Top surnames from the 1881 census in Warenton, Northumberland

Warenton 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
CLARK129.448831.44
NESBIT107.87402,564.10
REDPATH75.51181,186.44
LAIDLER75.51181,400.00
HOOK64.7244319.15
MORTON64.724488.37
RUTHERFORD64.7244193.55
DUNCAN64.724469.04
BOLTON53.937091.41
THOMPSON53.937013.14
MOODY53.9370150.60
GRAY53.937027.58
BRYSON21.5748206.19
SMITH21.57481.12
CODLING10.7874222.22
MARTIN10.78743.20
SAMUEL10.787465.79
FOX10.78748.48
STROTHER10.7874909.09
GREY10.787436.36
OLIVER10.787411.04
KENNEDY10.787413.05
REID10.78747.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NESBIT0.131272564.1026
LAIDLER0.131271400.0000
REDPATH0.131271186.4407
STROTHER0.13127909.0909
HOOK0.13127319.1489
CODLING0.13127222.2222
BRYSON0.13127206.1856
RUTHERFORD0.13127193.5484
MOODY0.13127150.6024
BOLTON0.1312791.4077
MORTON0.1312788.3652
DUNCAN0.1312769.0449
SAMUEL0.1312765.7895
GREY0.1312736.3636
CLARK0.1312731.4383
GRAY0.1312727.5786
THOMPSON0.1312713.1406
KENNEDY0.1312713.0548
OLIVER0.1312711.0375
FOX0.131278.4818
REID0.131277.4963
MARTIN0.131273.1959
SMITH0.131271.1153

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 127 people called NESBIT in Warenton 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 2564.1026 in Warenton means that 2564.1026% of the people in Warenton on census day were called NESBIT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NESBIT 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 NESBIT 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 NESBIT 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 NESBIT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Warenton means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NESBIT in Warenton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Warenton in 1881

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

BOLTON (5)  BRYSON (2)  CLARK (12)  CODLING (1)  DUNCAN (6)  FOX (1)  GREY (1)  GRAY (5)  HATELY (4)  HOOK (6)  MC KAY (7)  KENNEDY (1)  KIRKUP (3)  LAIDLER (7)  MARTIN (1)  MOODY (5)  MORTON (6)  NESBIT (10)  OLIVER (1)  PUNTON (7)  REDPATH (7)  REID (1)  RUTHERFORD (6)  SAMUEL (1)  SCOUGAL (8)  SMITH (2)  STRANGWAYS (3)  STROTHER (1)  TERRAS (2)  THOMPSON (5)