Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirknewton, Northumberland

Kirknewton 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
SHELL1113.41466,470.59
FAIRLEY910.97562,250.00
WILSON910.975623.90
WAKEFORD78.53662,500.00
DUNLOP67.3171454.55
NESBIT67.31712,400.00
THOMPSON33.658512.22
TAIT33.6585124.48
YOUNG22.439011.35
PEGG22.4390250.00
BOTTON11.21952,000.00
GARDINER11.219542.37
DAVIDSON11.219514.51
BROWN11.21951.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHELL0.08826470.5882
WAKEFORD0.08822500.0000
NESBIT0.08822400.0000
FAIRLEY0.08822250.0000
BOTTON0.08822000.0000
DUNLOP0.0882454.5455
PEGG0.0882250.0000
TAIT0.0882124.4813
GARDINER0.088242.3729
WILSON0.088223.8980
DAVIDSON0.088214.5138
THOMPSON0.088212.2150
YOUNG0.088211.3507
BROWN0.08821.8501

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 82 people called SHELL in Kirknewton 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 6470.5882 in Kirknewton means that 6470.5882% of the people in Kirknewton on census day were called SHELL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Kirknewton in 1881

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

BEGGON (1)  BOTTON (1)  BROWN (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DUMNICE (1)  DUNLOP (6)  FAIRBAIRNE (6)  FAIRLEY (9)  GARDINER (1)  MC LAREN (1)  NESBIT (6)  PIDDOCKE (10)  PEGG (2)  SHELL (11)  SKEAN (1)  TAIT (3)  THOMPSON (3)  WAKEFORD (7)  WILSON (9)  YOUNG (2) 

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