Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ovington, Northumberland

Ovington 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
TULIP326.00383,720.93
ARMSTRONG183.377144.18
PIGG152.8143955.41
HENDERSON142.626624.17
DUNN132.439029.33
GRAY132.439017.09
SIMPSON122.251412.87
BEST112.063876.60
HESLOP112.0638240.70
STOREY101.876273.86
MOFFITT101.87621,162.79
URWIN91.6886370.37
LUMLEY91.6886276.92
WATSON91.68867.28
DAVISON91.688647.24
TAYLOR91.68862.64
MADDISON81.5009153.26
TELFORD81.5009170.21
GIBBON81.5009148.15
ARCHER81.500936.28
LOWES81.5009258.06
SCOTT81.50095.93
SWALLOW71.3133130.35
SOWERBY71.3133243.90
MARCH71.3133121.95
HILL71.31335.16
HEPPEL71.31332,800.00
ROBSON61.125717.10
BROWN61.12571.71
POTTS61.125733.73
TINDLE61.1257722.89
SWORD61.1257566.04
LEIGHTON61.1257104.71
TURNER61.12574.04
SMITH61.12570.80
ORAM50.9381120.19
GIBBONS50.938129.19
REED50.938112.85
DIXON50.93818.56
SHARPE50.938131.83
BELL50.93814.99
SWANN50.938185.91
RIDLEY50.938148.54
HUNTER40.75057.31
FINLAY40.750573.13
RICHARDSON40.75054.41
DOBSON40.750517.01
GRAHAM40.75056.54
COULSON40.750541.84
CAMPBELL40.75054.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TULIP0.535333720.9302
HEPPEL0.535332800.0000
MOFFITT0.535331162.7907
PIGG0.53533955.4140
BROCKETT0.53533784.3137
TINDLE0.53533722.8916
SWORD0.53533566.0377
URWIN0.53533370.3704
LUMLEY0.53533276.9231
LOWES0.53533258.0645
SOWERBY0.53533243.9024
HESLOP0.53533240.7002
SPEARMAN0.53533238.0952
BATSON0.53533201.3423
TELFORD0.53533170.2128
JORDON0.53533167.3640
MADDISON0.53533153.2567
GIBBON0.53533148.1481
SWALLOW0.53533130.3538
MARCH0.53533121.9512
ORAM0.53533120.1923
LEIGHTON0.53533104.7120
HINDMARSH0.5353393.4579
WINSHIP0.5353391.7431
SWANN0.5353385.9107
CROZIER0.5353380.0000
BEST0.5353376.6017
STOREY0.5353373.8552
FINLAY0.5353373.1261
ERRINGTON0.5353367.3401
STOBBS0.5353364.9351
BRODIE0.5353355.9441
GILCHRIST0.5353351.2164
RIDLEY0.5353348.5437
DODSON0.5353348.4262
DAVISON0.5353347.2441
ARMSTRONG0.5353344.1826
COULSON0.5353341.8410
ARCHER0.5353336.2812
LAWS0.5353333.7268
POTTS0.5353333.7268
SHARPE0.5353331.8269
HETHERINGTON0.5353329.7619
DUNN0.5353329.3255
GIBBONS0.5353329.1886
LIGHTFOOT0.5353326.9906
COXON0.5353324.5700
HENDERSON0.5353324.1671
GILLESPIE0.5353323.6686
BLAKEY0.5353323.4192

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 533 people called TULIP in Ovington 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 3720.9302 in Ovington means that 3720.9302% of the people in Ovington on census day were called TULIP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TULIP 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 TULIP 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 TULIP 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 TULIP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Ovington means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TULIP in Ovington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ovington in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  ARCHER (8)  ARMSTRONG (18)  BATSON (3)  BELL (5)  BEST (11)  BIGGE (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLAKEY (1)  BRAGG (1)  BROCKETT (4)  BRODIE (4)  BROWN (6)  BUCK (1)  CAMPBELL (4)  CARNAGIE (2)  CATHESIDE (1)  CHARLTON (3)  MC COULL (9)  COOK (3)  COULSON (4)  COXON (1)  CROZIER (2)  CUMMINS (1)  CORRAN (1)  DAVISON (9)  DIXON (5)  DOBSON (4)  DODSON (2)  DONNISON (3)  DUNN (13)  ELLIOTT (1)  ERRINGTON (2)  FALKORD (2)  FAWCETT (2)  FAWCET (1)  FINLAY (4)  GIBBONS (5)  GIBBON (8)  GILCHRIST (4)  GILLESPIE (2)  JORDON (4)  GRAHAM (4)  GRAY (13)  GUSTARD (1)  HALL (2)  HECKELS (1)  HENDERSON (14)  HEPPEL (7)  HESLOP (11)  HETHERINGTON (2)  HILL (7)  HINDMARSH (2)  HUNTER (4)  HUTCHINSON (2)  URWIN (9)  JOHNSON (3)  LAMBERT (2)  LAWS (2)  LAWSON (3)  LEIGHTON (6)  LIGHTFOOT (2)  LOWES (8)  LUMLEY (9)  MADDISON (8)  MARCH (7)  MARSDEN (3)  MAUGHAM (1)  MC EVOY (4)  MELBURN (9)  MOFFITT (10)  MURRAY (1)  NOLANS (1)  ORAM (5)  PATTISON (1)  PIGG (15)  POTTS (6)  RAMSAY (1)  REED (5)  RICHARDSON (4)  RIDLEY (5)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBSON (6)  RUSSELL (1)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SCOTT (8)  SHARPE (5)  SIMPSON (12)  SMITH (6)  SOWERBY (7)  SPEARMAN (2)  STOREY (10)  STOBBS (1)  SWALLOW (7)  SWANN (5)  SWORD (6)  TAYLOR (9)  TELFORD (8)  TEMPUBY (1)  TINDLE (6)  TOWARD (3)  TULIP (32)  TURNER (6)  MC VINNEY (6)  WATSON (9)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLAN (1)  WINSHIP (1)  WORMALD (4)  WILLEY (1)