Top surnames from the 1881 census in East Matfen, Northumberland

East Matfen 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
ROBSON1812.3288187.30
DODD117.5342185.19
ROWELL96.1644708.66
HARLE85.47952,424.24
ANGUS74.7945334.93
CHISHOLM64.1096283.02
MAIN64.1096251.05
PEARSON53.424729.48
SCOTT53.424713.54
WILKINSON42.739717.95
DOBSON42.739762.11
STEPHENSON42.739747.90
RILEY42.739734.63
TELFORD42.7397310.08
COXON42.7397357.14
BEST32.054876.34
ROCHESTER32.0548789.47
LAMBERT32.054837.64
SUMMERVILLE32.05483,333.33
POLLARD32.054856.39
RIDLEY21.369970.92
FORSTER21.369941.75
MILBURN21.3699153.85
DAVISON21.369938.31
LEE21.36998.38
GREGORY21.369919.53
ANDERSON10.68493.47
WALKER10.68492.05
OXLEY10.684949.02
RUTTER10.684945.05
LISHMAN10.6849333.33
BALLANTINE10.6849222.22
WHITFIELD10.684934.25
ENGLISH10.684936.36
THOMPSON10.68492.29
NIXON10.684922.47
MAUGHAN10.6849121.95
CHARLTON10.684923.92
WEDDELL10.6849400.00
NICHOLSON10.68499.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SUMMERVILLE0.151463333.3333
HARLE0.151462424.2424
ROCHESTER0.15146789.4737
ROWELL0.15146708.6614
WEDDELL0.15146400.0000
COXON0.15146357.1429
ANGUS0.15146334.9282
LISHMAN0.15146333.3333
TELFORD0.15146310.0775
CHISHOLM0.15146283.0189
MAIN0.15146251.0460
BALLANTINE0.15146222.2222
ROBSON0.15146187.3049
DODD0.15146185.1852
MILBURN0.15146153.8462
MAUGHAN0.15146121.9512
BEST0.1514676.3359
RIDLEY0.1514670.9220
DOBSON0.1514662.1118
POLLARD0.1514656.3910
OXLEY0.1514649.0196
STEPHENSON0.1514647.9042
RUTTER0.1514645.0450
FORSTER0.1514641.7537
DAVISON0.1514638.3142
LAMBERT0.1514637.6412
ENGLISH0.1514636.3636
RILEY0.1514634.6320
WHITFIELD0.1514634.2466
PEARSON0.1514629.4811
CHARLTON0.1514623.9234
NIXON0.1514622.4719
GREGORY0.1514619.5313
WILKINSON0.1514617.9533
SCOTT0.1514613.5355
NICHOLSON0.151469.6432
LEE0.151468.3822
ANDERSON0.151463.4674
THOMPSON0.151462.2862
WALKER0.151462.0458

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 146 people called SUMMERVILLE in East Matfen 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 3333.3333 in East Matfen means that 3333.3333% of the people in East Matfen on census day were called SUMMERVILLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SUMMERVILLE 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 SUMMERVILLE 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 SUMMERVILLE 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 SUMMERVILLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in East Matfen means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SUMMERVILLE in East Matfen than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in East Matfen in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  ANGUS (7)  BALLANTINE (1)  BEST (3)  CHARLTON (1)  CHISHOLM (6)  COXON (4)  DAVISON (2)  DOBSON (4)  DODD (11)  FORSTER (2)  GREGORY (2)  HARLE (8)  HINDHAUGH (1)  ENGLISH (1)  JOBLING (1)  LAMBERT (3)  LEE (2)  LISHMAN (1)  MAIN (6)  MAUGHAN (1)  MILBURN (2)  NICHOLSON (1)  NIXON (1)  OXLEY (1)  PEARSON (5)  POLLARD (3)  RIDLEY (2)  RILEY (4)  ROBSON (18)  ROCHESTER (3)  ROWELL (9)  RUTTER (1)  SCOTT (5)  SUMMERVILLE (3)  STEPHENSON (4)  TELFORD (4)  THOMPSON (1)  TWIZELL (4)  WALKER (1)  WEDDELL (1)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILKINSON (4)