Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wooperton, Northumberland

Wooperton 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
FOSTER1110.091775.50
DIXON87.339467.00
LIDDELL87.3394800.00
HOGG87.3394203.05
SANDERSON76.4220155.56
DUNN76.422077.26
HUME65.5046387.10
MORTON32.752351.46
WEAR32.7523882.35
HALL32.75239.35
KNOX21.8349106.95
ROBSON21.834927.89
DALE10.917421.69
HENDERSON10.91748.44
LIDDLE10.917478.13
SCOT10.9174833.33
ROBERTSON10.91745.47
WHITE10.91742.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WEAR0.11109882.3529
SCOT0.11109833.3333
LIDDELL0.11109800.0000
HUME0.11109387.0968
HOGG0.11109203.0457
SANDERSON0.11109155.5556
KNOX0.11109106.9519
LIDDLE0.1110978.1250
DUNN0.1110977.2627
FOSTER0.1110975.4976
DIXON0.1110967.0017
MORTON0.1110951.4580
ROBSON0.1110927.8940
DALE0.1110921.6920
HALL0.111099.3545
HENDERSON0.111098.4388
ROBERTSON0.111095.4735
WHITE0.111092.8539

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 109 people called WEAR in Wooperton 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 882.3529 in Wooperton means that 882.3529% of the people in Wooperton on census day were called WEAR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WEAR 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 WEAR 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 WEAR 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 WEAR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Wooperton means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WEAR in Wooperton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wooperton in 1881

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

BRAIDFORD (6)  DALE (1)  DIXON (8)  DUNN (7)  FOSTER (11)  HALL (3)  HENDERSON (1)  HOGG (8)  HOULISON (2)  HUME (6)  KNOX (2)  LIDDLE (1)  LIDDELL (8)  LUMSDON (9)  MORTON (3)  ORMSTON (7)  MC QUEEN (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBSON (2)  SANDERSON (7)  SCOT (1)  SPROT (6)  TUNNAH (4)  WEAR (3)  WHITE (1)