Top surnames from the 1881 census in Capheaton, Northumberland

Capheaton 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
MURRAY116.111149.28
HUDSON95.000061.06
DODDS84.4444211.08
BEATTIE73.8889181.82
ELLIOTT73.888945.84
FORSTER63.3333101.69
RUTHERFORD63.3333136.67
GREEN63.333311.84
REED63.333345.66
COULTHARD52.7778500.00
TURNER52.77789.98
COLLEY52.7778219.30
ARMSTRONG52.777836.34
WILSON52.77786.05
THOMPSON42.22227.42
MILBURN42.2222248.45
HARDWICK42.2222145.45
GALLON42.2222909.09
POTTS42.222266.56
MARTIN42.22229.02
DICKINSON42.222252.02
ROBINSON42.22226.97
IRVINE31.666775.57
ATKINSON31.666717.11
DIXON31.666715.21
CURRY31.6667116.28
DAVISON21.111131.10
SCOTT21.11114.39
GREY21.111151.28
WHITFIELD21.111155.71
TURNBULL21.111126.35
BURN21.111182.64
STOKER10.555681.97
ADAMS10.55563.77
ROCHESTER10.5556212.77
WILLIS10.555610.45
RIDLEY10.555628.74
CHARLTON10.555619.38
TELFER10.555692.59
MELROSE10.5556142.86
DAVIDSON10.55566.61
ROBSON10.55568.44
RICHARDSON10.55563.26
ELLIOT10.555621.79
STRAUGHAN10.5556333.33
HERDMAN10.5556222.22
WATSON10.55562.40
CODLING10.5556158.73
FAIRBAIRN10.555675.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GALLON0.18180909.0909
COULTHARD0.18180500.0000
STRAUGHAN0.18180333.3333
MILBURN0.18180248.4472
HERDMAN0.18180222.2222
COLLEY0.18180219.2982
ROCHESTER0.18180212.7660
DODDS0.18180211.0818
BEATTIE0.18180181.8182
CODLING0.18180158.7302
HARDWICK0.18180145.4545
MELROSE0.18180142.8571
RUTHERFORD0.18180136.6743
CURRY0.18180116.2791
FORSTER0.18180101.6949
TELFER0.1818092.5926
BURN0.1818082.6446
STOKER0.1818081.9672
IRVINE0.1818075.5668
FAIRBAIRN0.1818075.1880
POTTS0.1818066.5557
HUDSON0.1818061.0583
WHITFIELD0.1818055.7103
DICKINSON0.1818052.0156
GREY0.1818051.2821
MURRAY0.1818049.2832
ELLIOTT0.1818045.8415
REED0.1818045.6621
ARMSTRONG0.1818036.3372
DAVISON0.1818031.1042
RIDLEY0.1818028.7356
TURNBULL0.1818026.3505
ELLIOT0.1818021.7865
CHARLTON0.1818019.3798
ATKINSON0.1818017.1135
DIXON0.1818015.2130
GREEN0.1818011.8367
WILLIS0.1818010.4493
TURNER0.181809.9780
MARTIN0.181809.0212
ROBSON0.181808.4388
THOMPSON0.181807.4184
ROBINSON0.181806.9699
DAVIDSON0.181806.6094
WILSON0.181806.0481
SCOTT0.181804.3917
ADAMS0.181803.7693
RICHARDSON0.181803.2637
WATSON0.181802.3952

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 180 people called GALLON in Capheaton 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 909.0909 in Capheaton means that 909.0909% of the people in Capheaton on census day were called GALLON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GALLON 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 GALLON 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 GALLON 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 GALLON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Capheaton means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GALLON in Capheaton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Capheaton in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ANISLIE (1)  ARMSTRONG (5)  ATKINSON (3)  BEATTIE (7)  BURN (2)  CHARLTON (1)  CODLING (1)  COLLEY (5)  COULTHARD (5)  CURRY (3)  DAVISON (2)  DAVIDSON (1)  DICKINSON (4)  DIXON (3)  DODDS (8)  ELLIOTT (7)  ELLIOT (1)  FAIRBAIRN (1)  FORSTER (6)  GALLON (4)  GREY (2)  GREEN (6)  HARDWICK (4)  HEPPLE (2)  HERDMAN (1)  HUDSON (9)  IRVINE (3)  MARTIN (4)  MELROSE (1)  MILBURN (4)  MURRAY (11)  POTTS (4)  REED (6)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDLEY (1)  ROBINSON (4)  ROBSON (1)  ROCHESTER (1)  RUTHERFORD (6)  SCOTT (2)  STAPPARD (2)  STOKER (1)  STOKOE (1)  STRAUGHAN (1)  SWINBURNE (2)  TELFER (1)  THOMPSON (4)  TURNBULL (2)  TURNER (5)  WATSON (1)  WHITFIELD (2)  WILLIS (1)  WILSON (5)  WAITH (8)