Top surnames from the 1881 census in Freeholders Quarter, Northumberland

Freeholders Quarter 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
DRUMMOND1211.3208568.72
MURRAY87.547260.88
WANLASS65.660430,000.00
PERCIVAL65.6604361.45
YOUNG65.660426.35
HUTCHESON54.7170925.93
BELL54.717025.10
MATTHEWS54.717054.05
EDWARDS43.773613.54
HALL43.773612.83
CLARK43.773612.55
HARBOTTLE43.77361,904.76
HEDLEY43.7736370.37
WILKIN32.8302517.24
ROBINSON32.83028.88
COOK21.88689.50
DOUGLASS21.8868298.51
BROWN10.94341.43
HANNAH10.943472.46
ADAMS10.94346.40
NICHOLSON10.943413.28
MALLON10.9434588.24
BYRAM10.94341,250.00
HARDY10.943415.75
BERGEN10.94343,333.33
BYERS10.9434181.82
SPROAT10.9434476.19
GREEN10.94343.35
PATTERSON10.943427.03
CARR10.943413.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WANLASS0.1110630000.0000
BERGEN0.111063333.3333
HARBOTTLE0.111061904.7619
BYRAM0.111061250.0000
HUTCHESON0.11106925.9259
MALLON0.11106588.2353
DRUMMOND0.11106568.7204
WILKIN0.11106517.2414
SPROAT0.11106476.1905
HEDLEY0.11106370.3704
PERCIVAL0.11106361.4458
DOUGLASS0.11106298.5075
BYERS0.11106181.8182
HANNAH0.1110672.4638
MURRAY0.1110660.8828
MATTHEWS0.1110654.0541
PATTERSON0.1110627.0270
YOUNG0.1110626.3505
BELL0.1110625.1004
HARDY0.1110615.7480
EDWARDS0.1110613.5410
NICHOLSON0.1110613.2802
CARR0.1110613.0719
HALL0.1110612.8287
CLARK0.1110612.5549
COOK0.111069.4967
ROBINSON0.111068.8757
ADAMS0.111066.4020
GREEN0.111063.3501
BROWN0.111061.4310

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 106 people called WANLASS in Freeholders Quarter 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 30000.0000 in Freeholders Quarter means that 30000.0000% of the people in Freeholders Quarter on census day were called WANLASS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WANLASS 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 WANLASS 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 WANLASS 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 WANLASS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Freeholders Quarter means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WANLASS in Freeholders Quarter than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Freeholders Quarter in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  BYERS (1)  BELL (5)  BROWN (1)  BERGEN (1)  BYRAM (1)  CARR (1)  CLARK (4)  CLEUGH (1)  COOK (2)  DOUGLASS (2)  DRUMMOND (12)  EDWARDS (4)  GREEN (1)  HALL (4)  HANNAH (1)  HARBOTTLE (4)  HARDY (1)  HEDLEY (4)  HUTCHESON (5)  IONS (7)  IVISON (1)  MALLON (1)  MATTHEWS (5)  MIDDLEMAS (1)  MURRAY (8)  NICHOLSON (1)  PATTERSON (1)  PERCIVAL (6)  ROBINSON (3)  SPROAT (1)  WANLASS (6)  WILKIN (3)  YOUNG (6) 

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