Top surnames from the 1881 census in Plenmeller, Northumberland

Plenmeller 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
JACKSON147.446826.65
ARMSTRONG126.383083.51
BROWN115.85118.88
BLACKBURN105.3191141.04
MILLAR94.7872131.20
RENWICK94.7872703.13
DRYDEN94.7872796.46
TEASDALE84.2553503.14
CROWE84.2553425.53
NIXON63.1915104.71
FURNESS63.1915400.00
CHARLTON52.659692.76
FORSTER52.659681.17
WOODMAN52.6596240.38
RAIN52.65961,515.15
NICHOLSON52.659637.43
PATTERSON52.659676.22
SOWERBY42.1277396.04
ROBSON42.127732.34
RILEY31.595720.17
HETHERINGTON31.5957126.58
SHIELD31.5957348.84
LITTLE31.595733.75
GRAHAM21.06389.27
REED21.063814.58
MOORE21.06385.32
WILKINSON21.06386.97
HEATHERINGTON21.06381,176.47
HUTCHINSON21.063818.73
MUNT10.5319222.22
SANDERSON10.531912.87
LOWRY10.5319131.58
LAWSON10.53199.03
ENGELMANN10.531910,000.00
HALL10.53191.81
GEORGE10.53199.07
ROUTLEDGE10.531962.50
FORREST10.531920.62
RIDLEY10.531927.55
ELLIOT10.531920.83
STORY10.531985.47
CHRYSTAL10.5319384.62
GREGG10.531975.76
SCOTT10.53192.10
LEWIS10.53192.02
FLETCHER10.53194.66
THOMPSON10.53191.78
HARROP10.531946.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ENGELMANN0.1918810000.0000
RAIN0.191881515.1515
HEATHERINGTON0.191881176.4706
DRYDEN0.19188796.4602
RENWICK0.19188703.1250
TEASDALE0.19188503.1447
CROWE0.19188425.5319
FURNESS0.19188400.0000
SOWERBY0.19188396.0396
CHRYSTAL0.19188384.6154
SHIELD0.19188348.8372
WOODMAN0.19188240.3846
MUNT0.19188222.2222
BLACKBURN0.19188141.0437
LOWRY0.19188131.5789
MILLAR0.19188131.1953
HETHERINGTON0.19188126.5823
NIXON0.19188104.7120
CHARLTON0.1918892.7644
STORY0.1918885.4701
ARMSTRONG0.1918883.5073
FORSTER0.1918881.1688
PATTERSON0.1918876.2195
GREGG0.1918875.7576
ROUTLEDGE0.1918862.5000
HARROP0.1918846.7290
NICHOLSON0.1918837.4251
LITTLE0.1918833.7458
ROBSON0.1918832.3363
RIDLEY0.1918827.5482
JACKSON0.1918826.6464
ELLIOT0.1918820.8333
FORREST0.1918820.6186
RILEY0.1918820.1748
HUTCHINSON0.1918818.7266
REED0.1918814.5773
SANDERSON0.1918812.8700
GRAHAM0.191889.2678
GEORGE0.191889.0662
LAWSON0.191889.0253
BROWN0.191888.8760
WILKINSON0.191886.9711
MOORE0.191885.3206
FLETCHER0.191884.6598
SCOTT0.191882.1022
LEWIS0.191882.0231
HALL0.191881.8080
THOMPSON0.191881.7756

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 188 people called ENGELMANN in Plenmeller 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 10000.0000 in Plenmeller means that 10000.0000% of the people in Plenmeller on census day were called ENGELMANN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ENGELMANN 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 ENGELMANN 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 ENGELMANN 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 ENGELMANN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Plenmeller means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ENGELMANN in Plenmeller than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Plenmeller in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (12)  BLACKBURN (10)  BROWN (11)  CHARLTON (5)  CHATERS (1)  CHRYSTAL (1)  CROWE (8)  DRYDEN (9)  DUVVISIN (1)  ELLIOT (1)  ENGELMANN (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FORREST (1)  FORSTER (5)  FURNESS (6)  GEORGE (1)  GRAHAM (2)  GREGG (1)  HALL (1)  HARROP (1)  HETHERINGTON (3)  HEATHERINGTON (2)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JACKSON (14)  GEASON (1)  LOWRY (1)  LAVERICK (1)  LAWSON (1)  LEWIS (1)  LITTLE (3)  MACLARAN (1)  MILLAR (9)  MOORE (2)  MUNT (1)  NICHOLSON (5)  NIXON (6)  PATTERSON (5)  RAIN (5)  REED (2)  RENWICK (9)  RIDLEY (1)  RILEY (3)  ROBSON (4)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHIELD (3)  SOWERBY (4)  STORY (1)  TEASDALE (8)  THOMPSON (1)  WILKINSON (2)  WOODMAN (5)