1881 census place

Seghill surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Seghill, 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

77 surnames are listed for Seghill, Northumberland, covering 559 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Forster, with 34 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Seghill

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	Forster	34	1.60%	48.65x
2	Knox	20	0.940%	54.67x
3	Ord	18	0.840%	128.21x
4	Auld	17	0.800%	132.40x
5	Dodds	17	0.800%	37.90x
6	Hedley	17	0.800%	78.09x
7	Leck	16	0.750%	661.16x
8	Hetherington	15	0.700%	55.85x
9	Reay	15	0.700%	81.08x
10	Younger	15	0.700%	130.10x
11	Gillespie	14	0.660%	41.43x
12	Gledstone	14	0.660%	3500.00x
13	Gillis	13	0.610%	303.74x
14	Murton	13	0.610%	180.06x
15	Shawcross	13	0.610%	183.88x
16	Coulthard	11	0.520%	92.44x
17	Dowsey	11	0.520%	2558.14x
18	Towns	11	0.520%	161.05x
19	Brannigan	10	0.470%	469.48x
20	Markey	10	0.470%	262.47x
21	Herron	9	0.420%	117.96x
22	Milburn	9	0.420%	47.32x
23	Soulsby	9	0.420%	144.00x
24	Trail	9	0.420%	231.36x
25	Douglass	8	0.380%	59.08x
26	Houliston	8	0.380%	963.86x
27	Roughead	8	0.380%	941.18x
28	Saint	8	0.380%	122.70x
29	Sample	8	0.380%	239.52x
30	Blanch	7	0.330%	170.73x
31	Blenkinsopp	7	0.330%	402.30x
32	Boston	7	0.330%	71.72x
33	Foggett	7	0.330%	1521.74x
34	Froggett	7	0.330%	786.52x
35	Haswell	7	0.330%	101.60x
36	Minnikin	7	0.330%	1029.41x
37	Townsley	7	0.330%	168.27x
38	Fairless	6	0.280%	142.18x
39	Gair	6	0.280%	106.38x
40	Palin	6	0.280%	65.65x
41	Robison	6	0.280%	126.05x
42	Shiell	6	0.280%	357.14x
43	Skene	6	0.280%	114.94x
44	Walkden	6	0.280%	62.57x
45	Barrass	5	0.230%	95.24x
46	Embleton	5	0.230%	81.57x
47	Mavin	5	0.230%	308.64x
48	Symington	5	0.230%	84.89x
49	Aynsley	4	0.190%	145.45x
50	Clavering	4	0.190%	714.29x
51	Moy	4	0.190%	92.38x
52	Swinney	4	0.190%	171.67x
53	Barras	3	0.140%	72.29x
54	Blenkinsop	3	0.140%	49.83x
55	Comb	3	0.140%	208.33x
56	Glazzard	3	0.140%	612.24x
57	Millburn	3	0.140%	121.46x
58	Ramshaw	3	0.140%	57.03x
59	Sproat	3	0.140%	71.77x
60	Birtley	2	0.090%	183.49x
61	Duffell	2	0.090%	76.63x
62	Mcguiness	2	0.090%	143.88x
63	Niland	2	0.090%	307.69x
64	Robe	2	0.090%	298.51x
65	Yarrow	2	0.090%	48.08x
66	Beckford	1	0.050%	86.21x
67	Brumwell	1	0.050%	58.48x
68	Chrisp	1	0.050%	43.86x
69	Farish	1	0.050%	38.61x
70	Gledson	1	0.050%	125.00x
71	Golightley	1	0.050%	238.10x
72	Hasdell	1	0.050%	250.00x
73	Heppenstall	1	0.050%	27.03x
74	Mood	1	0.050%	192.31x
75	Poad	1	0.050%	62.50x
76	Scouler	1	0.050%	88.50x
77	Templer	1	0.050%	85.47x