Top surnames from the 1881 census in Humshaugh, Northumberland

Humshaugh 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
CHARLTON347.1429249.27
SAINT204.20171,369.86
HERDMAN204.20171,666.67
HOGG163.361393.02
ARMSTRONG142.941238.47
REED112.310931.65
BALLANTINE102.1008684.93
BELL102.100811.18
WAUGH91.8908138.67
HANKIN91.8908616.44
THOMPSON91.89086.31
MARREN91.89083,461.54
ELLIOTT91.890822.28
DODD91.890846.49
WRAGG81.6807181.82
HUNTER71.470614.32
BLAIR71.470656.73
GIBSON71.470612.11
HALL71.47065.00
VASS71.4706434.78
ATKINSON71.470615.10
CROSIER71.47061,521.74
SHAFTO61.26052,727.27
WILKINSON61.26058.26
LATIMER61.2605327.87
TAYLOR61.26051.97
SIMPSON61.26057.21
LAIDLER61.2605317.46
WEIGHTMAN61.2605322.58
FAIRLESS51.0504531.91
BRUCE51.050422.42
CARRUTHERS51.050479.37
HERRON51.0504294.12
PARKER51.05045.52
LAIDLAW40.840394.79
OLIVER40.840311.78
URWIN40.8403184.33
EDWARDS40.84033.02
TELFORD40.840395.47
MAUGHAN30.6303112.78
COWPER30.6303143.54
WHITE30.63031.96
BROWN30.63030.96
DAVIDSON30.63037.50
JACOBSON30.6303422.54
WRIGHT30.63031.96
PIGG30.6303214.29
BELDON20.4202769.23
JACKSON20.42021.50
TELFER20.420270.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARREN0.484763461.5385
SHAFTO0.484762727.2727
HERDMAN0.484761666.6667
CROSIER0.484761521.7391
SAINT0.484761369.8630
BELDON0.48476769.2308
BALLANTINE0.48476684.9315
HANKIN0.48476616.4384
FAIRLESS0.48476531.9149
VASS0.48476434.7826
JACOBSON0.48476422.5352
LEVISON0.48476357.1429
LATIMER0.48476327.8689
WEIGHTMAN0.48476322.5806
LAIDLER0.48476317.4603
HERRON0.48476294.1176
CHARLTON0.48476249.2669
LAWRY0.48476222.2222
PIGG0.48476214.2857
URWIN0.48476184.3318
WRAGG0.48476181.8182
WILLES0.48476175.4386
COWPER0.48476143.5407
WAUGH0.48476138.6749
BRYDON0.48476133.3333
MAUGHAN0.48476112.7820
GILLIS0.48476104.1667
SHELL0.48476100.0000
TELFORD0.4847695.4654
LAIDLAW0.4847694.7867
HOGG0.4847693.0233
CARRUTHERS0.4847679.3651
PHILIPSON0.4847675.1880
TELFER0.4847670.1754
STOKER0.4847661.9195
BLAIR0.4847656.7261
BRUNTON0.4847653.4759
BRICE0.4847650.8906
COONEY0.4847650.5051
MILBURN0.4847647.0588
DODD0.4847646.4876
ARMSTRONG0.4847638.4721
LOWES0.4847636.2319
REED0.4847631.6547
MOOR0.4847629.9850
BRUCE0.4847622.4215
ENGLISH0.4847622.3464
ELLIOTT0.4847622.2827
ATKINSON0.4847615.0992
HUNTER0.4847614.3208

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 476 people called MARREN in Humshaugh 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 3461.5385 in Humshaugh means that 3461.5385% of the people in Humshaugh on census day were called MARREN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARREN 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 MARREN 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 MARREN 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 MARREN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.48 in Humshaugh means that you are 0.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARREN in Humshaugh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Humshaugh in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (14)  ATKINSON (7)  BALLANTINE (10)  BELDON (2)  BELL (10)  BESFORD (4)  BESTFORD (1)  BLAIR (7)  BRECKONS (4)  BROWN (3)  BRUCE (5)  BRUNTON (2)  BRICE (2)  BRYDON (2)  CALVERT (1)  CARR (2)  CARRUTHERS (5)  CHARLTON (34)  COONEY (1)  COWPER (3)  CROSIER (7)  DAVIDSON (3)  DAVISON (1)  DODD (9)  DOUGLAS (2)  EBEGE (1)  EDWARDS (4)  ELLIOTT (9)  FAIRLESS (5)  FOSTER (1)  GIBSON (7)  GILLIS (1)  GLEDSON (7)  HALL (7)  HANKIN (9)  HERDMAN (20)  HERRON (5)  HOGG (16)  HORNE (1)  HUDSMITH (1)  HUDSON (2)  HUNTER (7)  HUTTON (1)  ENGLISH (2)  URWIN (4)  JACK (1)  JACKSON (2)  JACOBSON (3)  JOHNSON (2)  KAYTON (1)  LAIDLER (6)  LATIMER (6)  LAWRY (2)  LEVISON (1)  LAIDLAW (4)  LITTLEFAIR (5)  LOWES (1)  MAUGHAN (3)  MC GARELY (1)  MC GRAGAGH (1)  MACKAY (1)  MILBURN (2)  MOOR (2)  MARREN (9)  NEWBEGIN (4)  NEWMARCH (2)  OLIVER (4)  OSELTON (1)  PARKER (5)  PARMINTOR (3)  PHILIPSON (1)  PIGG (3)  POTTS (2)  REEVE (1)  REED (11)  RIDLEY (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (2)  ROGERS (1)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SAINT (20)  SCOTT (1)  SHAFTO (6)  SHELL (1)  SHORT (2)  SIMMONDS (1)  SIMPSON (6)  SMITH (1)  STOKER (2)  STOKOE (2)  TAYLOR (6)  TAILFORD (9)  TELFER (2)  TELFORD (4)  TEMPERLY (3)  THOMPSON (9)  VASS (7)  WALTON (1)  WARDLE (1)  WATSON (1)  WAUGH (9)  WEIGHTMAN (6)  WEYMES (5)  WHINFIELD (1)  WHITE (3)  WILKINSON (6)  WILLES (1)  WILSON (2)  WRAGG (8)  WRIGHT (3)