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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Corsenside, Northumberland

Corsenside 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
ROBSON253.671155.78
WALLACE233.377449.31
ORD202.9369445.43
NESBIT182.6432861.24
BELL182.643214.07
BROWN172.49633.79
RUTHERFORD162.349596.27
WEAR162.3495751.17
WALTON162.349533.38
SMITH142.05581.46
RICHARDSON131.909011.21
WRIGHT131.90905.95
THOMPSON121.76215.88
DAVISON111.615345.17
HEDLEY111.6153158.05
HUTCHINSON91.321623.27
GRAHAM91.321611.51
DODDS91.321662.81
WHEATLEY91.321664.89
DICKINSON81.174727.51
COULSON81.174765.47
FERGUSON71.027914.50
NELSON71.027921.22
TOWERS71.027988.72
WATERSON71.0279245.61
BATY71.0279424.24
CLARK71.02793.42
TELFER71.0279171.99
LOWES71.0279177.22
AMOS71.027962.56
REDSHAW71.0279344.83
NEVE60.8811335.20
STEPHENSON60.881115.40
RIDDLE60.8811106.19
BRODIE60.881165.65
NEALE60.881137.13
REED60.881112.07
DIXON60.88118.04
MURRAY60.88117.11
DUNN60.881110.59
CURRY50.734251.28
HARDIE50.734256.31
HUNTER50.73427.15
PIGG50.7342248.76
BAXTER40.58749.86
MILLAR40.587416.09
TELFORD40.587466.67
MARTINSON40.58741,212.12
CHARLTON40.587420.50
FLINT40.587432.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARTINSON0.686811212.1212
NESBIT0.68681861.2440
WEAR0.68681751.1737
COWANS0.68681533.3333
ORD0.68681445.4343
BATY0.68681424.2424
BALLENTINE0.68681416.6667
REDSHAW0.68681344.8276
NEVE0.68681335.1955
PIGG0.68681248.7562
WATERSON0.68681245.6140
LOWES0.68681177.2152
COWENS0.68681172.4138
TELFER0.68681171.9902
CASLEY0.68681166.6667
HEDLEY0.68681158.0460
DAGG0.68681120.4819
HERDMAN0.68681116.9591
RIDDLE0.68681106.1947
RUTHERFORD0.6868196.2696
TOWNS0.6868191.7431
TOWERS0.6868188.7199
CHARTER0.6868175.7576
HUTSON0.6868174.6269
TELFORD0.6868166.6667
BRODIE0.6868165.6455
COULSON0.6868165.4664
WHEATLEY0.6868164.8882
HOLME0.6868163.2911
DODDS0.6868162.8053
AMOS0.6868162.5559
HARDIE0.6868156.3063
ROBSON0.6868155.7787
EWART0.6868152.2193
CURRY0.6868151.2821
REAY0.6868150.7614
WALLACE0.6868149.3139
SNOWBALL0.6868145.2489
DAVISON0.6868145.1745
MEIKLE0.6868140.8163
SHANKS0.6868138.6100
STOCKDALE0.6868137.7358
NEALE0.6868137.1287
KELL0.6868136.7647
RIGG0.6868134.9040
WALTON0.6868133.3820
MILBURN0.6868132.8947
BURN0.6868132.7511
FLINT0.6868132.7332
BROTHERTON0.6868128.8184

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 681 people called MARTINSON in Corsenside 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 1212.1212 in Corsenside means that 1212.1212% of the people in Corsenside on census day were called MARTINSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARTINSON 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 MARTINSON 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 MARTINSON 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 MARTINSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Corsenside means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARTINSON in Corsenside than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Corsenside in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  AMOS (7)  ANDERSON (3)  ARMSTRONG (3)  ARTHUR (4)  BAGNAL (1)  BALLENTINE (1)  BARNES (1)  BATY (7)  BAXTER (4)  BELL (18)  BESFORD (5)  BOISTON (2)  BOLAM (6)  BRODIE (6)  BROTHERTON (1)  BROWN (17)  BURN (3)  CAISLEY (1)  CARRUTHERS (1)  CHARTER (1)  CASLEY (1)  CHARLTON (4)  CLARK (7)  COLLIER (1)  COULSON (8)  COWANS (4)  COWENS (1)  COWEN (1)  CRAGIE (6)  CRAMOND (2)  CURRY (5)  DAGG (1)  DAVISON (11)  DAVIDSON (3)  DICKINSON (8)  DUNWOODIE (5)  DIXON (6)  DOBSON (3)  DODDS (9)  DODD (2)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUNN (6)  ELLIOT (2)  EWART (2)  EZARD (3)  FENWICK (2)  FERGUSON (7)  FLETCHER (3)  FLINT (4)  FORSTER (1)  FOSTER (4)  MC GILL (3)  GILLESPIE (1)  GOODFELLOW (1)  GRAHAM (9)  GREEN (3)  HALL (3)  HARDIE (5)  HAY (1)  HEDLEY (11)  HENDERSON (3)  HERDMAN (2)  HIND (1)  HOLME (2)  HUDSON (2)  HUTSON (2)  HUNTER (5)  HUTCHINSON (9)  INGLIS (1)  ENGLISH (3)  IRVING (1)  JACKSON (4)  JAMIESON (2)  JEFFERSON (1)  JONES (2)  KELL (1)  LILLICO (2)  LINDSAY (1)  LITTLEFAIR (8)  LOWES (7)  MAC ENENEY (1)  MARTINSON (4)  MC CABE (1)  MC DORMONT (1)  MC GREGOR (1)  MILBURN (2)  MILLAR (4)  MEIKLE (2)  MUNDLE (3)  MURRAY (6)  NEALE (6)  NEVE (6)  NELSON (7)  NEWTON (2)  NESBIT (18)  ORD (20)  PATTERSON (3)  PIGG (5)  PIG (1)  PORTER (3)  REAY (3)  REDSHAW (7)  REED (6)  RICHARDSON (13)  RIDDLE (6)  RIDDELL (1)  RIGG (2)  ROBERTSON (3)  ROBSON (25)  ROGERSON (1)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  ROWELL (1)  RUDD (1)  RUSSELL (1)  RUTHERFORD (16)  SHANKS (2)  SINCLAIR (1)  SLASSOR (1)  SLASSON (10)  SMITH (14)  SNAITH (3)  SNOWBALL (1)  STEPHENSON (6)  STOCKDALE (2)  TAIT (2)  TATE (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TELFER (7)  TELFORD (4)  TELFOR (1)  THOMPSON (12)  THORNTON (2)  TOWERS (7)  TOWNS (2)  WAKEFIELD (3)  WALLACE (23)  WALTON (16)  WATERSON (7)  WAUGH (1)  WEEKS (1)  WEAR (16)  WESTWICK (1)  WHEATLEY (9)  WHITTAKER (4)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLIS (1)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (2)  WRIGHT (13)  WAITT (5)