Top surnames from the 1881 census in Snitter, Northumberland

Snitter 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
HUME107.1942507.61
HOPPER96.4748452.26
REDHEAD85.75541,052.63
LUMSDEN85.7554689.66
AMORY75.036014,000.00
PRINGLE64.3165273.97
ELLIOTT64.316550.89
OLIVER64.316560.48
JEFFREY64.3165233.46
ROBSON64.316565.57
HOGG53.597199.60
TELFORD53.5971409.84
SLIGHT53.59711,388.89
DUNN53.597143.25
ROGERSON42.8777233.92
ORR42.8777170.94
THOMPSON32.15837.20
ORD21.4388217.39
LOWES21.4388246.91
TAIT21.438848.90
CLARK10.71942.39
SNOWDON10.719496.15
HUTCHINSON10.719412.66
ALLAN10.719411.45
SCOTT10.71942.84
GREY10.719433.22
WATSON10.71943.10
DOUGLASS10.7194113.64
ASHER10.7194169.49
HENDRY10.719445.45
YOUNG10.71943.35
TURNBULL10.719417.06
DIXON10.71946.57
SHAKER10.71943,333.33
HEDLEY10.719470.42
WILSON10.71941.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AMORY0.1413914000.0000
SHAKER0.141393333.3333
SLIGHT0.141391388.8889
REDHEAD0.141391052.6316
LUMSDEN0.14139689.6552
HUME0.14139507.6142
HOPPER0.14139452.2613
TELFORD0.14139409.8361
PRINGLE0.14139273.9726
LOWES0.14139246.9136
ROGERSON0.14139233.9181
JEFFREY0.14139233.4630
ORD0.14139217.3913
ORR0.14139170.9402
ASHER0.14139169.4915
DOUGLASS0.14139113.6364
HOGG0.1413999.6016
SNOWDON0.1413996.1538
HEDLEY0.1413970.4225
ROBSON0.1413965.5738
OLIVER0.1413960.4839
ELLIOTT0.1413950.8906
TAIT0.1413948.8998
HENDRY0.1413945.4545
DUNN0.1413943.2526
GREY0.1413933.2226
TURNBULL0.1413917.0648
HUTCHINSON0.1413912.6582
ALLAN0.1413911.4548
THOMPSON0.141397.2046
DIXON0.141396.5660
YOUNG0.141393.3490
WATSON0.141393.1017
SCOTT0.141392.8433
CLARK0.141392.3935
WILSON0.141391.5664

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 139 people called AMORY in Snitter 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 14000.0000 in Snitter means that 14000.0000% of the people in Snitter on census day were called AMORY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AMORY 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 AMORY 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 AMORY 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 AMORY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Snitter means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AMORY in Snitter than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Snitter in 1881

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

ALLAN (1)  AMORY (7)  AMERYS (1)  ASHER (1)  BALMBRA (1)  CLARK (1)  DIXON (1)  DOUGLASS (1)  DUNN (5)  ELLIOTT (6)  FORDY (1)  GREY (1)  HEDLEY (1)  HENDRY (1)  HOGG (5)  HOPPER (9)  HUME (10)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JEFFREY (6)  LOWES (2)  LUMSDEN (8)  OLIVER (6)  ORR (4)  ORD (2)  ORMSTON (3)  PRINGLE (6)  REDHEAD (8)  ROBSON (6)  ROGERSON (4)  SCOTT (1)  SHAKER (1)  SLIGHT (5)  SNOWDON (1)  TAIT (2)  TELFORD (5)  THOMPSON (3)  TURNBULL (1)  WATSON (1)  WEATHERSON (8)  WILSON (1)  YOUNG (1)