Top surnames from the 1881 census in Grinsdale, Cumberland

Grinsdale is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cumberland

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
PEARSON108.547073.58
MARTINDALE97.69231,343.28
FORSTER75.9829182.29
CARR65.128271.09
CASSIDY65.1282419.58
FRENCH54.273587.57
MITCHELL54.273521.07
SMITH54.27353.03
HENDERSON43.418831.45
BLACKBURN32.564168.03
THOMPSON32.56418.56
NIXON21.709456.18
WRIGHT21.70945.33
PHILIPSON21.7094606.06
JOHNSTON21.709421.19
HARVEY21.709416.01
LITTLE21.709436.17
KELLY21.709415.61
JEFFERSON10.854778.74
BARNES10.85477.10
HOUGH10.854749.75
THOMLINSON10.8547476.19
LAWSON10.854714.49
COOK10.85474.30
ROBSON10.854712.99
KAY10.854716.45
PATTINSON10.854795.24
JACKSON10.85473.06
MUSGRAVE10.8547140.85
WILSON10.85471.86
MARSHALL10.85475.10
STEELE10.854731.95
KERR10.854715.67
BELL10.85474.55
PARK10.854727.55
IRVING10.854738.31
DAWSON10.85477.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARTINDALE0.121171343.2836
PHILIPSON0.12117606.0606
THOMLINSON0.12117476.1905
CASSIDY0.12117419.5804
FORSTER0.12117182.2917
MUSGRAVE0.12117140.8451
PATTINSON0.1211795.2381
FRENCH0.1211787.5657
JEFFERSON0.1211778.7402
PEARSON0.1211773.5835
CARR0.1211771.0900
BLACKBURN0.1211768.0272
NIXON0.1211756.1798
HOUGH0.1211749.7512
IRVING0.1211738.3142
LITTLE0.1211736.1664
STEELE0.1211731.9489
HENDERSON0.1211731.4465
PARK0.1211727.5482
JOHNSTON0.1211721.1864
MITCHELL0.1211721.0704
KAY0.1211716.4474
HARVEY0.1211716.0128
KERR0.1211715.6740
KELLY0.1211715.6128
LAWSON0.1211714.4928
ROBSON0.1211712.9870
THOMPSON0.121178.5592
DAWSON0.121177.7519
BARNES0.121177.1023
WRIGHT0.121175.3291
MARSHALL0.121175.0968
BELL0.121174.5475
COOK0.121174.3029
JACKSON0.121173.0581
SMITH0.121173.0266
WILSON0.121171.8608

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 117 people called MARTINDALE in Grinsdale 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 1343.2836 in Grinsdale means that 1343.2836% of the people in Grinsdale on census day were called MARTINDALE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARTINDALE 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 MARTINDALE 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 MARTINDALE 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 MARTINDALE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Grinsdale means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARTINDALE in Grinsdale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Grinsdale in 1881

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

BARNES (1)  BELL (1)  BLACKBURN (3)  BULMON (1)  CARR (6)  CASSIDY (6)  COOK (1)  DALLIN (2)  DAWSON (1)  DOBINSON (1)  FORSTER (7)  FRENCH (5)  HARVEY (2)  HENDERSON (4)  HOUGH (1)  IRVING (1)  JACKSON (1)  JEFFERSON (1)  JOHNSTON (2)  KAY (1)  KAPE (1)  KELLY (2)  KERR (1)  LAWSON (1)  LENAN (1)  LITTLE (2)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTINDALE (9)  MC BRIDE (1)  MITCHELL (5)  MUSGRAVE (1)  NIXON (2)  PARK (1)  PATTINSON (1)  PEARSON (10)  PHILIPSON (2)  PHILISON (1)  RAILTON (3)  ROBSON (1)  SIBSON (5)  SMITH (5)  STEELE (1)  STOBBART (1)  THOMPSON (3)  THORNBARROW (3)  THOMLINSON (1)  WANNOP (1)  WILSON (1)  WRIGHT (2) 

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