Top surnames from the 1881 census in Warksburn, Northumberland

Warksburn 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
NICHOL2513.81221,282.05
ARMSTRONG189.9448130.06
TELFER105.5249925.93
ROBSON105.524983.96
NICHOLSON105.524977.76
JOHNSON94.972414.80
RUTHERFORD94.9724203.62
THOMPSON84.419914.75
BELL73.867420.58
DODD73.867495.11
USHER73.8674350.00
HERDMAN63.31491,304.35
NIXON63.3149108.89
MASON52.762420.54
TURNBULL42.209952.42
YOUNG31.65757.72
SNOWBALL31.6575508.47
BURN21.105081.97
COULSON21.105061.54
BROWN21.10501.68
LEVISON21.10501,818.18
DAVIDSON21.105013.14
CHARTERS21.1050408.16
BOYD10.552515.75
SMITH10.55250.39
KIDD10.552527.17
RUDDOCK10.5525178.57
PIGG10.5525188.68
DAGG10.5525454.55
URWIN10.5525121.95
LOUGHRAN10.5525555.56
SHIELD10.5525121.95
BATY10.5525227.27
HUTCHINSON10.55259.73
ROBINSON10.55251.73
MAKEPEACE10.5525196.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEVISON0.181811818.1818
HERDMAN0.181811304.3478
NICHOL0.181811282.0513
TELFER0.18181925.9259
LOUGHRAN0.18181555.5556
SNOWBALL0.18181508.4746
DAGG0.18181454.5455
CHARTERS0.18181408.1633
USHER0.18181350.0000
BATY0.18181227.2727
RUTHERFORD0.18181203.6199
MAKEPEACE0.18181196.0784
PIGG0.18181188.6792
RUDDOCK0.18181178.5714
ARMSTRONG0.18181130.0578
URWIN0.18181121.9512
SHIELD0.18181121.9512
NIXON0.18181108.8929
DODD0.1818195.1087
ROBSON0.1818183.9631
BURN0.1818181.9672
NICHOLSON0.1818177.7605
COULSON0.1818161.5385
TURNBULL0.1818152.4246
KIDD0.1818127.1739
BELL0.1818120.5822
MASON0.1818120.5423
BOYD0.1818115.7480
JOHNSON0.1818114.8002
THOMPSON0.1818114.7547
DAVIDSON0.1818113.1406
HUTCHINSON0.181819.7276
YOUNG0.181817.7160
ROBINSON0.181811.7328
BROWN0.181811.6762
SMITH0.181810.3913

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 181 people called LEVISON in Warksburn 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 1818.1818 in Warksburn means that 1818.1818% of the people in Warksburn on census day were called LEVISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEVISON 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 LEVISON 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 LEVISON 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 LEVISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Warksburn means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEVISON in Warksburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Warksburn in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (18)  BATY (1)  BELL (7)  BOLAM (1)  BOYD (1)  BRECKONS (1)  BROWN (2)  BURN (2)  CHARTERS (2)  COULSON (2)  DAGG (1)  DAVIDSON (2)  DODD (7)  HEATHERSON (4)  HERDMAN (6)  HUTCHINSON (1)  URWIN (1)  JOHNSON (9)  KIDD (1)  LEVISON (2)  LOUGHRAN (1)  MAKEPEACE (1)  MASON (5)  MOFAROL (1)  MURRAN (1)  NICHOL (25)  NICHOLSON (10)  NIXON (6)  PIGG (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (10)  RUDDOCK (1)  RUTHERFORD (9)  SHIELD (1)  SMITH (1)  SNOWBALL (3)  TELFER (10)  THOMPSON (8)  TURNBULL (4)  UNWIN (1)  USHER (7)  YOUNG (3)