Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bingfield, Northumberland

Bingfield 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
SCOTT710.769242.55
HENDERSON710.769299.01
WILSON46.153813.40
HOWELL46.1538145.99
BOWES34.6154500.00
WILKINSON34.615430.24
OLIVER23.076943.10
STEEL23.076975.47
HEDLEY23.0769303.03
COCKFIELD23.07696,666.67
SMITH23.07692.18
BROUGHAM11.53851,428.57
BARKER11.538511.75
HERDMAN11.5385625.00
GIBSON11.538512.67
CHARLTON11.538553.76
DOUGLAS11.538531.75
SNOWDEN11.5385172.41
BRUCE11.538532.89
RAIN11.5385833.33
BELL11.53858.19
HIERS11.5385
TIMMINS11.5385192.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COCKFIELD0.07656666.6667
BROUGHAM0.07651428.5714
RAIN0.0765833.3333
HERDMAN0.0765625.0000
BOWES0.0765500.0000
HEDLEY0.0765303.0303
TIMMINS0.0765192.3077
SNOWDEN0.0765172.4138
HOWELL0.0765145.9854
HENDERSON0.076599.0099
STEEL0.076575.4717
CHARLTON0.076553.7634
OLIVER0.076543.1034
SCOTT0.076542.5532
BRUCE0.076532.8947
DOUGLAS0.076531.7460
WILKINSON0.076530.2419
WILSON0.076513.4003
GIBSON0.076512.6743
BARKER0.076511.7509
BELL0.07658.1900
SMITH0.07652.1791
HIERS0.0765

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 65 people called COCKFIELD in Bingfield 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 6666.6667 in Bingfield means that 6666.6667% of the people in Bingfield on census day were called COCKFIELD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COCKFIELD 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 COCKFIELD 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 COCKFIELD 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 COCKFIELD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Bingfield means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COCKFIELD in Bingfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bingfield in 1881

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

BARKER (1)  BELL (1)  BURDUS (7)  BOWES (3)  BROUGHAM (1)  BRUCE (1)  CHARLTON (1)  COCKFIELD (2)  DOUGLAS (1)  GIBSON (1)  HEDLEY (2)  HENDERSON (7)  HEPPLE (5)  HERDMAN (1)  HIERS (1)  HOWELL (4)  OLIVER (2)  RAIN (1)  SCOTT (7)  SISTERSON (2)  SMITH (2)  SNOWDEN (1)  STEEL (2)  STOKOE (1)  TIMMINS (1)  WILKINSON (3)  WILSON (4) 

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