Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newlands, Northumberland

Newlands 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
JOHNSON75.932217.65
ADAMS75.932240.25
SMITH75.93224.20
GOODFELLOW75.9322673.08
THOMPSON65.084716.97
SUTHERLAND65.0847100.84
HUDMAN54.237350,000.00
HARDMAN43.3898168.78
LITTLE43.389871.68
BELL43.389818.04
GREEN43.389812.04
ROBINSON43.389810.63
HENRY32.5424100.67
TURNBULL21.694940.24
GREY21.694978.13
FORSTER21.694951.68
HERDMAN21.6949666.67
FAWCETT10.847543.86
RILEY10.847510.71
CHARLTON10.847529.59
HEDLEY10.847582.64
SHAPPARD10.847510,000.00
HARRISON10.84753.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HUDMAN0.1211850000.0000
SHAPPARD0.1211810000.0000
GOODFELLOW0.12118673.0769
HERDMAN0.12118666.6667
HARDMAN0.12118168.7764
SUTHERLAND0.12118100.8403
HENRY0.12118100.6711
HEDLEY0.1211882.6446
GREY0.1211878.1250
LITTLE0.1211871.6846
FORSTER0.1211851.6796
FAWCETT0.1211843.8596
ADAMS0.1211840.2530
TURNBULL0.1211840.2414
CHARLTON0.1211829.5858
BELL0.1211818.0424
JOHNSON0.1211817.6545
THOMPSON0.1211816.9731
GREEN0.1211812.0373
RILEY0.1211810.7066
ROBINSON0.1211810.6326
SMITH0.121184.2014
HARRISON0.121183.8183

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 118 people called HUDMAN in Newlands 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 50000.0000 in Newlands means that 50000.0000% of the people in Newlands on census day were called HUDMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HUDMAN 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 HUDMAN 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 HUDMAN 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 HUDMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Newlands means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HUDMAN in Newlands than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newlands in 1881

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

ADAMS (7)  BELL (4)  BREWIS (6)  CHARLTON (1)  ELSDON (3)  FAWCETT (1)  FEWSTER (2)  FIDDES (2)  FORSTER (2)  GOODFELLOW (7)  GREY (2)  GREEN (4)  GRUMLEY (1)  HANNAND (2)  HARDMAN (4)  HARRISON (1)  HEDLEY (1)  HENRY (3)  HERDMAN (2)  HUDMAN (5)  JOHNSON (7)  LITTLE (4)  PARKES OR PARKER (2)  RILEY (1)  ROBINSON (4)  SARTER OR SURTER (14)  SHAPPARD (1)  SMITH (7)  SUTHERLAND (6)  SWINBURNE (1)  THOMPSON (6)  TURNBULL (2)  WAGGOTT (3) 

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