Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mitford, Northumberland

Mitford 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
WATERSTON167.07964,848.48
JACKSON146.194722.17
BROWN114.86737.38
DIXON114.867344.43
ADAMS104.424830.03
MOOR83.5398252.37
ALDER83.5398496.89
BALDWIN73.097372.61
SIMPSON62.654915.18
RENTON62.6549431.65
SHAW62.654914.45
MARSHALL62.654915.83
DAVIES52.21244.35
BRUCE52.212447.21
GREEN52.21247.86
CASTLES41.76992,857.14
ROBSON41.769926.90
APPLETON41.7699112.99
TAIT41.769960.15
ARMSTRONG31.327417.36
MITCHELL31.32746.54
COOK31.32746.68
BLAIR31.327451.19
DODDS31.327463.03
KERSHAW31.327441.15
HOGG31.327436.76
WALLACE31.327419.38
HALLIDAY20.885042.83
MARTIN20.88503.59
LEES20.885019.96
THOMPSON20.88502.95
CLARK20.88502.94
MOLE20.8850114.29
PULLING10.4425270.27
JOBSON10.442575.19
TAYLOR10.44250.69
NICHOL10.442541.15
HOOPER10.442510.45
LOVELL10.442521.14
WHITTLE10.442520.33
DOUGLAS10.44259.13
RICHARDSON10.44252.60
BEALE10.442534.84
LATTY10.44251,250.00
TWEEDY10.4425217.39
PERCY10.442547.39
TATE10.442522.94
HOLCROFT10.4425204.08
SHEPHERD10.44256.04
WRIGHT10.44251.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WATERSTON0.232264848.4848
CASTLES0.232262857.1429
LATTY0.232261250.0000
ALDER0.23226496.8944
RENTON0.23226431.6547
PULLING0.23226270.2703
MOOR0.23226252.3659
TWEEDY0.23226217.3913
HOLCROFT0.23226204.0816
MOLE0.23226114.2857
APPLETON0.23226112.9944
FAIRLEY0.2322690.0901
JOBSON0.2322675.1880
BALDWIN0.2322672.6141
DODDS0.2322663.0252
HUNTLEY0.2322662.8931
TAIT0.2322660.1504
RIDDLE0.2322653.1915
DENNY0.2322652.6316
BLAIR0.2322651.1945
PERCY0.2322647.3934
BRUCE0.2322647.2144
DIXON0.2322644.4265
HALLIDAY0.2322642.8266
NICHOL0.2322641.1523
KERSHAW0.2322641.1523
HOGG0.2322636.7647
BEALE0.2322634.8432
ADAMS0.2322630.0300
ROBSON0.2322626.8998
BROWNE0.2322624.1546
TATE0.2322622.9358
JACKSON0.2322622.1659
LOVELL0.2322621.1416
WHITTLE0.2322620.3252
LEES0.2322619.9601
WALLACE0.2322619.3798
ARMSTRONG0.2322617.3611
MARSHALL0.2322615.8270
SIMPSON0.2322615.1783
SHAW0.2322614.4543
HOOPER0.2322610.4493
DOBSON0.2322610.0301
DOUGLAS0.232269.1324
GREEN0.232267.8567
BROWN0.232267.3835
COOK0.232266.6830
MITCHELL0.232266.5431
SHEPHERD0.232266.0386
DAVIES0.232264.3497

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 226 people called WATERSTON in Mitford 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 4848.4848 in Mitford means that 4848.4848% of the people in Mitford on census day were called WATERSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WATERSTON 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 WATERSTON 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 WATERSTON 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 WATERSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Mitford means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WATERSTON in Mitford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mitford in 1881

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

ADAMS (10)  ALDER (8)  APPLETON (4)  ARKLE (1)  ARMSTRONG (3)  BALDWIN (7)  BALMBRO (1)  BEALE (1)  BELL (1)  BLAIR (3)  BROWN (11)  BROWNE (1)  BRUCE (5)  CAISLEY (1)  CASTLES (4)  CLARK (2)  COOK (3)  DAVIES (5)  DENNY (1)  DIXON (11)  DOBSON (1)  DODDS (3)  DOUGLAS (1)  FAIRLEY (1)  GEGGIE (1)  GILHOME (1)  GREEN (5)  HALLIDAY (2)  HEPPLE (10)  HOGG (3)  HOLCROFT (1)  HOOPER (1)  HUNTLEY (1)  JACKSON (14)  JOBSON (1)  KERSHAW (3)  LATTY (1)  LEE (1)  LEES (2)  LOVELL (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MARTIN (2)  MIDDLEMIS (1)  MITCHELL (3)  OSBALDESTON MITFORD (4)  MOOR (8)  MOLE (2)  NICHOL (1)  PALMER (1)  PERCY (1)  PULLING (1)  RAFFLE (1)  RENTON (6)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDDLE (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (4)  SHAW (6)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHERRING (1)  SIMPSON (6)  TAIT (4)  TATE (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (2)  TWEEDY (1)  WALLACE (3)  WATERSTON (16)  WHITTLE (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WRIGHT (1)