)  SMAILS (1)  STODDART (11)  STOREY (1)  STUDHOLM (1)  TAIT (3)  TAYLOR (16)  THOMPSON (9)  THORNTON (5)  VERDY (1)  WALKER (4)  WALES (1)  WEIGHTMAN (1)  WELDON (1)  WHITE (3)  WILKIE (1)  WILSON (3)  WOOD (8)