Top surnames from the 1881 census in Murton, Northumberland

Murton 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
TOWNSLEY143.13901,609.20
ROBSON132.914844.29
HALL122.69069.15
REED102.242230.71
MILLER102.242212.53
SHARP92.017924.21
COYLE92.0179297.03
SOUTHALL92.0179266.27
JOHNSON81.79375.34
HARBOTTLE81.7937919.54
DIXON81.793716.37
RICHARDSON81.793710.54
BROWN81.79372.72
CUTTER81.7937640.00
BELL71.56958.35
WARDHAUGH71.56952,258.06
CHARLTON71.569554.77
SEFTON71.5695476.19
AINSLEY71.5695560.00
MARTIN61.34535.46
HOLMES61.345311.05
ADAMS61.34539.13
TAYLOR61.34532.10
DAWSON61.345312.21
FLETCHER61.345311.78
HATTON61.345368.49
COXON61.3453175.95
LOTHIAN61.3453594.06
STOTHARD61.3453606.06
YOUNG61.34536.26
SLAUGHTER51.1211227.27
NICHOLSON51.121115.78
BARBER51.121118.62
MARSHALL51.12116.68
SIMPSON51.12116.41
OVENS51.1211438.60
BURK51.1211312.50
JEFFREY51.121160.61
FISHER51.12119.58
TURNBULL51.121126.60
HESLOP51.1211130.89
HALLIDAY51.121154.23
DAVISON40.896925.09
CLARK40.89692.98
PEARSON30.67265.79
DRYDEN30.6726111.52
RITCHIE30.672619.47
EARL30.672651.46
POTTS30.672620.15
SHEPHERD30.67269.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCLAIN0.454462500.0000
WARDHAUGH0.454462258.0645
LEGHORN0.454462000.0000
TOWNSLEY0.454461609.1954
FLY0.454461538.4615
HARBOTTLE0.45446919.5402
CUTTER0.45446640.0000
STOTHARD0.45446606.0606
LOTHIAN0.45446594.0594
AINSLEY0.45446560.0000
SEFTON0.45446476.1905
OVENS0.45446438.5965
CALL0.45446357.1429
KEER0.45446322.5806
BURK0.45446312.5000
DINNING0.45446303.0303
COYLE0.45446297.0297
NEWCOME0.45446285.7143
SOUTHALL0.45446266.2722
SLAUGHTER0.45446227.2727
COXON0.45446175.9531
HILLING0.45446172.4138
STOBBS0.45446155.0388
HESLOP0.45446130.8901
DRYDEN0.45446111.5242
HANSELL0.45446111.1111
TELFORD0.4544676.3359
TOWNS0.4544669.9301
HATTON0.4544668.4932
JEFFREY0.4544660.6061
MORROW0.4544654.9451
CHARLTON0.4544654.7731
HALLIDAY0.4544654.2299
EARL0.4544651.4580
NEAVE0.4544647.6190
ROBSON0.4544644.2930
BRANNAN0.4544633.1126
STOKER0.4544633.0033
REED0.4544630.7125
TURNBULL0.4544626.5957
DAVISON0.4544625.0941
SHARP0.4544624.2131
HEDLEY0.4544621.9298
BRENNAN0.4544621.4592
LAKE0.4544620.2224
POTTS0.4544620.1478
RITCHIE0.4544619.4679
LOGAN0.4544618.9036
BARBER0.4544618.6220
CASSIDY0.4544618.3486

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 446 people called MCLAIN in Murton 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 2500.0000 in Murton means that 2500.0000% of the people in Murton on census day were called MCLAIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MCLAIN 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 MCLAIN 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 MCLAIN 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 MCLAIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Murton means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MCLAIN in Murton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Murton in 1881

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

ADAMS (6)  AINSLEY (7)  ARKLE (1)  BARBER (5)  BELL (7)  BURK (5)  BRANNAN (1)  BRENNAN (1)  BROWN (8)  CALL (2)  CARGIL (1)  CARR (3)  CURRAL (1)  CASSIDY (1)  CHARLTON (7)  CLARK (4)  CLAY (1)  LEGHORN (1)  COTHEL (1)  COTHELL (1)  COULSON (1)  COXON (6)  CROSGRAVE (3)  CUTTER (8)  DANSKIN (5)  DAVISON (4)  DAWSON (6)  DINNING (3)  DIXON (8)  DOBINSON (2)  DRYDEN (3)  DUFFELL (9)  DUNN (3)  EARL (3)  FERGUSON (2)  FISHER (5)  FLY (2)  FLETCHER (6)  FORSTER (1)  JORDAN (2)  HALL (12)  HALLIDAY (5)  HANDYSIDE (3)  HANSELL (1)  HARBOTTLE (8)  HARVEY (2)  HATTON (6)  HEDLEY (1)  HEPPLEWIGHT (1)  HESLOP (5)  HOLMES (6)  HILLING (1)  JEFFREY (5)  JENNINGS (2)  JOHNSON (8)  JOHNSTON (1)  KEER (1)  KENNEDY (1)  COYLE (9)  LAKE (2)  LEE (2)  LOGAN (2)  LOTHIAN (6)  MARSHALL (5)  MARTIN (6)  MASON (2)  MCCLOND (1)  MCFINNAN (6)  MCLAIN (1)  MILLER (10)  MORPETH (9)  MORROW (1)  MUNTON (3)  MUNRO (1)  NEAVE (1)  NEWCOME (1)  NICHOLSON (5)  OLIVER (1)  OVENS (5)  PEARSON (3)  POTTS (3)  QUINN (1)  REED (10)  REVELY (1)  RICHARDSON (8)  RITCHIE (3)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (13)  ROGERS (1)  SCOTT (1)  SEFTON (7)  SHARP (9)  SHEPHERD (3)  SIMPSON (5)  SLAUGHTER (5)  SMITH (1)  SOUTHALL (9)  STEWART (1)  STOKER (1)  STOTHARD (6)  STOBBS (2)  SUTHERLAND (2)  TAYLOR (6)  TELFORD (3)  TOWNS (1)  TOWNSLEY (14)  TURNBULL (5)  WALTON (1)  WARDHAUGH (7)  WILLINS (9)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILSON (2)  YOUNG (6)