Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newburn, Northumberland

Newburn 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
BROWN393.14014.76
SMITH312.49601.77
FORSTER302.415573.66
JOBSON241.9324328.77
WILSON231.85194.03
MUSGROVE221.7713366.67
LIDDLE221.7713150.38
WALKER201.61034.81
NIXON201.610352.85
TAYLOR191.52982.39
SMILES181.4493697.67
ROBSON181.449322.02
BATES181.449322.78
WATERS181.449336.07
RUTTER181.449395.14
WHITE171.36884.26
HALL171.36884.65
HULL171.368865.49
CLARK161.28824.29
NEWTON151.207715.76
WATT151.207731.49
CALLENDER141.1272555.56
KIRTON131.0467229.28
POTTER131.046716.14
GRAY131.04677.33
HUNTER131.046710.19
ROWELL120.9662110.60
SCOTT120.96623.82
WATSON110.88573.82
LEDGER110.8857129.56
OLIVER110.885712.42
JONS110.88573,333.33
DODDS110.885742.08
BELL110.88574.71
HENDERSON100.80527.41
HUMBLE100.8052169.78
NICHOLSON100.805211.33
STEWART100.80525.15
ENGLISH100.805242.83
MORRIS90.72463.26
MUSE90.72461,200.00
URWIN80.6441141.59
NELSON80.644113.30
CHAPMAN80.64414.54
ATKINSON80.64416.61
DONALDSON70.563619.76
WOODLAND70.5636111.11
BLAKEY70.563670.28
HOPE70.563616.56
PARKER70.56362.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROLSON1.241,2423636.3636
JONS1.241,2423333.3333
HADDICK1.241,2423333.3333
MORR1.241,2423333.3333
MOSGROVE1.241,2422666.6667
MUSE1.241,2421200.0000
FIX1.241,2421176.4706
SMILES1.241,242697.6744
CALLENDER1.241,242555.5556
MUSGROVE1.241,242366.6667
JOBSON1.241,242328.7671
KIRTON1.241,242229.2769
HUMBLE1.241,242169.7793
GAIR1.241,242151.9757
LIDDLE1.241,242150.3759
URWIN1.241,242141.5929
LEDGER1.241,242129.5642
SUCH1.241,242111.5242
WOODLAND1.241,242111.1111
ROWELL1.241,242110.5991
RUTTER1.241,24295.1374
JUDE1.241,24287.3362
MAUGHAN1.241,24286.5801
MESSER1.241,24282.4176
FORSTER1.241,24273.6558
SPARK1.241,24273.2601
STOKER1.241,24271.1744
BLAKEY1.241,24270.2811
HULL1.241,24265.4854
PHILIPSON1.241,24257.6369
SNOWDEN1.241,24254.2495
NIXON1.241,24252.8541
CARTLEDGE1.241,24247.8469
CRABB1.241,24246.5477
PHILLIPSON1.241,24243.3839
ENGLISH1.241,24242.8266
COPELAND1.241,24242.5532
DODDS1.241,24242.0811
HINDMARSH1.241,24240.0802
DEMPSEY1.241,24238.5109
FENWICK1.241,24236.8777
WATERS1.241,24236.0721
CORK1.241,24232.5733
WATT1.241,24231.4928
CHILTON1.241,24230.0601
NICHOL1.241,24229.9177
AYRE1.241,24228.8184
BARRON1.241,24226.0010
WAUGH1.241,24223.6267
TOPPING1.241,24223.3918

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,242 people called ROLSON in Newburn 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 3636.3636 in Newburn means that 3636.3636% of the people in Newburn on census day were called ROLSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROLSON 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 ROLSON 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 ROLSON 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 ROLSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.24 in Newburn means that you are 1.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROLSON in Newburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newburn in 1881

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

ALLAN (4)  AMOS (4)  ANDERSON (4)  ARMSTRONG (4)  AITMAN (4)  ATKINSON (8)  AUSTIN (1)  BALMBRA (3)  BARRON (5)  BATES (18)  BAYCROFT (3)  BELL (11)  BIGGENS (16)  BLACKBURN (3)  BLAKEY (7)  BOTTER (3)  BOWER (1)  BROWELL (6)  BROWN (39)  BUCK (4)  CALLENDER (14)  CARR (1)  CARTLEDGE (3)  CHAMBUS (5)  CHAPMAN (8)  CHICKEN (5)  CHILTON (3)  CLARK (16)  COCKBURN (3)  CODLING (1)  COOK (2)  COPELAND (5)  CORK (3)  CAWTON (1)  COUSINS (1)  COX (5)  CRABB (6)  CUMBERLEGE (6)  CURRIE (4)  CURRY (1)  DAFF (1)  DANCE (2)  DAVISON (2)  DAWSON (6)  DEMPSEY (3)  DOBSON (2)  DODDS (11)  DODD (4)  DODGSON (1)  DONALDSON (7)  DONNELLY (1)  DONNISON (7)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUCKHAM (4)  DUNN (5)  ELLIOTT (6)  ELLIOT (3)  EMMERSON (1)  AYRE (2)  FEENEY (1)  FENWICK (6)  FIX (2)  FORSTER (30)  FORSYTH (2)  FULLERTON (1)  GAIR (5)  GARDINER (3)  GIBSON (5)  GLENDINNING (5)  JORDAN (1)  MC GOWINS (8)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAY (13)  GRIFFITH (1)  GUEST (1)  GUNN (3)  GUY (5)  HADDICK (7)  HALL (17)  HARROGATE (1)  HARRISON (5)  HASTINGS (2)  HEDDON (1)  HEDLEY (2)  HENDERSON (10)  HEWITSON (4)  HINDMARSH (2)  HINDMARCH (1)  OGG (1)  HOPE (7)  HUGHES (2)  HULL (17)  HUMBLE (10)  HUNTER (13)  HUTCHINSON (1)  ENGLISH (10)  URWIN (8)  JACKSON (6)  JAMMINS (1)  JENKINS (1)  JENNINGS (2)  JEWITT (1)  JOBSON (24)  JONS (11)  JUDE (2)  KING (1)  KIRTON (13)  LAIDLER (1)  LAMBERT (2)  LAYBOURN (6)  LAYBOURNE (2)  LEDGER (11)  LEIGTON (2)  LIDDLE (22)  LIDGER (1)  LOWES (1)  MALLABURN (6)  MARSHALL (2)  MARTIN (3)  MASON (4)  MAUGHAN (6)  MC GURK (6)  MESSER (3)  MILLETT (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MITFORD (5)  MORR (2)  MORRIS (9)  MOSGROVE (4)  MOSES (1)  MOULD (1)  MURRAY (4)  MUSE (9)  MUSGROVE (22)  MYERS (1)  NELSON (8)  NEWTON (15)  NICHOL (4)  NICHOLSON (10)  NIXON (20)  OLIVER (11)  OSGUTHORPE (1)  OUTERSIDE (6)  PARDIN (1)  PARK (1)  PARKER (7)  PATTERSON (6)  PEARSON (1)  PURKIS (5)  PHILIPSON (2)  PHILLIPSON (2)  PIGDON (11)  POPE (7)  POTTER (13)  POTTS (1)  RAMSAY (1)  REED (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  RITSON (1)  ROBSON (18)  ROLSON (4)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  ROWELL (12)  MC ROY (1)  RUTTER (18)  SCOTT (12)  SMILES (18)  SMITH (31)  SNOWDEN (6)  SPARK (4)  SPENCER (6)  SPOORS (13)  STEEL (5)  STEPHENSON (1)  STEWART (10)  STOBBART (2)  STOKER (6)  STONE (5)  STOREY (1)  SUCH (3)  SUMMERSIDES (15)  SYTH (1)  TAYLOR (19)  THOMPSON (4)  TINDALL (1)  TOPPING (2)  TUCKER (3)  TURNBULL (2)  TURPIN (1)  TWIZELL (2)  VICKERS (3)  WALKER (20)  WALLACE (6)  WARDLE (2)  WATERS (18)  WATSON (11)  WATT (15)  WAUGH (4)  WEIGHTMAN (1)  WELLS (4)  WHILTER (2)  WHITE (17)  WHITTLE (4)  WICKS (2)  WILSON (23)  WOLF (1)  WOOD (3)  WOODLAND (7)  YOUNG (7)