Top surnames from the 1881 census in Prestwick, Northumberland

Prestwick 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
GRAHAM1910.215188.95
YOUNG136.989232.53
ARMSTRONG115.914077.36
HARRISON115.914026.64
KELLY105.376349.09
HUNTER105.376352.36
SPENCE84.3011130.08
TURNER84.301115.45
RYLE84.30114,705.88
STOKER73.7634555.56
ROBINSON63.225810.12
BURTON63.225837.85
JOHNSON63.22589.60
STEPHENSON63.225856.39
PALLAN42.150520,000.00
BELL42.150511.44
MONTAGUE42.1505425.53
GODDARD31.612940.11
SMITH31.61291.14
YOUNGER21.0753198.02
COLWELL21.0753333.33
CHARLTON21.075337.52
HEADLEY21.0753400.00
ATKINSON21.075311.04
TATE21.075355.71
BOWMAN10.537620.58
HART10.53766.31
WEIGHTMAN10.5376136.99
HUDSON10.53766.57
REEVES10.537613.12
GARDENER10.537629.94
MORTON10.537610.06
BURN10.537640.00
PEACE10.537659.17
FORBES10.537616.05
WHITE10.53761.67
CHAMBERLAND10.53765,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PALLAN0.1918620000.0000
CHAMBERLAND0.191865000.0000
RYLE0.191864705.8824
STOKER0.19186555.5556
MONTAGUE0.19186425.5319
HEADLEY0.19186400.0000
COLWELL0.19186333.3333
YOUNGER0.19186198.0198
WEIGHTMAN0.19186136.9863
SPENCE0.19186130.0813
GRAHAM0.1918688.9513
ARMSTRONG0.1918677.3558
PEACE0.1918659.1716
STEPHENSON0.1918656.3910
TATE0.1918655.7103
HUNTER0.1918652.3560
KELLY0.1918649.0918
GODDARD0.1918640.1070
BURN0.1918640.0000
BURTON0.1918637.8549
CHARLTON0.1918637.5235
YOUNG0.1918632.5325
GARDENER0.1918629.9401
HARRISON0.1918626.6408
BOWMAN0.1918620.5761
FORBES0.1918616.0514
TURNER0.1918615.4500
REEVES0.1918613.1234
BELL0.1918611.4449
ATKINSON0.1918611.0375
ROBINSON0.1918610.1163
MORTON0.1918610.0604
JOHNSON0.191869.6015
HUDSON0.191866.5660
HART0.191866.3052
WHITE0.191861.6725
SMITH0.191861.1423

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 186 people called PALLAN in Prestwick 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 20000.0000 in Prestwick means that 20000.0000% of the people in Prestwick on census day were called PALLAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PALLAN 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 PALLAN 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 PALLAN 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 PALLAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Prestwick means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PALLAN in Prestwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Prestwick in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (11)  ATKINSON (2)  BARRONS (3)  BELL (4)  BOWMAN (1)  BURN (1)  BURTON (6)  COLWELL (2)  CHAMBERLAND (1)  CHARLTON (2)  CHICKEN (1)  FORA (1)  FORBES (1)  GARDENER (1)  GILHESPIE (9)  GODDARD (3)  GRAHAM (19)  HARRISON (11)  HART (1)  HEADLEY (2)  HUDSON (1)  HUNTER (10)  JOHNSON (6)  KELLY (10)  MONTAGUE (4)  MORTON (1)  PALLAN (4)  PEACE (1)  PENDRICK (1)  REEVES (1)  ROBINSON (6)  RYLE (8)  SMITH (3)  SPENCE (8)  STEPHENSON (6)  STOKER (7)  TATE (2)  TURNER (8)  WEIGHTMAN (1)  WHITE (1)  YOUNGER (2)  YOUNG (13)