Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland

Bamburgh Castle 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
JACKSON35.882421.05
ADAMSON23.9216148.15
SAXBY23.9216833.33
BOWMAN23.9216150.38
ARNOTT23.9216465.12
WILSON23.92168.54
TIGHE23.92161,666.67
ARCHBOLD23.92161,666.67
ATKINSON11.960820.12
LAUDER11.9608370.37
WILKINSON11.960812.85
HACKER11.9608526.32
STOREY11.960876.92
CREIGHTON11.9608500.00
LOWREY11.96081,000.00
JOHNSON11.96085.83
GREENFIELD11.9608175.44
STEWART11.960812.53
COWELL11.9608136.99
REID11.960818.66
BEASLEY11.9608181.82
LOCKEY11.9608833.33
WILLIAMS11.96082.73
TAYLOR11.96083.07
GIBSON11.960816.16
SMITH11.96081.39
CAIRNS11.960890.91
OLIVER11.960827.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TIGHE0.05511666.6667
ARCHBOLD0.05511666.6667
LOWREY0.05511000.0000
LOCKEY0.0551833.3333
SAXBY0.0551833.3333
HACKER0.0551526.3158
CREIGHTON0.0551500.0000
ARNOTT0.0551465.1163
LAUDER0.0551370.3704
BEASLEY0.0551181.8182
GREENFIELD0.0551175.4386
BOWMAN0.0551150.3759
ADAMSON0.0551148.1481
COWELL0.0551136.9863
CAIRNS0.055190.9091
STOREY0.055176.9231
OLIVER0.055127.4725
JACKSON0.055121.0526
ATKINSON0.055120.1207
REID0.055118.6567
GIBSON0.055116.1551
WILKINSON0.055112.8535
STEWART0.055112.5313
WILSON0.05518.5397
JOHNSON0.05515.8343
TAYLOR0.05513.0665
WILLIAMS0.05512.7293
SMITH0.05511.3887

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 51 people called TIGHE in Bamburgh Castle 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 1666.6667 in Bamburgh Castle means that 1666.6667% of the people in Bamburgh Castle on census day were called TIGHE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TIGHE 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 TIGHE 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 TIGHE 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 TIGHE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Bamburgh Castle means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TIGHE in Bamburgh Castle than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bamburgh Castle in 1881

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

ADAMSON (2)  ARCHBOLD (2)  ARLE (1)  ARNOTT (2)  ATKINSON (1)  BEASLEY (1)  BOWMAN (2)  CAIRNS (1)  COLTENAN (1)  MC CORMICK (1)  COWELL (1)  CREIGHTON (1)  EVESSON (1)  FRITCHING (1)  FRYLE (1)  GIBSON (1)  GREENFIELD (1)  HACKER (1)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (1)  KINMOND (1)  LAUDER (1)  LOWREY (1)  LOCKEY (1)  MC KINLAY (2)  OLIVER (1)  REID (1)  SAXBY (2)  SMITH (1)  STEWART (1)  STORRAR (5)  STOREY (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TIGHE (2)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (2)