Top surnames from the 1881 census in Prendwick, Northumberland

Prendwick 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
BELL1020.0000106.38
CHRISP510.000010,000.00
SHOTTON36.00001,764.71
WALBY24.00004,000.00
SCOTT12.00007.91
GREY12.000092.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHRISP0.055010000.0000
WALBY0.05504000.0000
SHOTTON0.05501764.7059
BELL0.0550106.3830
GREY0.055092.5926
SCOTT0.05507.9051

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 50 people called CHRISP in Prendwick 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 10000.0000 in Prendwick means that 10000.0000% of the people in Prendwick on census day were called CHRISP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHRISP 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 CHRISP 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 CHRISP 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 CHRISP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Prendwick means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHRISP in Prendwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Prendwick in 1881

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

BELL (10)  CHRISP (5)  DONOUGHOE (10)  GREY (1)  NAYLEN (12)  SCOTT (1)  SHOTTON (3)  SISTERSON (6)  WALBY (2)