Top surnames from the 1881 census in E W Thirston With, Northumberland

E W Thirston With 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
DAVIDSON155.681867.57
DOBSON134.9242111.59
KENNEDY124.545575.38
MOFFAT83.0303167.36
HORNSBY83.0303465.12
PICKERING72.651573.45
APPLEBY72.6515162.41
GOWAN72.65151,750.00
ALLAN62.272736.21
SMITH62.27271.61
HARKEN62.272730,000.00
DODDS51.893989.93
DUNN51.893922.77
MORRISON51.893924.10
SCOTT51.89397.49
LEMON51.8939260.42
RIDDELL51.8939226.24
STEEL51.893946.47
GIBSON51.893915.60
MARSHALL51.893911.29
SNOWDON51.8939253.81
HALL41.51525.15
THOMPSON41.51525.06
GREEN41.51525.38
BOWN41.5152273.97
JOHNSTONE41.515233.53
DOUGLAS41.515231.27
RUTHERFORD41.515262.11
GALLON41.5152615.38
GILL31.136416.06
MCCABE31.13641,153.85
HEDLEY31.1364111.11
KINGHAM31.1364312.50
POTTS31.136434.05
MOODY31.136443.54
ANDERSON31.13645.75
BURN31.136484.51
RICHARDSON31.13646.68
BERKLEY31.1364833.33
SLIGHT20.7576294.12
WEIR20.757629.11
ROWE20.757613.34
SIMPSON20.75764.33
HINE20.757695.69
WILSON20.75761.65
SUTHERLAND20.757615.04
ARMSTRONG10.37884.96
HUMPHRY10.3788121.95
HENDERSON10.37883.49
SELF10.378853.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARKEN0.2626430000.0000
GOWAN0.262641750.0000
MCCABE0.262641153.8462
BERKLEY0.26264833.3333
GALLON0.26264615.3846
HORNSBY0.26264465.1163
KINGHAM0.26264312.5000
SLIGHT0.26264294.1176
BOWN0.26264273.9726
LEMON0.26264260.4167
SNOWDON0.26264253.8071
RIDDELL0.26264226.2443
MOFFAT0.26264167.3640
APPLEBY0.26264162.4130
HUMPHRY0.26264121.9512
DOBSON0.26264111.5880
HEDLEY0.26264111.1111
HINE0.2626495.6938
DODDS0.2626489.9281
BURN0.2626484.5070
SHIELD0.2626483.3333
CARROL0.2626483.3333
KENNEDY0.2626475.3769
PICKERING0.2626473.4523
DAVIDSON0.2626467.5676
RUTHERFORD0.2626462.1118
SELF0.2626453.1915
COXON0.2626449.5050
STEEL0.2626446.4684
MOODY0.2626443.5414
SLOAN0.2626440.1606
LUKE0.2626438.9105
ALLAN0.2626436.2100
POTTS0.2626434.0522
JOHNSTONE0.2626433.5289
DOUGLAS0.2626431.2744
WEIR0.2626429.1121
RAWLINGS0.2626425.9067
MORRISON0.2626424.0964
DUNN0.2626422.7687
BEATTIE0.2626417.6991
GILL0.2626416.0600
GIBSON0.2626415.6006
SUTHERLAND0.2626415.0376
SUMMERS0.2626413.5135
ROWE0.2626413.3422
MARSHALL0.2626411.2918
SCOTT0.262647.4850
KERR0.262646.9444
LAMBERT0.262646.9396

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 264 people called HARKEN in E W Thirston With 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 30000.0000 in E W Thirston With means that 30000.0000% of the people in E W Thirston With on census day were called HARKEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARKEN 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 HARKEN 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 HARKEN 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 HARKEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in E W Thirston With means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARKEN in E W Thirston With than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in E W Thirston With in 1881

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

ALLAN (6)  ANDERSON (3)  APPLEBY (7)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BERKLEY (3)  BEATTIE (1)  BEATTLIE (1)  BELL (1)  BOWN (4)  BROWN (1)  BURN (3)  BURSNALL (1)  CARROL (1)  COXON (1)  DAVIDSON (15)  DOBSON (13)  DODDS (5)  DOUGLAS (4)  DUNN (5)  GALLON (4)  GIBSON (5)  GILL (3)  GOWAN (7)  GREEN (4)  HALL (4)  HARKEN (6)  HEDLEY (3)  HENDERSON (1)  HINE (2)  HORNSBY (8)  HUMPHRY (1)  JOHNSTONE (4)  JOWSEY (3)  KENNEDY (12)  KERR (1)  KINGHAM (3)  LAMBERT (1)  LEE (1)  LEMON (5)  LUKE (1)  MARSHALL (5)  MARSHALE (2)  MCCABE (3)  MOFFAT (8)  MOODY (3)  MORRISON (5)  PICKERING (7)  POTTS (3)  RICHARDSON (3)  RIDDELL (5)  ROWE (2)  RAWLINGS (1)  RUTHERFORD (4)  SCOTT (5)  SELF (1)  SHIELD (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SLIGHT (2)  SLOAN (1)  SMITH (6)  SNOWDON (5)  SPOTTLE (1)  STANNERS (5)  STEEL (5)  SUMMERBELL (2)  SUMMERS (1)  SUTHERLAND (2)  SWINHOE (1)  THOMPSON (4)  WHARRIER (10)  WEIR (2)  WILSON (2)