Top surnames from the 1881 census in Widdrington, Northumberland

Widdrington 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
BELL343.269217.40
DAVISON302.884680.69
HALL242.30777.84
ROBSON222.115432.14
HOGG222.115458.56
WATSON191.82697.88
LAIDLAW181.7308195.23
BROWN171.63462.48
JOHNSON171.63464.87
THOMPSON171.63465.46
TAYLOR161.53852.41
TAIT151.442348.99
WRIGHT151.44234.50
STEVENSON141.346219.18
HINDMARSH141.3462334.93
RICHARDSON131.25007.34
YOUNG121.15385.37
ELLIOTT111.057712.47
TURNBULL111.057725.09
EMERY111.057748.44
WILSON111.05772.30
STRAKER111.0577582.01
NESBIT100.9615312.50
CHRISP100.9615900.90
GIBSON100.96157.92
DODDS100.961545.68
CHARLTON100.961533.56
LAIDLER90.8654217.92
DRYSDALE90.8654102.39
HOPE90.865425.43
NELSON90.865417.86
STEPHENSON90.865415.13
BURNS90.865412.89
HUNTLEY90.8654122.78
CARMICHAEL90.865460.48
BARKER80.76925.88
KAY80.769214.81
WISE80.769236.90
DIXON80.76927.02
GILBERTSON80.7692263.16
WALLACE80.769211.23
PATTON80.7692216.22
SUTHERLAND80.769215.27
MORGAN70.67313.38
WIGHAM70.6731388.89
CALDER70.673148.14
FRENCH70.673113.79
HAY70.673118.35
ORD70.6731102.19
HUMBLE70.6731141.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHRISP1.041,040900.9009
FALLOW1.041,040704.2254
STRAKER1.041,040582.0106
FAIL1.041,040581.3953
ANNETT1.041,040425.5319
WIGHAM1.041,040388.8889
DICKESON1.041,040384.6154
STROTHER1.041,040348.8372
HINDMARSH1.041,040334.9282
NESBIT1.041,040312.5000
GILBERTSON1.041,040263.1579
HOWEY1.041,040239.5210
JOICE1.041,040238.0952
LAIDLER1.041,040217.9177
PATTON1.041,040216.2162
LAIDLAW1.041,040195.2278
WEDDELL1.041,040170.4545
EMBLETON1.041,040167.2241
HUMBLE1.041,040141.9878
KINGHORN1.041,040133.3333
HUNTLEY1.041,040122.7831
DRYSDALE1.041,040102.3891
ORD1.041,040102.1898
LOWREY1.041,040101.0101
FLEMMING1.041,04095.6938
DINNING1.041,04086.2069
DAVISON1.041,04080.6885
GALLON1.041,04078.1250
LISLE1.041,04076.9231
MUIRHEAD1.041,04074.8130
PURCELL1.041,04069.1563
CARMICHAEL1.041,04060.4839
OGILVIE1.041,04059.6421
HOGG1.041,04058.5574
DONKIN1.041,04051.6796
TAIT1.041,04048.9876
EMERY1.041,04048.4368
CALDER1.041,04048.1431
DODDS1.041,04045.6830
WAUGH1.041,04042.3131
STONES1.041,04040.4204
CUTHBERT1.041,04040.1606
CASSIDY1.041,04039.3391
CROW1.041,04038.2166
BATTY1.041,04037.7596
COCKBURN1.041,04037.6790
WISE1.041,04036.9004
BLAKEY1.041,04035.9712
CHARLTON1.041,04033.5570
ROBSON1.041,04032.1449

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,040 people called CHRISP in Widdrington 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 900.9009 in Widdrington means that 900.9009% of the people in Widdrington on census day were called CHRISP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHRISP 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 CHRISP 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 CHRISP 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 CHRISP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.04 in Widdrington means that you are 1.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHRISP in Widdrington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Widdrington in 1881

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

ALLAN (6)  AMERY (1)  ANDERSON (5)  ANNELL (3)  ANNETT (4)  BEALY (1)  BARKER (8)  BATTY (6)  BEAL (2)  BELL (34)  BLAKEY (3)  BLENKINSOP (4)  BOYLES (1)  BRAY (2)  BRODIE (2)  BROWN (17)  BUGLASS (5)  BURNS (9)  BURRELL (1)  BURTON (5)  CAIRNS (1)  CAISLEY (8)  CALDER (7)  CARMICHAEL (9)  CARSS (2)  CARR (3)  CASSIDY (5)  CHARLTON (10)  CRISTLE (1)  CLARKSON (2)  CLAVERING (6)  COCHRANE (3)  COCKBURN (5)  COLLINS (1)  COLQUHOUN (1)  COOK (2)  CRACKETT (5)  CRAIG (6)  CRAGGS (1)  CHRISP (10)  CROW (6)  CUTHBERT (6)  DAVISON (30)  DINNING (2)  DICKESON (2)  DIXON (8)  DODDS (10)  DRYSDALE (9)  DONKIN (2)  DUNN (1)  DUVERY (9)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIOTT (11)  EMBLETON (5)  EMERY (11)  FALLOW (5)  FIRTH (3)  FISHER (2)  FLEMMING (4)  FOGGON (1)  FOGGO (12)  FORSTER (3)  FRENCH (7)  GALLON (2)  GIBBISON (3)  GIBSON (10)  GILBERTSON (8)  GRAHAM (2)  GRAY (5)  GREEN (3)  GREIG (5)  GRIFFITHS (4)  HALL (24)  HARDY (3)  HAY (7)  HENDERSON (2)  HENDRY (3)  HEWIT (3)  HINDMARCH (1)  HINDMARSH (14)  HOGARTH (1)  HOGG (22)  HOPE (9)  HOWEY (4)  HUMBLE (7)  HUME (1)  HUNTLEY (9)  HUTCHINSON (2)  ENGLISH (3)  JOHNSON (17)  JOSEPH (1)  JOICE (5)  KAY (8)  KINGHORN (4)  KIRKUP (2)  LAIDLER (9)  LAING (1)  LOWREY (2)  LEE (6)  LISLE (2)  LAIDLAW (18)  LITTLE (1)  MATHER (7)  MAVIN (4)  MAC DOWELL (2)  MC DOUGAL (4)  FAIL (5)  MILLS (4)  MITCHESON (4)  MORGAN (7)  MORRIS (1)  MORTON (4)  MUIRHEAD (6)  MURDYS (10)  MURAS (5)  NELSON (9)  NICHOLSON (5)  NESBIT (10)  NUNN (1)  OGILVIE (6)  OLIPHANT (1)  ORD (7)  PATTERSON (2)  PATTON (8)  PATRICK (5)  PUNTON (1)  POTTS (3)  PURCELL (5)  REDHEAD (1)  REID (5)  RICHARDSON (13)  ROBSON (22)  SADLER (5)  SANDERSON (5)  SCOTT (1)  SCROWTHER (7)  SHORT (7)  SINCLAIR (5)  SLIGHT (1)  SMITH (7)  SPENCE (2)  STEEL (3)  STEVENSON (14)  STEPHENSON (9)  STONES (5)  STOVES (13)  STRAKER (11)  STROTHER (3)  SUTHERLAND (8)  SWAN (2)  TAIT (15)  TAYLOR (16)  TERNENT (3)  THOMPSON (17)  TURNBULL (11)  URPETH (5)  WALBY (1)  WAKENSHAW (2)  WALKENSHAW (3)  WALLACE (8)  WARDLE (1)  WATERHOUSE (1)  WATSON (19)  WAUGH (6)  WAWMAN (2)  WEALLEANS (1)  WEATHERBURN (3)  WEDDELL (3)  WIGHAM (7)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (11)  WISE (8)  WOOD (3)  WRIGHT (15)  YOUNG (12)