Top surnames from the 1881 census in Horton Grange, Northumberland

Horton Grange 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
RIDDELL1621.91782,622.95
FENWICK810.9589833.33
YOUNG56.849331.89
REEVE45.4795233.92
YEOMANS45.4795666.67
SHANKS45.4795714.29
RIDLEY45.4795283.69
ROBSON34.109662.50
CLARK34.109613.67
SCOTT34.109616.24
HENDERSON22.739725.22
WILLISON22.73971,333.33
CURRY11.369995.24
ALLISON11.369948.31
JENNINGS11.369927.03
WHITE11.36994.26
OLIVER11.369919.19
WOOD11.36994.30
THORNE11.369964.94
DIXON11.369912.50
BROWN11.36992.08
LAWS11.3699123.46
GREY11.369963.29
THOMPSON11.36994.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RIDDELL0.07732622.9508
WILLISON0.07731333.3333
FENWICK0.0773833.3333
SHANKS0.0773714.2857
YEOMANS0.0773666.6667
RIDLEY0.0773283.6879
REEVE0.0773233.9181
LAWS0.0773123.4568
CURRY0.077395.2381
THORNE0.077364.9351
GREY0.077363.2911
ROBSON0.077362.5000
ALLISON0.077348.3092
YOUNG0.077331.8878
JENNINGS0.077327.0270
HENDERSON0.077325.2207
OLIVER0.077319.1939
SCOTT0.077316.2426
CLARK0.077313.6737
DIXON0.077312.5000
THOMPSON0.07734.5725
WOOD0.07734.2992
WHITE0.07734.2626
BROWN0.07732.0781

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 73 people called RIDDELL in Horton Grange 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 2622.9508 in Horton Grange means that 2622.9508% of the people in Horton Grange on census day were called RIDDELL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Horton Grange in 1881

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

ALLISON (1)  BROWN (1)  CLARK (3)  CURRY (1)  DIXON (1)  EMEREY (1)  FENWICK (8)  GREY (1)  HENDERSON (2)  JENNINGS (1)  LAWS (1)  OLIVER (1)  REEVE (4)  RIDDELL (16)  RIDLEY (4)  ROBSON (3)  SCOTT (3)  SHANKS (4)  SNAITH (1)  SURTEES (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THORNE (1)  WHITE (1)  WILLISON (2)  WOOD (1)  YEOMANS (4)  YOUNG (5)