Top surnames from the 1881 census in Craster, Northumberland

Craster 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
ARCHBOLD8036.199115,384.62
SIMPSON177.692343.98
DAWSON167.239865.68
GREY146.3348292.28
TAYLOR114.97747.78
COFFEY94.07241,343.28
STANTON83.6199181.41
PIERCY73.1674886.08
MOLE62.7149348.84
MORGAN62.714913.65
ALLISON41.810063.69
WILSON41.81003.94
HUDSON41.810022.11
SHIEL20.9050500.00
BURN10.452533.67
STRAKER10.4525250.00
MATHER10.452518.25
SPENCER10.45254.96
HUTCHINSON10.45257.97
ROBSON10.45256.88
FALLER10.45251,428.57
RAWLINS10.452577.52
BEAL10.452548.08
MASON10.45253.36
ROBINSON10.45251.42
DINNING10.4525204.08
CARR10.45256.27
MOFFAT10.452525.00
SPROTT10.4525526.32
LILLIE10.4525185.19
RIDDLE10.452554.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARCHBOLD0.2222115384.6154
FALLER0.222211428.5714
COFFEY0.222211343.2836
PIERCY0.22221886.0759
SPROTT0.22221526.3158
SHIEL0.22221500.0000
MOLE0.22221348.8372
GREY0.22221292.2756
STRAKER0.22221250.0000
DINNING0.22221204.0816
LILLIE0.22221185.1852
STANTON0.22221181.4059
RAWLINS0.2222177.5194
DAWSON0.2222165.6814
ALLISON0.2222163.6943
RIDDLE0.2222154.6448
BEAL0.2222148.0769
SIMPSON0.2222143.9845
BURN0.2222133.6700
MOFFAT0.2222125.0000
HUDSON0.2222122.1117
MATHER0.2222118.2482
MORGAN0.2222113.6519
HUTCHINSON0.222217.9681
TAYLOR0.222217.7832
ROBSON0.222216.8776
CARR0.222216.2696
SPENCER0.222214.9554
WILSON0.222213.9409
MASON0.222213.3647
ROBINSON0.222211.4190

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 221 people called ARCHBOLD in Craster 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 15384.6154 in Craster means that 15384.6154% of the people in Craster on census day were called ARCHBOLD.

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

All the surnames recorded in Craster in 1881

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

ALLISON (4)  ARCHBOLD (80)  ARKLEY (1)  BEAL (1)  BURN (1)  CARR (1)  CHAPE (2)  COFFEY (9)  CRASTER (5)  DAWSON (16)  DINNING (1)  FALLER (1)  GREY (14)  HUDSON (4)  HUTCHINSON (1)  LILLIE (1)  MASON (1)  MATHER (1)  MOFFAT (1)  MORGAN (6)  MOLE (6)  PIERCY (7)  RIDDLE (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (1)  RAWLINS (1)  SHIEL (2)  SIMPSON (17)  SMAILES (8)  SPENCER (1)  SPROTT (1)  STANTON (8)  STRAKER (1)  TAYLOR (11)  WILSON (4)