Top surnames from the 1881 census in Long Witton, Northumberland

Long Witton 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
SNOWDON109.80391,315.79
JACKSON109.803935.08
FERGUSON87.8431110.65
BONNER65.8824666.67
THOMPSON65.882419.63
ATKIN54.9020367.65
MORRISON54.902062.34
PATTERSON54.9020140.45
YOUNG54.902022.82
ELLIOTT54.902057.80
WARDMAN43.92161,538.46
RIDDLE43.9216470.59
COMMON21.9608869.57
STOREY21.960877.22
DODDS21.960893.02
SIDDELL21.96083,333.33
REED10.980413.42
HEDLEY10.980496.15
ROBSON10.980414.90
MCKIM10.9804
WAKE10.9804121.95
COWENS10.98041,111.11
BELL10.98045.22
NICHOL10.980490.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SIDDELL0.101023333.3333
WARDMAN0.101021538.4615
SNOWDON0.101021315.7895
COWENS0.101021111.1111
COMMON0.10102869.5652
BONNER0.10102666.6667
RIDDLE0.10102470.5882
ATKIN0.10102367.6471
PATTERSON0.10102140.4494
WAKE0.10102121.9512
FERGUSON0.10102110.6501
HEDLEY0.1010296.1538
DODDS0.1010293.0233
NICHOL0.1010290.9091
STOREY0.1010277.2201
MORRISON0.1010262.3441
ELLIOTT0.1010257.8035
JACKSON0.1010235.0754
YOUNG0.1010222.8206
THOMPSON0.1010219.6335
ROBSON0.1010214.9031
REED0.1010213.4228
BELL0.101025.2165
MCKIM0.10102

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 102 people called SIDDELL in Long Witton 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 3333.3333 in Long Witton means that 3333.3333% of the people in Long Witton on census day were called SIDDELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SIDDELL 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 SIDDELL 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 SIDDELL 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 SIDDELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Long Witton means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SIDDELL in Long Witton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Long Witton in 1881

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

ATKIN (5)  BELL (1)  BONNER (6)  COWENS (1)  COMMON (2)  DODDS (2)  ELLIOTT (5)  FERGUSON (8)  FOGGIN (6)  HATHERICK (1)  HEDLEY (1)  HINDBRAUGH (3)  HOTHERINGTON (1)  JACKSON (10)  MCKIM (1)  MORRISON (5)  NICHOL (1)  PALLUN (1)  PATTERSON (5)  REED (1)  RIDDLE (4)  ROBSON (1)  SIDDELL (2)  SNOWDON (10)  STOREY (2)  THOMPSON (6)  WAKE (1)  WARDMAN (4)  YELLOWLY (1)  YOUNG (5) 

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