Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yeavering, Northumberland

Yeavering 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
RICHARDSON817.7778104.44
TURNBULL715.5556368.42
CARR511.1111153.85
LEE48.888954.42
TAYLOR48.888913.90
THOMPSON36.666722.26
SIMM36.66671,764.71
FOGO24.444420,000.00
DRYDEN24.4444740.74
STEEL24.4444109.29
NESBIT12.2222714.29
RIDDLE12.2222270.27
MOODY12.222284.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FOGO0.054520000.0000
SIMM0.05451764.7059
DRYDEN0.0545740.7407
NESBIT0.0545714.2857
TURNBULL0.0545368.4211
RIDDLE0.0545270.2703
CARR0.0545153.8462
STEEL0.0545109.2896
RICHARDSON0.0545104.4386
MOODY0.054584.7458
LEE0.054554.4218
THOMPSON0.054522.2552
TAYLOR0.054513.8985

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 45 people called FOGO in Yeavering 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 20000.0000 in Yeavering means that 20000.0000% of the people in Yeavering on census day were called FOGO.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FOGO 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 FOGO 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 FOGO 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 FOGO here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Yeavering means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FOGO in Yeavering than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yeavering in 1881

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

CARR (5)  DRYDEN (2)  FOGO (2)  FOGO (SCOTT) (2)  LEE (4)  MOODY (1)  NESBIT (1)  RICHARDSON (8)  RIDDLE (1)  SIMM (3)  STEEL (2)  TAYLOR (4)  THOMPSON (3)  TURNBULL (7)