Top surnames from the 1881 census in Outchester, Northumberland

Outchester 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
WRIGHT1212.121237.78
DONALDSON99.0909319.15
PRINGLE88.0808512.82
ELLIOTT77.070783.33
RUTHERFORD66.0606247.93
DICKSON55.0505136.24
PATTERSON55.0505144.93
TAYLOR55.05057.90
GRAY55.050535.39
COXON44.0404526.32
JOBSON44.0404689.66
GUTHRIE44.0404320.00
CROSBY44.0404341.88
HUME44.0404285.71
MOLE33.0303389.61
ROBERTSON33.030318.08
NISBET22.0202190.48
MILLER11.01015.65
BOWEY11.01011,000.00
HOGARTH11.0101153.85
SMITH11.01010.72
GILCHRIST11.010168.97
BUTLER11.010110.36
MILLS11.01017.79
BRADFORD11.010151.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOWEY0.10991000.0000
JOBSON0.1099689.6552
COXON0.1099526.3158
PRINGLE0.1099512.8205
MOLE0.1099389.6104
CROSBY0.1099341.8803
GUTHRIE0.1099320.0000
DONALDSON0.1099319.1489
HUME0.1099285.7143
RUTHERFORD0.1099247.9339
NISBET0.1099190.4762
HOGARTH0.1099153.8462
PATTERSON0.1099144.9275
DICKSON0.1099136.2398
ELLIOTT0.109983.3333
GILCHRIST0.109968.9655
BRADFORD0.109951.8135
WRIGHT0.109937.7834
GRAY0.109935.3857
ROBERTSON0.109918.0832
BUTLER0.109910.3627
TAYLOR0.10997.8976
MILLS0.10997.7882
MILLER0.10995.6465
SMITH0.10990.7154

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 99 people called BOWEY in Outchester 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 1000.0000 in Outchester means that 1000.0000% of the people in Outchester on census day were called BOWEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOWEY 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 BOWEY 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 BOWEY 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 BOWEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Outchester means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOWEY in Outchester than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Outchester in 1881

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

BOWEY (1)  BRADFORD (1)  BUTLER (1)  COXON (4)  CROSBY (4)  DICKSON (5)  DONALDSON (9)  ELLIOTT (7)  GILCHRIST (1)  GRAY (5)  GUTHRIE (4)  HOGARTH (1)  HUME (4)  JOBSON (4)  MILLER (1)  MILLS (1)  MOLE (3)  NISBET (2)  PATTERSON (5)  PRINGLE (8)  ROBERTSON (3)  RUTHERFORD (6)  SMITH (1)  TAME (1)  TAYLOR (5)  WRIGHT (12)