Top surnames from the 1881 census in Duddo, Northumberland

Duddo 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
DAVIDSON179.3923111.70
SKEEN105.52495,882.35
OLIVER94.972469.71
LAUDER94.9724947.37
RENTON94.9724810.81
ROBSON84.419967.17
NISBET73.8674366.49
SMITH73.86742.74
STRAUGHAN52.76241,666.67
HARRIS52.762410.87
KERR52.762450.66
GRAY52.762419.35
MATHER52.7624111.36
FRIAR42.20991,428.57
MARSHALL42.209913.18
COLLINS42.209915.40
LEE42.209913.52
DICKSON42.209959.70
BURNS31.657524.69
LAIDLAW31.6575187.50
COCKBURN31.6575129.87
HUME31.6575116.73
TULLY31.6575309.28
SMAIL31.6575882.35
COWENS31.65751,875.00
ANDERSON21.10505.59
PURVIS21.1050114.29
SHIELS21.1050465.12
BRACK21.10501,176.47
HENDERSON10.55255.08
MOFFAT10.552530.49
RUSSEL10.552580.00
HUMPHREY10.552520.75
TURNER10.55251.98
BROWN10.55250.84
MURDY10.55251,666.67
MATHISON10.5525204.08
DODDS10.552526.25
CROZIER10.5525117.65
MOOR10.552539.37
RUTHERFORD10.552522.62
KEMP10.55259.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SKEEN0.181815882.3529
COWENS0.181811875.0000
MURDY0.181811666.6667
STRAUGHAN0.181811666.6667
FRIAR0.181811428.5714
BRACK0.181811176.4706
LAUDER0.18181947.3684
SMAIL0.18181882.3529
RENTON0.18181810.8108
SHIELS0.18181465.1163
NISBET0.18181366.4921
TULLY0.18181309.2784
MATHISON0.18181204.0816
LAIDLAW0.18181187.5000
COCKBURN0.18181129.8701
CROZIER0.18181117.6471
HUME0.18181116.7315
PURVIS0.18181114.2857
DAVIDSON0.18181111.6951
MATHER0.18181111.3586
RUSSEL0.1818180.0000
OLIVER0.1818169.7134
ROBSON0.1818167.1704
DICKSON0.1818159.7015
KERR0.1818150.6586
MOOR0.1818139.3701
MOFFAT0.1818130.4878
DODDS0.1818126.2467
BURNS0.1818124.6914
RUTHERFORD0.1818122.6244
HUMPHREY0.1818120.7469
GRAY0.1818119.3498
COLLINS0.1818115.4024
LEE0.1818113.5227
MARSHALL0.1818113.1752
HARRIS0.1818110.8696
KEMP0.181819.9602
ANDERSON0.181815.5944
HENDERSON0.181815.0839
SMITH0.181812.7391
TURNER0.181811.9849
BROWN0.181810.8381

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 181 people called SKEEN in Duddo 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 5882.3529 in Duddo means that 5882.3529% of the people in Duddo on census day were called SKEEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SKEEN 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 SKEEN 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 SKEEN 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 SKEEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Duddo means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SKEEN in Duddo than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Duddo in 1881

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

ANDERSON (2)  BRACK (2)  BROWN (1)  BUMBLE (1)  BURNS (3)  COCKBURN (3)  COLLINS (4)  COWENS (3)  CROZIER (1)  DAVIDSON (17)  DICKSON (4)  DODDS (1)  DUM (1)  FERROW (5)  FRIAR (4)  GRAY (5)  HARRIS (5)  HENDERSON (1)  HUME (3)  HUMPHREY (1)  KEMP (1)  KERR (5)  LAUDER (9)  LEE (4)  LAIDLAW (3)  LUMSDON (2)  MARSHALL (4)  MATHER (5)  MATHISON (1)  MOFFAT (1)  MONON (7)  MOOR (1)  MURDY (1)  NISBET (7)  OLIVER (9)  PURVIS (2)  RENTON (9)  ROBSON (8)  RUSSEL (1)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SHIELS (2)  SKEEN (10)  SMAIL (3)  SMITH (7)  STRANGHAN (2)  STRAUGHAN (5)  TULLY (3)  TURNER (1)