Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Denton, Northumberland

West Denton 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
TULIP173.71182,297.30
SMITH153.27512.32
BLACKBURN143.056881.07
DAVISON122.620173.30
THOMPSON112.40178.02
BATEY112.4017614.53
ROBSON112.401736.50
PARKER112.401712.63
NICHOLSON102.183430.73
HETHERINGTON102.1834173.31
CARR91.965127.23
BRADFORD81.746789.59
TAYLOR81.74672.73
POTTS81.746752.32
COCKBURN81.7467136.99
JOPLIN81.74672,758.62
HENDERSON81.746716.07
TATE81.746790.40
GREY81.746780.56
CHEEK81.7467869.57
AINSLEY71.5284546.88
CAIRNS71.528470.64
BLAKE71.528431.56
LOGAN71.528464.46
FORSTER61.310039.95
MASON61.31009.74
RAWSON61.3100120.00
LIDDLE61.3100111.11
GREENWOOD61.310016.87
SIMPSON61.31007.49
ELLIOTT61.310015.44
WILSON61.31002.85
ROWELL61.3100150.00
CASS61.3100184.62
IRVING61.310058.82
STEWART51.09176.98
CHARLTON51.091738.11
THORNTON51.091721.71
KIRSOPP40.87341,666.67
BROWN40.87341.32
HOGARTH40.8734132.45
RIDLEY40.873445.20
DAVIES40.87341.72
MARTIN40.87343.55
ALLEN40.87344.62
SCULLY40.8734283.69
DODDS40.873441.49
BRUCE40.873418.65
URWIN40.8734192.31
REDHEAD40.8734160.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARVER0.464585000.0000
JOPLIN0.464582758.6207
TULIP0.464582297.2973
KIRSOPP0.464581666.6667
CHEEK0.46458869.5652
BATEY0.46458614.5251
AINSLEY0.46458546.8750
SPOOR0.46458400.0000
JOPLING0.46458370.3704
SCULLY0.46458283.6879
BRANNON0.46458236.2205
URWIN0.46458192.3077
CASS0.46458184.6154
HETHERINGTON0.46458173.3102
KNAGGS0.46458169.4915
REDHEAD0.46458160.6426
ROWELL0.46458150.0000
COCKBURN0.46458136.9863
HOGARTH0.46458132.4503
RAWSON0.46458120.0000
LIDDLE0.46458111.1111
JACKS0.4645896.1538
TATE0.4645890.3955
BRADFORD0.4645889.5857
HARRIMAN0.4645884.7458
BLACKBURN0.4645881.0654
GREY0.4645880.5639
DAVISON0.4645873.3048
NESBIT0.4645870.9220
CAIRNS0.4645870.6357
LOGAN0.4645864.4567
IRVING0.4645858.8235
COXON0.4645857.1429
CREIGHTON0.4645855.2486
POTTS0.4645852.3218
MUDD0.4645851.8135
RIDLEY0.4645845.1977
DODDS0.4645841.4938
MURRY0.4645841.3223
FORSTER0.4645839.9467
MAUGHAN0.4645839.0625
CHARLTON0.4645838.1098
ROBSON0.4645836.4964
BLAKE0.4645831.5600
NICHOLSON0.4645830.7314
CARR0.4645827.2315
THORNTON0.4645821.7108
BRUCE0.4645818.6480
GREENWOOD0.4645816.8681
HENDERSON0.4645816.0707

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 458 people called HARVER in West Denton 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 West Denton means that 5000.0000% of the people in West Denton on census day were called HARVER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARVER 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 HARVER 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 HARVER 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 HARVER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.46 in West Denton means that you are 0.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARVER in West Denton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Denton in 1881

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

AINSLEY (7)  ALLEN (4)  ANDERSON (1)  ARDLE (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BATEY (11)  BLACK (1)  BLAKE (7)  BLACKBURN (14)  BRADFORD (8)  BRANNON (3)  BRIGGS (1)  BROWN (4)  BRUCE (4)  CAIRNS (7)  CARR (9)  CASS (6)  KATING (7)  CHARLTON (5)  CHEEK (8)  CHIGNEL (1)  CLAVERING (1)  CLENNING (1)  COCKBURN (8)  COXON (2)  CREIGHTON (1)  DAGLISH (3)  DAVISON (12)  DAVIES (4)  DAVIS (1)  DIXON (2)  DODDS (4)  DODD (2)  ELLIOTT (6)  FORSTER (6)  JARROW (4)  GRAY (3)  GREY (8)  GREENWOOD (6)  HARRIMAN (1)  HARVER (3)  HENDERSON (8)  HETHERINGTON (10)  HILLARBY (1)  HOGARTH (4)  IRVING (6)  URWIN (4)  JACKS (1)  JACKSON (2)  JOBLING (1)  JOPLING (3)  JOPLIN (8)  KIRSOPP (4)  KNAGGS (2)  LIDDLE (6)  LOGAN (7)  MARTIN (4)  MASON (6)  MAUGHAN (1)  MC COURT (2)  SCULLY (4)  MOOR (1)  MORRISON (1)  MUDD (1)  MURPHY (2)  MURRY (1)  MURAS (2)  NAVEY (6)  NICHOLSON (10)  NESBIT (1)  OLIPHANTS (5)  O MALLEY (7)  OSTLE (4)  PARKER (11)  POTTS (8)  RAWSON (6)  REDHEAD (4)  REED (1)  RIDLEY (4)  ROBSON (11)  ROWELL (6)  SCOTT (2)  SIMPSON (6)  SMITH (15)  SPOOR (2)  STEWART (5)  SUMMERLEE (1)  TATE (8)  TAYLOR (8)  THOMPSON (11)  THORNTON (5)  TULIP (17)  TUNSTAL (7)  TURNBULL (1)  WILSON (6) 

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