Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whalton, Northumberland

Whalton 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
BROWN288.589013.03
HARRISON154.601220.73
HEDLEY154.6012450.45
TODD123.681072.33
APPLEBY123.6810225.56
SANDERSON113.374281.66
YOUNG113.374215.71
WOMACK113.37421,929.82
ANDERSON103.067515.53
ROBSON92.760741.96
HINDMARSH82.4540610.69
THOMPSON72.14727.17
EMMERSON61.8405186.34
NEIL61.8405139.21
MOORE51.53377.67
GREEN51.53375.45
DUNN51.533718.44
LISLE51.5337609.76
HUNTER51.533714.93
BELL41.22706.53
ARMSTRONG41.227016.05
WALKER41.22703.67
BEWICK41.2270434.78
URWIN41.2270270.27
DETCHON30.92025,000.00
MACK30.920291.46
WATSON30.92023.97
WARDLE30.920247.54
WEBSTER30.920210.58
GREY30.920242.43
CHARLTON30.920232.12
LIDDLE20.613552.08
PATTERSON20.613517.59
WILSON20.61351.34
CODLING20.6135173.91
RAMSAY20.613523.81
HENDERSON20.61355.64
TAIT20.613520.83
CHRISP20.6135571.43
ROCHESTER20.6135235.29
BRODIE20.613545.66
BEST20.613522.78
MASON20.61354.56
SCOTT20.61352.42
WALTON10.30674.36
FOTHERGILL10.306753.48
JORDAN10.30676.94
AITCHISON10.306743.86
TOWERS10.306726.46
BLAKEY10.306738.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DETCHON0.333265000.0000
WOMACK0.333261929.8246
BRODY0.333261250.0000
HINDMARSH0.33326610.6870
LISLE0.33326609.7561
CHRISP0.33326571.4286
HEDLEY0.33326450.4505
BEWICK0.33326434.7826
URWIN0.33326270.2703
ROCHESTER0.33326235.2941
APPLEBY0.33326225.5639
EMMERSON0.33326186.3354
CODLING0.33326173.9130
SMILES0.33326147.0588
NEIL0.33326139.2111
SNOWBALL0.3332694.3396
MACK0.3332691.4634
SANDERSON0.3332681.6630
BATEY0.3332678.7402
TODD0.3332672.3327
CROZIER0.3332665.3595
JUBB0.3332661.3497
COWEN0.3332655.8659
FOTHERGILL0.3332653.4759
LIDDLE0.3332652.0833
WARDLE0.3332647.5436
BRODIE0.3332645.6621
AITCHISON0.3332643.8596
GREY0.3332642.4328
ROBSON0.3332641.9580
BLAKEY0.3332638.3142
MILBURN0.3332634.3643
CHARLTON0.3332632.1199
ALLSOP0.3332629.8507
LEIGHTON0.3332628.4900
JAMESON0.3332627.7008
TOWERS0.3332626.4550
RAMSAY0.3332623.8095
BEAN0.3332623.6967
FENWICK0.3332623.4192
BEST0.3332622.7790
TAIT0.3332620.8333
HARRISON0.3332620.7297
DUNN0.3332618.4434
PATTERSON0.3332617.5901
ARMSTRONG0.3332616.0514
YOUNG0.3332615.7076
ANDERSON0.3332615.5304
HUNTER0.3332614.9343
BROWN0.3332613.0293

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 326 people called DETCHON in Whalton 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 5000.0000 in Whalton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Whalton on census day were called DETCHON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DETCHON 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 DETCHON 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 DETCHON 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 DETCHON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Whalton means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DETCHON in Whalton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whalton in 1881

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

ALLISON (1)  ALLSOP (1)  ANDERSON (10)  APPLEBY (12)  ARMSTRONG (4)  AITCHISON (1)  BATEY (1)  BEAN (1)  BELL (4)  BEST (2)  BEWICK (4)  BYSON (1)  BLAKEY (1)  BOUTFLOWER (4)  BRODIE (2)  BRODY (1)  BROWN (28)  BUSH (1)  CARR (1)  CHARLTON (3)  CODLING (2)  COWEN (1)  CHRISP (2)  CROZIAS (1)  CROZIER (1)  DETCHON (3)  DODD (1)  DUNN (5)  EMMERSON (6)  FARRIL (1)  FENWICK (1)  FORSTER (1)  FOTHERGILL (1)  FREEMAN (1)  GLEDSON (3)  JORDAN (1)  GREY (3)  GREEN (5)  HALL (1)  HARRISON (15)  HEDLEY (15)  HENDERSON (2)  HINDMARSH (8)  HUNTER (5)  URWIN (4)  JAMESON (1)  JOBLING (2)  JUBB (1)  LEIGHTON (1)  LISLE (5)  LIDDLE (2)  MASON (2)  MACK (3)  MC KENZIE (6)  MILBURN (1)  MOORE (5)  MOSCROP (9)  NEIL (6)  NICHOLSON (1)  ORPETH (1)  PALLISON (1)  PATTERSON (2)  POTTS (1)  RAMSAY (2)  ROBSON (9)  ROCHESTER (2)  SANDERSON (11)  SCOTT (2)  STAPPARD (12)  SMILES (1)  SNOWBALL (1)  SPENCE (1)  TAIT (2)  THOMPSON (7)  THORNTON (1)  TODD (12)  TOWERS (1)  ULLEND (1)  WALKER (4)  WALTON (1)  WARDLE (3)  WATSON (3)  WEBSTER (3)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (2)  WOMACK (11)  YOUNG (11)