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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Longhurst, Northumberland

Longhurst 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
HALL242.85049.69
SMITH232.73161.93
DIXON212.494122.76
ROBINSON202.37537.45
DAVISON182.137859.80
TURNBULL182.137850.72
DOUGLASS151.7815280.37
LAWSON151.781530.22
ROSS141.662715.21
LEE131.54399.45
WRIGHT131.54394.81
BROWN121.42522.16
DONKIN121.4252383.39
WAUGH111.306495.82
SHORT111.306433.44
WOODCOCK111.306445.78
WILSON101.18762.59
HORSLEY101.1876127.06
HUMBLE91.0689225.56
ROBSON91.068916.24
MILBURN91.0689119.68
BELL91.06895.69
YEOMANS91.0689129.68
IRELAND91.068946.04
MOORE91.06895.35
PYLE91.0689261.63
MARSHALL91.06896.37
LOWES91.0689184.05
SEILEY91.068922,500.00
MORTON80.950117.78
DODDS80.950145.15
JACKSON80.95013.40
TEMPLE80.950172.40
OSBORNE80.950119.91
HERON80.950199.13
TULLEY80.9501462.43
MADDISON80.950196.97
WOOD80.95012.98
PATTERSON70.831423.84
MORRIS70.83143.73
EDWARDS70.83142.98
POTTS70.831424.91
CHARLTON70.831429.02
FRYER70.831444.81
DRYSDALE60.712684.27
YOUNG60.71263.32
PURVIS60.712673.62
SANDERSON60.712617.25
ARMSTRONG60.71269.32
WEATHERLY60.7126571.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SEILEY0.8484222500.0000
JONS0.848421363.6364
FALLOW0.84842877.1930
WEATHERLY0.84842571.4286
TULLEY0.84842462.4277
DONKIN0.84842383.3866
SHELL0.84842338.9831
DOUGLASS0.84842280.3738
PYLE0.84842261.6279
BOWERY0.84842227.2727
HUMBLE0.84842225.5639
LOWES0.84842184.0491
SHOTTON0.84842171.8213
PATTON0.84842167.2241
WEAR0.84842151.5152
WEDDERBURN0.84842142.8571
YEOMANS0.84842129.6830
HORSLEY0.84842127.0648
MILBURN0.84842119.6809
DEWING0.84842111.1111
HERON0.8484299.1326
MADDISON0.8484296.9697
WAUGH0.8484295.8188
KELL0.8484289.0208
DRYSDALE0.8484284.2697
STONEHOUSE0.8484281.5217
PURVIS0.8484273.6196
TEMPLE0.8484272.3982
HOGARTH0.8484271.9424
STOKER0.8484270.0525
REAY0.8484268.3995
SMAIL0.8484262.5000
HOWIE0.8484260.5327
DAVISON0.8484259.8007
FALCONER0.8484259.7610
TURNBULL0.8484250.7185
IRELAND0.8484246.0358
WOODCOCK0.8484245.7761
DODDS0.8484245.1467
FRYER0.8484244.8143
JOBSON0.8484240.4040
COULSON0.8484239.7351
GARDENER0.8484239.7088
SHORT0.8484233.4448
RIDLEY0.8484230.7314
LAWSON0.8484230.2176
EASTWOOD0.8484230.1356
CHARLTON0.8484229.0216
JACQUES0.8484228.0112
JEFFREY0.8484225.6904

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 842 people called SEILEY in Longhurst 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 22500.0000 in Longhurst means that 22500.0000% of the people in Longhurst on census day were called SEILEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SEILEY 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 SEILEY 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 SEILEY 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 SEILEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.84 in Longhurst means that you are 0.84 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SEILEY in Longhurst than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Longhurst in 1881

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

ACHINCLASS (9)  ANDREW (1)  APPLEBY (1)  ARMSTRONG (6)  ASPIN (9)  BATTY (1)  BELCHER (1)  BELL (9)  BLACKBURN (1)  BOWERY (1)  BRIGLAN (1)  BROWN (12)  BUGLASS (4)  CAISLEY (10)  CHARLTON (7)  CHIRNSIDE (7)  CLARK (6)  COOK (3)  COULSON (6)  CRAWFORD (5)  DAVISON (18)  DAVY (1)  DAWSON (3)  DEWING (1)  DIXON (21)  DODDS (8)  DOUGLASS (15)  DRYSDALE (6)  DONKIN (12)  EAMONS (5)  EAMANS (1)  EASTWOOD (6)  EDWARDS (7)  EGDELL (11)  FALLOW (5)  FAMILTON (8)  FALCONER (6)  FIELD (2)  FORREST (3)  FORNEAR (13)  FREEMAN (1)  FRYER (7)  GARDENER (6)  GIBBONS (2)  GIBSON (1)  GLAGHORN (5)  GOWLAND (5)  GREEN (3)  HALL (24)  HANDS (1)  HERON (8)  HINDHOUGH (3)  HINDHAUGH (5)  HOGARTH (4)  HORSLEY (10)  HOWIE (5)  HUMBLE (9)  ENGLISH (3)  IRELAND (9)  JACQUES (2)  JACKSON (8)  JEFFREY (4)  JOBSON (2)  JONS (3)  JOHNSON (2)  JOYCE (1)  KELL (3)  KENNEDY (5)  KING (1)  LAWSON (15)  LEE (13)  LOWES (9)  MADDISON (8)  MAIN (3)  MARSHALL (9)  MAY (1)  MC ALISTER (1)  MAC DONALD (1)  MC GREGOR (3)  MILBURN (9)  MITCHESON (1)  MOORE (9)  MORRIS (7)  MORTON (8)  MOSCOP (5)  MOSCROP (2)  NOBLE (5)  OSBORNE (8)  PARK (4)  PARKINSON (1)  PATTERSON (7)  PATTON (5)  PYLE (9)  POTTS (7)  PURVIS (6)  REAY (5)  RENDERS (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  RICKELTON (3)  RIDLEY (5)  ROBINSON (20)  ROBSON (9)  ROSS (14)  SANDERSON (6)  SEILEY (9)  SHELL (6)  SHORT (11)  SHOTTON (5)  SIMPSON (1)  SMAIL (1)  SMITH (23)  SOWES (2)  STEPHENSON (1)  STOBIA (1)  STOKER (4)  STONEHOUSE (3)  STRONG (1)  TAIT (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TEMPLE (8)  THOMPSON (6)  TRANANT (1)  TULLEY (8)  TURNBULL (18)  WALLACE (3)  WATSON (1)  WAUGH (11)  WEALLENS (8)  WEALLONS (11)  WEATHERIT (7)  WEATHERLY (6)  WEDDERBURN (1)  WEAR (4)  WHARRIN (1)  WHITELAW (1)  WILLIAMSON (3)  WILSON (10)  WINTRUP (2)  WOOD (8)  WOODCOCK (11)  WRIGHT (13)  YEOMANS (9)  YOUNG (6)