Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cornhill, Northumberland

Cornhill 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
MOFFAT375.6489311.71
SWAN314.7328182.68
JOHNSTON192.900835.94
TAIT182.748193.36
HUME162.4427172.23
WAUGH152.2901167.97
DICKSON152.290161.86
SCOTT142.13748.45
WILSON131.98474.32
TURNBULL121.832143.46
YOUNG121.83218.53
ROBERTSON111.679410.02
MOOR111.6794119.83
MARSHALL111.679410.01
REID101.526714.53
SMITH91.37400.97
EASTON91.374090.63
HARVEY91.374012.87
WATSON91.37405.92
HEATLEY91.3740576.92
LEE81.22147.47
BROWN81.22141.85
HINSON81.2214506.33
HARDY71.068717.84
FAIRLEY71.0687218.07
RUTHERFORD71.068743.80
MOODY71.068740.91
JACKSON60.91603.28
DAVIDSON60.916010.90
CURRY60.916063.97
DUNCAN60.916013.39
PATTON60.9160257.51
CURRIE60.916032.56
LITSTER60.91601,016.95
BLAIN50.7634220.26
PATTERSON50.763421.89
CLEGHORN50.7634277.78
DODDS50.763436.26
PRIOR50.763432.98
HARDIE50.763458.55
TULLY50.7634142.45
MACKAY50.763421.11
NISBET50.763472.25
RONALD50.7634213.68
HARRINGTON50.763440.23
HALL50.76342.59
TROTTER50.763472.78
ROGERSON50.763462.03
DOUGLAS50.763415.76
PILLAR40.6107740.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TILLIE0.666551500.0000
LITSTER0.666551016.9492
PILLAR0.66655740.7407
FOGO0.66655588.2353
HEATLEY0.66655576.9231
HINSON0.66655506.3291
NEVINS0.66655465.1163
SHIEL0.66655341.8803
MOFFAT0.66655311.7102
TINDLE0.66655297.0297
CLEGHORN0.66655277.7778
PATTON0.66655257.5107
BLAIN0.66655220.2643
FAIRLEY0.66655218.0685
RONALD0.66655213.6752
SPEEDY0.66655208.3333
SERVICE0.66655188.6792
STRAUGHAN0.66655183.4862
SWAN0.66655182.6753
SPROTT0.66655178.5714
HUME0.66655172.2282
WAUGH0.66655167.9731
TULLY0.66655142.4501
MOOR0.66655119.8257
TAIT0.6665593.3610
GREGOR0.6665591.7431
EASTON0.6665590.6344
BROWNLEE0.6665588.4956
DICKINS0.6665582.9876
HINDMARSH0.6665576.0456
TROTTER0.6665572.7802
NISBET0.6665572.2543
CURRY0.6665563.9659
ROGERSON0.6665562.0347
DICKSON0.6665561.8557
MOLE0.6665559.0551
HARDIE0.6665558.5480
MATHISON0.6665556.4972
LAWRIE0.6665547.8469
MCKENZIE0.6665545.6621
DEANS0.6665545.0450
RUTHERFORD0.6665543.8048
TURNBULL0.6665543.4625
PIERCY0.6665542.3729
CHISHOLM0.6665542.0610
MOODY0.6665540.9117
HARRINGTON0.6665540.2253
PRINGLE0.6665538.7597
RIDDLE0.6665536.7647
LUMSDEN0.6665536.6300

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 655 people called TILLIE in Cornhill 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 1500.0000 in Cornhill means that 1500.0000% of the people in Cornhill on census day were called TILLIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TILLIE 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 TILLIE 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 TILLIE 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 TILLIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Cornhill means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TILLIE in Cornhill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cornhill in 1881

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

ANDERSON (2)  ARRIES (6)  BELL (3)  BLACK (1)  BLAIN (5)  BONE (1)  BROWN (8)  BROWNLEE (2)  BROWNLEES (6)  O'BRIEN (6)  CHISHOLM (4)  CLEGHORN (5)  COSSER (5)  COULTERT (16)  CURRIE (6)  CURRY (6)  DAVIDSON (6)  DAVISON (1)  DEANS (2)  DICKINS (2)  DICKSON (15)  DODDS (5)  DOUGLAS (5)  DUNCAN (6)  EASTON (9)  EDDISON (1)  FAIRBAIRN (1)  FAIRLEY (7)  FALKENDER (5)  FIDDES (6)  FOGO (1)  FULTON (3)  GRAY (1)  HALL (5)  HARDIE (5)  HARDY (7)  HARRINGTON (5)  HARVEY (9)  HEATLEY (9)  HEATLIE (1)  HENDERSON (2)  HINSON (8)  HILLS (3)  HINDMARSH (2)  HOOD (1)  HORTON (1)  HUME (16)  JACKSON (6)  JEFFREY (2)  JOHNSTON (19)  MC KAY (7)  KIRKUP (5)  KNOX (1)  LAWRIE (3)  LEE (8)  LITSTER (6)  LOGAN (1)  LUMSDEN (2)  LUNN (1)  MARK (1)  MARSHALL (11)  MATHERSTON (1)  MATHISON (1)  GREGOR (1)  MACKAY (5)  MCKENZIE (1)  MOFFAT (37)  MOODY (7)  MOOR (11)  MOLE (3)  MURRAY (1)  O'NEIL (8)  NISBET (5)  NEVINS (2)  PATTERSON (5)  PATTON (6)  PIERCY (1)  PILLAR (4)  PRINGLE (4)  PRIOR (5)  REAVLY (3)  REID (10)  RONALD (5)  RIDDLE (2)  ROBERTSON (11)  ROGERSON (5)  RUNCIMAN (6)  RUSH (1)  RUTHERFORD (7)  SCOTT (14)  SERVICE (3)  SHIEL (4)  SHORT (3)  SHRIMPTON (1)  SMITH (9)  SPEEDY (1)  SPRAT (7)  SPROTT (1)  STODDART (1)  STONHOUSE (1)  STRAUGHAN (2)  SWAN (31)  TAIT (18)  TILLIE (3)  TINDLE (3)  TROTTER (5)  TULLY (5)  TURNBULL (12)  WAKSFORD (3)  WALTON (1)  WATSON (9)  WAUGH (15)  WHITEHEAD (3)  WHITLIE (5)  WILKINSON (3)  WHILLIS (3)  WILSON (13)  YOUNG (12)  YOUNGER (1) 

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