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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ovingham Whittle Spital, Northumberland

Ovingham Whittle Spital 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
HALL223.333311.33
ARMSTRONG192.878837.66
FLETCHER182.727323.89
JACKSON182.72739.76
COULSON172.5758143.58
WRIGHT142.12126.61
WALKER142.12126.34
TURNBULL131.969746.73
MOORE131.96979.85
COOK131.96979.92
SCOTT101.51525.99
GREEN101.51525.38
JOHNSON101.51524.51
WEATHERLEY91.3636714.29
PATTINSON91.3636152.28
LENNOX91.3636229.59
DAWSON91.363612.37
CHARLTON91.363647.59
ROBSON91.363620.72
SHANKS81.2121159.36
LAMB81.212122.98
DIXON81.212111.06
BATES81.212119.05
PEART81.2121212.77
LISHMAN81.2121592.59
WILSON81.21212.64
BROWN81.21211.84
TURNER81.21214.35
FOSTER71.06067.93
MORDUE71.0606958.90
NEVIN71.0606530.30
BRUCE71.060622.65
URWIN71.0606233.33
MARTIN71.06064.31
ROGERS71.06068.17
TULIP71.0606660.38
CUMMINGS71.060668.83
CAMPBELL60.90915.37
ELLIOTT60.909110.71
WAUGH60.909166.67
WALLACE60.909113.27
WRAY60.909167.64
LATHAM60.909144.68
WOODS60.909114.42
COX50.75765.00
MACAULEY50.7576480.77
DAVIDSON50.75769.01
FORSTER50.757623.11
CROSBY50.757664.02
DUNN50.75769.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCGRADY0.666604000.0000
SMILER0.666602500.0000
BURG0.666602000.0000
LATHAN0.666601153.8462
MORDUE0.66660958.9041
WEATHERLEY0.66660714.2857
WAKER0.66660689.6552
BOAN0.66660666.6667
TULIP0.66660660.3774
LISHMAN0.66660592.5926
CAVINS0.66660588.2353
NEVIN0.66660530.3030
MACAULEY0.66660480.7692
GILLIS0.66660378.7879
COMMON0.66660273.9726
CHATT0.66660256.4103
URWIN0.66660233.3333
LENNOX0.66660229.5918
PEART0.66660212.7660
ARCHBOLD0.66660192.3077
SHANKS0.66660159.3625
SWORD0.66660152.6718
PATTINSON0.66660152.2843
BRYDON0.66660144.2308
COULSON0.66660143.5811
CRAM0.6666077.5194
CUMMINGS0.6666068.8299
WRAY0.6666067.6437
HARLE0.6666066.6667
WAUGH0.6666066.6667
CROSBY0.6666064.0205
MOONEY0.6666052.2193
CHARLTON0.6666047.5939
COCKBURN0.6666047.5059
GOWANS0.6666047.1698
TURNBULL0.6666046.7290
LATHAM0.6666044.6761
PHILLIPSON0.6666040.8163
ARMSTRONG0.6666037.6611
QUEEN0.6666037.0370
JORDON0.6666033.7838
REDPATH0.6666032.6797
CROZIER0.6666032.2581
RIDLEY0.6666031.3480
BARRON0.6666029.3542
ERRINGTON0.6666027.1739
HETHERINGTON0.6666024.0385
FLETCHER0.6666023.8885
STOREY0.6666023.8521
FORSTER0.6666023.1054

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 660 people called MCGRADY in Ovingham Whittle Spital 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 4000.0000 in Ovingham Whittle Spital means that 4000.0000% of the people in Ovingham Whittle Spital on census day were called MCGRADY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MCGRADY 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 MCGRADY 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 MCGRADY 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 MCGRADY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Ovingham Whittle Spital means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MCGRADY in Ovingham Whittle Spital than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ovingham Whittle Spital in 1881

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

ARCHBOLD (3)  ARMITAGE (1)  ARMSTRONG (19)  BARRON (3)  BATES (8)  BELL (4)  BEDLINGTON (4)  BOAN (1)  BOYD (1)  BROWN (8)  BRUCE (7)  BRYDON (3)  BULL (2)  BURG (1)  BARROW (2)  CAMPBELL (6)  CARR (5)  CAVINS (1)  CHAPMAN (5)  CHARLTON (9)  CHATT (1)  CHRISTIE (2)  COCKBURN (4)  COOK (13)  COULSON (17)  COX (5)  CRAM (1)  CROSBY (5)  CROZIER (1)  COMMON (4)  CUMMINGS (7)  DAVIDSON (5)  DAVISON (3)  DAWSON (9)  DIXON (8)  DODD (1)  DUNN (5)  ELLERINGTON (4)  ELLIOTT (6)  ERRINGTON (1)  FENWICK (1)  FLETCHER (18)  FLOOD (1)  FORSTER (5)  FOSTER (7)  GILLIS (5)  GLOVER (4)  GOLDSMITH (1)  JORDON (1)  GOWANS (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GREEN (10)  HALL (22)  HANDYSIDE (2)  HARLE (1)  HATTON (1)  HAWKSBY (4)  HENDERSON (1)  HETHERINGTON (2)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLT (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  URWIN (7)  JACKSON (18)  JAMES (1)  JOBLING (5)  JOHNSON (10)  LAMB (8)  LATHAM (6)  LATHAN (3)  LAWSON (3)  LEE (1)  LISHMAN (8)  LENNOX (9)  LIDDELL (1)  LIGHTLEY (10)  MANN (1)  MARTIN (7)  MASON (4)  MACAULEY (5)  MCGRADY (2)  QUEEN (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILLER (1)  MOONEY (4)  MOORE (13)  MORDUE (7)  MURRAY (1)  NATTRASS (3)  NEWTON (5)  NEVIN (7)  NIXON (4)  PATTINSON (9)  PEARSON (2)  PEART (8)  PHILLIPSON (1)  PHILLIPS (4)  POTTER (2)  POWELL (1)  WRAY (6)  REDPATH (1)  RICHARDSON (4)  RIDLEY (4)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (9)  ROGERS (7)  ROSE (1)  ROWCROFT (4)  SANDERSON (3)  SCHOLICK (7)  SCOTT (10)  SHANKS (8)  SIMMONAS (1)  SINGLETON (1)  SISTERSON (2)  SLOBART (1)  SMILER (1)  SOULSBY (1)  STEEL (1)  STOREY (4)  SUMMERS (1)  SWORD (2)  TULIP (7)  TURNBULL (13)  TURNER (8)  VEEVERS (2)  WAKER (2)  WALKER (14)  WALLACE (6)  WARD (2)  WATSON (1)  WAUGH (6)  WEATHERLEY (9)  WESTGARTH (8)  WILSON (8)  WINN (1)  WOODS (6)  WRIGHT (14)  YIELDS (4)