Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Clifton, Cumberland

Little Clifton 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
GRAHAM163.738332.56
JOHNSTONE163.738382.69
ARMSTRONG133.037439.73
SMITH133.03742.15
CARTER122.803716.70
BRAITHWAITE92.1028181.09
CAMERON92.102827.05
PRITT92.10283,333.33
WALKER81.86925.58
SHAW81.869210.18
NORMAN81.869240.32
CARRUTHERS81.8692141.34
BROWN81.86922.84
LITTLE71.635534.59
ALLEN71.63558.66
PEARSON71.635514.08
PENNY71.635591.86
ROBINSON71.63555.13
STEPHENSON61.401924.51
KENNEY61.4019254.24
RAFFERTY61.4019271.49
MESSENGER61.4019181.82
CAMBELL61.4019508.47
HOLMES61.401911.51
MATHERS51.1682196.08
WILKINSON51.16827.66
GORDON51.168218.53
PATERSON51.168217.16
COWAN51.168257.27
BARWICK40.9346219.78
HARRISON40.93464.21
GORDEN40.9346533.33
FALLOWS40.9346195.12
MILBURN40.9346104.71
HODGSON40.934613.49
MARTIN40.93463.79
CURRY40.934665.25
HEAD40.934638.39
TOMLINSON40.934620.26
SHARPLESS40.93463,076.92
MOORE40.93464.67
WILSON40.93462.03
SLOANE30.7009303.03
PARK30.700922.61
HUNTER30.70096.83
BLACKBURN30.700918.59
BELL30.70093.73
WALLACE30.700910.24
KENYON30.700933.56
BLACK30.700910.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PRITT0.434283333.3333
SHARPLESS0.434283076.9231
ASBRIDGE0.43428625.0000
PLASKETT0.43428625.0000
GORDEN0.43428533.3333
CAMBELL0.43428508.4746
SLOANE0.43428303.0303
RAFFERTY0.43428271.4932
KENNEY0.43428254.2373
BARWICK0.43428219.7802
MATHERS0.43428196.0784
FALLOWS0.43428195.1220
COOLEY0.43428181.8182
MESSENGER0.43428181.8182
BRAITHWAITE0.43428181.0865
CARRUTHERS0.43428141.3428
MILBURN0.43428104.7120
PENNY0.4342891.8635
JOHNSTONE0.4342882.6873
GILPIN0.4342880.0000
CURRY0.4342865.2529
BERWICK0.4342858.1395
COWAN0.4342857.2738
PEAK0.4342855.8659
TUNSTALL0.4342844.0529
COULTHARD0.4342841.8410
PEART0.4342840.9836
NORMAN0.4342840.3226
ARMSTRONG0.4342839.7311
HEAD0.4342838.3877
LITTLE0.4342834.5850
KENYON0.4342833.5570
GRAHAM0.4342832.5600
LUCK0.4342828.3286
ROUTLEDGE0.4342827.4725
CAMERON0.4342827.0514
STEPHENSON0.4342824.5098
PARK0.4342822.6074
TOMLINSON0.4342820.2634
BLACKBURN0.4342818.5874
GORDON0.4342818.5322
PATERSON0.4342817.1644
CARTER0.4342816.7038
PEARSON0.4342814.0788
HODGSON0.4342813.4862
HOLMES0.4342811.5119
ROPER0.4342811.2233
HULL0.4342811.1732
BLACK0.4342810.8264
WALLACE0.4342810.2354

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 428 people called PRITT in Little Clifton 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 3333.3333 in Little Clifton means that 3333.3333% of the people in Little Clifton on census day were called PRITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PRITT 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 PRITT 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 PRITT 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 PRITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.43 in Little Clifton means that you are 0.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PRITT in Little Clifton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Clifton in 1881

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

ALLEN (7)  ARMSTRONG (13)  ASBRIDGE (1)  ASWELL (2)  BARWICK (4)  BERWICK (1)  BELL (3)  BLACK (3)  BLACKBURN (3)  BORROWDALE (6)  BRAITHWAIT (1)  BRAITHWAITE (9)  BROWN (8)  BRUCE (1)  BURNS (1)  CAMERON (9)  CAMBELL (6)  CARR (1)  CARRUTHERS (8)  CARTER (12)  CLARK (1)  COCKBAIN (13)  COULTHARD (1)  COWAN (5)  COOLEY (2)  CURRY (4)  DOCKERA (3)  FALLOWS (4)  FERGUINSON (4)  FISHER (1)  GILPIN (1)  GORDEN (4)  GORDON (5)  GRAHAM (16)  HARRISON (4)  HEAD (4)  HODGSON (4)  HOLMES (6)  HULL (1)  HUNTER (3)  JAMES (1)  JOHNSTONE (16)  MC KAY (7)  NEEN (8)  KENNEY (6)  KENYON (3)  LABOURER (1)  LAWSON (1)  LAYBOURER (2)  LITTLE (7)  LUCK (1)  LITHGOE (1)  MARTIN (4)  MATHERS (5)  MC LEAR (1)  MAC KAY (2)  MC VAY (2)  MC AVOY (11)  MAC AVOY (1)  MELANBY (2)  MESSENGER (6)  MILBURN (4)  MINSHAW (11)  MITCHINSON (2)  MOORE (4)  NORMAN (8)  OSTELL (2)  PALLISTER (1)  PARK (3)  PATERSON (5)  PEAK (1)  PEARSON (7)  PEART (1)  PENNY (7)  PLASKETT (2)  PRITT (9)  RAFFERTY (6)  ROBINSON (7)  ROPER (1)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  SHARPLESS (4)  SHAW (8)  SLOANE (3)  SMITH (13)  STEELE (1)  STEPHENSON (6)  TARK (4)  TICKEL (1)  TINNION (7)  TOMLINSON (4)  TUNSTALL (1)  WALKER (8)  WALLACE (3)  WILKINSON (5)  WILSON (4)  WRIGHT (1) 

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