Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lanton, Northumberland

Lanton 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
AINSLIE1014.70595,555.56
CURRY811.7647824.74
ROBSON710.2941156.25
MARK710.29412,058.82
HARBOTTLE57.35293,846.15
HALL45.882419.99
BLACK34.411868.18
HUME34.4118312.50
FORD34.411845.32
WINTER34.4118124.48
SMITH22.94122.08
ELLIOT22.9412115.61
RUTHERFORD11.470660.24
JACKSON11.47065.26
DAVIDSON11.470617.48
TURNBULL11.470634.84
DAGG11.47061,250.00
BICKERTON11.4706357.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AINSLIE0.07685555.5556
HARBOTTLE0.07683846.1538
MARK0.07682058.8235
DAGG0.07681250.0000
CURRY0.0768824.7423
BICKERTON0.0768357.1429
HUME0.0768312.5000
ROBSON0.0768156.2500
WINTER0.0768124.4813
ELLIOT0.0768115.6069
BLACK0.076868.1818
RUTHERFORD0.076860.2410
FORD0.076845.3172
TURNBULL0.076834.8432
HALL0.076819.9900
DAVIDSON0.076817.4825
JACKSON0.07685.2632
SMITH0.07682.0831

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 68 people called AINSLIE in Lanton 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 5555.5556 in Lanton means that 5555.5556% of the people in Lanton on census day were called AINSLIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AINSLIE 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 AINSLIE 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 AINSLIE 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 AINSLIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Lanton means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AINSLIE in Lanton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lanton in 1881

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

AINSLIE (10)  BICKERTON (1)  BLACK (3)  CURRY (8)  DAGG (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  ELLIOT (2)  FALKENDER (1)  FORD (3)  HALL (4)  HARBOTTLE (5)  HUNE (3)  HUGGAN (1)  HUME (3)  JACKSON (1)  MARK (7)  ROBSON (7)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SMITH (2)  TURNBULL (1)  WINTER (3)