Top surnames from the 1881 census in Netherwitton, Northumberland

Netherwitton 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
SPROAT198.83724,523.81
DUNN167.441989.49
COWANS136.04655,416.67
GREEN125.581419.82
CARR104.651264.47
BAIRD94.1860195.65
ANDERSON62.790714.13
LAWTON62.7907108.30
DOUGLASS52.3256364.96
FORSTER52.325670.92
MOFFAT52.3256128.53
ROSS52.325621.28
LEWIS41.86057.08
PALLAN41.860513,333.33
ELLISON41.860588.11
CROZIER41.8605396.04
FARRER31.3953211.27
HALL31.39534.74
PETRIE31.3953117.19
THOMPSON20.93023.11
EMBLETON20.9302322.58
YOUNG20.93024.33
HATTON20.930247.39
RUTHERFORD20.930238.10
WILSON20.93022.03
DICK20.930241.67
CAWTHORNE10.4651169.49
MUIR10.465112.15
FENWICK10.465135.46
STOREY10.465118.32
SHANKS10.465161.35
HUNTER10.46514.53
PURVIS10.465148.08
TWEEDY10.4651227.27
COX10.46513.07
GRANT10.46514.69
THOM10.465152.08
MORRIS10.46512.09
HORN10.465120.45
POTTS10.465113.93
TURNBULL10.465111.04
NICHOLLS10.46518.90
TAIT10.465115.80
EWART10.465182.64
SNOWDON10.465162.50
HUTTON10.465115.58
HENDERSON10.46514.28
WEIGHTMAN10.4651119.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PALLAN0.2221513333.3333
COWANS0.222155416.6667
SPROAT0.222154523.8095
CROZIER0.22215396.0396
DOUGLASS0.22215364.9635
EMBLETON0.22215322.5806
TWEEDY0.22215227.2727
FARRER0.22215211.2676
BAIRD0.22215195.6522
CAWTHORNE0.22215169.4915
MOFFAT0.22215128.5347
WEIGHTMAN0.22215119.0476
PETRIE0.22215117.1875
LAWTON0.22215108.3032
DUNN0.2221589.4855
ELLISON0.2221588.1057
EWART0.2221582.6446
FORSTER0.2221570.9220
CARR0.2221564.4745
SNOWDON0.2221562.5000
SHANKS0.2221561.3497
THOM0.2221552.0833
PURVIS0.2221548.0769
HATTON0.2221547.3934
DICK0.2221541.6667
RUTHERFORD0.2221538.0952
FENWICK0.2221535.4610
ROSS0.2221521.2766
HORN0.2221520.4499
GREEN0.2221519.8216
STOREY0.2221518.3150
TAIT0.2221515.7978
HUTTON0.2221515.5763
ANDERSON0.2221514.1276
POTTS0.2221513.9276
MUIR0.2221512.1507
TURNBULL0.2221511.0375
NICHOLLS0.222158.9047
LEWIS0.222157.0759
HALL0.222154.7431
GRANT0.222154.6860
HUNTER0.222154.5290
YOUNG0.222154.3299
HENDERSON0.222154.2790
THOMPSON0.222153.1051
COX0.222153.0694
MORRIS0.222152.0894
WILSON0.222152.0255

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 215 people called PALLAN in Netherwitton 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 13333.3333 in Netherwitton means that 13333.3333% of the people in Netherwitton on census day were called PALLAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PALLAN 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 PALLAN 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 PALLAN 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 PALLAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Netherwitton means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PALLAN in Netherwitton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Netherwitton in 1881

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

ANDERSON (6)  ARKLE (6)  BAIRD (9)  BERTOGG (1)  CAISLEY (4)  CARR (10)  CAWTHORNE (1)  COWANS (13)  COX (1)  CROZIER (4)  DICK (2)  DOUGLASS (5)  DUNN (16)  ELLISON (4)  EMBLETON (2)  EWART (1)  FARRER (3)  FENWICK (1)  FORSTER (5)  GIVONS (2)  GRANT (1)  GREEN (12)  HALL (3)  HATTON (2)  HENDERSON (1)  HORN (1)  HUNTER (1)  HUTTON (1)  LAWTON (6)  LEWIS (4)  MC GREGOR (7)  MOFFAT (5)  MUIR (1)  MORRIS (1)  MOSCROP (3)  NICHOLLS (1)  PALLAN (4)  PETRIE (3)  POTTS (1)  PURVIS (1)  ROSS (5)  RUTHERFORD (2)  SHANKS (1)  SNAITH (8)  SNOWDON (1)  SPROAT (19)  STOREY (1)  TAIT (1)  THOM (1)  THOMPSON (2)  TREVELYAN (11)  TURNBULL (1)  TWEEDY (1)  WANLACE (1)  WEIGHTMAN (1)  WILSON (2)  YOUNG (2)