Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stamford, Northumberland

Stamford 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
FULTON117.9710632.18
SCOTT117.971031.50
WHITEHEAD96.521796.46
ROBINSON85.797118.18
FORD75.072552.08
BAIRD64.3478203.39
DAVISON64.3478121.70
CLARK64.347814.46
FORSTER64.3478132.45
SANDERSON64.3478105.26
CHRISP53.62323,333.33
BRISON53.623216,666.67
THOMPSON53.623212.09
DIXON53.623233.07
REAY42.8986333.33
YOUNG42.898613.49
SHELL32.17391,034.48
OLIVER32.173930.49
RICHMOND32.173999.34
BELL21.44937.71
HORNSBY10.7246111.11
WOOD10.72462.27
FARQUHAR10.724693.46
MORTON10.724613.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRISON0.1413816666.6667
CHRISP0.141383333.3333
SHELL0.141381034.4828
FULTON0.14138632.1839
REAY0.14138333.3333
BAIRD0.14138203.3898
FORSTER0.14138132.4503
DAVISON0.14138121.7039
HORNSBY0.14138111.1111
SANDERSON0.14138105.2632
RICHMOND0.1413899.3377
WHITEHEAD0.1413896.4630
FARQUHAR0.1413893.4579
FORD0.1413852.0833
DIXON0.1413833.0688
SCOTT0.1413831.5006
OLIVER0.1413830.4878
ROBINSON0.1413818.1818
CLARK0.1413814.4648
MORTON0.1413813.5501
YOUNG0.1413813.4907
THOMPSON0.1413812.0948
BELL0.141387.7131
WOOD0.141382.2743

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 138 people called BRISON in Stamford 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 16666.6667 in Stamford means that 16666.6667% of the people in Stamford on census day were called BRISON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Stamford in 1881

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

BAIRD (6)  BELL (2)  BRISON (5)  CLARK (6)  CHRISP (5)  DAVISON (6)  DIXON (5)  FARQUHAR (1)  FORD (7)  FORSTER (6)  FULTON (11)  HORNSBY (1)  JOBLING (7)  MIDDLEMASS (8)  MORTON (1)  OLIVER (3)  REAY (4)  RICHMOND (3)  ROBINSON (8)  RUNCIMAN (4)  SANDERSON (6)  SCOTT (11)  SHELL (3)  THOMPSON (5)  WHITEHEAD (9)  WOOD (1)  YOUNG (4)