Top surnames from the 1881 census in Branxton, Northumberland

Branxton 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
PATTERSON229.9548285.34
EWART135.88241,048.39
SCOTT104.524917.88
DODDS104.5249215.05
BLYTH94.0724258.62
MOFFATT83.6199563.38
AINSLEY83.61991,290.32
HARDY83.619960.42
BEST73.1674117.45
WILSON73.16746.90
BELL73.167416.86
MELROSE62.7149697.67
MATTHEWSON62.71491,875.00
MARSHALL62.714916.19
RANKIN52.2624152.44
CLOUGH52.2624101.42
MIDDLEMISS52.2624961.54
LOWRIE41.8100526.32
BLYTHE31.3575178.57
ROGERSON31.3575110.29
HOPPER31.357594.94
BAYLIFF31.35752,307.69
THOMPSON20.90503.02
HALL20.90503.08
ROCHESTER20.9050344.83
GRAY20.90506.34
FIFE20.9050338.98
WAUGH20.905066.45
MOODY20.905034.66
ROGERS20.90506.97
JAMESON20.905081.63
FOSTER10.45253.38
HUMPHREY10.452516.98
OLIVER10.45256.34
HAY10.452512.35
STEWART10.45252.89
MOFFAT10.452525.00
JOHNSTON10.45255.61
PATRICK10.452522.73
SMITH10.45250.32
GARDINER10.452515.75
PIERCY10.4525126.58
BROWN10.45250.69
PAGAN10.4525294.12
HOPE10.452513.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAYLIFF0.222212307.6923
MATTHEWSON0.222211875.0000
AINSLEY0.222211290.3226
EWART0.222211048.3871
MIDDLEMISS0.22221961.5385
MELROSE0.22221697.6744
MOFFATT0.22221563.3803
LOWRIE0.22221526.3158
ROCHESTER0.22221344.8276
FIFE0.22221338.9831
PAGAN0.22221294.1176
PATTERSON0.22221285.3437
BLYTH0.22221258.6207
DODDS0.22221215.0538
BLYTHE0.22221178.5714
RANKIN0.22221152.4390
PIERCY0.22221126.5823
BEST0.22221117.4497
ROGERSON0.22221110.2941
CLOUGH0.22221101.4199
HOPPER0.2222194.9367
JAMESON0.2222181.6327
WAUGH0.2222166.4452
HARDY0.2222160.4230
MOODY0.2222134.6620
MOFFAT0.2222125.0000
PATRICK0.2222122.7273
SCOTT0.2222117.8827
HUMPHREY0.2222116.9779
BELL0.2222116.8553
MARSHALL0.2222116.1856
GARDINER0.2222115.7480
HOPE0.2222113.2979
HAY0.2222112.3457
ROGERS0.222216.9711
WILSON0.222216.8966
OLIVER0.222216.3412
GRAY0.222216.3391
JOHNSTON0.222215.6085
FOSTER0.222213.3841
HALL0.222213.0760
THOMPSON0.222213.0211
STEWART0.222212.8918
BROWN0.222210.6864
SMITH0.222210.3205

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 221 people called BAYLIFF in Branxton 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 2307.6923 in Branxton means that 2307.6923% of the people in Branxton on census day were called BAYLIFF.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAYLIFF 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 BAYLIFF 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 BAYLIFF 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 BAYLIFF here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Branxton means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAYLIFF in Branxton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Branxton in 1881

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

AINSLEY (8)  BAYLIFF (3)  BELL (7)  BEST (7)  BLYTH (9)  BLYTHE (3)  BROWN (1)  CLOUGH (5)  DODDS (10)  DUNS (5)  EDWISON (2)  EWART (13)  FAIRMINGTON (12)  FOSTER (1)  FIFE (2)  GARDINER (1)  GRAY (2)  HALL (2)  HARDY (8)  HAY (1)  HEPPLE (4)  HOOPE (1)  HOPPER (3)  HOPE (1)  HUMPHREY (1)  JAMESON (2)  JOHNSTON (1)  LOWRIE (4)  MARSHALL (6)  MATTHEWSON (6)  MAVIN (5)  MELROSE (6)  MIDDLEMISS (5)  MOFFATT (8)  MOFFAT (1)  MOODY (2)  OLIVER (1)  PAGAN (1)  PATTERSON (22)  PATRICK (1)  PIERCY (1)  POLWORTH (2)  RANKIN (5)  ROCHESTER (2)  ROGERS (2)  ROGERSON (3)  SCOTT (10)  SMITH (1)  STEWART (1)  THOMPSON (2)  WAUGH (2)  WILSON (7)