Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wall, Northumberland

Wall 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
HESLOP194.7739557.18
ROWELL174.2714488.51
NIXON164.0201132.01
HENDERSON153.768834.67
MITCHELL143.517617.34
HERDMAN123.01511,200.00
SCOTT123.015111.92
BURN123.0151223.88
BELL123.015116.04
TELFORD102.5126284.90
HANKEN102.512633,333.33
DIXON92.261320.64
LAING82.0101100.00
MEWS82.01013,200.00
HILL82.01017.89
FORSTER71.758853.64
URWIN71.7588386.74
WOODMAN71.7588159.09
JOHNSON71.75885.23
LAMB71.758833.33
DAVISON71.758849.19
WATT61.507539.32
CUTHILL61.5075769.23
MADDISON61.5075153.85
ELLIOT61.507559.11
ARMSTRONG51.256316.44
ROBSON51.256319.09
STOKER51.2563185.19
SHANKS51.2563165.02
GIBSON51.256310.35
SEWELL51.256359.45
HUNTER41.00509.79
CHARLTON41.005035.09
MOLE30.753897.09
ROWLAND30.753826.53
COULSON30.753842.02
HALL30.75382.56
DODD20.502512.35
WATSON20.50252.17
FISHER20.50254.29
THOMPSON20.50251.68
PATTINSON20.502556.18
SIMPSON20.50252.87
KIRSOPP20.5025952.38
LISLE10.2513100.00
BLOOMER10.251384.03
OXLEY10.251317.95
SHIELD10.251355.25
HANKIN10.251381.97
MUSE10.2513416.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HANKEN0.4039833333.3333
MEWS0.403983200.0000
DAER0.403981666.6667
HERDMAN0.403981200.0000
KIRSOPP0.40398952.3810
CUTHILL0.40398769.2308
HESLOP0.40398557.1848
WALWORTH0.40398500.0000
ROWELL0.40398488.5057
MUSE0.40398416.6667
URWIN0.40398386.7403
COWING0.40398312.5000
TELFORD0.40398284.9003
BURN0.40398223.8806
STOKER0.40398185.1852
SHANKS0.40398165.0165
WOODMAN0.40398159.0909
MADDISON0.40398153.8462
NIXON0.40398132.0132
LAING0.40398100.0000
LISLE0.40398100.0000
MOLE0.4039897.0874
BLOOMER0.4039884.0336
HANKIN0.4039881.9672
HERRON0.4039870.4225
KELL0.4039862.8931
HINDMARSH0.4039862.5000
SEWELL0.4039859.4530
ELLIOT0.4039859.1133
PATTINSON0.4039856.1798
SHIELD0.4039855.2486
FORSTER0.4039853.6398
HUMBLE0.4039852.9101
DAVISON0.4039849.1918
REDHEAD0.4039846.2963
COULSON0.4039842.0168
WATT0.4039839.3185
ORD0.4039838.1679
CHARLTON0.4039835.0877
MEIKLE0.4039834.9650
HENDERSON0.4039834.6741
LAMB0.4039833.3333
GOODFELLOW0.4039828.4091
MILBURN0.4039828.1690
ROWLAND0.4039826.5252
HEDLEY0.4039824.5700
DIXON0.4039820.6422
ROBSON0.4039819.0913
OXLEY0.4039817.9533
CURRY0.4039817.5439

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 398 people called HANKEN in Wall 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 33333.3333 in Wall means that 33333.3333% of the people in Wall on census day were called HANKEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HANKEN 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 HANKEN 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 HANKEN 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 HANKEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.40 in Wall means that you are 0.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HANKEN in Wall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wall in 1881

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

ALCRAFT (3)  ALLSOPP (2)  ARMSTRONG (5)  BAIRD (1)  BELL (12)  BESFORD (1)  BLOOMER (1)  BROWN (1)  BURN (12)  CHARLTON (4)  MC GUIGGAN (1)  COULSON (3)  COWING (1)  CURRY (1)  CUTHILL (6)  DAVISON (7)  DIXON (9)  DODD (2)  DAER (1)  ELLIOT (6)  FARR (1)  FISHER (2)  FORSTER (7)  FRASER (1)  GIBSON (5)  GOODFELLOW (1)  HALL (3)  HANKEN (10)  HANKIN (1)  HARKESS (1)  HEDLEY (1)  HENDERSON (15)  HERDMAN (12)  HERRON (1)  HESLOP (19)  HEWISON (2)  HILL (8)  HINDMARSH (1)  HUDSPITH (5)  HUMBLE (1)  HUNTER (4)  ENGLISH (1)  URWIN (7)  JOHNSON (7)  KELL (1)  KIRSOPP (2)  KNOTT (1)  LAMB (7)  LAING (8)  LONGLANDS (9)  LAWSON (1)  LISLE (1)  LITTLEFAIR (10)  MADDISON (6)  MADGEN (3)  MARTIN (1)  MEWS (8)  MILBURN (1)  MITCHELL (14)  MEIKLE (1)  MOLE (3)  MUSE (1)  NIXON (16)  ORD (1)  OXLEY (1)  PATTINSON (2)  PROUDLOCK (6)  REDHEAD (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (5)  ROWELL (17)  ROWLAND (3)  SCOTT (12)  SCURR (1)  SEWELL (5)  SHANKS (5)  SHIELD (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SPEDDING (1)  STOKER (5)  STOKOE (1)  TELFORD (10)  TAILFORD (1)  THIRLAWAY (1)  THOMPSON (2)  WADDILOVE (2)  WALWORTH (1)  WATSON (2)  WATT (6)  WEATHERALD (5)  WILSON (1)  WOODMAN (7)