Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitton, Northumberland

Whitton 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
TAIT911.2500381.36
TAYLOR810.000015.64
CURRY78.7500608.70
ROBSON78.7500133.08
BROWN56.25009.48
COWLEY56.2500340.14
ROBERTSON33.750022.37
PATTERSON33.7500107.53
NICHOLSON33.750052.82
BROGDON22.500010,000.00
GRAHAM22.500021.76
RIDDLE22.5000303.03
HEDLEY22.5000243.90
COULSON22.5000138.89
MIDDLETON11.250023.81
BATTY11.250081.97
HAMILTON11.250016.67
CARR11.250017.33
KIDD11.250061.35
TWEEDY11.2500625.00
SLADE11.250062.50
BURCHELL11.2500277.78
BLAKE11.250025.77
GORDEN11.2500714.29
PYLE11.2500303.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BROGDON0.088010000.0000
GORDEN0.0880714.2857
TWEEDY0.0880625.0000
CURRY0.0880608.6957
TAIT0.0880381.3559
COWLEY0.0880340.1361
RIDDLE0.0880303.0303
PYLE0.0880303.0303
BURCHELL0.0880277.7778
HEDLEY0.0880243.9024
COULSON0.0880138.8889
ROBSON0.0880133.0798
PATTERSON0.0880107.5269
BATTY0.088081.9672
SLADE0.088062.5000
KIDD0.088061.3497
NICHOLSON0.088052.8169
BLAKE0.088025.7732
MIDDLETON0.088023.8095
ROBERTSON0.088022.3714
GRAHAM0.088021.7628
CARR0.088017.3310
HAMILTON0.088016.6667
TAYLOR0.088015.6372
BROWN0.08809.4805

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 80 people called BROGDON in Whitton 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 10000.0000 in Whitton means that 10000.0000% of the people in Whitton on census day were called BROGDON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BROGDON 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 BROGDON 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 BROGDON 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 BROGDON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Whitton means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BROGDON in Whitton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitton in 1881

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

ALDCROFT (3)  AINGER (2)  BATTY (1)  BURCHELL (1)  BLAKE (1)  BROGDON (2)  BROWN (5)  CARR (1)  COULSON (2)  COWLEY (5)  CURRY (7)  FOGGON (4)  GORDEN (1)  GRAHAM (2)  HAMILTON (1)  HEDLEY (2)  KIDD (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  NICHOLSON (3)  PATTERSON (3)  PYLE (1)  RIDDLE (2)  ROBERTSON (3)  ROBSON (7)  SLADE (1)  TAIT (9)  TAYLOR (8)  TWEEDY (1)