Top surnames from the 1881 census in Meldon, Northumberland

Meldon 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
SCOTT127.500029.64
RICHARDSON106.250036.71
REAY95.6250647.48
BELL85.000026.60
MASON74.375032.54
PRINGLE74.3750277.78
SHIELD63.7500821.92
COXON63.7500491.80
DIXON63.750034.23
COOKSON63.7500317.46
BRITTAIN53.1250403.23
DARLING53.1250326.80
HEAP53.1250184.50
ATKINSON42.500025.67
ROBINSON42.50007.84
EVERS42.50001,538.46
THEW42.50001,904.76
COPLAND42.5000444.44
CROZIER42.5000533.33
THOMPSON21.25004.17
CODLING21.2500357.14
DAVISON21.250034.97
ROGERS21.25009.63
DENT10.625032.79
JACKSON10.62502.24
GOSLING10.625039.84
YOUNG10.62502.91
NOBLE10.625015.06
LATTIMER10.6250454.55
HOWEY10.6250384.62
CUTHBERT10.625043.48
RIDLEY10.625032.36
FLACK10.625088.50
EVANS10.62501.43
WAILES10.6250666.67
BRYCE10.625062.50
MOOR10.625044.64
DINNING10.6250277.78
SNOWBALL10.6250192.31
BAILE10.62503,333.33
KELLY10.62505.71
DAVIS10.62502.84
FARRER10.625094.34
PATTERSON10.625017.92
ENGLISH10.625033.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAILE0.161603333.3333
THEW0.161601904.7619
EVERS0.161601538.4615
SHIELD0.16160821.9178
WAILES0.16160666.6667
REAY0.16160647.4820
CROZIER0.16160533.3333
COXON0.16160491.8033
LATTIMER0.16160454.5455
COPLAND0.16160444.4444
BRITTAIN0.16160403.2258
HOWEY0.16160384.6154
CODLING0.16160357.1429
DARLING0.16160326.7974
COOKSON0.16160317.4603
DINNING0.16160277.7778
PRINGLE0.16160277.7778
SNOWBALL0.16160192.3077
HEAP0.16160184.5018
FARRER0.1616094.3396
FLACK0.1616088.4956
BRYCE0.1616062.5000
MOOR0.1616044.6429
CUTHBERT0.1616043.4783
GOSLING0.1616039.8406
RICHARDSON0.1616036.7107
DAVISON0.1616034.9650
DIXON0.1616034.2270
ENGLISH0.1616033.2226
DENT0.1616032.7869
MASON0.1616032.5430
RIDLEY0.1616032.3625
SCOTT0.1616029.6443
BELL0.1616026.6046
ATKINSON0.1616025.6739
PATTERSON0.1616017.9211
NOBLE0.1616015.0602
ROGERS0.161609.6293
ROBINSON0.161607.8401
KELLY0.161605.7078
THOMPSON0.161604.1728
YOUNG0.161602.9095
DAVIS0.161602.8441
JACKSON0.161602.2366
EVANS0.161601.4302

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 160 people called BAILE in Meldon 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 3333.3333 in Meldon means that 3333.3333% of the people in Meldon on census day were called BAILE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAILE 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 BAILE 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 BAILE 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 BAILE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Meldon means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAILE in Meldon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Meldon in 1881

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

ATKINSON (4)  BAILE (1)  BELL (8)  BRITTAIN (5)  BRYCE (1)  CODLING (2)  COOKSON (6)  COPLAND (4)  COXON (6)  CROZIER (4)  CUTHBERT (1)  DARLING (5)  DAVISON (2)  DAVIS (1)  DINNING (1)  DENT (1)  DIXON (6)  EAMENS (8)  EVANS (1)  EVERS (4)  FARRER (1)  FLACK (1)  MC GILL (1)  GOSLING (1)  HAWTHORSON (1)  HEAP (5)  HOWEY (1)  ENGLISH (1)  JACKSON (1)  KELLY (1)  LATTIMER (1)  MASON (7)  MAUDAY (1)  MC ALLISTER (1)  CULLAM (1)  MOOR (1)  MORTIMEIR (1)  NOBLE (1)  PATTERSON (1)  PRINGLE (7)  REAY (9)  RICHARDSON (10)  RIDLEY (1)  ROBINSON (4)  ROGERS (2)  SCOTT (12)  SHIELD (6)  SNOWBALL (1)  THEW (4)  THOMPSON (2)  WAILES (1)  YOUNG (1)