Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upper Allithwaite, Lancashire

Upper Allithwaite is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Lancashire

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
BARROW158.7719414.36
PRESTON137.6023152.22
MARTINDALE137.60231,326.53
JACKSON116.432723.02
WEBSTER63.508840.35
ELLWOOD63.5088631.58
STOREY52.9240114.94
BELL52.924015.56
DIXON52.924026.70
BATTERSBY42.3392330.58
PARK42.339275.47
WALKER42.33926.99
SHAW42.339212.73
NIXON42.339276.78
WILDMAN31.7544288.46
SIMPSON31.754410.03
WHITWELL31.7544588.24
PALMER31.754414.88
STANLEY31.754445.66
MILLER31.75449.80
HODGSON21.169616.88
ATKINSON21.169612.00
HUNTER21.169611.39
REDMAN21.169688.89
BARBER21.169619.44
BENNETT21.16967.11
PRICKETT10.5848212.77
GARDNER10.58488.61
MOOR10.584841.67
CARTER10.58483.48
WITHERS10.584835.71
RICHARDSON10.58483.44
HUDSON10.58487.14
HIGH10.5848129.87
BERRY10.58487.37
WILKINSON10.58483.83
BATTY10.584838.31
HUDDLESTON10.5848208.33
WHITE10.58481.82
POWELL10.58484.69
GOODMAN10.584820.04
TROTTER10.584855.87
SMITH10.58480.41
WOODS10.58489.28
ROBERTS10.58481.55
HUGHES10.58482.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARTINDALE0.171711326.5306
ELLWOOD0.17171631.5789
WHITWELL0.17171588.2353
BARROW0.17171414.3646
BATTERSBY0.17171330.5785
WILDMAN0.17171288.4615
PRICKETT0.17171212.7660
HUDDLESTON0.17171208.3333
PRESTON0.17171152.2248
HIGH0.17171129.8701
STOREY0.17171114.9425
REDMAN0.1717188.8889
NIXON0.1717176.7754
PARK0.1717175.4717
TROTTER0.1717155.8659
STANLEY0.1717145.6621
MOOR0.1717141.6667
WEBSTER0.1717140.3497
BATTY0.1717138.3142
WITHERS0.1717135.7143
DIXON0.1717126.6951
JACKSON0.1717123.0174
GOODMAN0.1717120.0401
BARBER0.1717119.4363
HODGSON0.1717116.8776
BELL0.1717115.5618
PALMER0.1717114.8810
SHAW0.1717112.7348
ATKINSON0.1717112.0048
HUNTER0.1717111.3895
SIMPSON0.1717110.0301
MILLER0.171719.8039
WOODS0.171719.2764
GARDNER0.171718.6133
BERRY0.171717.3692
HUDSON0.171717.1429
BENNETT0.171717.1149
WALKER0.171716.9881
POWELL0.171714.6882
WILKINSON0.171713.8314
CARTER0.171713.4843
RICHARDSON0.171713.4352
HUGHES0.171712.0868
WHITE0.171711.8192
ROBERTS0.171711.5545
SMITH0.171710.4142

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 171 people called MARTINDALE in Upper Allithwaite 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 1326.5306 in Upper Allithwaite means that 1326.5306% of the people in Upper Allithwaite 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 0.17 in Upper Allithwaite means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARTINDALE in Upper Allithwaite than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upper Allithwaite in 1881

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

ATKINSON (2)  BARBER (2)  BATTERSBY (4)  BATTY (1)  BELL (5)  BENNETT (2)  BERRY (1)  BARROW (15)  CARTER (1)  CHRISTOPHERSON (6)  DIXON (5)  ELLWOOD (6)  GARDNER (1)  GOODMAN (1)  HELLEWELL (1)  HIGH (1)  HODGSON (2)  HUDDLESTON (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUNTER (2)  JACKSON (11)  MARTINDALE (13)  MILLER (3)  MOOR (1)  NIXON (4)  PALMER (3)  PARK (4)  POWELL (1)  PRESTON (13)  PRICKETT (1)  REDMAN (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIGGE (3)  ROBERTS (1)  SHAW (4)  SIMPSON (3)  SMITH (1)  STANLEY (3)  STOREY (5)  TROTTER (1)  YOUDELL (1)  VAREY (11)  WALKER (4)  WEBSTER (6)  WHITE (1)  WHITWELL (3)  WILDMAN (3)  WILKINSON (1)  WITHERS (1)  WOODS (1) 

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