Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whittonstall, Northumberland

Whittonstall 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
ROBSON159.6154146.06
THOMPSON159.615432.10
CHEESMAN85.12821,000.00
COWAN74.4872220.13
TURNBULL63.846291.19
HALL63.846213.07
ELLIOTT63.846245.32
HOGARTH53.2051485.44
PIGG53.20511,086.96
MARTIN42.564110.41
BELL31.923110.24
RIGG31.9231229.01
STEEL31.923147.17
TOM31.92313,750.00
JONES31.92311.70
HESLOP31.9231223.88
JACKSON21.28214.59
ANDERSON21.28216.49
HARE21.282182.99
ROCHESTER10.6410243.90
WORRELL10.6410294.12
OLEY10.64102,500.00
GIBSON10.64105.28
MUSE10.64101,111.11
KINNEAR10.6410131.58
BARRON10.641041.32
PROUD10.6410125.00
WILTON10.641066.67
NIXON10.641021.05
MILBURN10.641071.94
CHARLTON10.641022.37
SCOTT10.64102.53
ARKIN10.641010,000.00
ROBINSON10.64102.01
GREEN10.64102.28
WHEATLY10.6410384.62
NEWTON10.64108.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARKIN0.1615610000.0000
TOM0.161563750.0000
OLEY0.161562500.0000
MUSE0.161561111.1111
PIGG0.161561086.9565
CHEESMAN0.161561000.0000
HOGARTH0.16156485.4369
WHEATLY0.16156384.6154
WORRELL0.16156294.1176
ROCHESTER0.16156243.9024
RIGG0.16156229.0076
HESLOP0.16156223.8806
COWAN0.16156220.1258
ROBSON0.16156146.0565
KINNEAR0.16156131.5789
PROUD0.16156125.0000
TURNBULL0.1615691.1854
HARE0.1615682.9876
MILBURN0.1615671.9424
WILTON0.1615666.6667
STEEL0.1615647.1698
ELLIOTT0.1615645.3172
BARRON0.1615641.3223
THOMPSON0.1615632.0993
CHARLTON0.1615622.3714
NIXON0.1615621.0526
HALL0.1615613.0747
MARTIN0.1615610.4085
BELL0.1615610.2354
NEWTON0.161568.3682
ANDERSON0.161566.4914
GIBSON0.161565.2798
JACKSON0.161564.5872
SCOTT0.161562.5336
GREEN0.161562.2763
ROBINSON0.161562.0105
JONES0.161561.6980

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 156 people called ARKIN in Whittonstall 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 Whittonstall means that 10000.0000% of the people in Whittonstall on census day were called ARKIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ARKIN 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 ARKIN 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 ARKIN 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 ARKIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Whittonstall means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ARKIN in Whittonstall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whittonstall in 1881

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

ANDERSON (2)  ARKIN (1)  ASKELL (2)  BARRON (1)  BELL (3)  BLOWN (2)  BRONELL (4)  BROWELL (1)  BREWIS (6)  CHARLTON (1)  CHEESMAN (8)  COWAN (7)  ELLIOTT (6)  FINNINGS (2)  GIBSON (1)  GREEN (1)  HALL (6)  HARE (2)  HESLOP (3)  HEWSTER (1)  HOGARTH (5)  JACKSON (2)  JINNINGS (4)  JONES (3)  KILLETT (1)  KINNEAR (1)  MARTIN (4)  MILBURN (1)  MUSE (1)  NEWTON (1)  NIRD (1)  NIXON (1)  OLEY (1)  PIGG (5)  PROUD (1)  RIGG (3)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (15)  ROCHESTER (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHIELLS (2)  SOFFITT (1)  STEEL (3)  STOPPARD (6)  SURTEES (2)  TOM (3)  THOMPSON (15)  TUMLEY (2)  TURNBULL (6)  WHEATLY (1)  WILTON (1)  WORRELL (1)