Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nafferton, Northumberland

Nafferton 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
BAPTIST813.333320,000.00
CROZIER610.00002,142.86
JOHNSON58.333324.80
TODD58.3333163.93
LANG58.3333373.13
MITCHELL58.333341.08
STEPHENSON46.6667116.62
YOUNG35.000023.27
HOGARTH23.3333500.00
SMITH11.66671.18
RICHARDSON11.66679.79
LAMB11.666731.55
STEEL11.666740.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAPTIST0.066020000.0000
CROZIER0.06602142.8571
HOGARTH0.0660500.0000
LANG0.0660373.1343
TODD0.0660163.9344
STEPHENSON0.0660116.6181
MITCHELL0.066041.0846
STEEL0.066040.8163
LAMB0.066031.5457
JOHNSON0.066024.8016
YOUNG0.066023.2739
RICHARDSON0.06609.7943
SMITH0.06601.1804

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 60 people called BAPTIST in Nafferton 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 20000.0000 in Nafferton means that 20000.0000% of the people in Nafferton on census day were called BAPTIST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAPTIST 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 BAPTIST 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 BAPTIST 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 BAPTIST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Nafferton means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAPTIST in Nafferton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Nafferton in 1881

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

BAPTIST (8)  CROZIER (6)  DEANHAM (1)  HOGARTH (2)  JOHNSON (5)  LAMB (1)  LANG (5)  MITCHELL (5)  RICHARDSON (1)  RUDSPITH (1)  SMITH (1)  SPRAGGEN (4)  STEEL (1)  STEPHENSON (4)  TODD (5)  WANGLE (7)  YOUNG (3) 

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