Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sandwith, Cumberland

Sandwith 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
ROBINSON174.582214.37
HALES174.5822319.55
CLARK123.234510.76
FERGUSON92.425934.22
TELFER92.4259405.41
TYSON92.4259185.95
SMITH82.15631.53
CASSON82.1563361.99
BRUCE82.156346.03
SINGLETON82.1563109.14
GOWAN82.15631,428.57
ABERNETHY71.8868813.95
LOWERY71.8868578.51
CARRUTHERS71.8868142.57
STAFFORD71.886888.61
STEELE71.886870.49
DICKINSON71.886844.19
JARDINE71.8868202.31
MIDDLETON71.886835.93
MOFFITT61.61731,000.00
PETTIGREW61.6173333.33
PARKER61.61738.50
SEWELL51.347763.78
BOWE51.3477595.24
COOKE51.347724.43
CONNOR51.347745.66
DIXON51.347712.30
HODGSON41.078215.56
ENGLISH41.078257.31
LEESON41.0782186.05
JOHNSTON41.078213.36
JACKSON41.07823.86
WOOD41.07823.38
HUDDLESTON41.0782384.62
TOPPING30.8086117.65
ROTHERY30.8086218.98
CHAMBERS30.808614.22
GRIEVES30.8086322.58
JACQUES20.539163.49
BARNES20.53914.48
STOREY20.539121.21
WHITE20.53911.68
SHRIGLEY20.5391833.33
VIVIAN20.5391116.28
SANDERSON20.539113.05
HILTON20.539115.69
TAYLOR20.53910.84
HILL20.53912.12
RICHARDSON20.53913.17
FEARON20.5391215.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HERBY0.373715000.0000
GRAGG0.373712500.0000
MONTIETH0.373711666.6667
GOWAN0.373711428.5714
MOFFITT0.373711000.0000
SHRIGLEY0.37371833.3333
ABERNETHY0.37371813.9535
BOWE0.37371595.2381
LOWERY0.37371578.5124
TELFER0.37371405.4054
HUDDLESTON0.37371384.6154
CASSON0.37371361.9910
PETTIGREW0.37371333.3333
GRIEVES0.37371322.5806
HALES0.37371319.5489
ROTHERY0.37371218.9781
FEARON0.37371215.0538
LETT0.37371204.0816
JARDINE0.37371202.3121
KILLEN0.37371192.3077
LEESON0.37371186.0465
TYSON0.37371185.9504
CROSTHWAITE0.37371166.6667
FEE0.37371158.7302
CARRUTHERS0.37371142.5662
DANSON0.37371120.4819
STAMPER0.37371119.0476
TOPPING0.37371117.6471
VIVIAN0.37371116.2791
SINGLETON0.37371109.1405
STAFFORD0.3737188.6076
STEELE0.3737170.4935
RUDKIN0.3737168.4932
BUSHBY0.3737168.4932
SEWELL0.3737163.7755
JACQUES0.3737163.4921
ENGLISH0.3737157.3066
DIGBY0.3737152.0833
BRUCE0.3737146.0299
CONNOR0.3737145.6621
DICKINSON0.3737144.1919
DEMPSTER0.3737138.3142
MIDDLETON0.3737135.9343
FERGUSON0.3737134.2205
FURNESS0.3737133.7838
DORAN0.3737132.4675
COOKE0.3737124.4260
STOREY0.3737121.2089
GATES0.3737117.3913
MONTGOMERY0.3737116.9779

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 371 people called HERBY in Sandwith 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 5000.0000 in Sandwith means that 5000.0000% of the people in Sandwith on census day were called HERBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HERBY 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 HERBY 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 HERBY 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 HERBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.37 in Sandwith means that you are 0.37 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HERBY in Sandwith than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sandwith in 1881

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

ABERNETHY (7)  ATKINSON (1)  BALL (1)  BARNES (2)  BELL (1)  BETHWAITE (5)  BOADLE (1)  BOWE (5)  BRUCE (8)  BUSHBY (1)  BUTTLE (1)  CARRUTHERS (7)  CASTLEY (1)  CASSON (8)  CHAMBERS (3)  CLARK (12)  CONNOR (5)  COOKE (5)  CROSTHWAITE (1)  DALTON (1)  DANSON (1)  DEMPSTER (1)  DICKINSON (7)  DIGBY (1)  DIXON (5)  DORAN (1)  FEE (1)  FEARON (2)  FERGUSON (9)  FINLINSON (1)  FISHER (1)  FREEMAN (1)  FRY (1)  FURNESS (1)  GANDEN (1)  GATES (1)  GLAISTER (1)  JARDINE (7)  GOWAN (8)  GRAGG (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAVESTONE (1)  GRIEVES (3)  GUNSON (1)  HALES (17)  HERBY (1)  HEWITSON (5)  HILL (2)  HILTON (2)  HODGSON (4)  HUDDLESTON (4)  ENGLISH (4)  JACQUES (2)  JACKSON (4)  JOHNSTON (4)  JONES (1)  KILLEN (1)  MC KEE (1)  KINRADES (5)  KNIPS (5)  LOWERY (7)  LEESON (4)  LETT (1)  LIGHTOLLER (1)  LINDSAY (1)  MADDERS (1)  MC ALLISTER (5)  KILLIP (7)  MC WHINNEY (4)  MIDDLETON (7)  MITCHELL (1)  MOFFITT (6)  MONTIETH (1)  MONTGOMERY (1)  MOORE (2)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORMAN (1)  OLIPHAN (1)  PARKER (6)  PETTIGREW (6)  PIZEY (2)  R...DDEN (1)  RAE (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBINSON (17)  ROTHERY (3)  RUDKIN (1)  SANDERSON (2)  SEWELL (5)  SHARP (1)  SHRIGLEY (2)  SINGLETON (8)  SMITH (8)  STAFFORD (7)  STAMPER (1)  STEELE (7)  STOREY (2)  SUMPTON (6)  TAYLOR (2)  TELFER (9)  TOPPING (3)  TYSON (9)  VIVIAN (2)  WARBURTON (1)  WATSON (1)  WHITE (2)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (4) 

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