Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norham, Northumberland

Norham 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
MUCKLE272.79792,477.06
DAVIDSON262.694332.05
GIBSON242.487020.49
BOLTON222.279852.95
YOUNG222.279810.61
MALCOLM212.1762165.48
SCOTT191.96897.78
RICHARDSON191.968911.57
ANDERSON181.86539.44
WHITE181.86535.80
THOMPSON181.86536.23
ROBERTSON171.761710.51
ALLAN161.658026.41
NESBIT161.6580538.72
HENDERSON151.554414.30
BROWN131.34722.04
TODD121.243524.44
FISH121.243566.78
PURVES121.2435190.17
FOSTER121.24359.30
CAIRNS121.243557.50
SWAN121.243548.00
MARSHALL111.13996.80
RATTRAY101.0363211.86
RULE101.0363151.06
TURNER101.03633.72
HENRIE101.03639,090.91
SHEPHERD101.036314.14
GRAHAM90.93268.12
BLYTHE90.9326122.78
DUCE90.9326414.75
SMITH90.93260.66
WILSON90.93262.03
RUTHERFORD80.829033.97
OLIVER80.829011.62
SANDERSON80.829020.07
PURVIS80.829085.74
LYALL70.7254106.38
STROTHER70.7254875.00
GILCHRIST70.725449.47
WALKER70.72542.17
BURNS70.725410.80
DIXON70.72546.62
BRUCE70.725415.49
BRIGGS70.725413.36
WATSON70.72543.13
TURNBULL70.725417.21
WHARTON60.621844.38
HUMPHREYS60.621817.66
DUNLOP60.621838.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HENRIE0.979659090.9091
PAE0.979654615.3846
FAGO0.979653333.3333
MUCKLE0.979652477.0642
STROTHER0.97965875.0000
NESBIT0.97965538.7205
KERSS0.97965434.7826
PENTLAND0.97965431.0345
DUCE0.97965414.7465
BRIMER0.97965384.6154
GREET0.97965344.8276
STRAUGHAN0.97965312.5000
LAMBERTON0.97965312.5000
MIDDLEMISS0.97965263.1579
RATTRAY0.97965211.8644
PURVES0.97965190.1743
WEDDELL0.97965182.9268
MALCOLM0.97965165.4846
RULE0.97965151.0574
HUSH0.97965135.1351
BLYTHE0.97965122.7831
PATTIE0.97965120.4819
AINSLIE0.97965117.6471
MATHISON0.97965114.9425
LYALL0.97965106.3830
BYERS0.97965100.0000
YOUNGER0.9796595.7854
ROBISON0.9796592.5926
PURVIS0.9796585.7449
ORD0.9796578.6164
INGLES0.9796568.2594
FISH0.9796566.7780
LOUGH0.9796558.1395
CAIRNS0.9796557.4988
CARRIGAN0.9796553.1915
BOLTON0.9796552.9483
HAIG0.9796552.7704
PAXTON0.9796552.0156
GILCHRIST0.9796549.4700
SWAN0.9796548.0000
HARDIE0.9796547.6948
TELFORD0.9796547.0588
JACKS0.9796545.6621
WHARTON0.9796544.3787
ALDER0.9796543.4783
WALE0.9796543.1965
MONCRIEFF0.9796541.1523
QUIN0.9796538.6847
DUNLOP0.9796538.5852
RUTHERFORD0.9796533.9703

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 965 people called HENRIE in Norham 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 9090.9091 in Norham means that 9090.9091% of the people in Norham on census day were called HENRIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HENRIE 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 HENRIE 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 HENRIE 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 HENRIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.97 in Norham means that you are 0.97 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HENRIE in Norham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Norham in 1881

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

AINSLIE (3)  AYNSLY (2)  AYNSLEY (5)  ALDER (3)  ALEXANDER (6)  ALLAN (16)  ALLEN (1)  ANDERSON (18)  ARTIHSON (1)  BALLINGALL (2)  BYERS (5)  BINEY (1)  BLAKE (1)  BLYTHE (9)  BOLLAND (1)  BOLTON (22)  BONE (5)  BOOTH (1)  BRIGGS (7)  BRIMER (1)  BROWN (13)  BRUCE (7)  BUGLASS (4)  BURNETT (6)  BURNS (7)  BURN (2)  BUTLER (1)  CAIRNS (12)  KEARNEY (1)  CARRIGAN (1)  CASELY (1)  CAVE (1)  CLARK (2)  CLEUGH (1)  COWE (5)  COX (4)  CRAICK (1)  CRAIGIE (1)  CROMARTY (1)  CURLEY (1)  DALGLIESH (8)  DAVIDSON (26)  DICKINSON (3)  DIXON (7)  DODDS (2)  DOUGLAS (2)  DRYBURGH (3)  DUCE (9)  DUNLOP (6)  EMERY (3)  ERSKINE (1)  FAGO (1)  FAIR (1)  FAIRBAIRN (1)  FISH (12)  FOREMAN (3)  FORREST (1)  FORSTER (4)  FORSYTH (1)  FOSTER (12)  FULTON (1)  GEGGIE (2)  GIBSON (24)  GILCHRIST (7)  GLAHOLM (9)  GOLDIE (1)  GRAHAM (9)  GRIEVE (3)  GREEN (3)  GREENFIELD (1)  GREET (5)  GREGORY (3)  HALL (1)  HARDIE (6)  HAIG (2)  HENDERSON (15)  HENRIE (10)  HERIOT (3)  HOAD (2)  HUMPHREYS (6)  HUMPHREY (4)  HUSH (1)  INGLES (2)  INGLIS (4)  JACKS (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAFFEARY (4)  JAMES (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KENNEDY (4)  KERSS (1)  LAMBERTON (2)  LAWSON (3)  LEES (1)  LIVINGSTON (1)  LOVELL (3)  LOUGH (1)  LYALL (7)  MAIN (3)  MALCOLM (21)  MARSHALL (11)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (1)  MATHERSTON (1)  MATHISON (3)  MAXWELL (1)  MC GREGOR (7)  MCKANZIE (1)  MACKIE (2)  MIDDLEMISS (6)  MONCRIEFF (1)  MOODY (3)  MUCKLE (27)  MURRAY (1)  NEILANS (2)  NESBIT (16)  OLIVER (8)  ORD (5)  PARK (6)  PAXTON (4)  PAE (6)  PATTIE (1)  PENTLAND (5)  PIKE (5)  PLENDERLEITH (1)  PUNTON (10)  PORTER (5)  PRINGLE (5)  PURVIS (8)  PURVES (12)  QUIN (4)  RATTRAY (10)  REDPATH (1)  REID (3)  RICHARDSON (19)  ROBERTSON (17)  ROBSON (5)  ROBISON (2)  ROMAINES (7)  ROSS (1)  RULE (10)  RUSSELL (2)  RUTHERFORD (8)  RYAN (1)  SANDERSON (8)  SCOTT (19)  SHEPHERD (10)  SMITH (9)  STEWART (1)  STONE (1)  STRAUGHAN (5)  STROTHER (7)  SWAN (12)  TAIT (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TELFORD (4)  THOMPSON (18)  TIPLADY (4)  TODD (12)  TROTTER (2)  TULLY (1)  TURNBULL (7)  TURNER (10)  WALKER (7)  WALE (2)  WALTON (1)  WEATHERSTON (2)  WATSON (7)  WEATHERBURN (14)  WEDDELL (3)  WESTLE (1)  WHARTON (6)  WHEATLEY (3)  WHITE (18)  WILKINSON (2)  WILSON (9)  WORTHINGTON (1)  WAITE (4)  YOUNG (22)  YOUNGER (5)