Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Brunton, Northumberland

West Brunton 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
OLIVER98.4112117.96
RUTHERFORD98.4112344.83
HUNTER87.476672.79
HEDLEY76.5421642.20
BROWN65.60758.51
TAYLOR65.60758.77
NIXON65.6075184.05
GRAHAM54.672940.68
FERGUSON43.738352.77
HERON43.7383388.35
ROBSON43.738356.82
CROZIER43.7383800.00
ROCHESTER32.80371,071.43
JAMESON32.8037254.24
JONES21.86921.65
MILLS21.869214.41
WATSON21.86928.06
HALL21.86926.35
MORGAN10.93464.70
WRIGHT10.93462.91
HALE10.934626.04
FAREN10.9346
WEDDLE10.93461,000.00
MEEKS10.9346555.56
ROGERSON10.934675.76
PHILLIP10.9346185.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROCHESTER0.111071071.4286
WEDDLE0.111071000.0000
CROZIER0.11107800.0000
HEDLEY0.11107642.2018
MEEKS0.11107555.5556
HERON0.11107388.3495
RUTHERFORD0.11107344.8276
JAMESON0.11107254.2373
PHILLIP0.11107185.1852
NIXON0.11107184.0491
OLIVER0.11107117.9554
ROGERSON0.1110775.7576
HUNTER0.1110772.7934
ROBSON0.1110756.8182
FERGUSON0.1110752.7704
GRAHAM0.1110740.6835
HALE0.1110726.0417
MILLS0.1110714.4092
TAYLOR0.111078.7681
BROWN0.111078.5070
WATSON0.111078.0580
HALL0.111076.3532
MORGAN0.111074.6992
WRIGHT0.111072.9129
JONES0.111071.6504
FAREN0.11107

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 107 people called ROCHESTER in West Brunton 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 1071.4286 in West Brunton means that 1071.4286% of the people in West Brunton on census day were called ROCHESTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROCHESTER 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 ROCHESTER 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 ROCHESTER 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 ROCHESTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in West Brunton means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROCHESTER in West Brunton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Brunton in 1881

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

BROWN (6)  CALFACE (1)  CAMMORD (1)  CROZIER (4)  COMON (1)  DAVINSON (1)  FAREN (1)  FERGUSON (4)  GRAHAM (5)  HALE (1)  HALL (2)  HEDLEY (7)  HERON (4)  HUNTER (8)  JAMESON (3)  JONES (2)  MEEKS (1)  MILLS (2)  MORGAN (1)  NIXON (6)  OLIVER (9)  PHILLIP (1)  REAH (4)  ROBSON (4)  ROCHESTER (3)  ROGERSON (1)  RUTHERFORD (9)  TAYLOR (6)  TAILFORD (2)  TYZICK (3)  WATSON (2)  WEDDLE (1)  WRIGHT (1) 

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