Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Gosforth, Northumberland

South Gosforth 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
WARDLE163.1683163.77
GRAHAM112.178218.97
GENT101.9802230.41
REES101.980222.76
ANDERSON91.78229.02
HARLE91.7822789.47
CLARKSON91.782267.21
WATSON91.78227.68
BELL91.78229.48
GRAY91.782212.48
FURNESS91.7822223.33
HEDLEY81.5842155.04
PARKIN81.584258.91
TROTTER81.5842151.23
CARR81.584221.95
MAUGHAN81.5842283.69
SUTTON81.584224.88
WALL81.584245.30
CHAPMAN71.38619.76
ROW71.3861269.23
ORD71.3861210.21
SEDGWICK71.3861190.74
OLIVER71.386119.43
BROWN71.38612.10
HALL71.38614.71
SHORT71.386135.48
MADDISON61.1881121.21
CODLING61.1881338.98
YOUNG61.18815.53
HODGSON61.188117.14
JEFFERSON61.1881109.29
RICHARDS61.18817.87
HOLDSWORTH50.990158.75
PEEL50.990155.19
DREW50.990137.48
CUMMINGS50.990164.27
HOPPER50.990169.35
CROZIER50.9901210.97
HOOD50.990135.77
SAMS50.9901454.55
STOKER50.9901145.77
HUTCHINSON40.792113.94
GREENWOOD40.792110.20
CROCKER40.792159.00
WALLACE40.792111.56
DODDS40.792137.63
HUNTER40.79217.71
MARCH40.792173.53
ANGUS40.792155.33
PRINGLE40.792150.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RADER0.5150510000.0000
KID0.515054285.7143
RHINE0.515052500.0000
HARLE0.51505789.4737
WEARS0.51505600.0000
RUMFORD0.51505500.0000
SAMS0.51505454.5455
CODLING0.51505338.9831
MAUGHAN0.51505283.6879
ROW0.51505269.2308
GENT0.51505230.4147
FURNESS0.51505223.3251
CROZIER0.51505210.9705
ORD0.51505210.2102
CROKER0.51505198.6755
WAYNE0.51505192.3077
SEDGWICK0.51505190.7357
WARDLE0.51505163.7666
PEASE0.51505157.0681
HEDLEY0.51505155.0388
TROTTER0.51505151.2287
STOKER0.51505145.7726
KEARNEY0.51505128.2051
MADDISON0.51505121.2121
JEFFERSON0.51505109.2896
HARD0.51505108.6957
SHIELD0.5150586.9565
EGERTON0.5150580.6452
MARCH0.5150573.5294
HOPPER0.5150569.3481
CLARKSON0.5150567.2143
CUMMINGS0.5150564.2674
CROCKER0.5150558.9971
PARKIN0.5150558.9102
HOLDSWORTH0.5150558.7544
ANGUS0.5150555.3250
PEEL0.5150555.1876
ASKEW0.5150552.6316
PRINGLE0.5150550.3145
SANKEY0.5150547.8469
WALL0.5150545.3001
TOMLIN0.5150544.2478
TEMPEST0.5150542.5532
PROUD0.5150538.7597
DODDS0.5150537.6294
DREW0.5150537.4813
HOOD0.5150535.7654
SHORT0.5150535.4790
HAWTHORN0.5150534.2466
THOMASON0.5150533.8983

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 505 people called RADER in South Gosforth 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 South Gosforth means that 10000.0000% of the people in South Gosforth on census day were called RADER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RADER 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 RADER 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 RADER 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 RADER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in South Gosforth means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RADER in South Gosforth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in South Gosforth in 1881

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

ANDERSON (9)  ANGUS (4)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ASKEW (3)  ATTHEY (3)  BARRASS (1)  BEEBY (1)  BELL (9)  BEDLINGTON (2)  BLACKBURN (3)  BOLAM (4)  BRABEN (1)  BROWN (7)  BREWIS (8)  KEARNEY (3)  CARR (8)  CHAPMAN (7)  CLARK (1)  CLARKSON (9)  CODLING (6)  COLEMAN (1)  CROCKER (4)  CROKER (3)  CROZIER (5)  CUMMINGS (5)  DIXON (4)  DODDS (4)  DREW (5)  DUNN (1)  EGERTON (2)  ELSDON (1)  FASHLEY (1)  FASSUM (1)  FISHER (1)  FURNESS (9)  GARDNER (2)  GENT (10)  GLOVER (3)  GOUNDRY (4)  GRAHAM (11)  GRANT (3)  GRAY (9)  GREENWOOD (4)  HALL (7)  HARD (1)  HARLE (9)  HAROGATE (2)  HART (1)  HAWTHORN (1)  HEDLEY (8)  HENDERSON (1)  HERYELL (1)  HODGSON (6)  HOLDSWORTH (5)  HOOD (5)  HOPPER (5)  HULL (1)  HUNTER (4)  HUTCHINSON (4)  JEFFERSON (6)  JOHNSON (1)  JOHNSTON (3)  KID (3)  LAMB (1)  LEE (4)  LEIGHTON (1)  MADDISON (6)  MARCH (4)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTIN (1)  MAUGHAN (8)  MITCALF (1)  MORGAN (1)  OLIVER (7)  ORD (7)  PARKIN (8)  PATTISON (1)  PEASE (3)  PEEL (5)  PRINGLE (4)  PROUD (1)  RADER (1)  REES (10)  RICHARDS (6)  RICHARDSON (1)  RILEY (1)  RHINE (1)  ROW (7)  ROSS (1)  RUMFORD (1)  SAMS (5)  SANKEY (1)  SCOTT (1)  SEDGWICK (7)  SADD (5)  SHIELD (2)  SHORT (7)  SILIALD (1)  SIMPSON (3)  SMITH (1)  SPOORS (2)  STANGA (2)  STANOX (3)  STOLKER (2)  STOKER (5)  STOREY (1)  STRACHAN (2)  STRAD (1)  SUDCLIFF (1)  SEARMAN (3)  SURTEES (8)  SUTTON (8)  TAIT (1)  TEMPEST (1)  TESDALE (1)  THOMAS (1)  THOMASON (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TINDLAY (9)  TOMLIN (2)  TOWARD (1)  TROTTER (8)  WAYNE (1)  WALL (8)  WALLACE (4)  WALLWORTH (2)  WARD (3)  WARDLE (16)  WATSON (9)  WAWN (1)  WEANS (2)  WEARS (3)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLSON (1)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (6)