Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wellhaugh, Northumberland

Wellhaugh 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
ROBSON3711.7460178.49
SCOTT226.984127.60
LAWRENCE175.396883.09
MURRAY144.444435.84
FORSTER144.4444135.53
BEATTIE134.1270192.88
DODD123.809593.68
HEDLEY123.8095372.67
KERR103.174658.21
LITTLE92.857160.40
ARMSTRONG82.539733.22
HUTCHINSON72.222239.13
DAGG72.22221,842.11
PIGG61.9048645.16
SUTHERLAND61.904837.81
ARCHBOLD61.9048800.00
TELFORD51.5873179.86
BOWMAN51.587360.75
LINTON51.5873193.05
JACKSON51.58735.68
JOHNSON41.26983.78
ELLIOTT30.952411.22
PRYOR30.9524142.86
HALL30.95243.24
HUTTON20.634921.25
FOSTER20.63494.75
TELFER20.6349106.38
KITCHEN20.634937.24
BROWN20.63490.96
BANES10.3175312.50
LAIDLAW10.317535.84
ANDERSON10.31751.61
CRAWFORD10.31756.49
WILSON10.31750.69
DUFFY10.317514.53
RUTHER10.31751,428.57
DAVIDSON10.31753.78
BURN10.317523.58
MOFFAT10.317517.51
THOMPSON10.31751.06
DOUGLAS10.31756.55
INGLIS10.317519.01
PARKER10.31751.67
HILL10.31751.25
WRIGHT10.31750.99
GOODFELLOW10.317535.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DAGG0.323151842.1053
RUTHER0.323151428.5714
ARCHBOLD0.32315800.0000
PIGG0.32315645.1613
HEDLEY0.32315372.6708
BANES0.32315312.5000
LINTON0.32315193.0502
BEATTIE0.32315192.8783
TELFORD0.32315179.8561
ROBSON0.32315178.4853
PRYOR0.32315142.8571
FORSTER0.32315135.5276
TELFER0.32315106.3830
DODD0.3231593.6768
LAWRENCE0.3231583.0890
BOWMAN0.3231560.7533
LITTLE0.3231560.4027
KERR0.3231558.2072
HUTCHINSON0.3231539.1280
SUTHERLAND0.3231537.8072
KITCHEN0.3231537.2439
GOODFELLOW0.3231535.9712
MURRAY0.3231535.8423
LAIDLAW0.3231535.8423
ARMSTRONG0.3231533.2226
SCOTT0.3231527.6035
BURN0.3231523.5849
HUTTON0.3231521.2540
INGLIS0.3231519.0114
MOFFAT0.3231517.5131
DUFFY0.3231514.5349
ELLIOTT0.3231511.2233
DOUGLAS0.323156.5531
CRAWFORD0.323156.4893
JACKSON0.323155.6799
FOSTER0.323154.7483
JOHNSON0.323153.7793
DAVIDSON0.323153.7764
HALL0.323153.2373
PARKER0.323151.6692
ANDERSON0.323151.6072
HILL0.323151.2464
THOMPSON0.323151.0598
WRIGHT0.323150.9896
BROWN0.323150.9632
WILSON0.323150.6912

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 315 people called DAGG in Wellhaugh 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 1842.1053 in Wellhaugh means that 1842.1053% of the people in Wellhaugh on census day were called DAGG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DAGG 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 DAGG 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 DAGG 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 DAGG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Wellhaugh means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DAGG in Wellhaugh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wellhaugh in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  ARCHBOLD (6)  ARMSTRONG (8)  BANES (1)  BEATTIE (13)  BESFORD (1)  BOWMAN (5)  BROWN (2)  BURN (1)  CHESTERS (4)  CRAWFORD (1)  DAGG (7)  DAGLISH (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DODD (12)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUFFY (1)  ELLIOTT (3)  FORSTER (14)  FOSTER (2)  GLENDINNING (17)  GOODFELLOW (1)  HALL (3)  HEDLEY (12)  HILL (1)  HUTCHINSON (7)  HUTTON (2)  INGLIS (1)  JACKSON (5)  JOHNSON (4)  KERR (10)  KITCHEN (2)  LAWRENCE (17)  LAIDLAW (1)  LILLICA (8)  LINTON (5)  LITTLE (9)  MC LAUGHLAN (1)  MOFFAT (1)  MURRAY (14)  MEWSE (6)  PARKER (1)  PIGG (6)  PRYOR (3)  PROUDLOCK (1)  ROBSON (37)  RUTHER (1)  SCOTT (22)  SISTERSON (15)  SUTHERLAND (6)  TELFORD (5)  TELFER (2)  THOMPSON (1)  WILSON (1)  WHINNEY (1)  WRIGHT (1)