Top surnames from the 1881 census in Foxton Shotton, County Durham

Foxton Shotton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of County Durham

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
ROBINSON918.750058.82
HODGSON612.5000180.18
ROBSON510.4167158.23
NEWTON36.250081.52
LAWSON24.166770.67
MORRISON24.166753.05
FORSTER24.1667127.39
WRIGHT24.166712.99
BRADLEY12.083325.97
WEIGHT12.0833909.09
SHERWOOD12.0833163.93
WALL12.083359.52
TULLEY12.08331,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TULLEY0.05481000.0000
WEIGHT0.0548909.0909
HODGSON0.0548180.1802
SHERWOOD0.0548163.9344
ROBSON0.0548158.2278
FORSTER0.0548127.3885
NEWTON0.054881.5217
LAWSON0.054870.6714
WALL0.054859.5238
ROBINSON0.054858.8235
MORRISON0.054853.0504
BRADLEY0.054825.9740
WRIGHT0.054812.9870

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 48 people called TULLEY in Foxton Shotton 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 1000.0000 in Foxton Shotton means that 1000.0000% of the people in Foxton Shotton on census day were called TULLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TULLEY 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 TULLEY 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 TULLEY 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 TULLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Foxton Shotton means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TULLEY in Foxton Shotton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Foxton Shotton in 1881

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

BLENCH (1)  BRADLEY (1)  CLUAJEMAN (1)  FAIRWICK (1)  FORSTER (2)  HODGSON (6)  LAWSON (2)  MADDERSON (1)  MC LEAN (1)  MORRISON (2)  NEWTON (3)  NAISBETT (1)  ROBINSON (9)  ROBSON (5)  SHANN (5)  SHERWOOD (1)  SWINBANK (1)  TULLEY (1)  WALL (1)  WRIGHT (2)  WEIGHT (1)