Top surnames from the 1881 census in High Buston, Northumberland

High Buston 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
MOORE1110.784353.92
COMMON87.84313,478.26
YOUNG76.862731.95
RICHARDSON76.862740.32
SWAN65.8824227.27
ROBSON54.902074.52
MILLS43.921630.23
MOLE43.9216506.33
THOMPSON43.921613.09
RUTHERFORD43.9216160.64
ORD32.9412447.76
HEWITT32.941260.36
GRAY32.941220.60
CONNELL32.9412169.49
DODDS21.960893.02
STRONG21.9608131.58
HUNTLEY21.9608277.78
DUNCAN21.960828.65
ANDERSON10.98044.96
PATTEN10.9804156.25
BOLTON10.980422.78
LAIDLER10.9804250.00
PAPE10.9804322.58
BELLAS10.98041,000.00
PAXTON10.9804123.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COMMON0.101023478.2609
BELLAS0.101021000.0000
MOLE0.10102506.3291
ORD0.10102447.7612
PAPE0.10102322.5806
HUNTLEY0.10102277.7778
LAIDLER0.10102250.0000
SWAN0.10102227.2727
CONNELL0.10102169.4915
RUTHERFORD0.10102160.6426
PATTEN0.10102156.2500
STRONG0.10102131.5789
PAXTON0.10102123.4568
DODDS0.1010293.0233
ROBSON0.1010274.5156
HEWITT0.1010260.3622
MOORE0.1010253.9216
RICHARDSON0.1010240.3226
YOUNG0.1010231.9489
MILLS0.1010230.2343
DUNCAN0.1010228.6533
BOLTON0.1010222.7790
GRAY0.1010220.6044
THOMPSON0.1010213.0890
ANDERSON0.101024.9628

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 102 people called COMMON in High Buston 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 3478.2609 in High Buston means that 3478.2609% of the people in High Buston on census day were called COMMON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COMMON 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 COMMON 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 COMMON 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 COMMON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in High Buston means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COMMON in High Buston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in High Buston in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  BELLAS (1)  BOLTON (1)  BUSTON (1)  CONNELL (3)  COMMON (8)  DODDS (2)  DUNCAN (2)  GEGGIE (6)  MC GOWAN (2)  GRAY (3)  HEWITT (3)  HUNTLEY (2)  LAIDLER (1)  MILLS (4)  MOORE (11)  MOLE (4)  ORD (3)  PAPE (1)  PATTEN (1)  PAXTON (1)  RICHARDSON (7)  ROBSON (5)  RUTHERFORD (4)  SPROTE (6)  STRONG (2)  SWAN (6)  THOMPSON (4)  YOUNG (7)