Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swinhoe, Northumberland

Swinhoe 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
LAIDLER1611.03452,758.62
CUMMINGS117.5862493.27
WOODCOCK96.2069217.39
BOWMER96.20695,294.12
JONES85.51724.87
TAIT74.8276163.93
WEIGHTMAN74.82761,228.07
CLARK64.137913.77
LOCKIE53.44831,515.15
SHELL53.44831,612.90
MARSHALL53.448320.56
WHITE42.75868.58
DENHOLM42.7586655.74
SCOTT32.06908.18
PATTERSON32.069059.29
KNOX32.0690120.48
BROWN32.06903.14
SAUNDERS32.069022.56
BURKE21.379346.84
SHORT21.379335.34
HENDERSON21.379312.69
DOUGLAS21.379328.49
MILLIKEN21.37931,666.67
JOYCE21.379356.18
HARDY21.379323.04
SUMMERS21.379349.14
ARCHBOLD10.6897294.12
ROBSON10.689710.48
GREY10.689731.85
CURRIE10.689724.51
THOMPSON10.68972.30
LOYD10.6897175.44
ROBINSON10.68972.16
CHISHOLM10.689747.39
SANDERSON10.689716.69
WYLIE10.689759.17
PRINGLE10.689743.86
COWENS10.6897833.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOWMER0.151455294.1176
LAIDLER0.151452758.6207
MILLIKEN0.151451666.6667
SHELL0.151451612.9032
LOCKIE0.151451515.1515
WEIGHTMAN0.151451228.0702
COWENS0.15145833.3333
DENHOLM0.15145655.7377
CUMMINGS0.15145493.2735
ARCHBOLD0.15145294.1176
WOODCOCK0.15145217.3913
LOYD0.15145175.4386
TAIT0.15145163.9344
KNOX0.15145120.4819
PATTERSON0.1514559.2885
WYLIE0.1514559.1716
JOYCE0.1514556.1798
SUMMERS0.1514549.1400
CHISHOLM0.1514547.3934
BURKE0.1514546.8384
PRINGLE0.1514543.8596
SHORT0.1514535.3357
GREY0.1514531.8471
DOUGLAS0.1514528.4900
CURRIE0.1514524.5098
HARDY0.1514523.0415
SAUNDERS0.1514522.5564
MARSHALL0.1514520.5592
SANDERSON0.1514516.6945
CLARK0.1514513.7678
HENDERSON0.1514512.6904
ROBSON0.1514510.4822
WHITE0.151458.5818
SCOTT0.151458.1766
JONES0.151454.8715
BROWN0.151453.1387
THOMPSON0.151452.3020
ROBINSON0.151452.1631

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 145 people called BOWMER in Swinhoe 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 5294.1176 in Swinhoe means that 5294.1176% of the people in Swinhoe on census day were called BOWMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOWMER 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 BOWMER 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 BOWMER 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 BOWMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Swinhoe means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOWMER in Swinhoe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swinhoe in 1881

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

ARCHBOLD (1)  BURKE (2)  BOWMER (9)  BROWN (3)  CARAGAN (1)  CHISHOLM (1)  CLARK (6)  COWENS (1)  CUMMINGS (11)  CURRIE (1)  DENHOLM (4)  DOUGLAS (2)  FAWCUS (4)  GREY (1)  HARDY (2)  HENDERSON (2)  JONES (8)  JOYCE (2)  KNOX (3)  LAIDLER (16)  LOYD (1)  LOCKIE (5)  MULLEY (1)  MARSHALL (5)  MILLIKEN (2)  PATTERSON (3)  PRINGLE (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SAUNDERS (3)  SCOTT (3)  SHELL (5)  SHORT (2)  SUMMERS (2)  TAIT (7)  THOMPSON (1)  WEIGHTMAN (7)  WHITE (4)  WOODCOCK (9)  WYLIE (1)