Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ridley, Northumberland

Ridley 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
PEARSON2511.574199.64
USHER167.4074672.27
BUSHBY167.40741,882.35
WALLACE167.4074108.18
BOWES125.5556606.06
FROST83.703765.90
DODD73.240779.73
THOMPSON73.240710.82
PIGG62.7778937.50
LITTLE62.777858.71
MOORE52.314811.58
WALTERS52.314848.54
RIDLEY41.851995.92
ROBSON41.851928.13
ROBINSON41.85195.81
ADAMSON31.388952.54
WILKINSON31.38899.10
DAWSON31.388912.60
JOHNSON31.38894.13
COATS31.3889306.12
DICKINSON20.925921.69
TWEEDY20.9259454.55
DIXON20.92598.45
CLARK20.92593.08
ELLISON20.925943.86
STOREY10.463018.21
BANKS10.46309.03
MARCH10.463042.92
SCOTT10.46301.83
KELLY10.46304.23
CODLING10.4630131.58
HUTCHINSON10.46308.15
CHARLTON10.463016.16
NOBLE10.463011.15
FORSTER10.463014.12
TAYLOR10.46300.72
STEPHENSON10.46308.09
ARMSTRONG10.46306.06
MACKLIN10.4630163.93
NIXON10.463015.20
FLETCHER10.46304.06
STORY10.463074.63
BARRON10.463029.94
MILLER10.46302.59
SMITH10.46300.33
AMBLER10.463052.36
WRIGHT10.46301.44
COVENTRY10.4630116.28
JACKSON10.46301.66
FRENCH10.46309.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUSHBY0.222161882.3529
PIGG0.22216937.5000
USHER0.22216672.2689
BOWES0.22216606.0606
TWEEDY0.22216454.5455
COATS0.22216306.1224
MACKLIN0.22216163.9344
CODLING0.22216131.5789
COVENTRY0.22216116.2791
WALLACE0.22216108.1812
PEARSON0.2221699.6413
RIDLEY0.2221695.9233
DODD0.2221679.7267
STORY0.2221674.6269
FROST0.2221665.8979
LITTLE0.2221658.7084
ADAMSON0.2221652.5394
AMBLER0.2221652.3560
WALTERS0.2221648.5437
ELLISON0.2221643.8596
MARCH0.2221642.9185
BARRON0.2221629.9401
ROBSON0.2221628.1294
DICKINSON0.2221621.6920
STOREY0.2221618.2149
CHARLTON0.2221616.1551
NIXON0.2221615.1976
FORSTER0.2221614.1243
DAWSON0.2221612.5997
MOORE0.2221611.5768
NOBLE0.2221611.1483
THOMPSON0.2221610.8175
FRENCH0.222169.4787
WILKINSON0.222169.1019
BANKS0.222169.0253
DIXON0.222168.4531
HUTCHINSON0.222168.1500
STEPHENSON0.222168.0906
ARMSTRONG0.222166.0569
ROBINSON0.222165.8080
KELLY0.222164.2265
JOHNSON0.222164.1339
FLETCHER0.222164.0552
MURRAY0.222163.7341
CLARK0.222163.0807
MILLER0.222162.5873
SCOTT0.222161.8298
JACKSON0.222161.6565
WRIGHT0.222161.4432
TAYLOR0.222160.7240

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 216 people called BUSHBY in Ridley 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 1882.3529 in Ridley means that 1882.3529% of the people in Ridley on census day were called BUSHBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUSHBY 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 BUSHBY 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 BUSHBY 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 BUSHBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Ridley means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUSHBY in Ridley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ridley in 1881

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

ADAMSON (3)  AMBLER (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ASCOUGH (1)  BANKS (1)  BARRON (1)  BOWES (12)  BROWN (1)  BUSHBY (16)  CHARLTON (1)  CLARK (2)  COATS (3)  CODLING (1)  COVENTRY (1)  DAWSON (3)  DICKINSON (2)  DIXON (2)  DODD (7)  ELLISON (2)  FLETCHER (1)  FORSTER (1)  FRENCH (1)  FROST (8)  GARDHOUSE (2)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (3)  KELLY (1)  LITTLE (6)  MALLABANS (2)  MARCH (1)  MAUGHON (5)  MC DOUGALL (5)  MACKLIN (1)  MILLER (1)  MOORE (5)  MURRAY (1)  NIXON (1)  NOBLE (1)  PEARSON (25)  PIGG (6)  RIDLEY (4)  ROBINSON (4)  ROBSON (4)  SCOTT (1)  SMITH (1)  SPRAGGON (7)  STEPHENSON (1)  STOREY (1)  STORY (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (7)  TWEEDY (2)  USHER (16)  WALLACE (16)  WALTERS (5)  WILKINSON (3)  MC WILLIAMS (1)  WRIGHT (1)