Top surnames from the 1881 census in Felkington, Northumberland

Felkington 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
WILSON98.411218.32
WIGHTMAN98.41121,285.71
HARRISON87.476633.68
PALMER76.542155.51
NESBITT65.60752,068.97
CARR65.607577.72
FOGO65.607520,000.00
WALKINSHAW54.67294,166.67
BURTON54.672954.82
SMITH43.73832.65
HALL43.738312.71
PIERCY43.73831,052.63
BLAIN32.8037810.81
ARNOTT21.8692222.22
AGER10.9346238.10
MOFFAT10.934651.55
THOMPSON10.93463.12
AINSLEY10.9346333.33
DARLING10.934698.04
WHITTLE10.934642.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FOGO0.1110720000.0000
WALKINSHAW0.111074166.6667
NESBITT0.111072068.9655
WIGHTMAN0.111071285.7143
PIERCY0.111071052.6316
BLAIN0.11107810.8108
AINSLEY0.11107333.3333
AGER0.11107238.0952
ARNOTT0.11107222.2222
DARLING0.1110798.0392
CARR0.1110777.7202
PALMER0.1110755.5115
BURTON0.1110754.8246
MOFFAT0.1110751.5464
WHITTLE0.1110742.9185
HARRISON0.1110733.6842
WILSON0.1110718.3150
HALL0.1110712.7065
THOMPSON0.111073.1201
SMITH0.111072.6476

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 107 people called FOGO in Felkington 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 20000.0000 in Felkington means that 20000.0000% of the people in Felkington on census day were called FOGO.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FOGO 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 FOGO 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 FOGO 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 FOGO here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Felkington means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FOGO in Felkington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Felkington in 1881

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

AGER (1)  AINSLEY (1)  ARNOTT (2)  BLAIN (3)  BURTON (5)  CARR (6)  CLEUGH (7)  DARLING (1)  FOGO (6)  HALL (4)  HARRISON (8)  MERCELL (10)  MOFFAT (1)  NESBITT (6)  PALMER (7)  PIERCY (4)  SMITH (4)  SUTHRIAN (4)  THOMPSON (1)  TUNNAH (2)  WALKINSHAW (5)  WHITTLE (1)  WIGHTMAN (9)  WILSON (9)