Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Whittington, Northumberland

Great Whittington 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
RENWICK177.76261,140.94
BEATTIE156.8493319.83
ROBSON156.8493104.09
KIRSOPP135.936111,818.18
GIBSON135.936148.91
FORSTER104.5662139.28
WILSON73.19636.96
LIDDLE73.1963271.32
THOMPSON62.73979.14
PEARSON62.739723.58
SCOTT62.739710.83
CARR62.739737.97
ARCHBOLD62.73971,153.85
CHARLTON62.739795.69
DOUGLASS52.2831359.71
MCNAUGHT41.826510,000.00
CUTHBERTSON41.8265236.69
RUTTER41.8265119.76
LONGSTAFF41.8265258.06
ROCHESTER41.8265701.75
BEST41.826567.80
AMOS31.369983.33
ROSS31.369912.54
TAIT31.369946.51
WATSON31.36995.91
HUTTON20.913230.58
BELL10.45662.43
DOUGLAS10.45669.43
RITSON10.4566113.64
JEFFERY10.456621.01
PROSSER10.456629.15
HARDY10.45667.62
MINTO10.4566163.93
FINLAY10.456644.44
DOBSON10.456610.35
JOLLY10.456632.26
CURREY10.4566222.22
JAMISON10.4566227.27
POTTS10.456613.68
SMITH10.45660.32
MILLER10.45662.55
ROWELL10.456652.36
DAVISON10.456612.77
JOHNSON10.45661.36
REED10.45666.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KIRSOPP0.2221911818.1818
MCNAUGHT0.2221910000.0000
ARCHBOLD0.222191153.8462
RENWICK0.222191140.9396
ROCHESTER0.22219701.7544
DOUGLASS0.22219359.7122
BEATTIE0.22219319.8294
LIDDLE0.22219271.3178
LONGSTAFF0.22219258.0645
CUTHBERTSON0.22219236.6864
JAMISON0.22219227.2727
CURREY0.22219222.2222
MINTO0.22219163.9344
FORSTER0.22219139.2758
RUTTER0.22219119.7605
RITSON0.22219113.6364
ROBSON0.22219104.0944
CHARLTON0.2221995.6938
AMOS0.2221983.3333
BEST0.2221967.7966
ROWELL0.2221952.3560
GIBSON0.2221948.9090
TAIT0.2221946.5116
FINLAY0.2221944.4444
CARR0.2221937.9747
JOLLY0.2221932.2581
HUTTON0.2221930.5810
PROSSER0.2221929.1545
PEARSON0.2221923.5849
JEFFERY0.2221921.0084
POTTS0.2221913.6799
DAVISON0.2221912.7714
ROSS0.2221912.5366
SCOTT0.2221910.8284
DOBSON0.2221910.3520
DOUGLAS0.222199.4251
THOMPSON0.222199.1449
HARDY0.222197.6220
WILSON0.222196.9596
REED0.222196.2539
WATSON0.222195.9055
MILLER0.222192.5523
BELL0.222192.4301
JOHNSON0.222191.3591
SMITH0.222190.3234

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 219 people called KIRSOPP in Great Whittington 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 11818.1818 in Great Whittington means that 11818.1818% of the people in Great Whittington on census day were called KIRSOPP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KIRSOPP 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 KIRSOPP 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 KIRSOPP 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 KIRSOPP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Great Whittington means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KIRSOPP in Great Whittington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Whittington in 1881

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

AMOS (3)  ARCHBOLD (6)  BEATTIE (15)  BELL (1)  BEST (4)  BROWELL (1)  CARR (6)  CHARLTON (6)  CURREY (1)  CUTHBERTSON (4)  DAVISON (1)  DOBSON (1)  DOUGLASS (5)  DOUGLAS (1)  FINLAY (1)  FORSTER (10)  GIBSON (13)  HARDY (1)  HARRESTON (1)  HUTTON (2)  JAMISON (1)  JEFFERY (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JOLLY (1)  KIRSOPP (13)  LIDDLE (7)  LONGSTAFF (4)  MCNAUGHT (4)  MILLER (1)  MINTO (1)  PEARSON (6)  POTTS (1)  PROSSER (1)  PROUDLOCK (5)  REED (1)  RENWICK (17)  RITSON (1)  ROBSON (15)  ROCHESTER (4)  ROUKE (3)  ROSS (3)  ROWELL (1)  RUTTER (4)  SCOTT (6)  SISTERSON (3)  SMITH (1)  STOBART (10)  STOKOE (1)  TAIT (3)  THOMPSON (6)  WATSON (3)  WILSON (7)