Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newton On The Moor, Northumberland

Newton On The Moor 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
OLIVER177.2961102.29
SWANSON114.7210643.27
THOMPSON104.291814.33
CHRISP93.86273,600.00
MURRAY83.433527.69
RICHARDSON83.433520.17
REAY73.0043346.53
DAVIDSON62.575130.63
COWELL62.5751179.64
PURVIS52.1459222.22
CARR41.716723.80
ROBSON41.716726.09
GOODWILL41.7167975.61
ROBINSON41.71675.38
WELCH41.716748.84
FALCONER41.7167143.88
POTTS41.716751.41
CHARLTON41.716759.88
DOUGLAS41.716735.43
JOHNSON41.71675.11
LEE31.28767.88
HUNTER31.287612.54
MACKENZIE31.287646.01
WALLACE31.287618.80
MAXWELL20.858436.10
BROWN20.85841.30
BERKLEY20.8584625.00
MIDDLEMISS20.8584363.64
GAIR20.8584322.58
RIDDELL20.8584102.56
HOWRY20.858420,000.00
SHOTTON10.4292123.46
GRAY10.42923.01
ALLAN10.42926.84
YOUNG10.42922.00
FISHER10.42923.67
LOUGH10.4292238.10
TURNER10.42921.54
DICKSON10.429211.59
JAMIESON10.429215.41
HERBERT10.429211.49
SHEPHERD10.42925.86
MOORE10.42922.15
MARSHALL10.42922.56
SIMPSON10.42922.45
NOBLE10.429210.34
GREEN10.42921.52
SCOTT10.42921.70
RAMSEY10.429239.53
THOBURN10.4292666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOWRY0.2323320000.0000
CHRISP0.232333600.0000
GOODWILL0.23233975.6098
THOBURN0.23233666.6667
SWANSON0.23233643.2749
BERKLEY0.23233625.0000
MIDDLEMISS0.23233363.6364
REAY0.23233346.5347
GAIR0.23233322.5806
LOUGH0.23233238.0952
PURVIS0.23233222.2222
COWELL0.23233179.6407
FALCONER0.23233143.8849
SHOTTON0.23233123.4568
RIDDELL0.23233102.5641
OLIVER0.23233102.2864
CHARLTON0.2323359.8802
ORAM0.2323354.9451
POTTS0.2323351.4139
WELCH0.2323348.8400
MACKENZIE0.2323346.0123
RAMSEY0.2323339.5257
MAXWELL0.2323336.1011
DOUGLAS0.2323335.4296
DAVIDSON0.2323330.6279
MURRAY0.2323327.6912
ROBSON0.2323326.0926
CARR0.2323323.7954
RICHARDSON0.2323320.1715
WALLACE0.2323318.7970
JAMIESON0.2323315.4083
THOMPSON0.2323314.3266
HUNTER0.2323312.5366
DICKSON0.2323311.5875
HERBERT0.2323311.4943
NOBLE0.2323310.3413
LEE0.232337.8782
ALLAN0.232336.8353
SHEPHERD0.232335.8582
ROBINSON0.232335.3843
JOHNSON0.232335.1092
FISHER0.232333.6670
GRAY0.232333.0066
MARSHALL0.232332.5589
SIMPSON0.232332.4540
MOORE0.232332.1464
YOUNG0.232331.9980
SCOTT0.232331.6964
TURNER0.232331.5418
GREEN0.232331.5242

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 233 people called HOWRY in Newton On The Moor 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 Newton On The Moor means that 20000.0000% of the people in Newton On The Moor on census day were called HOWRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOWRY 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 HOWRY 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 HOWRY 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 HOWRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Newton On The Moor means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOWRY in Newton On The Moor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newton On The Moor in 1881

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

ALLAN (1)  BERKLEY (2)  BROWN (2)  BROWNHALL (1)  CARR (4)  CHARLTON (4)  COWELL (6)  CRAIGS (5)  CHRISP (9)  DAVIDSON (6)  DICKSON (1)  DOUGLAS (4)  EASTEN (5)  FALCONER (4)  FISHER (1)  GAIR (2)  GOODWILL (4)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (1)  HERBERT (1)  HOWRY (2)  HUNTER (3)  IMERIE (1)  JAMIESON (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KIRKUP (6)  LEE (3)  LOUGH (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MAXWELL (2)  MCALVIN (1)  MACKENZIE (3)  MIDDLEMISS (2)  MOORE (1)  MURRAY (8)  NOBLE (1)  OLIVER (17)  ORAM (1)  POTTS (4)  PURVIS (5)  REAY (7)  RAILSON (11)  RAMSEY (1)  RENNISON (9)  RICHARDSON (8)  RIDDELL (2)  ROBINSON (4)  ROBSON (4)  SCOTT (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHOTTON (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SNAITH (4)  SWANSON (11)  THOBURN (1)  THOMPSON (10)  TROBO (6)  TURNER (1)  WALLACE (3)  WEATHERBURN (2)  WELCH (4)  WIDDRINGTON (4)  YORSTON (5)  YOUNG (1)