Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Matfen, Northumberland

West Matfen 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
ROBSON165.178078.66
ORD144.5307686.27
URWIN144.5307992.91
HEADS123.88353,750.00
ARCHER113.559986.07
BEATTIE113.5599166.41
STOREY92.9126114.65
HENDERSON92.912626.79
TURNBULL82.589061.44
SAMPLE82.58901,666.67
DIXON82.589023.63
BOULDING72.26542,121.21
GLASSON72.26541,111.11
ARMSTRONG61.941725.40
LITTLE61.941741.07
TAYLOR61.94173.04
HUNTER61.941718.91
MILLER61.941710.85
BOYD61.941755.35
CARR51.618122.42
HODGSON41.294518.68
BATY41.2945533.33
FOX41.294513.94
COPLAND41.2945231.21
SCOTT30.97093.84
MILBURN30.9709108.70
WEDDLE30.97091,000.00
MINTO30.9709348.84
DODD30.970923.87
SMITH30.97090.69
FORBES30.970928.99
GREENWELL30.9709297.03
RICH20.647251.68
BLACKETT20.6472169.49
GRIEVE20.647255.87
LEE20.64723.96
HALL20.64722.20
RICHARDSON20.64723.80
JACKSON10.32361.16
FREEMAN10.32365.07
NIXON10.323610.63
CLARK10.32361.08
WOOD10.32361.02
ALLEN10.32361.71
FLOWER10.323633.11
BRYDON10.3236103.09
DOUGLAS10.32366.68
MCNULTY10.3236454.55
GRIST10.323666.67
DAVEY10.32367.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCKINZIE0.3130910000.0000
HEADS0.313093750.0000
BOULDING0.313092121.2121
SAMPLE0.313091666.6667
GLASSON0.313091111.1111
WEDDLE0.313091000.0000
URWIN0.31309992.9078
ORD0.31309686.2745
MESSINGER0.31309588.2353
BATY0.31309533.3333
MCNULTY0.31309454.5455
INGE0.31309400.0000
MINTO0.31309348.8372
GREENWELL0.31309297.0297
MCGREGOR0.31309243.9024
CONDIE0.31309243.9024
COPLAND0.31309231.2139
BLACKETT0.31309169.4915
BEATTIE0.31309166.4145
STOREY0.31309114.6497
MILBURN0.31309108.6957
BRYDON0.31309103.0928
OGLE0.31309101.0101
CODLING0.3130991.7431
ARCHER0.3130986.0720
HINDMARSH0.3130980.6452
ROBSON0.3130978.6627
BRYDEN0.3130976.9231
GRIST0.3130966.6667
TURNBULL0.3130961.4439
GRIEVE0.3130955.8659
BOYD0.3130955.3506
RICH0.3130951.6796
BALLANTYNE0.3130942.7350
COXON0.3130942.3729
LITTLE0.3130941.0678
WARRINGTON0.3130939.5257
HESLOP0.3130937.7358
ROWELL0.3130937.0370
TELFORD0.3130936.7647
AMBLER0.3130936.6300
FLOWER0.3130933.1126
FORBES0.3130928.9855
HENDERSON0.3130926.7937
ARMSTRONG0.3130925.4022
FENWICK0.3130924.6914
DODD0.3130923.8663
DIXON0.3130923.6337
CARR0.3130922.4215
HUNTER0.3130918.9095

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 309 people called MCKINZIE in West Matfen 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 10000.0000 in West Matfen means that 10000.0000% of the people in West Matfen on census day were called MCKINZIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MCKINZIE 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 MCKINZIE 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 MCKINZIE 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 MCKINZIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in West Matfen means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MCKINZIE in West Matfen than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Matfen in 1881

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

AYNSLEY (1)  ALLCROFT (5)  ALLEN (1)  AMBLER (1)  ARCHER (11)  ARMSTRONG (6)  BALLANTYNE (1)  BATY (4)  BEATTIE (11)  BLACKETT (2)  BOULDING (7)  BOULDINS (4)  BOYD (6)  BRYDON (1)  BRYDEN (1)  CARR (5)  CHARLTON (1)  CLARK (1)  CODLING (1)  CONDIE (1)  COPLAND (4)  COWLIE (4)  COXON (1)  DAVEY (1)  DIXON (8)  DODD (3)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUNN (1)  FENWICK (1)  FLOWER (1)  FORBES (3)  FOX (4)  FREEMAN (1)  GIBSON (1)  GLASSON (7)  GRIEVE (2)  GREENWELL (3)  GRIST (1)  HALL (2)  HEADS (12)  HENDERSON (9)  HESLOP (1)  HINDMARSH (1)  HODGSON (4)  HOGGON (1)  HOUSTAN (1)  HUNTER (6)  INGE (1)  URWIN (14)  JACKSON (1)  LEE (2)  LITTLE (6)  LUICKER (3)  MCGREGOR (1)  MCTEER (1)  MCKINZIE (1)  MESSINGER (1)  MILBURN (3)  MILLER (6)  MYNOTT (1)  MINTO (3)  MITCHELSON (6)  MURTER (1)  NEWLANDS (1)  NIXON (1)  MCNULTY (1)  OGLE (1)  OCKCROFT (2)  ORD (14)  OVERMASS (2)  POTTS (1)  PROCTOR (1)  RICH (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBSON (16)  ROWELL (1)  ROWINTREE (1)  SAMPLE (8)  SCOTT (3)  SMITH (3)  SPENCE (1)  STOREY (9)  STRACHAN (1)  TAYLOR (6)  TAILFORD (2)  TELFORD (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TURNBULL (8)  WARRINGTON (1)  WAUPH (2)  WEDDLE (3)  WHEATLEY (1)  WEEDY (3)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (1)  YELLOWLEY (1)