Top surnames from the 1881 census in Longridge, Northumberland

Longridge 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
SMITH99.89017.00
LESLIE88.7912529.80
SCOTT88.791234.75
ELSTON55.49451,136.36
WALLACE44.395664.21
BALLANTYNE44.3956579.71
LOCKIE33.29671,428.57
KELLY33.296730.09
LOWES33.2967566.04
LEITCH33.2967344.83
ROSS22.197820.10
JOHNSON22.19786.54
PURVES22.1978338.98
MUCK22.197820,000.00
GIBSON22.197818.10
BIGGER11.09893,333.33
ALISON11.0989625.00
PAXTON11.0989136.99
CARR11.098915.22
WILLIAMSON11.098912.25
MILLAR11.098930.12
BAXTER11.098918.45
TROTTER11.0989105.26
SLIGHT11.0989434.78
DEWEY11.0989263.16
BRADLEY11.098913.68
WHITTAKER11.098923.20
STEWART11.09897.02
POTTER11.098916.95
COOPER11.09894.52
MORTON11.098920.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MUCK0.099120000.0000
BIGGER0.09913333.3333
LOCKIE0.09911428.5714
ELSTON0.09911136.3636
ALISON0.0991625.0000
BALLANTYNE0.0991579.7101
LOWES0.0991566.0377
LESLIE0.0991529.8013
SLIGHT0.0991434.7826
LEITCH0.0991344.8276
PURVES0.0991338.9831
DEWEY0.0991263.1579
PAXTON0.0991136.9863
TROTTER0.0991105.2632
WALLACE0.099164.2055
SCOTT0.099134.7524
MILLAR0.099130.1205
KELLY0.099130.0903
WHITTAKER0.099123.2019
MORTON0.099120.5761
ROSS0.099120.1005
BAXTER0.099118.4502
GIBSON0.099118.0995
POTTER0.099116.9492
CARR0.099115.2207
BRADLEY0.099113.6799
WILLIAMSON0.099112.2549
STEWART0.09917.0225
SMITH0.09917.0044
JOHNSON0.09916.5402
COOPER0.09914.5167

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 91 people called MUCK in Longridge 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 20000.0000 in Longridge means that 20000.0000% of the people in Longridge on census day were called MUCK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MUCK 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 MUCK 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 MUCK 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 MUCK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Longridge means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MUCK in Longridge than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Longridge in 1881

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

ALISON (1)  BALLANTYNE (4)  BAXTER (1)  BIGGER (1)  BRADLEY (1)  CARR (1)  CESSFORD (1)  COOPER (1)  DEWEY (1)  DRYBURGH (4)  ELSTON (5)  GIBSON (2)  HENZELL (1)  JERNINGHAM (2)  JOHNSON (2)  KELLY (3)  LEITCH (3)  LESLIE (8)  LOCKIE (3)  LOWES (3)  MILLAR (1)  MORTON (1)  MUCK (2)  PAXTON (1)  POTTER (1)  PURVES (2)  ROSS (2)  SCOTT (8)  SLIGHT (1)  SMITH (9)  STATTERS (6)  STEWART (1)  THUSEAU (1)  TROTTER (1)  WALLACE (4)  WHITTAKER (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)