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1881 census place

Carham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Carham, Northumberland in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

44 surnames are listed for Carham, Northumberland, covering 279 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Tait, with 26 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Carham

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1Tait2678.50x
2Gallon15541.52x
3Lumsden15159.91x
4Piercy14345.68x
5Cuthbert1380.45x
6Veitch13175.20x
7Tinlin112291.67x
8Fortune10170.07x
9Lyle10190.11x
10Heatley9335.82x
11Jerdan94285.71x
12Mathewson9330.88x
13Bookless81290.32x
14Tunnah8909.09x
15Waddle8601.50x
16Borthwick7110.94x
17Brydon7197.74x
18Lockie7273.44x
19Speedy7853.66x
20Fairnington64285.71x
21Gilroy5109.65x
22Hewat51020.41x
23Litster5495.05x
24Lowrie5129.87x
25Service5183.15x
26Straughan5267.38x
27Matthewson4246.91x
28Middlemas4225.99x
29Nesbit4115.61x
30Pillar4430.11x
31Fiddes3142.86x
32Middlemiss3112.78x
33Blackhall299.01x
34Howey2110.50x
35Tatters2384.62x
36Brotherson1714.29x
37Cramond1108.70x
38Fallow1129.87x
39Flett120.53x
40Fose1285.71x
41Grieg1131.58x
42Halliburton1151.52x
43Landells1166.67x
44Punton1105.26x