Top surnames from the 1881 census in High Angerton, Northumberland

High Angerton 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
RIDLEY1113.9241718.95
ROBINSON1113.924143.67
ANDERSON810.126651.28
SMITH78.86086.28
GOSLING67.5949483.87
REAY67.5949869.57
HALL67.594925.82
PERCIVAL67.5949483.87
SCOTT56.329125.01
JACKSON33.797513.59
ROBSON33.797557.69
COWEN11.2658232.56
TAYLOR11.26581.98
CHARLTON11.265844.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REAY0.0879869.5652
RIDLEY0.0879718.9542
GOSLING0.0879483.8710
PERCIVAL0.0879483.8710
COWEN0.0879232.5581
ROBSON0.087957.6923
ANDERSON0.087951.2821
CHARLTON0.087944.2478
ROBINSON0.087943.6681
HALL0.087925.8176
SCOTT0.087925.0125
JACKSON0.087913.5870
SMITH0.08796.2758
TAYLOR0.08791.9794

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 79 people called REAY in High Angerton 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 869.5652 in High Angerton means that 869.5652% of the people in High Angerton on census day were called REAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REAY 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 REAY 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 REAY 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 REAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in High Angerton means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REAY in High Angerton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in High Angerton in 1881

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

ANDERSON (8)  CHARLTON (1)  COWEN (1)  DOTT (1)  GOSLING (6)  HALL (6)  JACKSON (3)  PERCIVAL (6)  REAY (6)  RIDLEY (11)  ROBINSON (11)  ROBSON (3)  SCOTT (5)  SMITH (7)  STOKOE (3)  TAYLOR (1)