Top surnames from the 1881 census in Otterburn, Northumberland

Otterburn 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
HERON164.8048501.57
BRODIE144.2042313.20
TELFER123.6036603.02
TOWNS113.30331,028.04
DAGG113.30332,682.93
RIDDLE113.3033398.55
ANDERSON92.702713.68
RUTHERFORD82.402498.40
NESBIT82.4024784.31
WADDELL82.4024270.27
ARMSTRONG82.402431.43
SWANSON82.4024327.87
CARDWELL82.4024500.00
CAIRNS82.4024111.11
ALLAN61.801828.69
TURNBULL61.801842.74
WILSON61.80183.92
WALLACE61.801826.30
CLARK51.50155.00
ORD51.5015228.31
WRIGHT51.50154.68
WHITE51.50154.67
HALL51.50155.10
FORREST41.201246.62
CHARLTON41.201241.93
HICKSON41.2012173.91
HEDLEY41.2012117.65
MACKEY41.2012314.96
EASTON30.900959.41
ROBSON30.900913.69
HOGG30.900924.94
CURRY30.900962.89
PATTERSON30.900925.84
DOUGLAS30.900918.60
DAVIDSON30.900910.71
MATHER20.600624.21
THOMPSON20.60062.00
PICKLES20.600629.54
KENNEDY20.60069.96
CHISHOLM20.600641.32
BELL20.60063.20
LOWES10.300351.81
BAILLIE10.300328.90
POTTS10.30039.00
COMPTON10.300331.15
IRVINE10.300313.62
ORMISTON10.3003104.17
DODDS10.300314.27
BUCKLEY10.30035.52
WILLIS10.30035.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MONROW0.333333333.3333
DAGG0.333332682.9268
TOWNS0.333331028.0374
NESBIT0.33333784.3137
COSTELLA0.33333769.2308
TELFER0.33333603.0151
HERON0.33333501.5674
CARDWELL0.33333500.0000
RIDDLE0.33333398.5507
SWANSON0.33333327.8689
MACKEY0.33333314.9606
BRODIE0.33333313.1991
COWANS0.33333277.7778
WADDELL0.33333270.2703
RODGERSON0.33333243.9024
ORD0.33333228.3105
HICKSON0.33333173.9130
BATY0.33333123.4568
HERDMAN0.33333119.0476
HEDLEY0.33333117.6471
CAIRNS0.33333111.1111
ORMISTON0.33333104.1667
RUTHERFORD0.3333398.4010
CROZIER0.3333364.1026
CURRY0.3333362.8931
EASTON0.3333359.4059
LOWES0.3333351.8135
SELLARS0.3333348.5437
FORREST0.3333346.6200
GALL0.3333346.5116
TURNBULL0.3333342.7350
CHARLTON0.3333341.9287
CHISHOLM0.3333341.3223
ARMSTRONG0.3333331.4342
COMPTON0.3333331.1526
PICKLES0.3333329.5421
BAILLIE0.3333328.9017
ALLAN0.3333328.6944
WALLACE0.3333326.3043
PATTERSON0.3333325.8398
HOGG0.3333324.9377
MATHER0.3333324.2131
HETHERINGTON0.3333323.8095
TEMPLE0.3333322.8833
DOUGLAS0.3333318.5989
ENGLISH0.3333315.9744
RIDLEY0.3333315.5280
DODDS0.3333314.2653
BEATTIE0.3333314.0252
ROBSON0.3333313.6861

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 333 people called MONROW in Otterburn 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 3333.3333 in Otterburn means that 3333.3333% of the people in Otterburn on census day were called MONROW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MONROW 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 MONROW 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 MONROW 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 MONROW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Otterburn means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MONROW in Otterburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Otterburn in 1881

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

ALLAN (6)  ANDERSON (9)  ARMSTRONG (8)  BAILLIE (1)  BETTISON (2)  BATY (1)  BEATTIE (1)  BELL (2)  BOISTON (8)  BRODIE (14)  BUCKLEY (1)  CAIRNS (8)  CARDWELL (8)  CHARLTON (4)  CHISHOLM (2)  CLARK (5)  CLISSITT (3)  COMPTON (1)  COSTELLA (1)  COWANS (1)  CROZIER (1)  CURBITT (1)  CURRY (3)  DAGG (11)  DAVISON (1)  DAVIDSON (3)  DINWOODY (1)  DODDS (1)  DOUGLAS (3)  DOWNL... (2)  DUNN (1)  EASTON (3)  ELLIOTT (1)  FAMILTON (1)  FORREST (4)  GALL (1)  GRAY (1)  HALL (5)  HEDLEY (4)  HERDMAN (1)  HERON (16)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HICKSON (4)  HILL (1)  HOGG (3)  ENGLISH (1)  IRVINE (1)  KENNEDY (2)  LOCK (1)  LOWES (1)  MATHER (2)  MACKEY (4)  MC LEOD (2)  MIDDLEMAS (6)  MITCHELL (1)  MITCHISON (6)  MONROW (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  NESBIT (8)  ORD (5)  ORMISTON (1)  PATTERSON (3)  PICKLES (2)  POTTS (1)  RIDDLE (11)  RIDLEY (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (3)  RODGERSON (1)  RUSSELL (1)  RUTHERFORD (8)  SACKER (7)  SELLARS (1)  SNAITH (2)  SWANSON (8)  TAILFER (1)  TELFER (12)  TEMPLE (1)  THOMPSON (2)  TOWNS (11)  TURNBULL (6)  WALLACE (6)  WADDELL (8)  WEATHERSON (6)  WHINHAM (5)  WHITE (5)  WILLIS (1)  WILSON (6)  WRIGHT (5)  WAITT (4)