Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burton, Northumberland

Burton 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
MATHER1714.4068580.20
WOOD119.322029.26
WILSON108.474618.45
CAIRNS108.4746392.16
SPARK86.77971,538.46
LAING86.7797337.55
CASSIDY75.9322486.11
CURRY75.9322414.20
CRISP54.2373304.88
CARSON43.3898307.69
ROBERTSON43.389820.23
MOOR32.5424181.82
BROWN10.84751.29
WHITE10.84752.64
TORRANCE10.8475192.31
ELLIOTT10.84759.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPARK0.121181538.4615
MATHER0.12118580.2048
CASSIDY0.12118486.1111
CURRY0.12118414.2012
CAIRNS0.12118392.1569
LAING0.12118337.5527
CARSON0.12118307.6923
CRISP0.12118304.8780
TORRANCE0.12118192.3077
MOOR0.12118181.8182
WOOD0.1211829.2553
ROBERTSON0.1211820.2327
WILSON0.1211818.4536
ELLIOTT0.121189.9900
WHITE0.121182.6364
BROWN0.121181.2855

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 118 people called SPARK in Burton 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 1538.4615 in Burton means that 1538.4615% of the people in Burton on census day were called SPARK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPARK 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 SPARK 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 SPARK 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 SPARK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Burton means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPARK in Burton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burton in 1881

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

BROWN (1)  CAIRNS (10)  CARSON (4)  CASSIDY (7)  CHIRNSIDE (2)  CRISP (5)  CURRY (7)  DRUMOND (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  KIRKUP (5)  LAING (8)  MATHER (17)  MOOR (3)  PENNYGOOD (1)  ROBERTSON (4)  SPARK (8)  STRAPHEN (11)  TORRANCE (1)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (10)  WOOD (11) 

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