Top surnames from the 1881 census in Budle, Northumberland

Budle 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
MOOR1215.38461,100.92
WALLACE810.2564149.81
GREY78.9744414.20
KEEN56.4103320.51
ELWOOD56.41033,571.43
CRAWFORD56.4103130.89
SANDERSON56.4103155.28
DAVEY45.1282124.61
TAIT33.8462130.43
BOWEY33.84623,750.00
ATCHISON11.28211,111.11
LYALL11.2821188.68
DONALDSON11.282145.05
QUIN11.2821119.05
LEE11.28217.84
FORD11.282113.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOWEY0.08783750.0000
ELWOOD0.08783571.4286
ATCHISON0.08781111.1111
MOOR0.08781100.9174
GREY0.0878414.2012
KEEN0.0878320.5128
LYALL0.0878188.6792
SANDERSON0.0878155.2795
WALLACE0.0878149.8127
CRAWFORD0.0878130.8901
TAIT0.0878130.4348
DAVEY0.0878124.6106
QUIN0.0878119.0476
DONALDSON0.087845.0450
FORD0.087813.1579
LEE0.08787.8431

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 78 people called BOWEY in Budle 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 3750.0000 in Budle means that 3750.0000% of the people in Budle on census day were called BOWEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOWEY 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 BOWEY 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 BOWEY 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 BOWEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Budle means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOWEY in Budle than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Budle in 1881

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

ATCHISON (1)  BOWEY (3)  CRAWFORD (5)  DAVEY (4)  DONALDSON (1)  ELWOOD (5)  FORD (1)  GREY (7)  KEEN (5)  LEE (1)  LYALL (1)  MOOR (12)  MOWITTS (3)  PIGDON (1)  QUIN (1)  SANDERSON (5)  STRUTHER (5)  TAIT (3)  TARBIT (5)  TARBITT (1)  WALLACE (8)