Top surnames from the 1881 census in Falloden, Northumberland

Falloden 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
GRAHAM89.876586.02
ELLIOTT89.8765116.45
ROBINSON78.642027.10
DARLING78.6420897.44
COXON78.64201,129.03
JAMES78.642044.00
TAIT56.1728210.08
BEESLEY44.9383615.38
CARR44.938368.49
ROBSON44.938375.05
THOMPSON33.703712.36
SIMPSON33.703721.17
SEWELL22.4691116.96
SMITH22.46911.75
BELL22.469113.14
CARTER11.23467.35
PEARSON11.234610.63
WALKER11.23463.69
GRAY11.23468.65
STORY11.2346200.00
RICHARDSON11.23467.25
MATHER11.234649.75
PRINGLE11.234678.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COXON0.08811129.0323
DARLING0.0881897.4359
BEESLEY0.0881615.3846
TAIT0.0881210.0840
STORY0.0881200.0000
SEWELL0.0881116.9591
ELLIOTT0.0881116.4483
GRAHAM0.088186.0215
PRINGLE0.088178.1250
ROBSON0.088175.0469
CARR0.088168.4932
MATHER0.088149.7512
JAMES0.088143.9975
ROBINSON0.088127.1003
SIMPSON0.088121.1715
BELL0.088113.1406
THOMPSON0.088112.3609
PEARSON0.088110.6270
GRAY0.08818.6505
CARTER0.08817.3529
RICHARDSON0.08817.2516
WALKER0.08813.6873
SMITH0.08811.7487

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 81 people called COXON in Falloden 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 1129.0323 in Falloden means that 1129.0323% of the people in Falloden on census day were called COXON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COXON 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 COXON 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 COXON 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 COXON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Falloden means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COXON in Falloden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Falloden in 1881

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

BEESLEY (4)  BELL (2)  CARR (4)  CARTER (1)  COXON (7)  DARLING (7)  ELLIOTT (8)  GRAHAM (8)  GRAY (1)  JAMES (7)  MATHER (1)  PEARSON (1)  PRINGLE (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (7)  ROBSON (4)  SEWELL (2)  SIMPSON (3)  SMITH (2)  STORY (1)  TAIT (5)  THOMPSON (3)  WALKER (1) 

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