Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stamfordham, Northumberland

Stamfordham 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
ROBSON269.5588145.25
HARRISON196.985331.47
RUSSELL93.308827.11
BEWICK93.30881,168.83
DOBSON93.308875.00
RICHARDSON93.308819.44
REED82.941240.28
ADAMSON72.573597.22
LITTLE72.573554.43
SHORT62.205956.50
PATTERSON62.205963.29
SCOTT62.20598.72
ROCHESTER62.2059845.07
HALL62.20597.50
TURNBULL51.838243.63
YOUNG51.83828.56
TELFORD51.8382208.33
ARMSTRONG51.838224.05
CHARLTON51.838264.18
GIBSON51.838215.14
NICHOL41.4706136.52
WHITTLE41.470667.45
DICKINSON41.470634.42
MURRAY41.470611.86
WALES41.4706181.82
DIXON41.470613.42
HEDLEY41.4706143.88
DODD31.102927.12
STOBBS31.1029379.75
WILKINSON31.10297.23
MEIKLE31.1029153.06
HUNTER20.73537.16
STRAUGHAN20.7353444.44
SLACK20.735346.62
CARR20.735310.19
WALKER20.73532.20
JOBSON20.7353125.00
DAWSON20.73536.67
PARK20.735323.72
TAIT20.735324.97
RICH20.735358.65
BRODIE10.367627.40
EMBLETON10.3676128.21
ROBINSON10.36761.15
GALLAGHER10.367624.21
ELLIOT10.367614.41
HERON10.367638.31
REDHEAD10.367667.57
SIMPSON10.36762.10
BROUGHAM10.3676344.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEWICK0.272721168.8312
ROCHESTER0.27272845.0704
STRAUGHAN0.27272444.4444
STOBBS0.27272379.7468
BROUGHAM0.27272344.8276
TELFORD0.27272208.3333
WALES0.27272181.8182
MEIKLE0.27272153.0612
ROBSON0.27272145.2514
HEDLEY0.27272143.8849
NICHOL0.27272136.5188
EMBLETON0.27272128.2051
JOBSON0.27272125.0000
ADAMSON0.2727297.2222
DOBSON0.2727275.0000
REDHEAD0.2727267.5676
WHITTLE0.2727267.4536
CHARLTON0.2727264.1849
PATTERSON0.2727263.2911
RICH0.2727258.6510
SHORT0.2727256.4972
LITTLE0.2727254.4323
SLACK0.2727246.6200
TURNBULL0.2727243.6300
REED0.2727240.2820
HERON0.2727238.3142
DICKINSON0.2727234.4234
HARRISON0.2727231.4674
BRODIE0.2727227.3973
DODD0.2727227.1248
RUSSELL0.2727227.1084
TAIT0.2727224.9688
GALLAGHER0.2727224.2131
ARMSTRONG0.2727224.0500
PARK0.2727223.7248
PRINGLE0.2727223.3645
HUTCHISON0.2727222.3714
RICHARDSON0.2727219.4384
GIBSON0.2727215.1423
RUTHERFORD0.2727215.0602
ELLIOT0.2727214.4092
DIXON0.2727213.4228
MURRAY0.2727211.8589
CARR0.2727210.1885
SCOTT0.272728.7184
YOUNG0.272728.5572
HALL0.272727.4981
WILKINSON0.272727.2272
HUNTER0.272727.1608
DAWSON0.272726.6711

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 272 people called BEWICK in Stamfordham 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 1168.8312 in Stamfordham means that 1168.8312% of the people in Stamfordham on census day were called BEWICK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEWICK 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 BEWICK 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 BEWICK 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 BEWICK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Stamfordham means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEWICK in Stamfordham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stamfordham in 1881

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

ADAMSON (7)  AKENHEAD (10)  AINSLUP (1)  ARMSTRONG (5)  ASKEL (1)  BEWICK (9)  BRODIE (1)  BROUGHAM (1)  CARR (2)  CHARLTON (5)  CRAGIE (4)  DAWSON (2)  DICKINSON (4)  DIXON (4)  DOBSON (9)  DODD (3)  DUNN (1)  ELLIOT (1)  EMBLETON (1)  FERGUSON (1)  GALLAGHER (1)  GIBSON (5)  GLENDINNING (1)  HALL (6)  HARRISON (19)  HAWDON (3)  HAWIN (4)  HEDLEY (4)  HEPPLE (1)  HERON (1)  HUNTER (2)  HUTCHISON (1)  JOBSON (2)  LITTLE (7)  MEIKLE (3)  MURRAY (4)  NICHOL (4)  NEVEN (2)  PARK (2)  PATTERSON (6)  PRINGLE (1)  PROUDLOCK (6)  REDHEAD (1)  REED (8)  RICH (2)  RICHARDSON (9)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (26)  ROCHESTER (6)  RUSSELL (9)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SCOTT (6)  SHORT (6)  SIMPSON (1)  SLACK (2)  STEWART (1)  STRAUGHAN (2)  STOBBS (3)  TAIT (2)  TELFORD (5)  TURNBULL (5)  WALKER (2)  WALES (4)  WESTWICK (1)  WHITTLE (4)  WILKINSON (3)  YOUNG (5)