Top surnames from the 1881 census in Twizell In Castle Ward, Northumberland

Twizell In Castle Ward 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
DAVISON825.8065720.72
BELL516.129085.76
ROCHESTER412.90325,000.00
DAVIDSON39.6774114.94
DOBSON39.6774218.98
JOHNSON26.451619.19
BEWICK26.45162,222.22
ARMSTRONG13.225842.19
WATSON13.225813.91
GIBSON13.225826.60
DONN13.22585,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DONN0.03315000.0000
ROCHESTER0.03315000.0000
BEWICK0.03312222.2222
DAVISON0.0331720.7207
DOBSON0.0331218.9781
DAVIDSON0.0331114.9425
BELL0.033185.7633
ARMSTRONG0.033142.1941
GIBSON0.033126.5957
JOHNSON0.033119.1939
WATSON0.033113.9082

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 31 people called DONN in Twizell In Castle Ward 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 5000.0000 in Twizell In Castle Ward means that 5000.0000% of the people in Twizell In Castle Ward on census day were called DONN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DONN 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 DONN 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 DONN 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 DONN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.03 in Twizell In Castle Ward means that you are 0.03 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DONN in Twizell In Castle Ward than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Twizell In Castle Ward in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (1)  BELL (5)  BEWICK (2)  DAVISON (8)  DAVIDSON (3)  DOBSON (3)  DONN (1)  GIBSON (1)  JOHNSON (2)  ROCHESTER (4)  WATSON (1) 

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