Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ditchburn, Northumberland

Ditchburn 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
WATSON915.254265.74
TAIT813.5593459.77
GRIEVE813.55931,176.47
OLIVER58.4746118.76
DOUGLAS46.7797139.86
ROBISON46.77973,076.92
HUDSON35.084762.11
DUNN35.084761.10
GRAHAM23.389829.54
HENDERSON23.389831.20
GLASS11.6949163.93
WYLIE11.6949144.93
JOHNSON11.69495.05
GALLOWAY11.694998.04
TAYLOR11.69492.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROBISON0.06593076.9231
GRIEVE0.06591176.4706
TAIT0.0659459.7701
GLASS0.0659163.9344
WYLIE0.0659144.9275
DOUGLAS0.0659139.8601
OLIVER0.0659118.7648
GALLOWAY0.065998.0392
WATSON0.065965.7414
HUDSON0.065962.1118
DUNN0.065961.0998
HENDERSON0.065931.2012
GRAHAM0.065929.5421
JOHNSON0.06595.0454
TAYLOR0.06592.6504

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 59 people called ROBISON in Ditchburn 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 3076.9231 in Ditchburn means that 3076.9231% of the people in Ditchburn on census day were called ROBISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROBISON 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 ROBISON 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 ROBISON 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 ROBISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Ditchburn means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROBISON in Ditchburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ditchburn in 1881

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

DAND (1)  DOUGLAS (4)  DUNN (3)  GALLOWAY (1)  GLASS (1)  GRAHAM (2)  GRIEVE (8)  GROSSICK (1)  HENDERSON (2)  HUDSON (3)  JOHNSON (1)  MC LEOD (1)  OLIVER (5)  RENHEAD (1)  ROBISON (4)  STUDHOLM (2)  TAIT (8)  TAYLOR (1)  WATSON (9)  WYLIE (1)