Top surnames from the 1881 census in East Chevington, Northumberland

East Chevington 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
BELL432.973715.83
TAYLOR322.21303.46
SCOTT312.14388.47
YOUNG292.00559.34
DAVISON251.728948.37
HENDERSON241.659815.27
WILSON241.65983.61
RICHARDSON231.59069.34
TURNBULL231.590637.74
BROWN201.38312.10
SMITH181.24480.88
THOMPSON171.17573.92
CHARLTON171.175741.03
ROBERTSON161.10656.60
HEDLEY161.1065108.33
ROBINSON161.10653.47
BARNES140.96828.04
SHEPHERD140.968213.21
ALDERSON130.899064.81
HALL130.89903.06
HODGSON130.899012.97
STEVENS130.89908.61
RUTHERFORD130.899036.84
SIMPSON130.89905.14
KNOX120.829948.35
DUFF120.829946.64
MURRAY120.82996.69
PURVIS120.829985.78
JOHNSTON120.829910.28
SAMPLE120.8299528.63
LUKE110.760778.18
DYERS110.76073,548.39
ORD110.7607115.43
LAIDLER110.7607191.64
SHARP110.76079.13
BEVERLEY100.6916229.36
JOBSON100.6916117.65
KENDAL100.6916177.31
MOOR100.691649.36
WALKER100.69162.07
HARBOTTLE100.6916355.87
RIDLEY100.691635.78
SNOWBALL90.6224191.49
GOODFELLOW90.622470.42
LIGHTFOOT90.622444.73
LEE90.62243.81
WELLS90.62247.48
COOK90.62243.13
GRIFFITHS90.62243.80
PERCY90.622466.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DYERS1.451,4463548.3871
BROTHERSON1.451,4462777.7778
SAMPLE1.451,446528.6344
FOGO1.451,446512.8205
HARBOTTLE1.451,446355.8719
OMAN1.451,446348.8372
MABON1.451,446344.8276
SELFE1.451,446340.1361
LINSLEY1.451,446318.1818
STRAKER1.451,446304.1825
CHRISP1.451,446258.0645
GILLON1.451,446243.2432
BEVERLEY1.451,446229.3578
GASS1.451,446217.3913
LAIDLER1.451,446191.6376
SNOWBALL1.451,446191.4894
KENDAL1.451,446177.3050
SPEARS1.451,446145.3488
STOBBS1.451,446143.5407
WALKINSHAW1.451,446121.9512
JOBSON1.451,446117.6471
ORD1.451,446115.4250
HEDLEY1.451,446108.3277
NESBITT1.451,446100.7557
SAGER1.451,44696.1538
DRYDEN1.451,44691.7431
SAINT1.451,44690.4977
PATTEN1.451,44688.2029
PURVIS1.451,44685.7756
PURDY1.451,44684.8485
LUKE1.451,44678.1805
GOODFELLOW1.451,44670.4225
PERCY1.451,44666.7161
ALDERSON1.451,44664.8056
STOKER1.451,44661.1621
PAXTON1.451,44660.7112
ARCHBOLD1.451,44658.4795
SELF1.451,44658.4226
TRUEMAN1.451,44650.2513
MOOR1.451,44649.3583
DAVISON1.451,44648.3653
KNOX1.451,44648.3481
DUFF1.451,44646.6382
LIGHTFOOT1.451,44644.7316
OGG1.451,44643.2900
MACK1.451,44641.2655
CHARLTON1.451,44641.0331
SPINKS1.451,44640.9836
TURNBULL1.451,44637.7358
RUTHERFORD1.451,44636.8376

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,446 people called DYERS in East Chevington 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 3548.3871 in East Chevington means that 3548.3871% of the people in East Chevington on census day were called DYERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DYERS 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 DYERS 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 DYERS 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 DYERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.45 in East Chevington means that you are 1.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DYERS in East Chevington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in East Chevington in 1881

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

ALDERSON (13)  ANDERSON (2)  ANNETT (1)  ARCHBOLD (2)  ARMSTRONG (9)  BAILEY (5)  BARBER (2)  BARNES (14)  BARTRAM (1)  BELL (43)  BESFORD (5)  BEVERLEY (10)  BLAKEY (1)  BOLTON (5)  BOWMAN (1)  BRADLEY (8)  BROTHERSON (5)  BROWN (20)  BURN (6)  CAMPBELL (1)  CHARLTON (17)  CHIRNSIDE (2)  CLARK (1)  COALTERD (COLTERD) (2)  COALTRD (COLTERD) (6)  COATES (2)  O CONNOR (5)  CONORLEY (1)  COOK (9)  COOKE (1)  COLTERD (1)  COWAN (2)  COWELL (5)  CRAFORD (10)  CHRISP (4)  CULBERTON (1)  CULBERTSON (1)  DAVISON (25)  DICKINSON (3)  DICKENSON (1)  DIXON (2)  DONALDSON (4)  DOUGLAS (8)  DUGLASS (6)  DRYDEN (8)  DUFF (12)  DUGLOSS (1)  DUNN (8)  DYERS (11)  EDWARDS (8)  ELLIOTT (1)  ELRINGTON (7)  ELSTOB (3)  EMERY (8)  EVANS (1)  AYRE (1)  FAIRBAIRN (1)  FAIRBAIN (3)  FARREYTON (FERRINGTON) (4)  FEARLESS (3)  FENWICK (1)  FERREYTON (FERRINGTON) (4)  FERRINGTON (1)  FERRY (FERRINGTON) (2)  FINLAY (1)  FLANNAGAN (1)  FOGO (2)  FORSTER (7)  FRIM (6)  FRIER (1)  FIFE (1)  GALLON (1)  GARDNER (2)  GASS (5)  GEE (3)  GEITCH (6)  GIBSON (8)  MC GILL (8)  GILLON (9)  GOLFORD (12)  GOODFELLOW (9)  JORDAN (4)  GRAHAME (1)  GRAY (7)  GRIFFITHS (9)  HACKSON (1)  HALL (13)  HARBOTTLE (10)  HARRINSON (4)  HEDLEY (16)  HENDERSON (24)  HENRY (7)  HODGSON (13)  OGG (2)  HOPPER (1)  HUDSON (5)  HUNTER (5)  IRVING (1)  JACKSON (3)  JOBSON (10)  JOHNSON (8)  JOHNSTON (12)  KELLY (5)  KENDAL (10)  MC KENNA (3)  KICKABY (1)  KNOX (12)  LAIDLER (11)  LEE (9)  LIDDLE (2)  LIDDELL (4)  LIGHTFOOT (9)  LILLIE (1)  LILLIES (19)  LINSLEY (7)  LUKE (11)  MABON (6)  MAC ALPINE (1)  MALLEN (1)  MANN (5)  MARSH (8)  MARTIN (5)  MAVIN (6)  MAY (6)  MACK (6)  DONAL (4)  MC DONALD (1)  MACKENZIE (5)  MC LAREN (9)  MC CLOUD (5)  MILLS (4)  MOOR (10)  MURRAY (12)  NICHALL (5)  NESBITT (4)  NESBETT (8)  NOBLEY (2)  OLIVER (2)  OMAN (6)  ORD (11)  ORDE (1)  PAGE (4)  PARKER (3)  PATTERSON (2)  PATTINSON (1)  PATTEN (8)  PATRICK (6)  PAXTON (7)  PERCY (9)  PHILIPS (6)  POLLARD (4)  PRESTON (1)  PRIOR (1)  PROUDLOCK (1)  PURDY (7)  PURVIS (12)  RAMSAY (4)  REED (9)  RICHARDSON (23)  RIDLEY (10)  RIGBY (8)  ROBERTSON (16)  ROBINSON (16)  ROUTLEDGE (4)  RUSSELL (1)  RUTHERFORD (13)  RUTHFORD (9)  SAINT (4)  SAMPLE (12)  SANDERSON (6)  SCOTT (31)  SAGER (2)  SELF (6)  SELFE (5)  SHARP (11)  SHEPHERD (14)  SIMMONS (4)  SIMPSON (13)  SMAILES (3)  SMETHAM (6)  SMITH (18)  SNOWBALL (9)  SPEARS (5)  SPINKS (4)  SPOWART (9)  STEEL (2)  STEVENS (13)  STEVENSON (1)  STOKER (6)  STOONY (1)  STRAKER (8)  STRENGHAM (1)  STRONG (3)  STOBBS (6)  SUTHERLAND (7)  SWAILES (1)  SWAN (2)  TAIT (2)  TAYLOR (32)  TEASDALE (2)  TEMPLE (1)  TERNEUT (2)  THIRWELL (4)  THOMPSON (17)  TODD (1)  TOWARD (1)  TROBE (3)  TRUEMAN (5)  TURNBULL (23)  WALKER (10)  WALKINSHAW (2)  WALLACE (9)  WALLER (6)  WALTON (5)  WEIGHTMAN (2)  WELSH (7)  WELLS (9)  WHITE (1)  WHITTLE (8)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (24)  WOOD (6)  YOUNG (29)