Top surnames from the 1881 census in Old Moor, Northumberland

Old 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
BROWN810.958916.63
LUKE68.2192845.07
DRYDEN68.21921,363.64
MATHER68.2192331.49
DIXON45.479550.00
WILLIS34.109677.32
HUMBLE34.1096857.14
MORRISON22.739734.84
COCKBURN22.7397215.05
LONG22.739742.19
SCRIM22.739720,000.00
DAVISON22.739776.63
BRUCE22.739758.48
HUNTER22.739726.67
SWAN22.7397105.82
ROBSON22.739741.67
CUTTER11.3699476.19
LAURIE11.3699158.73
STANFIELD11.3699500.00
KNOX11.369980.00
WALLACE11.369920.00
LLOYD11.369911.74
DODDS11.369964.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCRIM0.077320000.0000
DRYDEN0.07731363.6364
HUMBLE0.0773857.1429
LUKE0.0773845.0704
STANFIELD0.0773500.0000
CUTTER0.0773476.1905
MATHER0.0773331.4917
COCKBURN0.0773215.0538
LAURIE0.0773158.7302
SWAN0.0773105.8201
KNOX0.077380.0000
WILLIS0.077377.3196
DAVISON0.077376.6284
DODDS0.077364.9351
BRUCE0.077358.4795
DIXON0.077350.0000
LONG0.077342.1941
ROBSON0.077341.6667
MORRISON0.077334.8432
HUNTER0.077326.6667
WALLACE0.077320.0000
BROWN0.077316.6251
LLOYD0.077311.7371

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 73 people called SCRIM in Old 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 Old Moor means that 20000.0000% of the people in Old Moor on census day were called SCRIM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCRIM 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 SCRIM 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 SCRIM 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 SCRIM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Old Moor means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCRIM in Old Moor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Old Moor in 1881

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

ASHEY (2)  BALMAIN (2)  BROWN (8)  BRUCE (2)  COCKBURN (2)  CUTTER (1)  DAVISON (2)  DIXON (4)  DODDS (1)  DRYDEN (6)  HINDHAUGH (4)  HUMBLE (3)  HUNTER (2)  KNOX (1)  LADLER (3)  LAURIE (1)  LLOYD (1)  LONG (2)  LUKE (6)  MATHER (6)  MORRISON (2)  ROBSON (2)  SCRIM (2)  SNAITH (1)  STANFIELD (1)  SWAN (2)  WALLACE (1)  WILLIS (3)