Top surnames from the 1881 census in Blenkinsopp, Northumberland

Blenkinsopp 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
DIXON405.479550.01
ARMSTRONG324.383657.35
JOHNSON263.561610.60
WAUGH253.4247251.26
HETHERINGTON212.8767228.26
ROUTLEDGE212.8767338.16
SMITH212.87672.04
CARRICK182.4658342.86
THOMPSON162.19187.32
KENNEDY152.054834.08
NICHOLSON121.643823.13
BELL121.64388.75
WRIGHT111.50684.70
FORSTER111.506845.95
ROBINSON111.50684.73
TEASDALE101.3699161.55
CARRUTHERS101.3699103.52
LITTLE101.369928.97
BURN91.232991.65
NIXON91.232940.47
SNOWDON91.2329165.44
RAINE91.2329148.03
MOORE91.23296.17
BAINBRIDGE91.232987.72
POTTS81.095932.84
COULSON81.095961.12
SCOTT81.09594.33
HENDERSON81.095910.08
EDGAR70.958962.28
AULD70.9589159.09
RIDDELL70.9589114.38
DOBSON70.958921.74
CARR70.958913.29
AUGER70.9589530.30
WHITFIELD70.958948.01
MILLICAN70.9589507.25
STORY60.8219132.45
HUNTER60.82198.00
CROWE60.821982.42
NELSON60.821916.97
GRAY60.82195.76
MURPHY60.821910.29
BLYTHE50.684990.09
MILBURN50.684976.69
FORRESTER50.684951.02
BRIGHT50.684933.88
PICKERING50.684918.98
RITSON50.6849170.65
GRAHAM50.68495.97
WARD50.68493.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HORNS0.737301428.5714
NORIS0.73730666.6667
AUGER0.73730530.3030
MILLICAN0.73730507.2464
CARRICK0.73730342.8571
ROUTLEDGE0.73730338.1643
WAUGH0.73730251.2563
HAMAR0.73730243.9024
HETHERINGTON0.73730228.2609
TWEDDLE0.73730199.2032
RUDDICK0.73730172.4138
RITSON0.73730170.6485
SNOWDON0.73730165.4412
TEASDALE0.73730161.5509
BLY0.73730161.2903
AULD0.73730159.0909
RAINE0.73730148.0263
MAYERS0.73730136.9863
STORY0.73730132.4503
MUCKLE0.73730120.4819
RIDDELL0.73730114.3791
ANSON0.73730110.7011
BUSHBY0.73730104.8951
CARRUTHERS0.73730103.5197
LATTIMER0.7373099.0099
BURN0.7373091.6497
BLYTHE0.7373090.0901
BAINBRIDGE0.7373087.7193
CROWE0.7373082.4176
MILBURN0.7373076.6871
EKE0.7373076.3359
HULSE0.7373064.9351
HESLOP0.7373063.8978
REAY0.7373063.0915
EDGAR0.7373062.2776
COULSON0.7373061.1154
URWIN0.7373060.2410
ARMSTRONG0.7373057.3477
FORRESTER0.7373051.0204
DIXON0.7373050.0125
WHITFIELD0.7373048.0110
FORSTER0.7373045.9482
PATTINSON0.7373045.9418
BROUGH0.7373044.8430
NIXON0.7373040.4676
HUGHS0.7373037.7358
KENNEDY0.7373034.0832
BRIGHT0.7373033.8753
POTTS0.7373032.8407
LITTLE0.7373028.9687

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 730 people called HORNS in Blenkinsopp 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 1428.5714 in Blenkinsopp means that 1428.5714% of the people in Blenkinsopp on census day were called HORNS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HORNS 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 HORNS 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 HORNS 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 HORNS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Blenkinsopp means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HORNS in Blenkinsopp than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Blenkinsopp in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ANSON (3)  ARMSTRONG (32)  ATKINSON (2)  AUGER (7)  AULD (7)  BAINBRIDGE (9)  BAKER (2)  BARKER (1)  BEETON (5)  BELL (12)  BLY (1)  BLYTHE (5)  BOOTH (1)  BRIGHT (5)  BROUGH (4)  BROWEL (2)  BROWN (2)  BURN (9)  BUSHBY (3)  CARR (7)  CARRICK (18)  CARRUTHERS (10)  COULSON (8)  CROWE (6)  D... (2)  DIXON (40)  DOBSON (7)  EDGAR (7)  EKE (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  FERGUSON (2)  FIXTER (4)  FORREST (1)  FORRESTER (5)  FORSTER (11)  FORSYTH (1)  G... (1)  GADDES (1)  GELTHORPE (9)  GILLESPIE (2)  GLENWRIGHT (7)  GRAHAM (5)  GRAY (6)  GULLIPHER (1)  GUTHRIE (2)  HAMAR (1)  HARDY (1)  HASTWELL (1)  HEDLEY (1)  HENDERSON (8)  HEPPLE (7)  HESLOP (4)  HETHERINGTON (21)  HETHERINTON (2)  HEWITSON (2)  HOBSON (1)  HOLDEN (3)  HORNS (1)  HORNSBY (1)  HOWARD (3)  HUDSPITH (4)  HUGHS (1)  HULSE (3)  HUNTER (6)  HUTCHINSON (1)  URWIN (2)  JOHNSON (26)  KEEN (3)  KENNEDY (15)  LATTIMER (1)  LAYBURN (1)  LITTLE (10)  LOWERSON (1)  LAIDLOW (1)  MC LEISH (3)  MILBURN (5)  MILLICAN (7)  MOORE (9)  MUCKLE (1)  MURPHY (6)  MAYERS (3)  NAISBY (2)  NALION (2)  NAWSE (6)  NELSON (6)  NICHOLAS (1)  NICHOLSON (12)  NIXON (9)  NORIS (1)  PARKER (1)  PATTINSON (3)  PEARSON (4)  PICKERING (5)  POTTS (8)  PRICE (1)  REAY (4)  RAINE (9)  RAWES (1)  RAWSON (1)  RESWICK (1)  RIDDELL (7)  RIDLEY (3)  RITSON (5)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBINSON (11)  ROBSON (3)  ROUTLEDGE (21)  RUDDICK (3)  SALKALD (2)  SCOTT (8)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (21)  SNAITH (1)  SNOWDON (9)  STOBBART (8)  STORY (6)  TAIT (1)  TEASDALE (10)  THOMPSON (16)  TODD (2)  TURNBUL (2)  TURNBULL (3)  TWEDDLE (5)  WALLACE (2)  WARD (5)  WARE (1)  WAUGH (25)  WHITFIELD (7)  WILKINSON (4)  WINOT (1)  WRIGHT (11)  YATES (4) 

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