Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kilham, Northumberland

Kilham 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
MOFFAT2012.8205706.71
TURNBULL117.0513167.17
SCOTT106.410325.34
TAYLOR95.76929.02
WHITEHEAD95.769285.39
SPENCE74.4872135.66
CLARK74.487214.93
HOGG74.4872124.11
SPENCER63.846242.13
PIERCY53.2051892.86
WILSON53.20516.98
SMITH53.20512.27
DICKSON53.205186.51
GILROY42.5641634.92
COCKBURN42.5641201.01
BORTHWICK42.5641454.55
REAVLEY42.56416,666.67
YOUNGER42.5641476.19
FORD31.923119.75
BOLTON31.923144.64
ANDERSON21.28216.49
POULTON21.2821160.00
MATHER21.282151.68
BRYSON10.641083.33
KENNEDY10.641010.63
ROBSON10.64109.74
DUGGAN10.641084.03
LIDDLE10.641054.35
JAMESON10.641057.80
DOUGLAS10.641013.23
LESLIE10.641038.76
FARREL10.6410285.71
YOUNG10.64102.98

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REAVLEY0.161566666.6667
PIERCY0.16156892.8571
MOFFAT0.16156706.7138
GILROY0.16156634.9206
YOUNGER0.16156476.1905
BORTHWICK0.16156454.5455
FARREL0.16156285.7143
COCKBURN0.16156201.0050
TURNBULL0.16156167.1733
POULTON0.16156160.0000
SPENCE0.16156135.6589
HOGG0.16156124.1135
DICKSON0.1615686.5052
WHITEHEAD0.1615685.3890
DUGGAN0.1615684.0336
BRYSON0.1615683.3333
JAMESON0.1615657.8035
LIDDLE0.1615654.3478
MATHER0.1615651.6796
BOLTON0.1615644.6429
SPENCER0.1615642.1348
LESLIE0.1615638.7597
SCOTT0.1615625.3357
FORD0.1615619.7498
CLARK0.1615614.9286
DOUGLAS0.1615613.2275
KENNEDY0.1615610.6270
ROBSON0.161569.7371
TAYLOR0.161569.0217
WILSON0.161566.9784
ANDERSON0.161566.4914
YOUNG0.161562.9842
SMITH0.161562.2700

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 156 people called REAVLEY in Kilham 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 6666.6667 in Kilham means that 6666.6667% of the people in Kilham on census day were called REAVLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REAVLEY 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 REAVLEY 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 REAVLEY 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 REAVLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Kilham means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REAVLEY in Kilham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kilham in 1881

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

ANDERSON (2)  ARRES (1)  BOLTON (3)  BORTHWICK (4)  BRYSON (1)  CLARK (7)  COCKBURN (4)  DICKSON (5)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUGGAN (1)  FARREL (1)  FORD (3)  GILROY (4)  HOGG (7)  JAMESON (1)  KENNEDY (1)  LESLIE (1)  LIDDLE (1)  MATHER (2)  MOFFAT (20)  PANETON (2)  PIERCY (5)  PUNTON (4)  POULTON (2)  REAVLEY (4)  ROBSON (1)  SCOTT (10)  SMITH (5)  SPENCE (7)  SPENCER (6)  SUNENT (1)  TAYLOR (9)  TURNBULL (11)  WHITEHEAD (9)  WILSON (5)  YOUNGER (4)  YOUNG (1)