Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Bavington, Northumberland

Little Bavington 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
ROBSON810.5263160.00
FENWICK810.5263800.00
HUTCHINSON810.5263185.19
ARTHUR67.8947361.45
BURN67.8947588.24
MARSHALL45.263231.37
SHEPHERD45.263271.81
WANLESS45.26323,076.92
CURRY45.2632366.97
RUSSELL45.263243.10
WATSON33.947417.02
DAVISON33.9474110.29
JOHNSTON33.947448.94
PATTERSON33.9474113.21
CARLSON11.31583,333.33
HARRISON11.31585.93
PUGH11.315834.48
BEST11.315848.78
DODD11.315832.36
SOUTHERN11.3158142.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CARLSON0.08763333.3333
WANLESS0.08763076.9231
FENWICK0.0876800.0000
BURN0.0876588.2353
CURRY0.0876366.9725
ARTHUR0.0876361.4458
HUTCHINSON0.0876185.1852
ROBSON0.0876160.0000
SOUTHERN0.0876142.8571
PATTERSON0.0876113.2075
DAVISON0.0876110.2941
SHEPHERD0.087671.8133
JOHNSTON0.087648.9396
BEST0.087648.7805
RUSSELL0.087643.1034
PUGH0.087634.4828
DODD0.087632.3625
MARSHALL0.087631.3725
WATSON0.087617.0164
HARRISON0.08765.9277

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 76 people called CARLSON in Little Bavington 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 3333.3333 in Little Bavington means that 3333.3333% of the people in Little Bavington on census day were called CARLSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CARLSON 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 CARLSON 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 CARLSON 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 CARLSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Little Bavington means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CARLSON in Little Bavington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Bavington in 1881

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

ARTHUR (6)  BEST (1)  BURN (6)  CARLSON (1)  CURRY (4)  DAVISON (3)  DODD (1)  FENWICK (8)  HARRISON (1)  HUTCHINSON (8)  JOHNSTON (3)  LITTLEFAIR (2)  MARSHALL (4)  PATTERSON (3)  PUGH (1)  ROBSON (8)  RUSSELL (4)  SHEPHERD (4)  SOUTHERN (1)  WANLESS (4)  WATSON (3)