1881 census place

Tweedmouth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Tweedmouth, 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

207 surnames are listed for Tweedmouth, Northumberland, covering 2,301 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Patterson, with 83 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Tweedmouth

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	Patterson	83	1.53%	43.93x
2	Davidson	76	1.40%	16.68x
3	Swinney	58	1.07%	979.73x
4	Bruce	54	1.00%	21.27x
5	Purves	51	0.940%	143.95x
6	Johnstone	46	0.850%	18.78x
7	Douglas	40	0.740%	15.24x
8	Elliot	39	0.720%	28.21x
9	Hay	36	0.660%	18.11x
10	Rutherford	36	0.660%	27.22x
11	Logan	35	0.650%	27.24x
12	Tait	35	0.650%	21.94x
13	Dryden	33	0.610%	101.04x
14	Cockburn	32	0.590%	46.28x
15	Bryson	31	0.570%	74.61x
16	Dickson	31	0.570%	15.45x
17	Percy	31	0.570%	61.34x
18	Short	29	0.540%	13.70x
19	Roughead	27	0.500%	1255.81x
20	Blyth	26	0.480%	30.43x
21	Hope	26	0.480%	14.10x
22	Lough	26	0.480%	268.60x
23	Craik	25	0.460%	150.69x
24	Moffat	25	0.460%	25.47x
25	Robison	25	0.460%	206.61x
26	Cuthbert	24	0.440%	30.82x
27	Atchison	23	0.420%	352.22x
28	Pringle	23	0.420%	26.95x
29	Weatherburn	23	0.420%	372.77x
30	Purvis	22	0.410%	41.97x
31	Ronaldson	22	0.410%	275.69x
32	Walkinshaw	22	0.410%	357.72x
33	Ainslie	21	0.390%	146.75x
34	Dunlop	21	0.390%	24.05x
35	Forsyth	21	0.390%	18.16x
36	Hastie	21	0.390%	61.21x
37	Kinghorn	20	0.370%	127.80x
38	Knox	20	0.370%	21.50x
39	Boston	19	0.350%	76.52x
40	Ewart	19	0.350%	62.36x
41	Younger	19	0.350%	64.78x
42	Burn	18	0.330%	24.68x
43	Main	18	0.330%	20.29x
44	Shiel	18	0.330%	185.19x
45	Weatherhead	18	0.330%	116.35x
46	Beveridge	17	0.310%	30.14x
47	Hume	17	0.310%	22.12x
48	Gladston	16	0.300%	1151.08x
49	Gilchrist	15	0.280%	18.88x
50	Laidler	15	0.280%	69.74x
51	Lilley	15	0.280%	19.99x
52	Riddle	15	0.280%	33.36x
53	Trotter	15	0.280%	26.40x
54	Moor	14	0.260%	18.44x
55	Speedy	14	0.260%	353.54x
56	Cowe	13	0.240%	89.04x
57	Jefferson	13	0.240%	22.09x
58	Laidlaw	13	0.240%	27.07x
59	Renton	13	0.240%	39.11x
60	Shiels	13	0.240%	101.88x
61	Skelly	13	0.240%	126.95x
62	Stokoe	13	0.240%	71.08x
63	Yule	13	0.240%	47.90x
64	Callan	12	0.220%	68.85x
65	Dumble	12	0.220%	305.34x
66	Reay	12	0.220%	25.50x
67	Archbold	11	0.200%	85.74x
68	Paxton	11	0.200%	25.46x
69	Gladstone	10	0.180%	68.31x
70	Rea	10	0.180%	32.84x
71	Wastle	10	0.180%	729.93x
72	Wight	10	0.180%	35.87x
73	Addy	9	0.170%	39.01x
74	Billings	9	0.170%	34.39x
75	Binney	9	0.170%	107.40x
76	Burk	9	0.170%	46.18x
77	Cromarty	9	0.170%	144.93x
78	Hann	9	0.170%	36.36x
79	Skeen	9	0.170%	181.45x
80	Crombie	8	0.150%	26.32x
81	Dayer	8	0.150%	402.01x
82	Edminson	8	0.150%	481.93x
83	Hislop	8	0.150%	24.53x
84	Leiper	8	0.150%	64.26x
85	Longbone	8	0.150%	963.86x
86	Rule	8	0.150%	21.52x
87	Summerville	8	0.150%	241.69x
88	Wardhaugh	8	0.150%	211.64x
89	Balmer	7	0.130%	34.15x
90	Bulman	7	0.130%	35.46x
91	Fergie	7	0.130%	274.51x
92	Gilroy	7	0.130%	31.86x
93	Hately	7	0.130%	222.22x
94	Heckels	7	0.130%	707.07x
95	Lauder	7	0.130%	24.58x
96	Middlemiss	7	0.130%	54.56x
97	Piercy	7	0.130%	35.92x
98	Shrimpton	7	0.130%	30.15x
99	Tough	7	0.130%	33.57x
100	Carrigan	6	0.110%	56.76x