Top surnames from the 1881 census in Houghton Close House, Northumberland

Houghton Close House 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
MARCH116.3584591.40
MACKAY105.7803159.74
MARSHALL84.624327.57
BAXTER84.624377.59
GILLS74.04624,117.65
BELL74.046221.53
CLARK63.468211.54
DRYSDALE63.4682410.96
BRAY63.4682103.09
BLYTHE52.8902381.68
APPLEBY52.8902176.68
LAWS52.8902260.42
LOMAS42.3121125.00
JARDINE42.3121248.45
WILSON42.31215.03
MURRAY42.312118.65
SMITH42.31211.64
DIXON42.312121.11
LITTLE31.734136.67
ROBINSON31.73415.44
HUNTER31.734116.88
SIMPSON31.73419.91
TINKLER21.1561266.67
ROBSON21.156117.56
NOBLE21.156127.86
MASON21.15618.60
RAISBECK10.5780625.00
HUDSON10.57807.06
WOOD10.57801.81
NIXON10.578018.98
FAWCETT10.578029.85
STOKER10.578085.47
POTTS10.578017.33
HOGG10.578016.00
GIBBONS10.578017.99
TINDAL10.5780384.62
HALLIDAY10.578028.01
WATT10.578015.08
FENWICK10.578044.05
TAYLOR10.57800.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILLS0.171734117.6471
RAISBECK0.17173625.0000
MARCH0.17173591.3978
DRYSDALE0.17173410.9589
TINDAL0.17173384.6154
BLYTHE0.17173381.6794
TINKLER0.17173266.6667
LAWS0.17173260.4167
JARDINE0.17173248.4472
APPLEBY0.17173176.6784
MACKAY0.17173159.7444
LOMAS0.17173125.0000
BRAY0.17173103.0928
STOKER0.1717385.4701
BAXTER0.1717377.5946
FENWICK0.1717344.0529
LITTLE0.1717336.6748
FAWCETT0.1717329.8507
HALLIDAY0.1717328.0112
NOBLE0.1717327.8552
MARSHALL0.1717327.5672
BELL0.1717321.5318
DIXON0.1717321.1082
NIXON0.1717318.9753
MURRAY0.1717318.6480
GIBBONS0.1717317.9856
ROBSON0.1717317.5593
POTTS0.1717317.3310
HUNTER0.1717316.8824
HOGG0.1717316.0000
WATT0.1717315.0830
CLARK0.1717311.5385
SIMPSON0.171739.9141
MASON0.171738.5985
HUDSON0.171737.0621
ROBINSON0.171735.4387
WILSON0.171735.0340
WOOD0.171731.8142
SMITH0.171731.6375
TAYLOR0.171730.9039

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 173 people called GILLS in Houghton Close House 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 4117.6471 in Houghton Close House means that 4117.6471% of the people in Houghton Close House on census day were called GILLS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILLS 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 GILLS 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 GILLS 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 GILLS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Houghton Close House means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILLS in Houghton Close House than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Houghton Close House in 1881

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

AYNSLEY (1)  AIREY (10)  APPLEBY (5)  BAXTER (8)  BELL (7)  BLYTHE (5)  BRAY (6)  CLARK (6)  CRAGIE (3)  DIXON (4)  DRYSDALE (6)  FAWCETT (1)  FENWICK (1)  GIBBONS (1)  GILLS (7)  JARDINE (4)  HALLIDAY (1)  HANDISIDE (3)  HEPPLE (11)  HOGG (1)  HORNELL (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUNTER (3)  LAWS (5)  LITTLE (3)  LOMAS (4)  MARCH (11)  MARSHALL (8)  MASON (2)  MACKAY (10)  MURRAY (4)  NIXON (1)  NOBLE (2)  POTTS (1)  RAISBECK (1)  ROBINSON (3)  ROBSON (2)  SIMPSON (3)  SMITH (4)  STOKER (1)  SUMMERBELL (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TINDAL (1)  TINKLER (2)  WATT (1)  WELBE (1)  WILSON (4)  WOOD (1)