Top surnames from the 1881 census in Detchant, Northumberland

Detchant 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
WHITE1917.431254.22
TAIT109.1743311.53
HUTSON98.25692,093.02
MUCKLE87.33946,666.67
HOGG76.4220177.67
BRISON76.422035,000.00
ELLIOT65.5046215.83
TURNBULL54.5872108.93
WEAR54.58721,470.59
DODDS43.6697174.67
WINTER43.6697103.36
FALLA43.66972,500.00
HARVEY43.669734.36
WHITTLE43.6697168.78
FRATER32.75231,500.00
LYALL32.7523405.41
CURRIE21.834965.15
CHARTERS10.9174333.33
PRINGLE10.917458.14
ALLISON10.917432.26
CARR10.917412.71
WALKER10.91742.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRISON0.1110935000.0000
MUCKLE0.111096666.6667
FALLA0.111092500.0000
HUTSON0.111092093.0233
FRATER0.111091500.0000
WEAR0.111091470.5882
LYALL0.11109405.4054
CHARTERS0.11109333.3333
TAIT0.11109311.5265
ELLIOT0.11109215.8273
HOGG0.11109177.6650
DODDS0.11109174.6725
WHITTLE0.11109168.7764
TURNBULL0.11109108.9325
WINTER0.11109103.3592
CURRIE0.1110965.1466
PRINGLE0.1110958.1395
WHITE0.1110954.2237
HARVEY0.1110934.3643
ALLISON0.1110932.2581
CARR0.1110912.7065
WALKER0.111092.7405

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 109 people called BRISON in Detchant 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 35000.0000 in Detchant means that 35000.0000% of the people in Detchant on census day were called BRISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRISON 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 BRISON 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 BRISON 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 BRISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Detchant means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRISON in Detchant than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Detchant in 1881

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

ALLISON (1)  BRISON (7)  CARR (1)  CHARTERS (1)  CURRIE (2)  DODDS (4)  ELLIOT (6)  FRATER (3)  HARVEY (4)  HOGG (7)  HUTSON (9)  LYALL (3)  FALLA (4)  MUCKLE (8)  PRINGLE (1)  TAIT (10)  TURNBULL (5)  WALKER (1)  WEAR (5)  WHITE (19)  WHITTLE (4)  WINTER (4)