Top surnames from the 1881 census in Raw, Northumberland

Raw 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
CARMICHAEL1011.2360787.40
USHER1011.23601,020.41
AITCHISON910.11241,451.61
ATCHISON910.11248,181.82
BASTON88.98884,210.53
THEW44.49443,333.33
GRAHAM33.370829.35
PARKER22.247211.81
KIDD22.2472110.50
JONES22.24721.98
LUKE11.1236114.94
KEY11.123681.30
GUY11.123651.28
LUK11.1236
KAY11.123621.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ATCHISON0.09898181.8182
BASTON0.09894210.5263
THEW0.09893333.3333
AITCHISON0.09891451.6129
USHER0.09891020.4082
CARMICHAEL0.0989787.4016
LUKE0.0989114.9425
KIDD0.0989110.4972
KEY0.098981.3008
GUY0.098951.2821
GRAHAM0.098929.3542
KAY0.098921.6450
PARKER0.098911.8133
JONES0.09891.9841
LUK0.0989

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 89 people called ATCHISON in Raw 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 8181.8182 in Raw means that 8181.8182% of the people in Raw on census day were called ATCHISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ATCHISON 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 ATCHISON 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 ATCHISON 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 ATCHISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Raw means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ATCHISON in Raw than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Raw in 1881

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

AYNSLEY (4)  AITCHISON (9)  ATCHISON (9)  BASTON (8)  BOLAM (8)  CARMICHAEL (10)  DORES (2)  GLEG (1)  GRAHAM (3)  GUY (1)  HINDHAUGH (6)  JONES (2)  KAY (1)  KEY (1)  KIDD (2)  LUK (1)  LUKE (1)  PARKER (2)  PROUDLOCK (4)  THEW (4)  USHER (10) 

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