Top surnames from the 1881 census in Morpeth Castle, Northumberland

Morpeth Castle 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
DAVISON177.3276205.07
SIMPSON83.448319.71
CHARLTON83.4483120.30
HARDIE83.4483264.90
SCOTT73.017211.93
SAUNDERS73.017232.89
WOOD73.01729.47
HARGREAVES62.586262.05
SMITH62.58621.83
GREEN62.58629.18
ELLIOTT62.586230.49
ALLISON62.586291.05
DAVIDSON52.155225.63
LUKE52.1552221.24
WILSON52.15524.69
TODD52.155242.34
HERRON52.1552602.41
APPLEBY41.7241105.54
JOHNSON41.72415.13
FAIRBAIRN41.7241233.92
POTTS41.724151.68
WOODMAN41.7241156.25
BARKER41.724113.18
CROZIER41.7241366.97
GRAY41.724112.08
BROWN41.72412.62
FERGUSON41.724124.32
SWINNEY31.29311,200.00
ANDERSON31.29316.55
CUTTER31.2931461.54
CARR31.293117.92
HUGHES31.29314.61
RICHARDSON20.86215.06
ADAMS20.86215.85
GREY20.862139.76
GRAHAM20.86217.51
LATTY20.86212,500.00
THORNTON20.862117.15
ROBINSON20.86212.70
PENNY20.862148.43
HALL20.86212.93
SIMSON20.8621333.33
WATSON20.86213.72
RUSH10.431040.16
HOLDNESS10.4310
DOYLE10.431017.70
STEEL10.431010.57
PEARSON10.43103.71
BOYD10.431012.29
ROBLEY10.4310833.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LATTY0.232322500.0000
SWINNEY0.232321200.0000
ROBLEY0.23232833.3333
HERRON0.23232602.4096
CUTTER0.23232461.5385
CROZIER0.23232366.9725
SIMSON0.23232333.3333
HARDIE0.23232264.9007
WIGHAM0.23232250.0000
FAIRBAIRN0.23232233.9181
LUKE0.23232221.2389
DAVISON0.23232205.0663
MATSON0.23232175.4386
WOODMAN0.23232156.2500
STOBBS0.23232149.2537
CHARLTON0.23232120.3008
APPLEBY0.23232105.5409
ALLISON0.2323291.0470
HOGARTH0.2323265.3595
HARGREAVES0.2323262.0476
POTTS0.2323251.6796
PENNY0.2323248.4262
TODD0.2323242.3370
RUSH0.2323240.1606
GREY0.2323239.7614
SAUNDERS0.2323232.8947
SIMONS0.2323232.6797
ELLIOTT0.2323230.4878
DAVIDSON0.2323225.6279
FERGUSON0.2323224.3161
SIMPSON0.2323219.7141
CARR0.2323217.9211
DOYLE0.2323217.6991
THORNTON0.2323217.1527
BARKER0.2323213.1752
PATTERSON0.2323212.3609
BOYD0.2323212.2850
GRAY0.2323212.0773
SCOTT0.2323211.9250
SHORT0.2323211.0375
STEEL0.2323210.5708
FLEMING0.2323210.3734
WOOD0.232329.4697
GREEN0.232329.1841
DOUGLAS0.232328.8968
GRAHAM0.232327.5075
KENNEDY0.232327.1480
ANDERSON0.232326.5474
ADAMS0.232325.8497
JOHNSON0.232325.1315

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 232 people called LATTY in Morpeth Castle 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 2500.0000 in Morpeth Castle means that 2500.0000% of the people in Morpeth Castle on census day were called LATTY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LATTY 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 LATTY 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 LATTY 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 LATTY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Morpeth Castle means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LATTY in Morpeth Castle than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Morpeth Castle in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALLISON (6)  ANDERSON (3)  APPLEBY (4)  MC CARTNEY (1)  BARKER (4)  BARRASS (1)  BOYD (1)  BROWN (4)  BUCKNILL (1)  CARR (3)  CHARLTON (8)  CROZIER (4)  CUTTER (3)  DAVISON (17)  DAVIDSON (5)  DOUGLAS (1)  DOYLE (1)  EBROD (1)  ELLIOTT (6)  FAIRBAIRN (4)  FERGUSON (4)  FLEMING (1)  GRAHAM (2)  GRAY (4)  GREY (2)  GREEN (6)  HALL (2)  HARDIE (8)  HARGREAVES (6)  HERRON (5)  HOGARTH (1)  HOLDNESS (1)  HUGHES (3)  JOHNSON (4)  KENNEDY (1)  LATTY (2)  LOURISON (1)  LUKE (5)  MATSON (1)  MOCTON (1)  NAISBY (7)  PATTERSON (1)  PEARSON (1)  PENNY (2)  PIGDON (3)  POTTS (4)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBINSON (2)  ROBLEY (1)  RUSH (1)  SANDERLANDS (4)  SAUNDERS (7)  SCOTT (7)  SHORT (1)  SIMONS (1)  SIMSON (2)  SIMPSON (8)  SMITH (6)  STEEL (1)  STEWART (1)  STOBBS (1)  SWINNEY (3)  THORNTON (2)  TODD (5)  WATSON (2)  WIGHAM (1)  WILSON (5)  WOOD (7)  WOODMAN (4) 

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