Top surnames from the 1881 census in Broomley, Northumberland

Broomley 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
RICHARDSON164.113124.16
PURVIS143.5990372.34
GREEN143.599012.78
RIDLEY133.3419172.87
ATKINSON133.341934.31
MOORE112.827814.14
DAVIDSON112.827833.63
JACKSON92.31368.28
ROBSON92.313635.16
LITTLE92.313648.91
WINTHROP82.05668,000.00
HARRISON82.05669.26
DOBSON71.799540.79
BEWICK71.7995636.36
ARMSTRONG71.799523.54
WARD61.54247.06
TODD61.542430.32
WILSON61.54243.36
SNOWBALL61.5424472.44
CHARLTON51.285344.88
DODD51.285331.61
BLACKBURN51.285334.08
BELL51.28536.84
GREENER51.2853442.48
ROBERTS51.28533.42
BULLOCK51.285339.49
RICHARDS51.28538.51
ROGERSON41.028383.51
SANDERSON41.028324.89
ELLISON41.028348.66
BRIGHT41.028350.83
STEPHENSON41.028317.98
TROTTER41.028398.04
COULSON41.028357.31
BAKER30.77123.52
FORSTER30.771223.51
BROWN30.77121.17
NIXON30.771225.32
DALRYMPLE30.7712177.51
HERREN30.771210,000.00
HEART30.7712857.14
NICHOLSON30.771210.85
MURTON30.7712227.27
MILBURN30.771286.46
DUNN30.77129.27
JOHNSON30.77122.30
WALLIS20.514115.17
TONE20.51411,333.33
HALL20.51411.75
SUMMERS20.514118.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HERREN0.3938910000.0000
WINTHROP0.393898000.0000
TONE0.393891333.3333
HEART0.39389857.1429
BEWICK0.39389636.3636
MOFFETT0.39389625.0000
GLENDENING0.39389500.0000
SNOWBALL0.39389472.4409
GREENER0.39389442.4779
PURVIS0.39389372.3404
MURTON0.39389227.2727
HERDMAN0.39389204.0816
GARRET0.39389200.0000
DALRYMPLE0.39389177.5148
RIDLEY0.39389172.8723
NEVIN0.39389128.2051
TROTTER0.3938998.0392
WELFORD0.3938992.5926
MILBURN0.3938986.4553
ROGERSON0.3938983.5073
HERRON0.3938971.9424
PHILLIPSON0.3938969.4444
BATEY0.3938965.7895
HINDMARSH0.3938964.1026
HESLOP0.3938959.8802
COULSON0.3938957.3066
CROZIER0.3938954.6448
BRIGHT0.3938950.8259
LITTLE0.3938948.9130
ELLISON0.3938948.6618
CHARLTON0.3938944.8833
WHITELAW0.3938943.1034
DOBSON0.3938940.7925
HORNSBY0.3938939.5257
BULLOCK0.3938939.4945
FENWICK0.3938939.2157
ROBSON0.3938935.1563
ATKINSON0.3938934.3098
BLACKBURN0.3938934.0832
DAVIDSON0.3938933.6289
BOX0.3938931.7460
DODD0.3938931.6056
TODD0.3938930.3183
NIXON0.3938925.3165
HEDLEY0.3938925.1889
SANDERSON0.3938924.8911
RICHARDSON0.3938924.1619
ARMSTRONG0.3938923.5373
FORSTER0.3938923.5110
WAUGH0.3938918.8679

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 389 people called HERREN in Broomley 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 10000.0000 in Broomley means that 10000.0000% of the people in Broomley on census day were called HERREN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HERREN 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 HERREN 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 HERREN 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 HERREN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Broomley means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HERREN in Broomley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Broomley in 1881

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

ANGUS (1)  ARKLE (2)  ARKLEY (4)  ARMSTRONG (7)  ATKINSON (13)  BAKER (3)  BATEY (1)  BELL (5)  BEST (1)  BEWICK (7)  BLACKBURN (5)  BOX (1)  BRIGHT (4)  BROWN (3)  BULLOCK (5)  CAMPBELL (1)  CANNAVAN (2)  CHARLTON (5)  CLARK (1)  COOK (1)  COULSON (4)  CROZIER (1)  DALRYMPLE (3)  DAVIDSON (11)  DARRIE (7)  DOBSON (7)  DODD (5)  DUNN (3)  ELLERINGTON (1)  ELLISON (4)  FARBRIDGE (12)  FENWICK (2)  FLETCHER (2)  FORSTER (3)  FOSTER (2)  GARRET (1)  GLENDENING (1)  GOODWIN (2)  GRAHAM (1)  GREEN (14)  GREENER (5)  HALL (2)  HARRISON (8)  HEART (3)  HEDLEY (1)  HEPPLE (2)  HERDMAN (2)  HERREN (3)  HERRON (1)  HESLOP (2)  HINDMARSH (1)  HORNSBY (1)  HUNTER (1)  ENGLISH (1)  JACKSON (9)  JOHNSON (3)  KIDSON (3)  KITCHIS (1)  LEWENS (1)  LITTLE (9)  MANN (1)  MURTON (3)  MC PHERSON (1)  MILBURN (3)  MOFFETT (2)  MOORE (11)  NARVEL (1)  NEWTON (2)  NICHOLSON (3)  NEVIN (1)  NIXON (3)  PHILLIPSON (1)  PICKARD (1)  PURVIS (14)  READIE (1)  RICHARDS (5)  RICHARDSON (16)  RIDLEY (13)  ROBERTS (5)  ROBSON (9)  ROGERSON (4)  ROSS (1)  RUSHBY (1)  SANDERSON (4)  SNOWBALL (6)  STEPHENSON (4)  STOBART (4)  SUART (1)  SUMMERS (2)  SURTEES (5)  TAILFORD (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THORNSBY (1)  TODD (6)  TONE (2)  TOSNEY (1)  TROTTER (4)  WALKER (1)  WALLIS (2)  WALTON (1)  WARD (6)  WAUGH (1)  WHITELAW (1)  WELFORD (1)  WILSON (6)  WINTHROP (8)  YOUNG (1) 

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