Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bellingham, Northumberland

Bellingham 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
BELL233.159316.81
DODD233.159377.68
CHARLTON202.747395.88
ARMSTRONG182.472532.35
SMITH162.19781.56
HEDLEY152.0604201.61
TELFORD141.9231218.07
YOUNG141.92318.95
HUTCHINSON141.923133.86
ELLIOT131.785770.01
LAWSON121.648427.96
ANDERSON111.51107.65
HALL111.51105.14
SCOTT111.51105.97
TODD101.373627.00
FOSTER101.373610.27
ROBSON101.373620.87
DAVIDSON101.373616.34
JACKSON101.37364.92
WILKINSON91.23638.10
FORSTER81.098933.51
JOHNSON81.09893.27
KIRKLAND81.0989123.46
OLIVER81.098915.41
TURNBULL81.098926.07
DOUGLASS70.9615151.19
PIGG70.9615325.58
FENWICK70.961573.38
PHILIPSON70.9615344.83
TELFER70.9615160.92
POWELL70.96157.71
MATTHEWS70.961511.02
DALY60.824283.45
MASON60.82426.13
HARDING60.824211.39
LITTLE60.824217.43
THOMPSON60.82422.75
MAUGHAN60.8242147.78
LAIDLER60.8242207.61
DAGG60.8242674.16
LAWTON50.686826.65
WELCH50.686819.53
ALLAN50.686810.94
NIXON50.686822.54
NEWTON50.68688.96
MARTINSON50.68681,428.57
TEMPLE50.686852.30
LAMB50.686813.02
NEY50.68682,777.78
WILSON50.68681.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEY0.737282777.7778
MARTINSON0.737281428.5714
TILLIE0.73728909.0909
DAGG0.73728674.1573
HIXON0.73728600.0000
DONNELLEY0.73728500.0000
BOLTEN0.73728357.1429
PHILIPSON0.73728344.8276
PIGG0.73728325.5814
STREATER0.73728322.5806
BURDIS0.73728322.5806
MEWS0.73728222.2222
TELFORD0.73728218.0685
LAIDLER0.73728207.6125
ALLIS0.73728204.0816
HEDLEY0.73728201.6129
TELFER0.73728160.9195
DOUGLASS0.73728151.1879
MAUGHAN0.73728147.7833
KIRKLAND0.73728123.4568
SWEENY0.73728118.3432
HINDMARSH0.73728102.7397
WEATHERHEAD0.7372896.1538
CHARLTON0.7372895.8773
DALY0.7372883.4492
DODD0.7372877.6765
FENWICK0.7372873.3753
ELLIOT0.7372870.0054
RIDDLE0.7372866.2252
MACE0.7372862.3053
SIMSON0.7372852.9101
TEMPLE0.7372852.3013
HESLOP0.7372848.0769
MILBURN0.7372846.1538
BALLANTINE0.7372844.8430
WEAR0.7372843.8596
BRYDON0.7372843.6681
HORNSBY0.7372842.2833
VEITCH0.7372841.6667
BURN0.7372840.8163
WAUGH0.7372840.3226
FELL0.7372839.1007
MACKEY0.7372836.1011
MOLE0.7372835.3982
COLLINGS0.7372834.6420
HUTCHINSON0.7372833.8573
FORSTER0.7372833.5149
LESLIE0.7372833.1950
ARMSTRONG0.7372832.3450
REAY0.7372831.6456

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 728 people called NEY in Bellingham 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 2777.7778 in Bellingham means that 2777.7778% of the people in Bellingham on census day were called NEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NEY 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 NEY 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 NEY 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 NEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Bellingham means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NEY in Bellingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bellingham in 1881

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

AYNSLEY (13)  ALLAN (5)  ALLIS (1)  ANDERSON (11)  ARMSTRONG (18)  BALLANTINE (1)  BASHBY (1)  BAYDON (1)  BELL (23)  BLYTH (2)  BOLTEN (1)  BRECKONS (8)  BROWN (4)  BRYDON (1)  BUGLASS (1)  BURDIS (2)  BURNS (1)  BURN (4)  BURTON (3)  CAMPBELL (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHARLTON (20)  CHATBURN (2)  CLARK (4)  COLLINS (3)  CONNOR (3)  CORBETT (1)  COULSON (2)  CROOT (1)  CUMMINGS (1)  DAGG (6)  DALY (6)  DAVIDSON (10)  DEVILEN (1)  DIXON (1)  DOCHERTY (2)  DODD (23)  DODDS (4)  DONNELLEY (1)  DORMOND (1)  DOUGLAS (3)  DOUGLASS (7)  DUFFY (2)  ELLIOT (13)  ELLIS (3)  ELLISON (1)  ERRINGTON (1)  FELL (4)  FENWICK (7)  FARGUSON (2)  FINNEAY (1)  FORSTER (8)  FOSTER (10)  FOX (2)  GAFFEN (2)  GALLOWLAY (1)  GILHOLM (1)  GRIEVE (1)  HALL (11)  HARKES (6)  HARDING (6)  HEDLEY (15)  HENDERSON (1)  HESLOP (3)  HETHERINGTON (2)  HIXON (3)  HINDMARSH (3)  HODGSON (3)  HORNER (4)  HORNSBY (2)  HUNT (2)  HUTCHINSON (14)  ENGLISH (1)  JACKSON (10)  JOBLING (4)  JOHNSON (8)  KELLY (1)  MC KEY (5)  KIRKLAND (8)  LAIDLER (6)  LAMB (5)  LAING (4)  LAWSON (12)  LAWTON (5)  LESLIE (4)  LITTLE (6)  LOVAT (1)  MC CAN (1)  MC QUIRE (4)  MARSHALL (4)  MARTINSON (5)  MASON (6)  MASAN (1)  MATTHEWS (7)  MAUGHAN (6)  MACE (4)  MC CABE (1)  COLLINGS (3)  MC CLUSKY (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MC DOUGALL (2)  MC FARLANE (4)  MC GRATH (1)  MC GREGOR (1)  MACKAY (3)  MACKEY (1)  MEWS (1)  MILBURN (3)  MOFFAT (2)  MOLE (2)  MURRAY (4)  O NEIL (1)  NEWTON (5)  NICHOL (1)  NIXON (5)  NEY (5)  OLIVER (8)  PARKER (1)  PATTERSON (3)  PEARSON (1)  PHILIPSON (7)  PHIPPS (2)  PICKERING (4)  PIGG (7)  POTTS (5)  POWELL (7)  PRATT (1)  QUINN (2)  REAY (2)  REARS (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDDLE (4)  RIDDELL (1)  RIDLEY (1)  ROBSON (10)  RODGERS (1)  RUTHERFORD (4)  SAWERS (1)  SCOTT (11)  SHIRDON (2)  SHORT (3)  SIMSON (1)  SMAILES (3)  SMITH (16)  SPRIGGS (1)  STEEL (2)  STUART (1)  STOKOE (3)  STREATER (1)  SWEENY (2)  TELFORD (14)  TELFER (7)  TEMPLE (5)  THOMPSON (6)  THORBURN (1)  TIFFEN (1)  TILLIE (2)  TODD (10)  TURNBULL (8)  USHER (2)  VEITCH (2)  WATSON (2)  WAUGH (4)  WEATHERHEAD (2)  WEIR (1)  WEAR (1)  WELCH (5)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILKINSON (9)  WILSON (5)  WAITTE (1)  WYLIE (1)  YOUNG (14)