Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westmorland

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
ATKINSON1,2401.931319.83
ROBINSON1,1661.81615.70
WILSON1,1311.76163.84
THOMPSON9761.52025.07
HODGSON6491.010814.59
HARRISON6240.97194.38
JACKSON6130.95483.42
DIXON6070.94548.63
TAYLOR6050.94231.47
RICHARDSON5400.84114.94
NICHOLSON4800.747610.52
WALKER4680.72892.18
SMITH4250.66200.47
WILKINSON4220.65734.31
BELL3820.59503.17
SIMPSON3510.54673.13
CLARK3490.54361.81
DOBSON3460.538912.22
SCOTT3340.52022.06
HUTCHINSON3150.49068.64
GARNETT3090.481338.76
GRAHAM3000.46734.07
NELSON2840.44239.13
GIBSON2840.44233.64
DENT2810.437722.97
HALL2790.43461.48
BRAITHWAITE2780.433037.32
PEARSON2700.42053.62
BROWN2690.41900.64
SHEPHERD2530.39415.38
MASON2470.38472.86
WATSON2390.37231.60
SHAW2340.36451.98
MARTINDALE2190.341159.43
HOLMES2170.33802.78
PARK2140.333310.75
FAWCETT2060.320916.59
RIGG2060.320938.16
PARKER2050.31931.68
BLAND2050.319315.40
TYSON2000.311523.90
ELLWOOD1960.305355.14
BENSON1940.302211.14
LANCASTER1930.300612.10
HAYTON1910.297560.69
ARMSTRONG1900.29593.87
PATTINSON1860.289732.37
JOHNSON1830.28500.85
BAINBRIDGE1760.274119.50
WHITEHEAD1730.26953.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ION257.40800.1246
THORNBORROW217.73700.1090
HUCK214.341360.2118
BELLAS165.771020.1589
LONGMIRE152.08740.1153
LOWIS147.561180.1838
ARMER115.67920.1433
HADWIN106.15760.1184
BRUNSKILL101.341510.2352
CLEASBY96.41680.1059
LANGHORN92.81760.1184
SILL80.38610.0950
MOUNSEY73.851360.2118
CROSSFIELD67.27610.0950
MATTINSON65.76750.1168
HAYTON60.691910.2975
TITTERINGTON60.19560.0872
MARTINDALE59.432190.3411
ELLWOOD55.141960.3053
CROSTHWAITE53.97560.0872
HINDSON52.71600.0935
BRACKEN50.99540.0841
SALKELD50.52730.1137
LISHMAN50.22660.1028
SISSON49.72840.1308
MEDCALF46.361160.1807
PHILIPSON46.31830.1293
WHITWELL44.22840.1308
KIRKBRIDE41.20780.1215
PRICKETT39.97700.1090
GARNETT38.763090.4813
RIGG38.162060.3209
EGGLESTON37.82570.0888
BRAITHWAITE37.322780.4330
SOWERBY36.681270.1978
BALMER35.41860.1339
PATTINSON32.371860.2897
HOLME30.58910.1417
MORLAND30.50550.0857
SAUL30.491000.1558
FARRER30.091280.1994
WINDER28.471200.1869
FOTHERGILL27.981030.1604
SLEE27.93700.1090
THWAITES27.641060.1651
POWLEY26.11520.0810
BIRKETT25.991610.2508
WOODBURN25.56520.0810
BURROW25.421120.1744
DODGSON25.33790.1230

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 80 people called ION in Westmorland 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 0.1246 in Westmorland means that 0.1246% of the people in Westmorland on census day were called ION.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ION 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 ION 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 ION 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 ION here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 257.40 in Westmorland means that you are 257.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ION in Westmorland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Westmorland comprises 110 registration districts

District Population Top Surname by Total Top Surname by Frequency
Ambleside 1990 JACKSON FRISBIE
Appleby St Lawrence 1462 HORN TUER
Appleby St Michael 1443 HALL EYE
Applethwaite 1915 WILSON LANDHAM
Asby 496 JACKSON BRATHWAITE
Askham 513 NICHOLSON KIRKBRIDE
Bampton 542 KITCHING VEACH
Barbon 275 BRENNAN TALLON
Beetham 989 PEARSON MATTIX
Bolton 403 SAVAGE LONGMIRE
Brough 628 DENT LYDE
Brough Sowerby 134 ABRAM SAWER
Brougham 296 HUTCHINSON SALMAN
Burton 675 WILSON ARMER
Casterton 581 WILSON THORNBOROUGH
Cliburn 279 BYERS COULSTON
Clifton 393 ROBINSON MOFFET
Crook 280 BRAITHWAITE CRIEGHTON
Crosby Garrett 224 ROBINSON BRINKLY
Crosby Ravensworth 784 ROBINSON RELPH
Crosthwaite Lyth 772 SHEPHERD TUGMAN
Dillicar 122 ROBINSON THIXTON
Docker 69 BURTON SILL
Dufton 414 LIDDLE THRELKELD
Farleton 78 HOLME DOWKER
Fawcett Forest 62 HUCK HUCK
Firbank 207 BATEMAN BRACKEN
Grasmere 737 WILSON PURDOM
Grayrigg 228 TAYLOR GARNET
Great Musgrave 182 SAVAGE ION
Great Strickland 283 TAYLOR MCCRONE
Hartley 150 THOMPSON REYNOLDSON
Haverbrack 120 PEARSON DEA
Hay Hutton In Hay 212 TOMLINSON CANNAN
Helsington 349 HAYTON BUSHER
Heversham With Milnthorpe 1546 WILKINSON HARMANN
High Barton 371 SMITH CUMPSTON
Hilbeck 56 LONGSTAFF TUNSTALL
Hincaster 117 PARK ROOKS
Holme 779 PROCTER SIL
Hugill 392 WILSON HAISTEN
Hutton Roof 295 HODGSON TUGMAN
Kaber 200 MORLAND CLEASBY
Kendal 11753 ATKINSON COWHERD
Kentmere 174 GILPIN GILPIN
Killington 248 MASON BRACKEN
Kings Meaburn 182 DENT MORLAND
Kirkby Lonsdale 1736 ATKINSON TALLON
Kirkby Stephen 1665 THOMPSON RENISON
Kirkby Thore 519 WATT SHURR
Kirkland 1369 JACKSON BEAGAN
Lambrigg 168 THOMPSON BRACKEN
Langdale 733 WALKER THORNBORROW
Levens 945 PRICKETT ARREY
Little Musgrave 71 HODGSON EWBANK
Little Strickland 114 BELLAS BELLAS
Long Marton 717 ROBINSON FURNAS
Long Sleddale 136 HUDSON WHITWELL
Low Winder 20 KILGOUR KILGOUR
Lowther 470 COULSTON MCCRONE
Lupton 217 NELSON GREN
Mallerstang 271 METCALF PETTIFORD
Mansergh 239 ATKINSON CORDE
Martindale 142 LECK LECK
Meathop Ulpha 148 WILSON CAPE
Middleton 232 WILSON LANDFORD
Milbourne 243 CRAIG TATTERS
Morland 371 WILSON ION
Nateby 175 DIXON SAGAR
Natland 287 NELSON JUST
Nether Graveship 614 ROBINSON FARGUHARSON
Nether Staveley 324 DOBSON TUBMAN
New Hutton 120 ROBINSON BRACKEN
Newbiggin 139 SWAIN COCKFIELD
Newby 245 SIMPSON MCHAFFIE
Old Hutton Holmescales 382 ATKINSON JUST
Ormside 212 CLARKE MCCUNE
Orton 1919 WILSON SHEAMAN
Over Staveley 730 JOHNSON MCNAIR
Patterdale 710 PATTINSON BRUMWELL
Patton 63 CHAMLEY CHAMLEY
Preston Patrick 544 BROWN COWHERD
Preston Richard 590 WILSON HUCK
Ravenstonedale 895 FOTHERGILL CALDERSON
Rydal Loughrigg 498 FLEMING SATTERTHWAITE
Scalthwaiterigg 327 ALLAN SMILY
Sedgwick 247 ATKINSON GANNETT
Shap 1416 ATKINSON VEACH
Skelsmergh 375 STEELE BROWNRIGG
Sleagill 140 FARRER FARRER
Smardale 44 LONGSTAFF LONGSTAFF
Sockbridge 218 DIXON WESTMORLAND
Soulby 276 RICHARDSON LATTEN
Stainmore 495 ALDERSON HUCK
Stainton 390 THOMPSON FREAR
Strickland Kettle 613 WALKER SEDWICK
Strickland Roger 434 ATKINSON SILL
Temple Sowerby 420 NICHOLSON SISSON
Thrimby 53 NICHOLSON HOLME
Troutbeck 446 BENSON HARSHAW
Underbarrow Bradley 464 WILSON BROWNRIGG
Undermilbeck 2117 ROBINSON TREDENNICK
Waitby 68 HARTWELL HARTWELL
Warcop 720 HALL ADERSON
Wharton 61 DENT BROCKLEBANK
Whinfell 173 NICHOLSON JUST
Whitwell Selside 250 MARTINDALE LESH
Winton 250 HUTCHINSON THORNBORROW
Witherslack 545 DICKINSON COTHAM
Yanwath Eamont Bridge 289 WATT EDGCOMB

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