Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newham In Belford, Northumberland

Newham In Belford 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
ELLIOTT135.349863.05
SHELL124.93832,352.94
COWANS114.52674,074.07
DOUGLAS104.115284.96
REDPATH104.1152884.96
LUKE104.1152421.94
ATHEY93.70373,214.29
WARDHAUGH93.70375,294.12
CROYLE83.292280,000.00
CLARK83.292210.95
TODD72.880756.59
FRASER72.880732.36
MILLER72.880716.10
SLATER62.469140.79
MATHER52.057683.06
HUTCHISON52.0576125.00
ROBERTSON52.057612.28
SCOTT52.05768.13
YOUNGER52.0576378.79
PRINGLE52.0576130.55
WILSON41.64613.58
WILLIAMSON41.646118.37
ENGLISH41.646187.53
HEWITT31.234625.34
COCKBURN31.234696.77
HALL31.23464.20
ARNOTT31.2346147.06
SUMMERS20.823029.37
DICKINSON20.823019.27
CROWN20.8230666.67
BURN10.411530.58
ALLAN10.41156.55
LOGIE10.4115140.85
DIXON10.41153.76
PATTON10.4115116.28
LYON10.411519.65
LAIDLER10.4115104.17
HUME10.411528.99
DONALDSON10.411514.43
JOHNSON10.41151.22
CUMMINS10.411548.31
ROCHESTER10.4115156.25
HORNSBY10.411563.29
GIBSON10.41153.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CROYLE0.2424380000.0000
WARDHAUGH0.242435294.1176
COWANS0.242434074.0741
ATHEY0.242433214.2857
SHELL0.242432352.9412
REDPATH0.24243884.9558
CROWN0.24243666.6667
LUKE0.24243421.9409
YOUNGER0.24243378.7879
ROCHESTER0.24243156.2500
ARNOTT0.24243147.0588
LOGIE0.24243140.8451
PRINGLE0.24243130.5483
HUTCHISON0.24243125.0000
PATTON0.24243116.2791
LAIDLER0.24243104.1667
COCKBURN0.2424396.7742
ENGLISH0.2424387.5274
DOUGLAS0.2424384.9618
MATHER0.2424383.0565
HORNSBY0.2424363.2911
ELLIOTT0.2424363.0456
TODD0.2424356.5885
CUMMINS0.2424348.3092
SLATER0.2424340.7886
FRASER0.2424332.3625
BURN0.2424330.5810
SUMMERS0.2424329.3686
HUME0.2424328.9855
HEWITT0.2424325.3378
LYON0.2424319.6464
DICKINSON0.2424319.2678
WILLIAMSON0.2424318.3655
MILLER0.2424316.0994
DONALDSON0.2424314.4300
ROBERTSON0.2424312.2790
CLARK0.2424310.9529
SCOTT0.242438.1327
ALLAN0.242436.5531
HALL0.242434.1964
DIXON0.242433.7566
WILSON0.242433.5842
GIBSON0.242433.3898
JOHNSON0.242431.2247

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 243 people called CROYLE in Newham In Belford 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 80000.0000 in Newham In Belford means that 80000.0000% of the people in Newham In Belford on census day were called CROYLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CROYLE 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 CROYLE 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 CROYLE 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 CROYLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Newham In Belford means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CROYLE in Newham In Belford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newham In Belford in 1881

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

ALLAN (1)  ARNOTT (3)  ATHEY (9)  BURN (1)  CHIRNSIDE (3)  CLARK (8)  COCKBURN (3)  COWANS (11)  COWE (5)  CROWN (2)  CROYLE (8)  CUMMINS (1)  DICKINSON (2)  DIXON (1)  DONALDSON (1)  DOUGLAS (10)  ELLIOTT (13)  FRASER (7)  GIBSON (1)  HALL (3)  HEWITT (3)  HINDHAUGH (8)  HORNSBY (1)  HOULISON (8)  HUME (1)  HUTCHISON (5)  ENGLISH (4)  IONS (14)  JOHNSON (1)  LAIDLER (1)  LOGIE (1)  LUKE (10)  LYON (1)  MATHER (5)  MILLER (7)  PATTON (1)  PRINGLE (5)  REDPATH (10)  ROBERTSON (5)  ROCHESTER (1)  SCOTT (5)  SHELL (12)  SLATER (6)  SUMMERS (2)  TODD (7)  OUTTERSON (4)  WARDHAUGH (9)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WILSON (4)  YOUNGER (5)