Top surnames from the 1881 census in Doxford, Northumberland

Doxford 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
LEWIN1010.00001,234.57
MILLAR99.0000246.58
PURDUE88.00008,000.00
STEVENSON88.0000113.96
CLARK77.000023.29
BIGGAR77.00005,000.00
BROWNE55.0000273.22
HENDERSON55.000046.00
LILLIE33.00001,250.00
HEDLEY33.0000294.12
LILBURN33.00004,285.71
PRINGLE33.0000189.87
MUNRO22.000044.84
REYNOLDS11.000011.55
BARR11.000041.32
NUTTER11.0000131.58
GIBSON11.00008.24
DIXON11.00009.12
WRIGHT11.00003.12
LAYCOCK11.000072.99
SIMPSON11.00005.72
HUMBLE11.0000212.77
DUNN11.000012.02
DICKINSON11.000023.42
WINTER11.000028.17
LAMBERT11.000018.32
BURRELL11.000076.92
RIDDELL11.0000119.05
HOLMES11.00008.21
BATCHELOR11.000058.82
GORDON11.000015.87
DOUGLAS11.000020.66
CLARKE11.00004.94
JONES11.00000.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PURDUE0.101008000.0000
BIGGAR0.101005000.0000
LILBURN0.101004285.7143
LILLIE0.101001250.0000
LEWIN0.101001234.5679
HEDLEY0.10100294.1176
BROWNE0.10100273.2240
MILLAR0.10100246.5753
HUMBLE0.10100212.7660
PRINGLE0.10100189.8734
NUTTER0.10100131.5789
RIDDELL0.10100119.0476
STEVENSON0.10100113.9601
BURRELL0.1010076.9231
LAYCOCK0.1010072.9927
BATCHELOR0.1010058.8235
HENDERSON0.1010045.9982
MUNRO0.1010044.8430
BARR0.1010041.3223
WINTER0.1010028.1690
DICKINSON0.1010023.4192
CLARK0.1010023.2868
DOUGLAS0.1010020.6612
LAMBERT0.1010018.3150
GORDON0.1010015.8730
DUNN0.1010012.0192
REYNOLDS0.1010011.5473
DIXON0.101009.1241
GIBSON0.101008.2372
HOLMES0.101008.2102
SIMPSON0.101005.7176
CLARKE0.101004.9358
WRIGHT0.101003.1172
JONES0.101000.8830

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 100 people called PURDUE in Doxford 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 8000.0000 in Doxford means that 8000.0000% of the people in Doxford on census day were called PURDUE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PURDUE 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 PURDUE 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 PURDUE 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 PURDUE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Doxford means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PURDUE in Doxford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Doxford in 1881

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

BARR (1)  BATCHELOR (1)  BIGGAR (7)  BOLAM (1)  BROWNE (5)  BURRELL (1)  CLARK (7)  CLARKE (1)  DICKINSON (1)  DIXON (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUNN (1)  GIBSON (1)  GORDON (1)  HEDLEY (3)  HENDERSON (5)  HOLMES (1)  HUMBLE (1)  JONES (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LAYCOCK (1)  LEWIN (10)  LILBURN (3)  LILLIE (3)  LONGSTAFFE (1)  MAVIN (1)  MAC DONNELL (1)  MILLAR (9)  MUNRO (2)  NUTTER (1)  PAWSON (2)  PRINGLE (3)  PURDUE (8)  REYNOLDS (1)  RIDDELL (1)  SIMPSON (1)  STEVENSON (8)  WINTER (1)  WRIGHT (1)