Top surnames from the 1881 census in Melkridge, Northumberland

Melkridge 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
ARMSTRONG268.4967111.16
DIXON144.575241.77
TEASDALE123.9216463.32
HESLOP123.9216458.02
LOWES113.5948617.98
CARRICK113.5948500.00
NICHOLSON92.941241.40
WAUGH92.9412215.83
DODD82.614464.31
LIDDELL82.6144284.70
SHARP82.614431.37
GIBSON82.614421.54
WALTON72.287632.50
ATKINSON61.960820.13
CHARLTON61.960868.42
HARRISON61.96088.83
LEE61.960812.00
APPLEBY51.6340100.00
SCOTT51.63406.46
BATEY51.6340416.67
MAKEPEACE51.6340581.40
HUNTER51.634015.91
YEATS41.3072476.19
HERDMAN41.3072519.48
BROWN41.30721.98
ASKEW41.3072115.61
WEIR41.307250.25
USHER41.3072118.34
PLACE41.3072250.00
LITTLE30.980420.73
REAY30.9804112.78
WINTER30.980427.65
HEDLEY30.980495.85
RIDLEY30.980450.76
BELL30.98045.22
PIGG20.6536222.22
GARNER20.653620.68
PATTINSON20.653672.99
HOGG20.653618.10
HARDING20.65369.03
JAMESON20.653659.00
TEMPLE20.653649.75
REED20.65368.95
TURNBULL20.653615.50
ELLIOT20.653625.61
HUMBLE10.326868.97
DAVISON10.32689.14
SOWERBY10.326860.61
CRABTREE10.326816.23
WELTON10.326890.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LOWES0.31306617.9775
MAKEPEACE0.31306581.3953
HERDMAN0.31306519.4805
CARRICK0.31306500.0000
YEATS0.31306476.1905
TEASDALE0.31306463.3205
HESLOP0.31306458.0153
BATEY0.31306416.6667
LIDDELL0.31306284.6975
PLACE0.31306250.0000
PIGG0.31306222.2222
WAUGH0.31306215.8273
BLAYLOCK0.31306188.6792
USHER0.31306118.3432
ASKEW0.31306115.6069
REAY0.31306112.7820
ARMSTRONG0.31306111.1586
APPLEBY0.31306100.0000
HEDLEY0.3130695.8466
WELTON0.3130690.0901
BALMER0.3130686.2069
PATTINSON0.3130672.9927
HUMBLE0.3130668.9655
CHARLTON0.3130668.4151
DODD0.3130664.3087
SOWERBY0.3130660.6061
JAMESON0.3130658.9971
HARKNESS0.3130658.4795
RIDLEY0.3130650.7614
WEIR0.3130650.2513
TEMPLE0.3130649.7512
DIXON0.3130641.7661
NICHOLSON0.3130641.3983
CROWE0.3130632.7869
WALTON0.3130632.4977
SHARP0.3130631.3725
WINTER0.3130627.6498
ELLIOT0.3130625.6082
STRONG0.3130621.8818
GIBSON0.3130621.5401
LITTLE0.3130620.7326
GARNER0.3130620.6825
ATKINSON0.3130620.1342
HOGG0.3130618.0995
CRABTREE0.3130616.2338
HUNTER0.3130615.9134
TURNBULL0.3130615.5039
IRVING0.3130614.6628
LEE0.3130611.9976
FORSTER0.313069.9701

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 306 people called LOWES in Melkridge 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 617.9775 in Melkridge means that 617.9775% of the people in Melkridge on census day were called LOWES.

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

All the surnames recorded in Melkridge in 1881

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

APPLEBY (5)  ARMSTRONG (26)  ASKEW (4)  ATKINSON (6)  BALMER (1)  BARNFATHER (4)  BATEY (5)  BELL (3)  BLAYLOCK (1)  BROWELL (7)  BROWN (4)  CARRICK (11)  CHARLTON (6)  CRABTREE (1)  CROWE (1)  DAVISON (1)  DAVIS (1)  DIXON (14)  DODD (8)  ELLIOT (2)  FAIRLAMB (2)  FORSTER (1)  GARNER (2)  GIBSON (8)  HARDING (2)  HARKNESS (1)  HARRISON (6)  HEDLEY (3)  HEPPLE (6)  HERDMAN (4)  HESLOP (12)  HOGG (2)  HUDSPITH (8)  HUMBLE (1)  HUNTER (5)  IRVING (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMESON (2)  JOHNSTON (1)  LEE (6)  LIDDELL (8)  LITTLE (3)  LOWES (11)  MAKEPEACE (5)  NICHOLSON (9)  PARKER (1)  PATTINSON (2)  PIGG (2)  PLACE (4)  REAY (3)  REED (2)  RIDLEY (3)  SCOTT (5)  SHARP (8)  SMITH (1)  SOWERBY (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STRONG (1)  TEASDALE (12)  TEMPLE (2)  THOMPSON (1)  TURNBULL (2)  USHER (4)  WALTON (7)  WAUGH (9)  WEIR (4)  WELTON (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WINTER (3)  YEATS (4)  YOUNG (1)