Top surnames from the 1881 census in Edington, Northumberland

Edington 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
POTTS1235.29411,061.95
TWEDDELL926.470630,000.00
MORGAN411.764759.17
BEVERLEY12.94121,000.00
YOUNGER12.9412555.56
GALLAGHER12.9412192.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TWEDDELL0.033430000.0000
POTTS0.03341061.9469
BEVERLEY0.03341000.0000
YOUNGER0.0334555.5556
GALLAGHER0.0334192.3077
MORGAN0.033459.1716

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 34 people called TWEDDELL in Edington 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 Edington means that 30000.0000% of the people in Edington on census day were called TWEDDELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TWEDDELL 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 TWEDDELL 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 TWEDDELL 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 TWEDDELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.03 in Edington means that you are 0.03 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TWEDDELL in Edington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Edington in 1881

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

BEVERLEY (1)  GALLAGHER (1)  MORGAN (4)  POTTS (12)  TWEDDELL (9)  VEVERS (6)  YOUNGER (1)