Top surnames from the 1881 census in Healey, Northumberland

Healey 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
ANDERSON1110.377452.53
WILSON109.434020.54
DOBSON109.4340213.68
BELL87.547240.16
CURREY54.71702,272.73
BLACKBURN43.7736100.00
ELLISON43.7736178.57
MILBURN32.8302315.79
NIXON32.830292.88
DAVIDSON32.830233.67
BORROW21.88682,000.00
DRYDEN21.8868312.50
PARK21.886860.79
WILLIAM21.8868219.78
SIMPSON21.886810.79
MORE10.9434121.95
JOHNSON10.94342.81
WEST10.94349.79
SHIPLEY10.9434106.38
HORNSBY10.9434144.93
WEIGHTMAN10.9434243.90
SCOTT10.94343.73
BOWMAN10.943436.10
MARR10.943482.64
POTTS10.943428.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CURREY0.111062272.7273
BORROW0.111062000.0000
MILBURN0.11106315.7895
DRYDEN0.11106312.5000
WEIGHTMAN0.11106243.9024
WILLIAM0.11106219.7802
DOBSON0.11106213.6752
ELLISON0.11106178.5714
HORNSBY0.11106144.9275
MORE0.11106121.9512
SHIPLEY0.11106106.3830
BLACKBURN0.11106100.0000
NIXON0.1110692.8793
MARR0.1110682.6446
PARK0.1110660.7903
ANDERSON0.1110652.5310
BELL0.1110640.1606
BOWMAN0.1110636.1011
DAVIDSON0.1110633.6700
POTTS0.1110628.2486
WILSON0.1110620.5423
SIMPSON0.1110610.7875
WEST0.111069.7943
SCOTT0.111063.7286
JOHNSON0.111062.8074

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 106 people called CURREY in Healey 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 2272.7273 in Healey means that 2272.7273% of the people in Healey on census day were called CURREY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Healey in 1881

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

ANDERSON (11)  BELL (8)  BLACKBURN (4)  BOWMAN (1)  BORROW (2)  CURREY (5)  DAVIDSON (3)  DOBSON (10)  DRYDEN (2)  ELLISON (4)  GIBBINSON (1)  HORNSBY (1)  JEWILL (11)  JOHNSON (1)  MC LARBANE (1)  MILBURN (3)  MORE (1)  MARR (1)  NIXON (3)  PARK (2)  POTTS (1)  SCOTT (1)  SENTES (5)  SHIPLEY (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SURTESS (6)  TORNENT (1)  WEIGHTMAN (1)  WEST (1)  WILLIAM (2)  WILSON (10) 

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