Top surnames from the 1881 census in Farnham, Northumberland

Farnham 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
ELLIOTT1220.6897243.90
NICHOLSON1017.2414242.72
THORNTON712.0690239.73
HINDMARSH46.89661,739.13
COLVILLE35.17241,500.00
THOMPSON11.72415.75
RICHARDSON11.724110.13
TELFORD11.7241196.08
PATTISON11.7241108.70
STEPHENSON11.724130.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HINDMARSH0.06581739.1304
COLVILLE0.06581500.0000
ELLIOTT0.0658243.9024
NICHOLSON0.0658242.7184
THORNTON0.0658239.7260
TELFORD0.0658196.0784
PATTISON0.0658108.6957
STEPHENSON0.065830.1205
RICHARDSON0.065810.1317
THOMPSON0.06585.7537

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 58 people called HINDMARSH in Farnham 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 1739.1304 in Farnham means that 1739.1304% of the people in Farnham on census day were called HINDMARSH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HINDMARSH 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 HINDMARSH 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 HINDMARSH 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 HINDMARSH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Farnham means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HINDMARSH in Farnham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Farnham in 1881

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

BEITS (1)  BOLAM (1)  BOOTIMANT (5)  COLVILLE (3)  ELLIOTT (12)  FOGGON (9)  HINDMARSH (4)  NICHOLSON (10)  PATTISON (1)  PIGDON (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  TELFORD (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THORNTON (7)