Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newbrough, Northumberland

Newbrough 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
BELL364.669324.85
BROWN344.40996.69
HETHERINGTON334.2802339.51
CHARLTON303.8911135.81
ROBSON232.983145.33
CORBETT182.3346119.13
ARMSTRONG162.075227.15
JOHNSON162.07526.18
MAUGHAN162.0752372.09
RIDLEY141.815893.96
BLACKBURN141.815848.16
WILSON121.55643.39
SCOTT111.42675.64
WAUGH111.4267104.66
THOMPSON111.42674.76
MOORE101.29706.49
HINDMARSH101.2970322.58
ROBINSON91.16733.66
LEE91.16737.14
POTTS91.167334.98
GIBSON91.16739.62
TURNBULL91.167327.69
WINTER81.037629.26
DAWSON81.03769.41
WARE81.037663.09
CARRUTHERS81.037678.43
THOBURN70.90791,372.55
WALTON70.907912.90
NIXON70.907929.80
WATSON70.90793.91
SMITH70.90790.64
HESLOP70.9079105.90
OXLEY70.907964.81
WHITE70.90792.82
ANDREWS60.77828.12
SWINDLE60.7782750.00
COOKSON60.778266.01
MARTIN60.77823.16
LAUDER60.7782148.15
NICHOLSON60.778210.95
TEASDALE60.778291.88
JACKSON60.77822.78
DOWSON60.7782142.52
SPARKS60.778251.50
MILBURN50.648572.67
WHITFIELD50.648532.47
BOYLE50.648525.00
STOCK50.648552.14
DAVISON50.648518.14
BRADSHAW40.518812.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RICKLEY0.777712500.0000
THOBURN0.777711372.5490
SEWALL0.777711111.1111
SWINDLE0.77771750.0000
MAUGHAN0.77771372.0930
HETHERINGTON0.77771339.5062
HINDMARSH0.77771322.5806
FAIRLESS0.77771261.4379
LAUDER0.77771148.1481
DOWSON0.77771142.5178
CUTTER0.77771138.2488
CHARLTON0.77771135.8081
NEVIN0.77771129.0323
CORBETT0.77771119.1264
HESLOP0.77771105.9002
WAUGH0.77771104.6622
CROSSAN0.7777195.2381
RIDLEY0.7777193.9597
HUDDLESTON0.7777192.5926
TEASDALE0.7777191.8836
WOOSTER0.7777186.9565
HASWELL0.7777180.3213
SNOWBALL0.7777179.6813
CARRUTHERS0.7777178.4314
MILBURN0.7777172.6744
COOKSON0.7777166.0066
OXLEY0.7777164.8148
WARE0.7777163.0915
HAWKIN0.7777160.2410
TELFORD0.7777158.9102
MCKAY0.7777154.0541
STOCK0.7777152.1376
SPARKS0.7777151.5021
BLACKBURN0.7777148.1596
MAKEPEACE0.7777145.8716
BARRET0.7777145.6621
ROBSON0.7777145.3291
BRYDON0.7777141.1523
BILL0.7777136.4964
POTTS0.7777134.9786
SIMM0.7777133.5570
WHITFIELD0.7777132.4675
NIXON0.7777129.7999
WINTER0.7777129.2612
COULSON0.7777128.9226
TURNBULL0.7777127.6923
ARMSTRONG0.7777127.1463
DICKENSON0.7777125.6630
BOYLE0.7777125.0000
BELL0.7777124.8482

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 771 people called RICKLEY in Newbrough 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 Newbrough means that 2500.0000% of the people in Newbrough on census day were called RICKLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RICKLEY 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 RICKLEY 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 RICKLEY 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 RICKLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.77 in Newbrough means that you are 0.77 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RICKLEY in Newbrough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newbrough in 1881

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

ALLEN (3)  ALLT (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ANDREW (2)  ANDREWS (6)  ARCHER (1)  ARMSTRONG (16)  ARTHUR (1)  BARRET (1)  BECK (1)  BELL (36)  BENSON (4)  BILL (1)  BLACKBURN (14)  BOYLE (5)  BRADSHAW (4)  BRECKOUS (2)  BRIGHT (1)  BROWN (34)  BRYDON (1)  CAMERON (3)  CARR (1)  CARRUTHERS (8)  CHARLTON (30)  CHESTER (1)  CLARK (1)  CLEMINSON (4)  CLEMMET (3)  COLLINS (3)  COOKSON (6)  CORBETT (18)  COULSON (4)  CRESSWELL (2)  CROSSAN (1)  CUTTER (3)  DAVISON (5)  DAWSON (8)  DICKENSON (3)  DIXON (4)  DODD (3)  DOUGLAS (1)  DOWSON (6)  DRUMMOND (1)  DUNN (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  ELLISON (3)  ESKDALE (5)  EVANS (1)  FAIRLESS (4)  FORSTER (2)  GIBSON (9)  GILCHRIST (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GREY (1)  GREEN (1)  HALL (2)  HALLIDAY (2)  HAMLYN (5)  HARKURP (5)  HARRISON (2)  HASWELL (2)  HAWKIN (1)  HAWORTH (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HESLOP (7)  HETHERINGTON (33)  HINDENGREN (1)  HINDMARSH (10)  HOGG (2)  HUDDLESTON (2)  HUNTER (1)  HUTCHINSON (4)  INGLEDEN (1)  JACK (1)  JACKSON (6)  JOHNSON (16)  KELVIN (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LAUDER (6)  LEE (9)  LOMES (12)  MADDISON (1)  MAKEPEACE (1)  MARTIN (6)  MAUGHAN (16)  MCKAY (1)  MAC MILLAN (1)  MILBURN (5)  MOORE (10)  MURRAY (4)  NATRASS (10)  NICHOLSON (6)  NEVIN (2)  NIXON (7)  OLIVER (4)  OXLEY (7)  PARKER (1)  PATTERSON (1)  POTTS (9)  REED (3)  REMINOVE (1)  RICKLEY (1)  RIDLEY (14)  ROBINSON (9)  ROBSON (23)  RUTHERFORD (3)  SCOTT (11)  SEWALL (1)  SEWELL (1)  SIMM (1)  SMITH (7)  SNOWBALL (2)  SPARKS (6)  STOBART (2)  STOCK (5)  STOKOE (20)  SULLIVAN (1)  SURTEES (1)  SUTHERLAND (1)  SWAN (3)  SWINDLE (6)  TEASDALE (6)  TELFORD (4)  TEMPERLY (8)  THIRLWELL (5)  THOBURN (7)  THOMPSON (11)  THURSFIELD (1)  TODD (1)  TURNBULL (9)  TWEDDALE (4)  WALKER (1)  WALTON (7)  WARE (8)  WATSON (7)  WAUGH (11)  WEARMOUTH (6)  WHITE (7)  WHITFIELD (5)  WILKINSON (1)  MACWILLIAM (1)  WILSON (12)  WINTER (8)  WOOSTER (1)  WRIGHT (2)  YELLOWLEY (6) 

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