Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ponteland, Northumberland

Ponteland 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
JAMESON276.0403545.45
BROWN245.36918.15
ROBSON184.026861.18
CHARLTON153.3557117.10
DONKIN112.4609662.65
THOMPSON102.23717.47
WILSON102.23714.87
BATES92.013431.65
ALDER92.0134282.13
MURRAY81.789714.43
LAWS81.7897160.97
SMITH81.78971.27
MOORHEAD71.56601,891.89
GIBSON71.566012.90
WILKINSON71.566010.26
HENDERSON71.566014.41
BOWRING71.5660486.11
WEDDLE71.56601,627.91
CARR71.566021.70
REAY61.3423154.64
RUTHERFORD51.118645.83
FERGUSON51.118615.78
HEALY51.1186168.92
WATSON51.11864.82
FORESTER40.8949310.08
MARR40.894978.43
BADENOCH40.89491,818.18
DUNN40.894910.76
TODD40.894917.58
ROWELL40.8949102.56
MEIKLE40.8949124.22
FOSTER40.89496.69
SHANE40.8949952.38
HOLT30.671110.02
JOHNSON30.67112.00
MARSHALL30.67114.00
WINTER30.671118.93
BERKLEY30.6711491.80
COOLEY30.6711263.16
SPENCE30.671120.28
NIXON30.671122.03
WALKER30.67112.00
SWANSON30.671191.74
GRAY30.67114.70
MATHER30.671127.08
MACKEY30.6711176.47
BRISTON20.4474833.33
MEEK20.447438.46
BATEY20.4474114.29
CLARKE20.44742.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LANDRIGAN0.4544710000.0000
MOORHEAD0.454471891.8919
BADENOCH0.454471818.1818
WEDDLE0.454471627.9070
SHANE0.45447952.3810
BRISTON0.45447833.3333
DONKIN0.45447662.6506
JAMESON0.45447545.4545
BERKLEY0.45447491.8033
BOWRING0.45447486.1111
WAILES0.45447465.1163
MOFFET0.45447384.6154
FORESTER0.45447310.0775
ALDER0.45447282.1317
COWENS0.45447263.1579
COOLEY0.45447263.1579
MACKEY0.45447176.4706
HEALY0.45447168.9189
LAWS0.45447160.9658
REAY0.45447154.6392
STRAUGHAN0.45447135.1351
MEIKLE0.45447124.2236
CHARLTON0.45447117.0960
BATEY0.45447114.2857
PYLE0.45447109.8901
ROWELL0.45447102.5641
SWANSON0.4544791.7431
OBRIEN0.4544783.3333
COLLINGWOOD0.4544781.3008
MARR0.4544778.4314
STOBBS0.4544777.5194
FAULDS0.4544773.5294
NESBIT0.4544772.9927
BULMAN0.4544761.3497
ROBSON0.4544761.1829
CREIGHTON0.4544756.8182
BANFIELD0.4544749.0196
RUTHERFORD0.4544745.8295
COULTER0.4544744.6429
JEFFERSON0.4544741.1523
MAUGHAN0.4544740.0000
MEEK0.4544738.4615
LEDGER0.4544732.6797
BATES0.4544731.6456
HANCOX0.4544729.4118
SHANNON0.4544728.9017
MATHER0.4544727.0758
WADDELL0.4544725.1889
NIXON0.4544722.0264
CARR0.4544721.6987

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 447 people called LANDRIGAN in Ponteland 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 Ponteland means that 10000.0000% of the people in Ponteland on census day were called LANDRIGAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LANDRIGAN 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 LANDRIGAN 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 LANDRIGAN 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 LANDRIGAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Ponteland means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LANDRIGAN in Ponteland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ponteland in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (1)  ALDER (9)  ANDERSON (1)  ASKEW (1)  BADENOCH (4)  BANFIELD (1)  BERKLEY (3)  BARNES (1)  BATES (9)  BATEY (2)  BECKINTON (2)  BELL (1)  BOND (1)  BOWSTEAD (1)  BOWMAN (1)  BOWRING (7)  BRISTON (2)  BROWN (24)  OBRIEN (1)  BULMAN (1)  CARR (7)  CHARLTON (15)  CLARKE (2)  CLIPSON (2)  COLLINGWOOD (2)  COOPER (1)  COULTER (1)  COWENS (1)  COOLEY (3)  CREIGHTON (1)  DAVISON (1)  DODDS (2)  DOMISHER (1)  DONKIN (11)  DUNN (4)  EARSDON (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  ELSDON (1)  FATKIN (9)  FAULDS (1)  FERGUSON (5)  FORESTER (4)  FOSTER (4)  GARDINER (1)  GIBSON (7)  GIMLEY (1)  GRAY (3)  GREEN (1)  HANCOX (1)  HEALY (5)  HENDERSON (7)  HOLT (3)  HUDSON (2)  HUGHES (1)  HUNTER (1)  HYMERS (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (1)  JAMESON (27)  JEFFERSON (2)  JOHNSON (3)  KENNEDY (2)  LAIDMAN (3)  LAMBERT (2)  LANDRIGAN (1)  LAWS (8)  LAWSON (2)  LEDGER (1)  LEE (1)  LLOYD (1)  MANNINGTON (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MATHER (3)  MAUGHAN (1)  MCCLARANCE (1)  MACKEY (3)  MCMEMON (1)  MEEK (2)  MILD (4)  MEIKLE (4)  MOFFET (1)  MOORHEAD (7)  MURRAY (8)  MARR (4)  NEESAM (1)  NICHOL (1)  NESBIT (1)  NIXON (3)  ORMISTION (1)  PATTERSON (2)  PYLE (2)  POTTS (1)  PRATT (1)  PROUDLOCK (1)  REAY (6)  ROBSON (18)  ROWELL (4)  RUTHERFORD (5)  SAYBURN (3)  SHANNON (1)  SHANE (4)  SIMPSON (2)  SMITH (8)  SNAITH (3)  SPENCE (3)  SPRAGGON (3)  STEELE (1)  STEWART (1)  STOBART (13)  STOBERT (5)  STRAUGHAN (1)  STOTHERT (1)  STOBBS (1)  SWANSON (3)  TAYLOR (2)  TEMPERLEY (4)  THOMPSON (10)  TODD (4)  WAILES (2)  WALKER (3)  WALL (1)  WADDELL (1)  WARKAUP (1)  WATSON (5)  WEDDLE (7)  WILKINSON (7)  WILSON (10)  WINLOW (2)  WINTER (3)