Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Dissington, Northumberland

South Dissington 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
TIFFIN915.00008,181.82
DUNN58.3333100.20
THOMPSON46.666722.26
LAMBERT46.6667122.32
FISHER46.666756.98
SMITH46.66674.72
RAY46.6667336.13
CHARLETON35.000010,000.00
WILKINSON35.000032.75
ELLIOT11.666765.36
THORLEY11.6667256.41
RICHARDSON11.66679.79
NICHOLSON11.666723.47
GRAY11.666711.67
URWIN11.6667370.37
REGAN11.6667161.29
CRAIG11.666738.02
HARDMAN11.666782.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHARLETON0.066010000.0000
TIFFIN0.06608181.8182
URWIN0.0660370.3704
RAY0.0660336.1345
THORLEY0.0660256.4103
REGAN0.0660161.2903
LAMBERT0.0660122.3242
DUNN0.0660100.2004
HARDMAN0.066082.6446
ELLIOT0.066065.3595
FISHER0.066056.9801
CRAIG0.066038.0228
WILKINSON0.066032.7511
NICHOLSON0.066023.4742
THOMPSON0.066022.2593
GRAY0.066011.6686
RICHARDSON0.06609.7943
SMITH0.06604.7214

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 60 people called CHARLETON in South Dissington 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 10000.0000 in South Dissington means that 10000.0000% of the people in South Dissington on census day were called CHARLETON.

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

All the surnames recorded in South Dissington in 1881

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

CAISLEY (3)  CHARLETON (3)  CRAIG (1)  DUNN (5)  ELLIOT (1)  FISHER (4)  GRAY (1)  HARDMAN (1)  URWIN (1)  LAMBERT (4)  LANCHESTER (7)  NICHOLSON (1)  RAY (4)  REGAN (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  SMITH (4)  THOMPSON (4)  THORLEY (1)  TIFFIN (9)  WILKINSON (3)  WHINN (1) 

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