Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hedley, Northumberland

Hedley 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
DODD157.8125192.06
MARTINSON94.687510,000.00
JACKSON94.687516.77
CORN84.16675,714.29
NEWTON84.166754.38
WALKER73.645810.89
CHARLTON73.6458127.27
WHITE73.645811.34
COOK73.645818.35
NIXON63.1250102.56
LITTLE63.125066.08
WAUGH63.1250229.01
GREEN63.125011.10
TAIT52.604288.50
SNOWBALL52.6042806.45
RICHARDSON52.604215.30
ELLIOTT42.083324.55
DIXON42.083319.01
GREENER42.0833714.29
LESLIE31.562594.34
HARRISON31.56257.04
GIBSON31.562512.87
ATKINSON31.562516.04
ELTRINGHAM21.04171,000.00
SHIELD21.0417229.89
HOLLINS21.0417198.02
PHILIPSON21.0417370.37
BELL10.52082.77
MARSHALL10.52083.11
ARMSTRONG10.52086.81
HUNTINGTON10.5208178.57
CROWE10.520852.08
PHARE10.52081,666.67
NEVIN10.5208256.41
GLADSTONE10.5208192.31
STONEHOUSE10.5208119.05
BATES10.52088.18
LOCKHART10.520874.63
LAMB10.52089.87
REAY10.520859.88
TELFER10.520886.96
BROWN10.52080.79
STEEL10.520812.77
EBBS10.5208500.00
SCOTT10.52082.06
DANE10.5208238.10
HESLOP10.520860.61

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARTINSON0.1919210000.0000
CORN0.191925714.2857
PHARE0.191921666.6667
ELTRINGHAM0.191921000.0000
SNOWBALL0.19192806.4516
GREENER0.19192714.2857
EBBS0.19192500.0000
PHILIPSON0.19192370.3704
NEVIN0.19192256.4103
DANE0.19192238.0952
SHIELD0.19192229.8851
WAUGH0.19192229.0076
HOLLINS0.19192198.0198
GLADSTONE0.19192192.3077
DODD0.19192192.0615
HUNTINGTON0.19192178.5714
CHARLTON0.19192127.2727
STONEHOUSE0.19192119.0476
NIXON0.19192102.5641
LESLIE0.1919294.3396
TAIT0.1919288.4956
TELFER0.1919286.9565
LOCKHART0.1919274.6269
LITTLE0.1919266.0793
HESLOP0.1919260.6061
REAY0.1919259.8802
NEWTON0.1919254.3848
CROWE0.1919252.0833
ELLIOTT0.1919224.5549
DIXON0.1919219.0114
COOK0.1919218.3534
JACKSON0.1919216.7723
ATKINSON0.1919216.0428
RICHARDSON0.1919215.2999
GIBSON0.1919212.8700
STEEL0.1919212.7714
WHITE0.1919211.3415
GREEN0.1919211.0967
WALKER0.1919210.8916
LAMB0.191929.8717
BATES0.191928.1833
HARRISON0.191927.0389
ARMSTRONG0.191926.8120
MARSHALL0.191923.1056
BELL0.191922.7716
SCOTT0.191922.0585
BROWN0.191920.7901

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 192 people called MARTINSON in Hedley 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 10000.0000 in Hedley means that 10000.0000% of the people in Hedley on census day were called MARTINSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARTINSON 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 MARTINSON 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 MARTINSON 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 MARTINSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Hedley means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARTINSON in Hedley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hedley in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINSON (3)  BATES (1)  BELL (1)  BROWN (1)  BREWIS (4)  CHARLTON (7)  COOK (7)  CORN (8)  CROWE (1)  DANE (1)  DIXON (4)  DODD (15)  ELLIOTT (4)  ELTRINGHAM (2)  EBBS (1)  PHARE (1)  GIBSON (3)  GLADSTONE (1)  GREEN (6)  GREENER (4)  HARRISON (3)  HEPPLE (6)  HESLOP (1)  HOLLINS (2)  HULLAH (1)  HUNTINGTON (1)  HINDMOOR (3)  JACKSON (9)  LAMB (1)  LESLIE (3)  LITTLE (6)  LOCKHART (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTINSON (9)  NEWTON (8)  NEVIN (1)  NIXON (6)  PHILIPSON (2)  REAY (1)  RICHARDSON (5)  SCOTT (1)  SHIELD (2)  SNOWBALL (5)  STEEL (1)  STOKOE (2)  STONEHOUSE (1)  SURTEES (1)  SWINBURN (6)  TAIT (5)  TELFER (1)  TINDALE (1)  WALKER (7)  WAUGH (6)  WHITE (7)