Top surnames from the 1881 census in Monks House Ferne, Northumberland

Monks House Ferne 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
GREY920.4545947.37
EVANS613.636431.20
CARPENTER511.3636331.13
LAWSON511.3636193.05
CUTTING36.81821,363.64
DURHAM24.5455526.32
RUTTER24.5455298.51
CLARK12.27277.56
PEAKE12.2727238.10
BALMER12.2727588.24
LIBBY12.27271,666.67
HALL12.27277.73
PARSONS12.272729.94
POWELL12.272718.21
BROWN12.27273.45
NELSON12.272746.95
JONES12.27272.01
SMITH12.27271.61

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LIBBY0.04441666.6667
CUTTING0.04441363.6364
GREY0.0444947.3684
BALMER0.0444588.2353
DURHAM0.0444526.3158
CARPENTER0.0444331.1258
RUTTER0.0444298.5075
PEAKE0.0444238.0952
LAWSON0.0444193.0502
NELSON0.044446.9484
EVANS0.044431.2012
PARSONS0.044429.9401
POWELL0.044418.2149
HALL0.04447.7280
CLARK0.04447.5643
BROWN0.04443.4483
JONES0.04442.0068
SMITH0.04441.6095

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 44 people called LIBBY in Monks House Ferne 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 1666.6667 in Monks House Ferne means that 1666.6667% of the people in Monks House Ferne on census day were called LIBBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LIBBY 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 LIBBY 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 LIBBY 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 LIBBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Monks House Ferne means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LIBBY in Monks House Ferne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Monks House Ferne in 1881

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

BALMER (1)  BROWN (1)  CARPENTER (5)  CLARK (1)  CUTTING (3)  DURHAM (2)  EVANS (6)  GREY (9)  HALL (1)  JONES (1)  LAWSON (5)  LIBBY (1)  NELSON (1)  PARSONS (1)  PEAKE (1)  POWELL (1)  PUCKEY (1)  RUTTER (2)  SMITH (1)