Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitbeck, Cumberland

Whitbeck 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
WILSON136.989215.22
SATTERTHWAITE115.91403,437.50
ROBINSON94.838715.17
DIXON94.838744.16
PARK73.7634121.53
BROWNRIGG63.22582,500.00
POOLE63.225866.96
KIRKBY63.2258571.43
PARKER63.225816.96
HOLMES63.225826.49
HIGH52.6882595.24
TYSON52.6882206.61
WATSON42.15059.27
RAYNES42.15051,081.08
BALDERSTON31.61291,764.71
KNIGHT31.612913.08
HARRISON31.61297.27
FEARON31.6129638.30
HUNTER31.612915.71
HERON31.6129168.54
CLARKE31.61297.96
STEEL21.075326.39
KAY21.075320.70
HUDDLESTON21.0753384.62
WILLIAMSON21.075312.00
MOOR10.537638.31
KEGG10.53761,250.00
COLE10.53765.90
NEWBY10.537653.76
HODSON10.537625.97
VICARS10.5376312.50
BENJAMIN10.5376102.04
MALLINSON10.537665.36
SAVAGE10.537613.99
GAY10.537640.32
RILEY10.53766.79
MORRIS10.53762.42
HODGSON10.53767.76
BELL10.53762.86
LOWTHER10.537687.72
HAYNES10.537615.06
KENNAUGH10.5376526.32
FOX10.53765.79
JOHNSON10.53761.60
COWARD10.537646.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SATTERTHWAITE0.191863437.5000
BROWNRIGG0.191862500.0000
BALDERSTON0.191861764.7059
KEGG0.191861250.0000
RAYNES0.191861081.0811
FEARON0.19186638.2979
HIGH0.19186595.2381
KIRKBY0.19186571.4286
KENNAUGH0.19186526.3158
HUDDLESTON0.19186384.6154
VICARS0.19186312.5000
TYSON0.19186206.6116
HERON0.19186168.5393
PARK0.19186121.5278
BENJAMIN0.19186102.0408
LOWTHER0.1918687.7193
POOLE0.1918666.9643
MALLINSON0.1918665.3595
NEWBY0.1918653.7634
COWARD0.1918646.9484
DIXON0.1918644.1609
GAY0.1918640.3226
MOOR0.1918638.3142
HOLMES0.1918626.4901
STEEL0.1918626.3852
HODSON0.1918625.9740
KAY0.1918620.7039
PARKER0.1918616.9587
HUNTER0.1918615.7068
WILSON0.1918615.2171
ROBINSON0.1918615.1745
HAYNES0.1918615.0602
SAVAGE0.1918613.9860
KNIGHT0.1918613.0833
WILLIAMSON0.1918611.9976
WATSON0.191869.2700
CLARKE0.191867.9597
HODGSON0.191867.7580
HARRISON0.191867.2657
RILEY0.191866.7935
COLE0.191865.9032
FOX0.191865.7904
BELL0.191862.8612
MORRIS0.191862.4155
JOHNSON0.191861.6003

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 186 people called SATTERTHWAITE in Whitbeck 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 3437.5000 in Whitbeck means that 3437.5000% of the people in Whitbeck on census day were called SATTERTHWAITE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SATTERTHWAITE 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 SATTERTHWAITE 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 SATTERTHWAITE 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 SATTERTHWAITE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Whitbeck means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SATTERTHWAITE in Whitbeck than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitbeck in 1881

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

BALDERSTON (3)  BELL (1)  BENJAMIN (1)  BEWSKER (1)  BOWS (1)  BRANLIN (3)  BROWNRIGG (6)  CLARKE (3)  COLE (1)  COWARD (1)  CRANKE (5)  DIXON (9)  FEARON (3)  FOX (1)  GAY (1)  GUNSON (1)  HARRISON (3)  HAYNES (1)  HERON (3)  HIGH (5)  HODGSON (1)  HODSON (1)  HODGUS (1)  HOLMES (6)  HUDDLESTON (2)  HUNTER (3)  JOHNSON (1)  KAY (2)  KEGG (1)  KENNAUGH (1)  KINNISH (1)  KIRKBY (6)  KIRKY (KIRKBY) (4)  KIRKY (2)  MC KNIGHT (2)  KNIGHT (3)  LOWTHER (1)  MALLINSON (1)  MEATTIE (1)  MOOR (1)  MORRIS (1)  NEWBY (1)  PARK (7)  PARKER (6)  POOLE (6)  POSTLEOHWAITE (6)  RAYNES (4)  RILEY (1)  ROBINSON (9)  SATTERTHWAITE (11)  SAVAGE (1)  SHERWEN (9)  SINGLESTON (1)  SINKINSON (1)  STEEL (2)  TYSON (5)  VICARS (1)  WATSON (4)  WILLAN (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILSON (13) 

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