Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weetslade, Northumberland

Weetslade 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
ANDERSON273.557318.01
LOWTHER172.2398366.38
ROBINSON172.23987.02
BEWICK131.7128607.48
CURRY111.4493101.20
SMILES111.4493700.64
DIXON111.449313.23
JACKSON111.44935.19
DODDS101.317562.62
BACON101.317552.44
DOWNEY101.3175186.22
GRAY91.18588.31
WHEATLEY91.185858.21
CLARK91.18583.95
RITSON91.1858295.08
HUNT91.18588.93
GASCOIGNE91.1858257.88
WOOD91.18583.72
WILSON91.18582.58
THOMPSON81.05403.52
BRADFORD81.054054.05
SIMMONS81.054025.82
TUNNEY81.05401,230.77
WARDLE81.054054.46
FITZSIMMONS70.9223376.34
SUMMERS70.922332.89
BELL70.92234.91
JONES70.92230.81
CAIRNS70.922342.63
STANLEY70.922323.99
ARMSTRONG70.922312.06
BROWN70.92231.40
DUNN70.922311.09
HALL70.92233.13
GOURLEY60.7905437.96
DUDGEON60.7905379.75
FISH60.790542.46
APPLEBY60.790548.39
TAYLOR60.79051.24
SCOTT60.79053.12
PATTISON60.790549.67
MATHER60.790531.88
RICHARDSON60.79054.64
HUNTLEY60.7905112.15
NEIL60.790559.76
LOGAN60.790533.33
CONNOR60.790526.77
GILCHRIST60.790553.91
ROWLAND50.658823.18
PEARCE50.65887.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LICK0.767596666.6667
PREAST0.767596666.6667
COHOON0.767592000.0000
LATTY0.767591851.8519
TUNNEY0.767591230.7692
SMILES0.76759700.6369
BEWICK0.76759607.4766
IMESON0.76759563.3803
GOURLEY0.76759437.9562
RAISBECK0.76759416.6667
WEARS0.76759400.0000
DUDGEON0.76759379.7468
FITZSIMMONS0.76759376.3441
LOWTHER0.76759366.3793
PLATTEN0.76759338.9831
RITSON0.76759295.0820
HARLE0.76759290.6977
GASCOIGNE0.76759257.8797
CAPE0.76759206.1856
DOWNEY0.76759186.2197
HAYS0.76759154.3210
HERRON0.76759147.0588
BOAK0.76759140.8451
MEIN0.76759116.2791
HUNTLEY0.76759112.1495
MIDDLEMISS0.76759111.1111
SIMM0.76759102.0408
CURRY0.76759101.1960
HINDMARSH0.7675998.3607
WILKIN0.7675996.1538
PURDY0.7675992.3788
MARLEY0.7675990.9091
WHITLOCK0.7675988.4956
URWIN0.7675986.9565
SHIELD0.7675986.9565
MOLE0.7675984.8896
JACQUES0.7675977.7605
CODLING0.7675974.9064
COURTNEY0.7675973.5294
JOBSON0.7675967.2646
FAIRHURST0.7675964.4122
DODDS0.7675962.6174
NEIL0.7675959.7610
WHEATLEY0.7675958.2147
WARDLE0.7675954.4588
BRADFORD0.7675954.0541
GILCHRIST0.7675953.9084
GALLON0.7675953.4759
BACON0.7675952.4384
PATTISON0.7675949.6689

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 759 people called LICK in Weetslade 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 6666.6667 in Weetslade means that 6666.6667% of the people in Weetslade on census day were called LICK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LICK 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 LICK 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 LICK 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 LICK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Weetslade means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LICK in Weetslade than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weetslade in 1881

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

ALLAN (2)  ANDERSON (27)  APPLEBY (6)  ARCHER (3)  ARMSTRONG (7)  AURTHER (5)  BACON (10)  BAKIN (1)  BALDRY (1)  BAMBROUGH (1)  BARRASS (5)  BARRON (4)  BAXTER (4)  BELL (7)  BEWICK (13)  BRADFORD (8)  BROWN (7)  BOAK (1)  COHOON (1)  CAIRNS (7)  CALLAGHAN (1)  CAPE (4)  CARR (2)  CARRICK (1)  CHADWICK (2)  CLARK (9)  CLOUGH (3)  CODLING (2)  CONNOR (6)  COURTNEY (4)  CRUDDAS (4)  CURRY (11)  CURTIS (5)  DAVIDSON (5)  DAVIS (1)  DAWSON (5)  DICK (5)  DICKINSON (4)  DIXON (11)  DODDS (10)  DOUGHTY (2)  DOWNEY (10)  DUDGEON (6)  DUNN (7)  ETHERIDGE (2)  FAIRHURST (4)  FERGUSON (2)  FISH (6)  FLURT (2)  GALLON (1)  GARBUTT (1)  GARDNER (3)  GASCOIGNE (9)  GIBSON (3)  GILCHRIST (6)  GILMOUR (5)  GOURLEY (6)  GRAHAM (5)  GRANT (1)  GRAY (9)  GREEN (5)  GRURLEY (7)  GURTRIDGE (4)  GUTRIDGE (1)  GUY (4)  HALL (7)  HARKUS (3)  HARLE (5)  HAYS (5)  HERRON (4)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HINDMARSH (3)  HOOD (1)  HUNT (9)  HUNTER (1)  HUNTLEY (6)  HUTCHESON (1)  IMESON (4)  URWIN (3)  JACQUES (5)  JACKSON (11)  JOBSON (3)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (7)  JOPPITT (5)  LICK (4)  LATTY (5)  LAVERICK (2)  LEALER (1)  LIDDLE (1)  LOGAN (6)  LOWES (1)  LOWTHER (17)  MADDISON (2)  MARLEY (4)  MANSON (1)  MATHER (6)  MAUGHAN (2)  MAUGHAM (4)  MC NALLY (4)  MEIN (1)  METCALF (2)  MIDDLEMISS (2)  MITCHELSON (5)  MORRIS (5)  MORTON (1)  MOLE (5)  NEIL (6)  NICHOLSON (5)  NIXON (4)  NORRIS (1)  MC NULTY (3)  OLIVER (1)  PATTISON (6)  PATTERSON (1)  PEARCE (5)  PETRIE (3)  PLATTEN (4)  POTTS (1)  PRATT (3)  PREAST (4)  PROUDLOCK (1)  PURDY (4)  REAY (1)  RAISBECK (3)  RAMSEY (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  RITSON (9)  ROBINSON (17)  ROBSON (1)  ROWLAND (5)  RUTTER (4)  SCOTT (6)  SHEPHARD (1)  SHIELD (3)  SHORT (2)  SIMMONS (8)  FITZSIMMONS (7)  SIMM (3)  SMALLY (1)  SMILES (11)  SMITH (4)  SPOORS (4)  STANLEY (7)  STEPHENSON (3)  STEWART (4)  STOREY (4)  SUMMERS (7)  TAIT (3)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMPSON (8)  TUNNEY (8)  TURNBULL (2)  TURNER (2)  WALKER (1)  WARDLE (8)  WATERS (1)  WATSON (4)  WATTS (2)  WEARS (3)  WHEATLEY (9)  WHITLOCK (4)  WILKIN (4)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLIS (5)  WILSON (9)  WOOD (9)  WOODS (2)