Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shoreswood, Northumberland

Shoreswood 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
DODDS145.6000266.16
FOSTER114.400032.90
DUNN104.000048.10
LOUGH93.60002,000.00
LUMSDEN93.6000430.62
ROBINSON93.600011.29
STEPHENSON93.600062.94
HARDY83.200053.44
STEEL83.200078.51
DIXON83.200029.21
GRAY72.800019.61
TAIT72.800095.11
HARBOTTLE72.80001,428.57
CHISHOLM72.8000192.84
DUNBAR62.4000209.06
LOWRIE62.4000697.67
DUNCAN62.400035.09
WEDDERBURN52.00002,380.95
CLARK52.00006.65
ROBERTSON52.000011.94
KERR52.000036.68
AITCHISON41.6000228.57
PALMER41.600013.57
DAVIE31.2000130.43
LOCKIE31.2000526.32
INGLIS31.200071.77
ATCHISON31.20001,000.00
LINDSAY31.200036.81
WALLACE31.200017.52
NESBITT31.2000434.78
HOWEY31.2000750.00
RIDDELL20.800095.24
WINTER20.800022.55
PATTERSON20.800022.94
BROWN20.80001.21
REID20.80007.62
SANDERSON20.800019.36
BRIGGS20.800014.73
MAKINS20.8000769.23
HALL20.80002.72
SAMPLE10.4000256.41
BEVERIDGE10.400038.46
FORSYTH10.400018.76
LEITCH10.400042.02
JEFFRY10.4000344.83
TAYLOR10.40000.63
MOFFAT10.400022.08
BARNES10.40003.32
LAWRANCE10.400061.35
MARSHALL10.40002.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WEDDERBURN0.252502380.9524
LOUGH0.252502000.0000
HARBOTTLE0.252501428.5714
ATCHISON0.252501000.0000
MAKINS0.25250769.2308
HOWEY0.25250750.0000
LOWRIE0.25250697.6744
LOCKIE0.25250526.3158
PATTIE0.25250476.1905
NESBITT0.25250434.7826
LUMSDEN0.25250430.6220
JEFFRY0.25250344.8276
DODDS0.25250266.1597
SAMPLE0.25250256.4103
AITCHISON0.25250228.5714
DUNBAR0.25250209.0592
CHISHOLM0.25250192.8375
DAVIE0.25250130.4348
RIDDELL0.2525095.2381
TAIT0.2525095.1087
STEEL0.2525078.5083
INGLIS0.2525071.7703
STEPHENSON0.2525062.9371
LAWRANCE0.2525061.3497
HARDY0.2525053.4402
DUNN0.2525048.1000
LEITCH0.2525042.0168
BEVERIDGE0.2525038.4615
LINDSAY0.2525036.8098
KERR0.2525036.6838
DUNCAN0.2525035.0877
FOSTER0.2525032.9046
DIXON0.2525029.2077
PATTERSON0.2525022.9358
WINTER0.2525022.5479
MOFFAT0.2525022.0751
GRAY0.2525019.6133
SANDERSON0.2525019.3611
FORSYTH0.2525018.7617
WALLACE0.2525017.5234
BRIGGS0.2525014.7275
PALMER0.2525013.5731
ROBERTSON0.2525011.9360
ROBINSON0.2525011.2909
REID0.252507.6161
CLARK0.252506.6542
BARNES0.252503.3234
HALL0.252502.7192
MARSHALL0.252502.3849
BROWN0.252501.2136

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 250 people called WEDDERBURN in Shoreswood 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 2380.9524 in Shoreswood means that 2380.9524% of the people in Shoreswood on census day were called WEDDERBURN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WEDDERBURN 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 WEDDERBURN 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 WEDDERBURN 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 WEDDERBURN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Shoreswood means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WEDDERBURN in Shoreswood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shoreswood in 1881

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

ATCHISON (3)  AITCHISON (4)  BARNES (1)  BEVERIDGE (1)  BRIGGS (2)  BROWN (2)  CHISHOLM (7)  CLARK (5)  DAVIE (3)  DIXON (8)  DODDS (14)  DUNBAR (6)  DUNCAN (6)  DUNN (10)  FORSYTH (1)  FOSTER (11)  GRAY (7)  HALL (2)  HARBOTTLE (7)  HARDY (8)  HETTLE (1)  HOWEY (3)  INGLIS (3)  JEFFRY (1)  KERR (5)  LOWRIE (6)  LAWRANCE (1)  LEITCH (1)  LINDSAY (3)  LOCKIE (3)  LOUGH (9)  LUMSDEN (9)  MAKINS (2)  MERCEL (10)  MARSHALL (1)  MILN (2)  MOFFAT (1)  MURDIE (2)  NESBITT (3)  PALMER (4)  PATTERSON (2)  PATTIE (1)  PUNTON (10)  REID (2)  RIDDELL (2)  ROBERTSON (5)  ROBINSON (9)  SAMPLE (1)  SANDERSON (2)  SPOWART (3)  STEEL (8)  STEPHENSON (9)  TAIT (7)  TAYLOR (1)  WALLACE (3)  WEDDERBURN (5)  WINTER (2)