Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Ryle, Northumberland

Great Ryle 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
ARMSTRONG1014.2857186.92
HINDMARSH912.85713,214.29
SCOTT68.571433.88
ELLIOTT68.5714101.01
TILLIE68.571430,000.00
TAIT45.7143194.17
LOWREY45.71433,076.92
KERR22.857152.36
GAUGHAN22.85712,857.14
DOVER11.4286312.50
LOWES11.4286243.90
THOMSON11.428610.70
DAVIDSON11.428616.98
LOWRIE11.4286416.67
LOGAN11.428660.24
GRAY11.428610.01
TURNBULL11.428633.90
DRYSDALE11.4286169.49
BEECH11.428697.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TILLIE0.077030000.0000
HINDMARSH0.07703214.2857
LOWREY0.07703076.9231
GAUGHAN0.07702857.1429
LOWRIE0.0770416.6667
DOVER0.0770312.5000
LOWES0.0770243.9024
TAIT0.0770194.1748
ARMSTRONG0.0770186.9159
DRYSDALE0.0770169.4915
ELLIOTT0.0770101.0101
BEECH0.077097.0874
LOGAN0.077060.2410
KERR0.077052.3560
TURNBULL0.077033.8983
SCOTT0.077033.8792
DAVIDSON0.077016.9779
THOMSON0.077010.6952
GRAY0.077010.0100

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 70 people called TILLIE in Great Ryle 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 Great Ryle means that 30000.0000% of the people in Great Ryle on census day were called TILLIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TILLIE 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 TILLIE 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 TILLIE 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 TILLIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Great Ryle means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TILLIE in Great Ryle than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Ryle in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (10)  BEECH (1)  CONOMY (5)  GAUGHAN (2)  DAVIDSON (1)  DOVER (1)  DRYSDALE (1)  ELLIOTT (6)  GRAY (1)  HINDMARSH (9)  IONS (5)  KERR (2)  LOWREY (4)  LOWRIE (1)  LOGAN (1)  LOWES (1)  SCOTT (6)  TAIT (4)  THOMSON (1)  TILLIE (6)  TURNBULL (1)  WINTRIP (1)