Top surnames from the 1881 census in Felton, Northumberland

Felton 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
SCOTT314.565518.04
LEE253.681922.53
DAVIDSON152.209126.27
WARDLE152.2091114.16
HUDSON142.061925.18
WILLIS142.061938.78
DOBSON131.914643.41
JACKSON121.76736.32
FENWICK121.7673134.83
COXON111.6200211.95
ROBSON111.620024.61
GOWENS101.47283,703.70
CALLENDER91.3255652.17
WILKINSON81.17827.72
FIELD81.178223.68
BERKLEY81.1782869.57
SAWYERS81.1782879.12
BURN81.178287.53
JEFFREY81.178263.75
GUY81.178253.80
GRAHAM81.178210.26
DOUGLASS71.0309162.41
CARR71.030914.29
TULLY71.0309192.31
TAYLOR71.03091.61
STEWART71.03096.59
ROCHESTER71.0309393.26
KELLY60.88378.07
YOUNG60.88374.11
FOWLER60.883715.47
APPLEBY60.883754.10
JEFFREYS60.8837148.51
HUTCHINSON60.883715.56
GREY60.883740.76
BELL60.88374.70
DODDS60.883741.99
HEDLEY60.883786.46
FORSTER60.883726.95
SHOTTON60.8837255.32
CORCORAN50.7364152.91
MACK50.736473.21
HOGG50.736420.38
MIDDLEMISS50.7364310.56
HALEY50.736461.80
ALEXANDER50.736413.91
RICHARDSON50.73644.33
KEENEY50.73642,500.00
CUNNINGHAM50.736415.63
AITKEN50.736428.06
WEIR50.736428.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOWENS0.686793703.7037
SHAFFER0.686793333.3333
KEENEY0.686792500.0000
SAWYERS0.68679879.1209
BERKLEY0.68679869.5652
CALLENDER0.68679652.1739
MALLON0.68679446.4286
BOWEY0.68679416.6667
ROCHESTER0.68679393.2584
MIDDLEMISS0.68679310.5590
SHOTTON0.68679255.3191
FRATER0.68679240.0000
COXON0.68679211.9461
TULLY0.68679192.3077
WEAR0.68679187.7934
PENDER0.68679180.9955
GALLON0.68679179.6407
COWENS0.68679172.4138
CODD0.68679171.8213
DOUGLASS0.68679162.4130
CORCORAN0.68679152.9052
JEFFREYS0.68679148.5149
FENWICK0.68679134.8315
ROW0.68679114.6132
WARDLE0.68679114.1553
ASHER0.68679104.5296
BURN0.6867987.5274
HEDLEY0.6867986.4553
BYERS0.6867985.2273
MALEY0.6867975.7576
SPROAT0.6867975.1880
MACK0.6867973.2064
TWEEDY0.6867971.9424
LUCK0.6867971.3012
ROUGH0.6867965.3595
JEFFREY0.6867963.7450
SLOAN0.6867962.5978
SAXBY0.6867962.1118
HALEY0.6867961.8047
BERTRAM0.6867961.5385
APPLEBY0.6867954.1028
GUY0.6867953.7996
WARRINER0.6867950.2513
SAINT0.6867948.0769
GALLOP0.6867946.2963
DOBSON0.6867943.4057
WAUGH0.6867943.1965
DODDS0.6867941.9874
LEIGHTON0.6867941.0959
GREY0.6867940.7609

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 679 people called GOWENS in Felton 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 3703.7037 in Felton means that 3703.7037% of the people in Felton on census day were called GOWENS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOWENS 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 GOWENS 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 GOWENS 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 GOWENS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Felton means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOWENS in Felton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Felton in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ALEXANDER (5)  AMOS (2)  ANDREWS (2)  APPLEBY (6)  ASHER (3)  AITKEN (5)  BERKLEY (8)  BARKER (1)  BATEMAN (4)  BEATTIE (1)  BYERS (3)  BELL (6)  BELOUGH (1)  BERTRAM (2)  BOOTH (1)  BOWEY (3)  BOWMAN (2)  BRIGGS (1)  BROWN (3)  BURN (8)  CALLENDER (9)  CAMPBELL (3)  CARR (7)  CARRICK (1)  CLARKE (1)  CORCORAN (5)  COCKBURN (2)  CODD (5)  COMPTON (1)  COWENS (1)  COXON (11)  CROFT (1)  CROSSLING (2)  CUNNINGHAM (5)  DAVIDSON (15)  DOBSON (13)  DODDS (6)  DOUGLASS (7)  DUNFORD (1)  EARSDON (4)  FENWICK (12)  FIELD (8)  FLEMING (1)  FLYNN (3)  FORDY (1)  FOREMAN (1)  FORSTER (6)  FOWLER (6)  FRATER (3)  GALLON (3)  GALLOP (1)  GIBSON (5)  GORDON (3)  GOWENS (10)  GRAHAM (8)  GREY (6)  GREAVE (8)  GRIEVE (1)  GRIFF (1)  GUY (8)  HARRISON (2)  HALEY (5)  HEDLEY (6)  HENDERSON (1)  HENSHELL (1)  HERMISON (2)  HESLOP (1)  HEWITSON (1)  HIGGINS (1)  HOGG (5)  HOULDEN (1)  HORNE (2)  HOWLISTON (3)  HUDSON (14)  HUME (1)  HOOK (2)  HUTCHINSON (6)  JACKSON (12)  JEFFREYS (6)  JEFFREY (8)  JOBSON (1)  KEENEY (5)  KELLY (6)  LANGLEY (5)  LEE (25)  LEIGHTON (3)  LLOYD (1)  LUCK (4)  MALLON (5)  MALEY (1)  MATHER (2)  MACK (5)  MACKENZIE (1)  MC EVOY (1)  MIDDLEMASS (8)  MIDDLEMISS (5)  MORRALEE (4)  MULHASSON (2)  O NIELL (1)  NOLAN (1)  NORMAN (1)  PENDER (4)  PICKERING (1)  PRINGLE (1)  REAY (2)  RAILSTON (9)  REED (4)  RICHARDSON (5)  RIDDELL (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (11)  ROCHESTER (7)  ROW (4)  ROSS (1)  ROUGH (1)  SAINT (1)  SAWYERS (8)  SAXBY (2)  SHAFFER (1)  SCOTT (31)  SHOTHER (1)  SHOTTON (6)  SLOAN (4)  SMALL (1)  SMITH (4)  SNAITH (8)  SOWERBY (1)  SPENCE (1)  SPROAT (1)  STANNERS (3)  STEEL (2)  STEPHENSON (5)  STEWART (7)  SWALLOW (1)  TAIT (1)  TAYLOR (7)  TERNENT (2)  THOMPSON (4)  THORNTON (2)  TULLY (7)  TURNBULL (1)  TURNER (2)  TWEEDY (1)  VALLANCE (1)  WARDLE (15)  WARRINER (1)  WHARRIER (6)  WATSON (3)  WAUGH (4)  WEAR (4)  WEIR (5)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILKINSON (8)  WILLIS (14)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (5)  WRIGHT (4)  YOUNG (6) 

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