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.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Tait	26	2.31%	78.50x
2	Gallon	15	1.33%	541.52x
3	Lumsden	15	1.33%	159.91x
4	Piercy	14	1.24%	345.68x
5	Cuthbert	13	1.16%	80.45x
6	Veitch	13	1.16%	175.20x
7	Tinlin	11	0.980%	2291.67x
8	Fortune	10	0.890%	170.07x
9	Lyle	10	0.890%	190.11x
10	Heatley	9	0.800%	335.82x
11	Jerdan	9	0.800%	4285.71x
12	Mathewson	9	0.800%	330.88x
13	Bookless	8	0.710%	1290.32x
14	Tunnah	8	0.710%	909.09x
15	Waddle	8	0.710%	601.50x
16	Borthwick	7	0.620%	110.94x
17	Brydon	7	0.620%	197.74x
18	Lockie	7	0.620%	273.44x
19	Speedy	7	0.620%	853.66x
20	Fairnington	6	0.530%	4285.71x
21	Gilroy	5	0.440%	109.65x
22	Hewat	5	0.440%	1020.41x
23	Litster	5	0.440%	495.05x
24	Lowrie	5	0.440%	129.87x
25	Service	5	0.440%	183.15x
26	Straughan	5	0.440%	267.38x
27	Matthewson	4	0.360%	246.91x
28	Middlemas	4	0.360%	225.99x
29	Nesbit	4	0.360%	115.61x
30	Pillar	4	0.360%	430.11x
31	Fiddes	3	0.270%	142.86x
32	Middlemiss	3	0.270%	112.78x
33	Blackhall	2	0.180%	99.01x
34	Howey	2	0.180%	110.50x
35	Tatters	2	0.180%	384.62x
36	Brotherson	1	0.090%	714.29x
37	Cramond	1	0.090%	108.70x
38	Fallow	1	0.090%	129.87x
39	Flett	1	0.090%	20.53x
40	Fose	1	0.090%	285.71x
41	Grieg	1	0.090%	131.58x
42	Halliburton	1	0.090%	151.52x
43	Landells	1	0.090%	166.67x
44	Punton	1	0.090%	105.26x