Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leemailing, Northumberland

Leemailing 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
BELL2010.752757.22
BROWN115.91408.97
THOMPSON105.376317.95
SMITH94.83873.43
LAUDERDALE84.301110,000.00
LITTLE73.763479.55
CHARLTON73.7634131.33
RIDDLE63.2258389.61
GILROY63.2258800.00
RICHARDSON63.225818.95
LISLE63.22581,276.60
BALD52.68821,666.67
TURNER52.68829.66
HUTTON52.688290.09
FOX52.688228.95
COWANS52.68822,500.00
DIXON42.150519.63
GIBSON31.612913.29
ARMSTRONG31.612921.10
COULSON21.075359.88
SHORT21.075327.51
WILKINSON21.07537.05
WEIGHTMAN21.0753273.97
SCOTT21.07534.25
RIDLEY21.075355.71
WILSON21.07532.34
WELSH10.537613.59
ALLEN10.53762.85
PIGG10.5376181.82
TELFER10.537690.09
JAMIESON10.537619.31
ROBSON10.53768.17
HILLS10.537619.46
ATKINSON10.53765.52
NIXON10.537617.64
DAWSON10.53764.88
YOUNG10.53762.50
WHITFIELD10.537626.95
BATY10.5376222.22
GREEN10.53761.91
WAUGH10.537639.37
PURVIS10.537655.56
TELFORD10.537660.98
MAUGHAN10.537696.15
SIMS10.537617.92
SARA10.5376833.33
HORNER10.537628.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAUDERDALE0.1918610000.0000
COWANS0.191862500.0000
BALD0.191861666.6667
LISLE0.191861276.5957
SARA0.19186833.3333
GILROY0.19186800.0000
RIDDLE0.19186389.6104
WEIGHTMAN0.19186273.9726
BATY0.19186222.2222
PIGG0.19186181.8182
CHARLTON0.19186131.3321
MAUGHAN0.1918696.1538
HUTTON0.1918690.0901
TELFER0.1918690.0901
LITTLE0.1918679.5455
TELFORD0.1918660.9756
COULSON0.1918659.8802
BELL0.1918657.2246
RIDLEY0.1918655.7103
PURVIS0.1918655.5556
WAUGH0.1918639.3701
FOX0.1918628.9519
HORNER0.1918628.2486
SHORT0.1918627.5103
WHITFIELD0.1918626.9542
ARMSTRONG0.1918621.0970
DIXON0.1918619.6271
HILLS0.1918619.4553
JAMIESON0.1918619.3050
RICHARDSON0.1918618.9514
THOMPSON0.1918617.9469
SIMS0.1918617.9211
NIXON0.1918617.6367
WELSH0.1918613.5870
GIBSON0.1918613.2861
TURNER0.191869.6562
BROWN0.191868.9715
ROBSON0.191868.1699
WILKINSON0.191867.0472
ATKINSON0.191865.5188
DAWSON0.191864.8780
SCOTT0.191864.2499
SMITH0.191863.4270
ALLEN0.191862.8458
YOUNG0.191862.5025
WILSON0.191862.3411
GREEN0.191861.9091

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 186 people called LAUDERDALE in Leemailing 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 10000.0000 in Leemailing means that 10000.0000% of the people in Leemailing on census day were called LAUDERDALE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAUDERDALE 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 LAUDERDALE 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 LAUDERDALE 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 LAUDERDALE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Leemailing means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAUDERDALE in Leemailing than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Leemailing in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ARMSTRONG (3)  ATKINSON (1)  BALD (5)  BATY (1)  BELL (20)  BROWN (11)  CHARLTON (7)  COULSON (2)  COWANS (5)  COMMAN (1)  DAWSON (1)  DIXON (4)  FAMELTON (1)  FOX (5)  GEDDESS (1)  GIBSON (3)  GILROY (6)  GREEN (1)  HILLS (1)  HINDMARCH (12)  HOGGON (5)  HORNER (1)  HUTTON (5)  JAMIESON (1)  LISLE (6)  LAUDERDALE (8)  LITTLE (7)  MAUGHAN (1)  NIXON (1)  PIGG (1)  PURVIS (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  RIDDLE (6)  RIDLEY (2)  ROBSON (1)  SARA (1)  SCOTT (2)  SHORT (2)  SIMS (1)  SMITH (9)  TELFER (1)  TELFORD (1)  THOMPSON (10)  TURNER (5)  WAUGH (1)  WEIGHTMAN (2)  WELSH (1)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILKINSON (2)  WILSON (2)  YOUNG (1) 

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