Top surnames from the 1881 census in Low Buston, Northumberland

Low 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
HENRY88.4211333.33
MATHER88.4211338.98
ROBSON66.315896.00
TAYLOR66.31589.88
LUKE66.3158652.17
BOLTON55.2632122.25
FAIRBAIRN55.2632714.29
GREEN55.263218.69
STORY44.2105677.97
CROZIER33.1579666.67
LANGLEY33.1579144.23
BUDDLE33.15792,727.27
JEFFERY33.1579145.63
FOREMAN22.1053161.29
BURNS11.052615.67
LEE11.05266.44
HUNTER11.052610.25
THOMPSON11.05263.51
MACKAY11.052629.07
BURN11.052678.13
WHITE11.05263.27
NORTH11.052631.75
COMMON11.0526476.19
TULLY11.0526196.08
DENNIS11.052635.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUDDLE0.10952727.2727
FAIRBAIRN0.1095714.2857
STORY0.1095677.9661
CROZIER0.1095666.6667
LUKE0.1095652.1739
COMMON0.1095476.1905
MATHER0.1095338.9831
HENRY0.1095333.3333
TULLY0.1095196.0784
FOREMAN0.1095161.2903
JEFFERY0.1095145.6311
LANGLEY0.1095144.2308
BOLTON0.1095122.2494
ROBSON0.109596.0000
BURN0.109578.1250
DENNIS0.109535.5872
NORTH0.109531.7460
MACKAY0.109529.0698
GREEN0.109518.6916
BURNS0.109515.6740
HUNTER0.109510.2459
TAYLOR0.10959.8765
LEE0.10956.4392
THOMPSON0.10953.5137
WHITE0.10953.2744

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 95 people called BUDDLE in Low 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 2727.2727 in Low Buston means that 2727.2727% of the people in Low Buston on census day were called BUDDLE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Low Buston in 1881

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

BOLTON (5)  BUDDLE (3)  BURN (1)  BURNS (1)  CROZIER (3)  COMMON (1)  DENNIS (1)  FAIRBAIRN (5)  FOREMAN (2)  GREEN (5)  HENRY (8)  HINDHAUGH (7)  HODGEON (3)  HUNTER (1)  JEFFERY (3)  KIRKUP (4)  LANGLEY (3)  LEE (1)  LUKE (6)  MATHER (8)  MACKAY (1)  NORTH (1)  ORMSTON (3)  ROBSON (6)  STORY (4)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMPSON (1)  TULLY (1)  WHITE (1)