Top surnames from the 1881 census in Howick, Northumberland

Howick 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
ROBISON206.43092,898.55
TURNER154.823217.33
DIXON103.215429.35
AINSLIE92.89391,097.56
REID92.893927.55
RICHARDSON92.893917.00
WHITTLE82.5723117.99
MACDONALD82.572364.83
TURNBULL72.250853.39
BROWN72.25083.41
DOWNEY72.2508318.18
THOMPSON72.25087.51
CHAMBERS72.250839.57
JEFFERSON72.2508207.10
DOUGLAS61.929339.81
INGLIS61.9293115.61
WATSON61.92938.32
NESBIT61.9293625.00
BLYTH61.9293122.45
RUSSELL61.929315.81
FOREMAN61.9293147.42
HENDERSON51.607714.79
HUDSON51.607719.64
ELLIOTT51.607718.95
CHRISP51.60771,515.15
GREAVES41.286243.86
GOODFELLOW41.2862145.45
BOWEY41.28621,212.12
DOUGLASS41.2862202.02
DICKSON41.286234.72
CLARKE30.96464.76
HUTCHINSON30.964616.98
FERGUSON30.964613.61
DARLING30.9646100.67
HEATLY20.64311,333.33
TAIT20.643121.83
OLIVER20.64319.01
BICKERTON20.6431153.85
LLOYD20.64315.51
DAVIDSON20.64317.65
CLARK20.64312.14
ANDERSON20.64313.26
KER20.6431307.69
BUCKNELL20.6431253.16
BOWLER20.643152.63
BARR10.321513.30
KNOWLES10.32156.02
CARR10.32154.46
DICKIE10.321540.98
KENNEDY10.32155.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROBISON0.313112898.5507
CORNET0.313111666.6667
CHRISP0.313111515.1515
HEATLY0.313111333.3333
BOWEY0.313111212.1212
AINSLIE0.313111097.5610
ANDRESS0.31311909.0909
NESBIT0.31311625.0000
DOWNEY0.31311318.1818
KER0.31311307.6923
BUCKNELL0.31311253.1646
JEFFERSON0.31311207.1006
DOUGLASS0.31311202.0202
STRAUGHAN0.31311192.3077
STRAKER0.31311178.5714
BICKERTON0.31311153.8462
BASTON0.31311151.5152
FOREMAN0.31311147.4201
GOODFELLOW0.31311145.4545
BLYTH0.31311122.4490
WHITTLE0.31311117.9941
INGLIS0.31311115.6069
DARLING0.31311100.6711
MACDONALD0.3131164.8298
TURNBULL0.3131153.3944
BOWLER0.3131152.6316
STOKER0.3131147.3934
GREAVES0.3131143.8596
COXON0.3131142.0168
DICKIE0.3131140.9836
CHILTON0.3131140.0000
DOUGLAS0.3131139.8142
CHAMBERS0.3131139.5704
DICKSON0.3131134.7222
DIXON0.3131129.3513
REID0.3131127.5482
CUTLER0.3131125.8398
MILTON0.3131123.3100
TAIT0.3131121.8341
PRINGLE0.3131120.4082
HUDSON0.3131119.6386
ELLIOTT0.3131118.9466
TURNER0.3131117.3270
RICHARDSON0.3131117.0004
HUTCHINSON0.3131116.9779
RUSSELL0.3131115.8061
FINDLAY0.3131115.5280
LEONARD0.3131114.8368
GREY0.3131114.8368
HENDERSON0.3131114.7929

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 311 people called ROBISON in Howick 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 2898.5507 in Howick means that 2898.5507% of the people in Howick on census day were called ROBISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROBISON 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 ROBISON 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 ROBISON 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 ROBISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Howick means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROBISON in Howick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Howick in 1881

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

AINSLIE (9)  ANDERSON (2)  ANDRESS (1)  ARRIES (1)  BARR (1)  BASTING (1)  BASTON (1)  BICKERTON (2)  BLAIR (1)  BLYTH (6)  BOWEY (4)  BOWLER (2)  BRIGGS (1)  BROWN (7)  BREWIS (5)  BUCKNELL (2)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARR (1)  CASSY (3)  CHAMBERS (7)  CHILTON (1)  CHIRNSIDE (3)  CLARKE (3)  CLARK (2)  CORNET (1)  COXON (1)  CHRISP (5)  CUTLER (1)  DARLING (3)  DAVIDSON (2)  DICKIE (1)  DIXON (10)  DICKSON (4)  DOUGLAS (6)  DOUGLASS (4)  DOWNEY (7)  ELLIOTT (5)  FERGUSON (3)  FINDLAY (1)  FOREMAN (6)  GIBSON (1)  GOODFELLOW (4)  GRAHAM (1)  GREY (1)  GRAY (1)  GREAVES (4)  HALL (1)  HEATLY (2)  HENDERSON (5)  HOLLAND (1)  HUDSON (5)  HUTCHINSON (3)  INGLIS (6)  JEFFERSON (7)  JOHNSON (1)  KENNEDY (1)  KER (2)  KING (1)  KNOWLES (1)  MC LARSEN (1)  LEONARD (1)  LLOYD (2)  MASON (1)  MACDONALD (8)  MILLS (1)  MILTON (1)  NESBIT (6)  OLIVER (2)  PRINGLE (1)  RANDALL (1)  REID (9)  RICE (1)  RICHARDSON (9)  ROBISON (20)  RONALDSON (2)  RUSSELL (6)  SCOTT (1)  SHEEL (1)  SMART (1)  STEWART (1)  STOKER (1)  STRAKER (1)  STRAUGHAN (1)  TAIT (2)  THEIN (1)  THOMPSON (7)  TURNBULL (7)  TURNER (15)  WAKENSHAW (1)  WATSON (6)  WATT (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITTLE (8)  WILLIAMSON (1)  YOULL (7)