Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tughall, Northumberland

Tughall 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
BROWN1011.363617.24
SMITH89.09096.44
SIMPSON89.090951.98
SUMMERS89.0909323.89
LEE77.954548.68
DRYDEN77.95451,320.75
TAIT66.8182231.66
COPELAND55.6818602.41
ARRIS55.681825,000.00
DUNLOP55.6818352.11
WOOD33.409110.70
PAXTON33.4091428.57
EMBLETON33.40911,200.00
RUTHERFORD22.272793.02
THOMPSON22.27277.59
PRINGLE11.136471.94
CARRIGAN11.1364588.24
GREEN11.13644.04
WHITELAW11.1364192.31
LYALL11.1364166.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARRIS0.098825000.0000
DRYDEN0.09881320.7547
EMBLETON0.09881200.0000
COPELAND0.0988602.4096
CARRIGAN0.0988588.2353
PAXTON0.0988428.5714
DUNLOP0.0988352.1127
SUMMERS0.0988323.8866
TAIT0.0988231.6602
WHITELAW0.0988192.3077
LYALL0.0988166.6667
RUTHERFORD0.098893.0233
PRINGLE0.098871.9424
SIMPSON0.098851.9818
LEE0.098848.6787
BROWN0.098817.2384
WOOD0.098810.6990
THOMPSON0.09887.5873
SMITH0.09886.4386
GREEN0.09884.0355

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 88 people called ARRIS in Tughall 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 25000.0000 in Tughall means that 25000.0000% of the people in Tughall on census day were called ARRIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ARRIS 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 ARRIS 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 ARRIS 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 ARRIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Tughall means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ARRIS in Tughall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tughall in 1881

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

ARRIS (5)  BROWN (10)  CARRIGAN (1)  COPELAND (5)  DRYDEN (7)  DUNLOP (5)  EMBLETON (3)  GREEN (1)  LEE (7)  LYALL (1)  PAXTON (3)  PIGDON (1)  PRINGLE (1)  RUTHERFORD (2)  SIMPSON (8)  SMITH (8)  SUMMERS (8)  TAIT (6)  THOMPSON (2)  WHITELAW (1)  WOOD (3)