Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woodside, Northumberland

Woodside 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
HALL109.901033.66
JOBSON98.91091,525.42
LISLE76.93072,800.00
DAVIDSON54.950558.89
ANDERSON54.950525.06
OLIVER54.950569.35
MASON54.950536.82
LOWES43.9604677.97
BROWN43.96046.01
HEDLEY43.9604388.35
ALLEN21.980210.48
ROBSON21.980230.08
DOUGLASS21.9802312.50
MILLER21.980211.07
DRUMMOND21.980299.50
COWANS10.9901909.09
WILSON10.99012.16
FRASER10.990111.12
NICHOLSON10.990113.93
THOMPSON10.99013.30
ELLIOTT10.990111.67
PARKER10.99015.21
DOBSON10.990122.42
COWENS10.99011,111.11
SMITH10.99010.70
DOBIE10.9901294.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LISLE0.101012800.0000
JOBSON0.101011525.4237
COWENS0.101011111.1111
COWANS0.10101909.0909
LOWES0.10101677.9661
HEDLEY0.10101388.3495
DOUGLASS0.10101312.5000
DOBIE0.10101294.1176
DRUMMOND0.1010199.5025
OLIVER0.1010169.3481
DAVIDSON0.1010158.8928
MASON0.1010136.8189
HALL0.1010133.6587
ROBSON0.1010130.0752
ANDERSON0.1010125.0627
DOBSON0.1010122.4215
NICHOLSON0.1010113.9276
ELLIOTT0.1010111.6686
FRASER0.1010111.1235
MILLER0.1010111.0681
ALLEN0.1010110.4822
BROWN0.101016.0078
PARKER0.101015.2056
THOMPSON0.101013.3047
WILSON0.101012.1556
SMITH0.101010.7012

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 101 people called LISLE in Woodside 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 2800.0000 in Woodside means that 2800.0000% of the people in Woodside on census day were called LISLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LISLE 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 LISLE 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 LISLE 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 LISLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Woodside means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LISLE in Woodside than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woodside in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ANDERSON (5)  ARKLE (9)  BROWN (4)  COWENS (1)  COWANS (1)  DAVIDSON (5)  DOBIE (1)  DOBSON (1)  DOUGLASS (2)  DRUMMOND (2)  ELLIOTT (1)  FRASER (1)  HALL (10)  HEDLEY (4)  HEPPLE (1)  JOBSON (9)  KNEIVE (1)  LAKING (1)  LISLE (7)  LOWES (4)  MASON (5)  MILLER (2)  NICHOLSON (1)  OLIVER (5)  PARKER (1)  PROUDLOCK (1)  ROBSON (2)  SMITH (1)  SNAITH (4)  THOMPSON (1)  VELFORD (4)  WILLAN (1)  WILSON (1)