Top surnames from the 1881 census in Henshaw, Northumberland

Henshaw 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
ARMSTRONG5611.2450147.10
BELL214.216922.44
RIDLEY214.2169218.30
HARDING204.016155.49
THOMPSON173.413711.39
SHARP173.413740.96
COOK163.212916.17
HENDERSON153.012027.71
FORSTER132.610479.61
MAKEPEACE102.0080709.22
COULSON102.0080111.98
PATTINSON102.0080224.22
DENT102.0080105.37
LITTLE91.807238.22
REAY91.8072208.33
DODD81.606439.51
HEDLEY81.6064157.17
BATEY81.6064410.26
PEARS81.6064349.35
HUTCHINSON81.606428.28
JACKSON81.60645.75
KIRK71.405632.47
NIXON71.405646.14
ROBSON71.405621.36
PEARSON61.204810.37
SWINDLE61.20481,153.85
BULMER61.2048152.28
ROBINSON61.20483.78
GREEN61.20484.28
WHITE61.20483.75
LOWES61.2048207.61
HEPPELL51.0040632.91
MURRAY51.00408.10
HUDSPETH51.00401,063.83
LAING40.803239.96
JOHNSON40.80322.39
WOODMAN40.803272.73
HETHERINGTON40.803263.69
CHARLTON40.803228.03
ENGLISH40.803242.74
ROBERTS40.80322.14
ATKINSON40.80328.25
WARD40.80323.68
COATS30.6024133.33
OLIVER30.60248.44
PLACE30.6024114.94
MASON30.60244.48
BLAYLOCK30.6024344.83
BEATY20.4016175.44
POTTS20.401612.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SWINDLE0.504981153.8462
HUDSPETH0.504981063.8298
MAKEPEACE0.50498709.2199
HEPPELL0.50498632.9114
BATEY0.50498410.2564
LYNAM0.50498363.6364
PEARS0.50498349.3450
BLAYLOCK0.50498344.8276
COWING0.50498250.0000
PATTINSON0.50498224.2152
RIDLEY0.50498218.2952
REAY0.50498208.3333
LOWES0.50498207.6125
BEATY0.50498175.4386
HEDLEY0.50498157.1709
BULMER0.50498152.2843
ARMSTRONG0.50498147.0975
COATS0.50498133.3333
TWEDDLE0.50498116.9591
PLACE0.50498114.9425
COULSON0.50498111.9821
DENT0.50498105.3741
LEGGE0.5049890.0901
KIPLING0.5049884.0336
FITZSIMMONS0.5049881.9672
FORSTER0.5049879.6081
WOODMAN0.5049872.7273
PIGG0.5049868.0272
HETHERINGTON0.5049863.6943
ORD0.5049860.9756
HARDING0.5049855.4939
NIXON0.5049846.1437
GOODFELLOW0.5049845.4545
LIDDELL0.5049843.7637
ENGLISH0.5049842.7350
BIRKETT0.5049841.5800
SHARP0.5049840.9639
LAING0.5049839.9600
DODD0.5049839.5062
LITTLE0.5049838.2166
ERRINGTON0.5049835.9712
MAUGHAN0.5049835.9712
KIRK0.5049832.4675
HUTCHINSON0.5049828.2785
CHARLTON0.5049828.0308
HENDERSON0.5049827.7111
TEASDALE0.5049823.6967
BELL0.5049822.4407
ROBSON0.5049821.3610
CROWE0.5049820.1207

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 498 people called SWINDLE in Henshaw 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 1153.8462 in Henshaw means that 1153.8462% of the people in Henshaw on census day were called SWINDLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SWINDLE 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 SWINDLE 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 SWINDLE 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 SWINDLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.50 in Henshaw means that you are 0.50 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SWINDLE in Henshaw than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Henshaw in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (56)  ATKINSON (4)  BATEY (8)  BEATY (2)  BELL (21)  BIRKETT (2)  BLAYLOCK (3)  BOYES (1)  BULMER (6)  CARROLL (1)  CHARLTON (4)  COATS (3)  COOK (16)  COULSON (10)  COWING (1)  CRAGIE (1)  CROWE (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DENT (10)  DIXON (1)  DODD (8)  DUNKELD (1)  ELLIOT (2)  ERRINGTON (1)  FAIRLAMB (3)  FLINT (1)  FORSTER (13)  GOODFELLOW (2)  GREY (2)  GREEN (6)  HARDING (20)  HEDLEY (8)  HENDERSON (15)  HEPPELL (5)  HEPPLE (1)  HETHERINGTON (4)  HINDMARCH (1)  HUDSPETH (5)  HUTCHINSON (8)  HUTTON (2)  ENGLISH (4)  JACKSON (8)  JAMESON (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KIPLING (1)  KIRK (7)  KEARTON (1)  LAING (4)  LEE (2)  LEGGE (2)  LIDDELL (2)  LITTLE (9)  LOWE (1)  LOWES (6)  LUN (1)  LYNAM (2)  MAKEPEACE (10)  MASON (3)  MAUGHAN (1)  MELVILLE (1)  MURRAY (5)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLSON (2)  NIXON (7)  OLIVER (3)  ORR (1)  ORD (2)  PARKER (1)  PATTINSON (10)  PEARS (8)  PEARSON (6)  PIGG ((ROBINSON)) (2)  PIGG (1)  PLACE (3)  POTTS (2)  REAY (9)  REED (1)  RIDLEY (21)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBINSON (6)  ROBSON (7)  SHARP (17)  FITZSIMMONS (1)  STOKOES (1)  SWINDLE (6)  TEASDALE (1)  THOMPSON (17)  TWEDDLE (2)  WALLACE (2)  WALTON (1)  WARD (4)  WHITE (6)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILKINSON (2)  WINTER (1)  WOODMAN (4)