Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rock, Northumberland

Rock 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
TAIT228.5271289.47
SMITH124.65123.29
MORE114.2636547.26
DIXON114.263638.91
TAYLOR93.48845.45
WEIR93.4884134.13
COXON83.1008406.09
WATSON83.100813.37
GUTHRIE83.1008246.15
WILSON83.10086.75
CHISHOLM62.3256160.00
THOMPSON62.32567.76
ROBERTSON62.325613.88
CAROL62.32565,454.55
CLARK62.32567.74
TODD51.938038.08
FORREST51.938075.19
ELLIOTT51.938022.84
HALL51.93806.59
BELL41.55048.25
RUSSELL41.550412.70
MILLER31.16286.50
SHELL31.1628555.56
HUSH31.16281,500.00
STRONG31.162877.92
RUTTER31.162876.34
HORNSBY31.1628178.57
BURN20.775257.64
EDMUNDSON20.7752273.97
WHITE20.77522.41
HOPE20.775222.78
PERCY20.775282.99
PATTEN20.7752123.46
PURVIS20.775280.00
NEWTON10.38765.06
ANDERSON10.38761.96
YOUNG10.38761.80
ROBISON10.3876172.41
BINNS10.387623.36
FAIRBAIRN10.387652.36
KERR10.38767.11
WESTMORELAND10.3876243.90
COOK10.38761.95
HENDERSON10.38763.57
TORRANCE10.387687.72
GREY10.387617.89
MOFFITT10.3876238.10
JORDON10.387686.21
WHITTLE10.387617.79
DICKSON10.387610.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CAROL0.262585454.5455
HUSH0.262581500.0000
SHELL0.26258555.5556
MORE0.26258547.2637
COXON0.26258406.0914
TAIT0.26258289.4737
EDMUNDSON0.26258273.9726
GUTHRIE0.26258246.1538
WESTMORELAND0.26258243.9024
MOFFITT0.26258238.0952
HORNSBY0.26258178.5714
ROBISON0.26258172.4138
CHISHOLM0.26258160.0000
WEIR0.26258134.1282
PATTEN0.26258123.4568
TORRANCE0.2625887.7193
JORDON0.2625886.2069
PERCY0.2625882.9876
PURVIS0.2625880.0000
STRONG0.2625877.9221
RUTTER0.2625876.3359
FORREST0.2625875.1880
BURN0.2625857.6369
FAIRBAIRN0.2625852.3560
DIXON0.2625838.9105
TODD0.2625838.0807
BINNS0.2625823.3645
ELLIOTT0.2625822.8415
HOPE0.2625822.7790
GREY0.2625817.8891
WHITTLE0.2625817.7936
HORN0.2625817.0648
ROBERTSON0.2625813.8793
WATSON0.2625813.3668
RUSSELL0.2625812.7024
DICKSON0.2625810.4712
BELL0.262588.2508
THOMPSON0.262587.7630
CLARK0.262587.7369
KERR0.262587.1073
WILSON0.262586.7516
HALL0.262586.5876
MILLER0.262586.4991
TAYLOR0.262585.4549
NEWTON0.262585.0582
HENDERSON0.262583.5663
SMITH0.262583.2942
WHITE0.262582.4117
ANDERSON0.262581.9623
COOK0.262581.9512

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 258 people called CAROL in Rock 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 5454.5455 in Rock means that 5454.5455% of the people in Rock on census day were called CAROL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CAROL 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 CAROL 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 CAROL 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 CAROL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Rock means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CAROL in Rock than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rock in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  BELL (4)  BETNEY (1)  BINNS (1)  BOSANQUET (10)  BURN (2)  CAROL (6)  CHIRNSIDE (1)  CHISHOLM (6)  CLARK (6)  CLEUGH (2)  COOK (1)  COXON (8)  DIXON (11)  DICKSON (1)  EDMUNDSON (2)  ELLIOTT (5)  FAIRBAIRN (1)  FETTIS (1)  FORREST (5)  MC GLEN (8)  JORDON (1)  GREY (1)  GUTHRIE (8)  HALL (5)  HENDERSON (1)  HOPE (2)  HORN (1)  HORNSBY (3)  HUSH (3)  KERR (1)  MIDDLEMAS (1)  MILLER (3)  MOFFITT (1)  MORE (11)  MURDIE (MURDUE) (4)  MURDUE (2)  NEWTON (1)  PATTEN (2)  PERCY (2)  PURVIS (2)  ROBERTSON (6)  ROBISON (1)  RUSSELL (4)  RUTTER (3)  SHELL (3)  SMITH (12)  STEPHENSON (STEPHENSTON) (14)  STEPHENSTON (1)  STRONG (3)  TAIT (22)  TAYLOR (9)  THOMPSON (6)  TODD (5)  TORRANCE (1)  WATSON (8)  WEIR (9)  WESTMORELAND (1)  WHITE (2)  WHITTLE (1)  WILSON (8)  YOUNG (1)