Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Charlton, Northumberland

South Charlton 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
WELSH118.6614218.69
NICHOLSON97.086699.78
HORNSBY86.2992963.86
DIXON86.299257.51
BOWDEN75.5118191.26
THOMPSON64.724415.77
LAIDLER64.72441,200.00
JORY64.72443,750.00
KENT53.937093.46
WHITTLE43.1496144.40
RENNER43.14968,000.00
ARMSTRONG32.362230.90
PURVIS32.3622243.90
ROBSON32.362235.89
TAYLOR32.36223.69
TINDALL21.5748259.74
SCOTT21.57486.22
GIBSON21.574812.97
OLIVER21.574822.08
WAIT21.5748312.50
DOVER21.5748350.88
CUMMINGS10.787451.02
JONS10.78743,333.33
DOBSON10.787417.86
LUCY10.7874384.62
BRODIE10.787458.82
KELLY10.78747.19
DUNN10.78749.47
GREY10.787436.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RENNER0.131278000.0000
JORY0.131273750.0000
JONS0.131273333.3333
LAIDLER0.131271200.0000
HORNSBY0.13127963.8554
LUCY0.13127384.6154
DOVER0.13127350.8772
WAIT0.13127312.5000
TINDALL0.13127259.7403
PURVIS0.13127243.9024
WELSH0.13127218.6879
BOWDEN0.13127191.2568
WHITTLE0.13127144.4043
NICHOLSON0.1312799.7783
KENT0.1312793.4579
BRODIE0.1312758.8235
DIXON0.1312757.5126
CUMMINGS0.1312751.0204
GREY0.1312736.3636
ROBSON0.1312735.8852
ARMSTRONG0.1312730.8960
OLIVER0.1312722.0751
DOBSON0.1312717.8571
THOMPSON0.1312715.7687
GIBSON0.1312712.9702
DUNN0.131279.4697
KELLY0.131277.1891
SCOTT0.131276.2247
TAYLOR0.131273.6937

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 127 people called RENNER in South Charlton 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 8000.0000 in South Charlton means that 8000.0000% of the people in South Charlton on census day were called RENNER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RENNER 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 RENNER 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 RENNER 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 RENNER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in South Charlton means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RENNER in South Charlton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in South Charlton in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (3)  BOLAM (7)  BOWDEN (7)  BRODIE (1)  CUMMINGS (1)  DIXON (8)  DOBSON (1)  DOVER (2)  DUNN (1)  FETTIS (2)  FEWERS (7)  GIBSON (2)  GREY (1)  HORNSBY (8)  JONS (1)  JORY (6)  KELLY (1)  KENT (5)  LAIDLER (6)  LOIDLE (1)  LUCY (1)  MC LAIN (1)  MOGGESON (1)  MURDUE (1)  NICHOLSON (9)  OLIVER (2)  PURVIS (3)  RENNER (4)  ROBSON (3)  SCOTT (2)  SHEEL (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (6)  TINDALL (2)  WELSH (11)  WHITTLE (4)  WAIT (2) 

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