Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mousen, Northumberland

Mousen 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
CLARK812.121240.32
RENTON812.12122,000.00
MURRAY69.090973.35
ROBERTSON57.575845.21
SHELL57.57583,571.43
LAWSON57.5758128.53
HUNTER34.545544.25
ROBINSON23.03039.51
PATTEN23.0303487.80
JOHNSON11.51524.51
TAYLOR11.51522.37
DOUGLAS11.515231.25
WEIGHT11.5152666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHELL0.07663571.4286
RENTON0.07662000.0000
WEIGHT0.0766666.6667
PATTEN0.0766487.8049
LAWSON0.0766128.5347
MURRAY0.076673.3496
ROBERTSON0.076645.2080
HUNTER0.076644.2478
CLARK0.076640.3226
DOUGLAS0.076631.2500
ROBINSON0.07669.5057
JOHNSON0.07664.5086
TAYLOR0.07662.3691

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 66 people called SHELL in Mousen 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 3571.4286 in Mousen means that 3571.4286% of the people in Mousen on census day were called SHELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHELL 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 SHELL 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 SHELL 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 SHELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Mousen means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHELL in Mousen than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mousen in 1881

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

CLARK (8)  CLEOUGH (6)  CRINKLEY (9)  DOUGLAS (1)  FERROW (3)  HUNTER (3)  JOHNSON (1)  LAWSON (5)  MURRAY (6)  PATTEN (2)  RENTON (8)  ROBERTSON (5)  ROBINSON (2)  SHELL (5)  TAYLOR (1)  WEIGHT (1)