Top surnames from the 1881 census in Simonburn, Northumberland

Simonburn 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
ROBSON348.2524125.42
SCOTT225.339821.11
HERDMAN163.88351,538.46
CHARLTON133.1553110.17
BROWN102.42723.68
BOYD92.184562.28
THOMPSON92.18457.29
ELLIOT92.184585.63
RIDLEY92.1845113.07
MARREN81.94173,478.26
REED81.941726.60
SMITH81.94171.38
MOORE81.94179.71
PHILLIPSON71.6990457.52
ELLISON71.699080.46
BATEY71.6990434.78
NICHOLSON71.699023.92
TAYLOR71.69902.66
BEATTIE61.456368.03
ROGERSON61.4563118.34
BULMER61.4563184.05
ION61.45633,000.00
GIBSON61.456312.00
ERRINGTON61.4563260.87
NEVIN51.2136602.41
KEITH51.2136113.12
NIXON51.213639.84
ROGERS51.21369.35
CORBETT51.213661.96
MOOR40.970969.32
DAVIDSON40.970911.55
LAIDLAW40.9709109.59
FOSTER40.97097.26
HUDDLESTON40.9709347.83
NICHOLL30.7282139.53
SIMPSON30.72824.16
RUTHERFORD30.728229.85
NICHOLAS30.728237.27
RITSON30.7282180.72
MOSS30.728211.82
BENSON30.728226.86
HESLOP30.728284.99
ROUTLEDGE30.728285.47
HALL30.72822.48
MORRISON30.72829.27
ADAMSON20.485418.35
HALE20.485413.53
TAIT20.485416.49
DODD20.485411.93
GRAHAM20.48544.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARREN0.414123478.2609
ION0.414123000.0000
WEDDEL0.414121666.6667
HERDMAN0.414121538.4615
NEVIN0.41412602.4096
KIRSOPP0.41412476.1905
MOREHOUSE0.41412476.1905
PHILLIPSON0.41412457.5163
BATEY0.41412434.7826
HUDDLESTON0.41412347.8261
ERRINGTON0.41412260.8696
BULMER0.41412184.0491
RITSON0.41412180.7229
STRAUGHAN0.41412144.9275
NICHOLL0.41412139.5349
ROBSON0.41412125.4150
ROGERSON0.41412118.3432
KEITH0.41412113.1222
RIDLEY0.41412113.0653
CHARLTON0.41412110.1695
LAIDLAW0.41412109.5890
DINNING0.41412108.6957
BATY0.41412100.0000
MINTO0.4141287.7193
ELLIOT0.4141285.6327
ROUTLEDGE0.4141285.4701
HESLOP0.4141284.9858
ELLISON0.4141280.4598
SNOWBALL0.4141274.6269
DEE0.4141270.9220
MOOR0.4141269.3241
BEATTIE0.4141268.0272
BOYD0.4141262.2837
WEIGHTMAN0.4141262.1118
CORBETT0.4141261.9579
HINDMARSH0.4141260.2410
REDPATH0.4141252.3560
NICHOL0.4141245.0450
PURDY0.4141242.5532
NIXON0.4141239.8406
NICHOLAS0.4141237.2671
SHANKS0.4141231.9489
RUTHERFORD0.4141229.8507
BENSON0.4141226.8577
REED0.4141226.6046
NICHOLSON0.4141223.9153
SCOTT0.4141221.1051
TILLEY0.4141218.4843
ADAMSON0.4141218.3486
WAUGH0.4141217.7936

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 412 people called MARREN in Simonburn 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 3478.2609 in Simonburn means that 3478.2609% of the people in Simonburn on census day were called MARREN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARREN 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 MARREN 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 MARREN 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 MARREN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Simonburn means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARREN in Simonburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Simonburn in 1881

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

ADAMSON (2)  BATEY (7)  BATY (1)  BEATTIE (6)  BENSON (3)  BESFORD (2)  BOYD (9)  BRECKONS (1)  BROWN (10)  BULMER (6)  CHARLTON (13)  CORBETT (5)  CURRY (1)  DAVIDSON (4)  DAVISON (2)  DEE (1)  DINNING (1)  DIXON (2)  DODD (2)  DUNN (1)  ELLERINGTON (1)  ELLIOT (9)  ELLOTT (1)  ELLISON (7)  ERRINGTON (6)  FORSTER (2)  FOSTER (4)  GIBSON (6)  GILHESPIE (12)  GRAHAM (2)  HALE (2)  HALL (3)  HARRISON (1)  HERDMAN (16)  HESLOP (3)  HEWTISON (3)  HINDMARSH (1)  HUDDLESTON (4)  ION (6)  KEITH (5)  KELLY (1)  KIRSOFF (4)  KIRSOPP (1)  LAIDLAW (4)  LOGAN (1)  LOVETE (4)  LOVAT (2)  LYON (1)  MARTIN (1)  MINTO (1)  MOORE (8)  MOOR (4)  MOREHOUSE (1)  MARREN (8)  MORRISON (3)  MOSS (3)  NEWBIGGEN (5)  NICHOLAS (3)  NICHOLL (3)  NICHOL (2)  NICHOLSON (7)  NEVIN (5)  NIXON (5)  ONS (1)  PHILLIPSON (7)  PHILLIPE (3)  POTTS (1)  PRINGLE (1)  PROUDLOCK (4)  PURDY (1)  REDPATH (1)  REED (8)  RIDLEY (9)  RITSON (3)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBSON (34)  ROGERS (5)  ROGERSON (6)  ROUTLEDGE (3)  RUTHERFORD (3)  SCOTT (22)  SHANKS (1)  SIMPSON (3)  SINCLAIR (1)  SMITH (8)  SNOWBALL (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STRAFFIN (5)  STRAUGHAN (1)  TAIT (2)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMPSON (9)  TILLEY (1)  TUNDER (1)  VENABLES (1)  WARREN (1)  WATSON (1)  WAUGH (1)  WEDDEL (1)  WEIGHTMAN (1)  YOUNG (2)