Top surnames from the 1881 census in Troughend, Northumberland

Troughend 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
HEDLEY249.3750919.54
DICKSON103.9063105.49
ANDERSON103.906319.78
WOOD93.515611.03
THOMPSON93.515611.74
BRYDON93.51561,111.11
TELFER93.5156588.24
BROWN93.51565.33
CROZIER83.1250666.67
TULLY83.1250583.94
ARMSTRONG83.125040.88
HALL83.125010.62
BEATTIE83.1250145.99
COULSON62.3438130.72
MURRAY51.953115.75
ROBSON51.953129.67
HINDMARSH51.9531485.44
GILROY51.9531480.77
POTTS41.562546.84
LUNN41.5625120.85
MASON41.562511.62
LAWSON41.562526.51
ORD31.1719177.51
YOUNG31.17195.45
SCOTT31.17194.63
ALLAN20.781312.45
COMMON20.7813350.88
MILBURN20.781387.72
TAYLOR20.78131.22
DODD20.781319.21
BELL20.78134.16
CHARLTON20.781327.29
DIXON20.78137.13
REED10.39065.35
BATY10.3906161.29
HETHERINGTON10.390630.96
ELLIOT10.390615.31
CARR10.39065.41
MARSHALL10.39062.33
RUTHERFORD10.390616.00
JEFFERSON10.390635.97
HERDMAN10.3906156.25
WELTON10.3906107.53
CHISHOLM10.390626.88
MATHER10.390615.75
DOUGLASS10.390661.35
TAIT10.390613.26
DOBSON10.39068.86
DAVIDSON10.39064.65
PAGON10.39065,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PAGON0.262565000.0000
BRYDON0.262561111.1111
HEDLEY0.26256919.5402
CROZIER0.26256666.6667
TELFER0.26256588.2353
TULLY0.26256583.9416
HINDMARSH0.26256485.4369
GILROY0.26256480.7692
COMMON0.26256350.8772
ORD0.26256177.5148
BATY0.26256161.2903
HERDMAN0.26256156.2500
BEATTIE0.26256145.9854
COULSON0.26256130.7190
WEAR0.26256125.0000
LUNN0.26256120.8459
WELTON0.26256107.5269
DICKSON0.26256105.4852
MILBURN0.2625687.7193
DOUGLASS0.2625661.3497
POTTS0.2625646.8384
ARMSTRONG0.2625640.8789
JEFFERSON0.2625635.9712
HETHERINGTON0.2625630.9598
ROBSON0.2625629.6736
MOOR0.2625627.8552
CHARLTON0.2625627.2851
CHISHOLM0.2625626.8817
LAWSON0.2625626.5076
CORBETT0.2625619.9203
ANDERSON0.2625619.7785
DODD0.2625619.2123
RUTHERFORD0.2625616.0000
MURRAY0.2625615.7530
MATHER0.2625615.7480
ELLIOT0.2625615.3139
TAIT0.2625613.2626
ALLAN0.2625612.4456
THOMPSON0.2625611.7356
MASON0.2625611.6212
WOOD0.2625611.0335
HALL0.2625610.6228
DOBSON0.262568.8574
DOUGLAS0.262568.0645
DIXON0.262567.1301
YOUNG0.262565.4545
CARR0.262565.4142
REED0.262565.3505
BROWN0.262565.3330
DAVIDSON0.262564.6468

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 256 people called PAGON in Troughend 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 5000.0000 in Troughend means that 5000.0000% of the people in Troughend on census day were called PAGON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Troughend in 1881

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

ALLAN (2)  ANDERSON (10)  ARMSTRONG (8)  BATY (1)  BEATTIE (8)  BELL (2)  BINGANT (1)  BROWN (9)  BRYDON (9)  CARR (1)  CHARLTON (2)  CHISHOLM (1)  CORBETT (1)  COULSON (6)  CROZIER (8)  COMMON (2)  DAVIDSON (1)  DIXON (2)  DICKSON (10)  DOBSON (1)  DODD (2)  DOUGLASS (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  ELLIOT (1)  FAMILTON (2)  FERGUISON (7)  GILROY (5)  GLENDINNING (3)  HADMAN (1)  HALL (8)  HEDLEY (24)  HENDERSON (1)  HERBET (4)  HERDMAN (1)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HINDMARSH (5)  JEFFERSON (1)  NOX (1)  LAWSON (4)  LUNN (4)  MARSHALL (1)  MASON (4)  MATHER (1)  MILBURN (2)  MOOR (1)  MURRAY (5)  ORD (3)  PAGON (1)  POTTS (4)  PROUDLOCK (7)  REED (1)  ROBSON (5)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SCOTT (3)  SNAITH (12)  TAIT (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TELFER (9)  THOMPSON (9)  TULLY (8)  WEAR (1)  WELTON (1)  WOOD (9)  YOUNG (3)