Top surnames from the 1881 census in Styford, Northumberland

Styford 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
WOOD109.523829.89
FOSTER109.523871.23
BATY87.61903,200.00
WAUGH87.6190559.44
BELL87.619040.55
RUTHERFORD76.6667273.44
DENHOLM76.66671,590.91
SHANKS65.7143750.00
BROWN54.76197.22
MITCHELL43.809518.78
DOBSON43.809586.39
CHARLTON32.857199.67
GREY32.8571131.58
THOMPSON21.90486.36
PACE21.9048425.53
LOWREY10.9524500.00
HOBSON10.952436.76
SHIELD10.9524208.33
ELLISON10.952445.05
ROBSON10.952414.47
DAVISON10.952426.67
LAKE10.952442.92
COCKBURN10.952474.63
MARTINSON10.95242,000.00
WEDDELL10.9524555.56
HOGG10.952426.39
STOTHART10.95242,000.00
NICHOLSON10.952413.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BATY0.111053200.0000
MARTINSON0.111052000.0000
STOTHART0.111052000.0000
DENHOLM0.111051590.9091
SHANKS0.11105750.0000
WAUGH0.11105559.4406
WEDDELL0.11105555.5556
LOWREY0.11105500.0000
PACE0.11105425.5319
RUTHERFORD0.11105273.4375
SHIELD0.11105208.3333
GREY0.11105131.5789
CHARLTON0.1110599.6678
DOBSON0.1110586.3931
COCKBURN0.1110574.6269
FOSTER0.1110571.2251
ELLISON0.1110545.0450
LAKE0.1110542.9185
BELL0.1110540.5474
HOBSON0.1110536.7647
WOOD0.1110529.8864
DAVISON0.1110526.6667
HOGG0.1110526.3852
MITCHELL0.1110518.7793
ROBSON0.1110514.4718
NICHOLSON0.1110513.4048
BROWN0.111057.2233
THOMPSON0.111056.3593

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 105 people called BATY in Styford 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 3200.0000 in Styford means that 3200.0000% of the people in Styford on census day were called BATY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BATY 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 BATY 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 BATY 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 BATY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Styford means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BATY in Styford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Styford in 1881

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

BATY (8)  BELL (8)  BROWN (5)  CHARLTON (3)  COCKBURN (1)  CRAGIE (2)  DAVISON (1)  DENHOLM (7)  DOBSON (4)  ELLISON (1)  FOSTER (10)  GREY (3)  HOBSON (1)  HOGG (1)  LAKE (1)  LOWREY (1)  MARTINSON (1)  MEASDAY (1)  MITCHELL (4)  MOHUN (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  PACE (2)  ROBSON (1)  RUTHERFORD (7)  SHANKS (6)  SHIELD (1)  STRANGHAM (1)  STOTHART (1)  THOMPSON (2)  WAUGH (8)  WEDDELL (1)  WOOD (10)