Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tarretburn, Northumberland

Tarretburn 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
NEWTON117.6923100.37
CHARLTON96.2937219.51
HERDMAN96.29372,500.00
COWEN96.29371,153.85
RUTHERFORD96.2937257.88
SCOTT85.594422.11
HENDERSON74.895145.05
HUTTON64.1958140.52
MOLE53.4965450.45
ROBSON53.496553.14
BURTIN53.496525,000.00
NICHOL53.4965324.68
LOWES42.7972481.93
THOMPSON42.79729.34
KITCHEN32.0979122.95
MAUGHAN32.0979375.00
LAWSON32.097935.59
MARSHALL32.097912.51
HINDMARSH21.3986350.88
HEADLEY21.3986512.82
POTTS21.398641.93
YOUNGER21.3986259.74
DODD21.398634.36
RENWICK10.6993102.04
ARMSTRONG10.69939.15
NICHOLL10.6993133.33
DAVIDSON10.69938.32
CONNOR10.699323.70
HACKETT10.699359.52
CHRISTAL10.69935,000.00
RICHARDSON10.69934.11
BEATTIE10.699332.68
ORD10.6993106.38
COOK10.69933.52
ROUTLEDGE10.699381.97
LAUDERDALE10.69931,666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURTIN0.1414325000.0000
CHRISTAL0.141435000.0000
HERDMAN0.141432500.0000
LAUDERDALE0.141431666.6667
COWEN0.141431153.8462
HEADLEY0.14143512.8205
LOWES0.14143481.9277
MOLE0.14143450.4505
MAUGHAN0.14143375.0000
HINDMARSH0.14143350.8772
NICHOL0.14143324.6753
YOUNGER0.14143259.7403
RUTHERFORD0.14143257.8797
CHARLTON0.14143219.5122
HUTTON0.14143140.5152
NICHOLL0.14143133.3333
KITCHEN0.14143122.9508
ORD0.14143106.3830
RENWICK0.14143102.0408
NEWTON0.14143100.3650
ROUTLEDGE0.1414381.9672
HACKETT0.1414359.5238
ROBSON0.1414353.1350
HENDERSON0.1414345.0450
POTTS0.1414341.9287
LAWSON0.1414335.5872
DODD0.1414334.3643
BEATTIE0.1414332.6797
CONNOR0.1414323.6967
SCOTT0.1414322.1117
MARSHALL0.1414312.5052
THOMPSON0.141439.3371
ARMSTRONG0.141439.1491
DAVIDSON0.141438.3195
RICHARDSON0.141434.1085
COOK0.141433.5211

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 143 people called BURTIN in Tarretburn 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 25000.0000 in Tarretburn means that 25000.0000% of the people in Tarretburn on census day were called BURTIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURTIN 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 BURTIN 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 BURTIN 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 BURTIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Tarretburn means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURTIN in Tarretburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tarretburn in 1881

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

ANDISON (6)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BEATTIE (1)  BENNIT (1)  BURTIN (5)  CHARLTON (9)  CHRISTAL (1)  CONNOR (1)  COOK (1)  COWEN (9)  DAVIDSON (1)  DODD (2)  FAIRLAMB (3)  FAMILTON (1)  GILISPIE (1)  HACKETT (1)  HEADLEY (2)  HENDERSON (7)  HERDMAN (9)  HINDMARSH (2)  HUTTON (6)  KITCHEN (3)  LAWSON (3)  LAUDERDALE (1)  LOWES (4)  MARSHALL (3)  MAUGHAN (3)  MOLE (5)  NEWTON (11)  NICHOL (5)  NICHOLL (1)  ORD (1)  POTTS (2)  RENWICK (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBSON (5)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  RUTHERFORD (9)  SCOTT (8)  THOMPSON (4)  YOUNGER (2)