Top surnames from the 1881 census in Elyhaugh, Northumberland

Elyhaugh 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
SCOTT12100.0000394.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCOTT0.0112394.7368

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 12 people called SCOTT in Elyhaugh 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 394.7368 in Elyhaugh means that 394.7368% of the people in Elyhaugh on census day were called SCOTT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCOTT 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 SCOTT 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 SCOTT 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 SCOTT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.01 in Elyhaugh means that you are 0.01 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCOTT in Elyhaugh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Elyhaugh in 1881

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

SCOTT (12)