Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burton, Westmorland

Burton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Westmorland

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
WILSON284.14819.03
WILKINSON243.555623.30
BAINBRIDGE223.2593231.82
BELL192.814814.98
ROBINSON182.66678.36
ARMER182.66672,142.86
JACKSON142.07417.42
HOLMES121.777814.60
ATKINSON111.629616.73
BRAITHWAITE111.6296140.49
HALL111.62965.54
CASSON91.3333224.44
TITTERINGTON91.3333918.37
RIGG91.3333158.45
FAWCETT81.185261.30
MORLAND81.1852421.05
NIXON81.185238.91
SMITH81.18520.84
GEE71.037040.63
BAKER71.03704.73
NICHOLSON71.037014.60
HOLME71.0370223.64
HEWITT71.037021.29
PENNELL60.8889307.69
PARKINSON60.888918.53
TALBOT60.888935.71
WALLING60.8889444.44
CORLESS60.8889315.79
MOSS60.888914.42
DELANEY60.8889138.25
HARRISON50.74073.34
RICHARDSON50.74074.35
DOCKER50.7407375.94
NELSON50.740715.29
BRADSHAW50.740718.04
CHALMERS50.740731.11
DOBSON50.740716.80
TEMPLETON50.7407100.20
GARNETT50.740759.67
NUTTER50.740797.28
BALDWIN50.740717.37
HADWIN50.7407666.67
TAYLOR40.59260.93
STAGG40.592689.09
CHARNLEY40.5926127.39
LANCASTER40.592623.84
SUTCLIFFE40.592615.00
BUNKER40.5926147.06
SHUTTLEWORTH40.592649.94
BIRKETT40.592661.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARMER2,142.86182.6667
NICKLESON1,000.0010.1481
TITTERINGTON918.3791.3333
HADWIN666.6750.7407
PELTON666.6710.1481
THORNBORROW588.2420.2963
WALLING444.4460.8889
TAUBMAN434.7810.1481
MORLAND421.0581.1852
DOCKER375.9450.7407
CORLESS315.7960.8889
PENNELL307.6960.8889
MOREHOUSE294.1210.1481
BAINBRIDGE231.82223.2593
CASSON224.4491.3333
HOLME223.6471.0370
DOUBLEDAY211.2730.4444
MORTEN194.1720.2963
RIGG158.4591.3333
BUNKER147.0640.5926
BRAITHWAITE140.49111.6296
DELANEY138.2560.8889
CHARNLEY127.3940.5926
SKILLICORN114.9410.1481
TEMPLETON100.2050.7407
NUTTER97.2850.7407
WHIPP91.7420.2963
NATION91.7410.1481
HAYTON90.6330.4444
STAGG89.0940.5926
LAYFIELD81.3010.1481
STOCKWELL75.1930.4444
ROOKS68.4910.1481
GARTH66.6710.1481
BIRKETT61.4440.5926
FAWCETT61.3081.1852
GARNETT59.6750.7407
SHUTTLEWORTH49.9440.5926
BURROW43.2020.2963
GEE40.6371.0370
ANSON40.0010.1481
POSTLETHWAITE39.0610.1481
NIXON38.9181.1852
TALBOT35.7160.8889
TOWNSON35.3410.1481
BATLEY34.2510.1481
PATTINSON33.1120.2963
GERMAN31.7510.1481
CHALMERS31.1150.7407
BEACH31.1020.2963

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 18 people called ARMER in Burton 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 2.6667 in Burton means that 2.6667% of the people in Burton on census day were called ARMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ARMER 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 ARMER 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 ARMER 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 ARMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,142.86 in Burton means that you are 2,142.86 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ARMER in Burton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  AIREY (5)  ANSON (1)  ARMER (18)  ATKINSON (11)  BACKHOUSE (2)  BAINBRIDGE (22)  BAKER (7)  BALDWIN (5)  BARKER (2)  BATLEY (1)  BECK (1)  BEACH (2)  BELL (19)  BIRKETT (4)  BLAMIRE (6)  BORWICK (1)  BOTTERILL (1)  BOWMAN (2)  BOYD (2)  BRADSHAW (5)  BRAITHWAITE (11)  BRIGGS (2)  BUNKER (4)  BURROW (2)  BURTHOM (7)  BUSH (1)  BUTTERWORTH (1)  CORLESS (6)  CARR (3)  CARRICK (1)  CARRUTHERS (1)  CASSON (9)  CHALMERS (5)  CHARNLEY (4)  CLARKE (2)  CLARK (2)  CORNTHWAITE (2)  COULTHWAITE (3)  CROSSLEY (1)  CURWEN (1)  DANIEL (2)  DEAN (1)  DE BOINVILLE (7)  DELANEY (6)  DINSDALE (1)  DIXON (1)  DOBSON (5)  DOCKER (5)  DODD (1)  DOUBLEDAY (3)  DUNN (2)  O DWYER (5)  ECCLES (3)  FARIMOND (1)  FAWCETT (8)  FEARENSIDE (9)  FILDES (1)  FISHER (1)  FOLDYS (1)  FRYER (1)  GARDINER (2)  GARNETT (5)  GARTH (1)  GEE (7)  GERMAN (1)  GIBSON (2)  GRAHAM (2)  GREAVES (3)  GRISENTHWAITE (2)  GUNN (1)  HADWIN (5)  HALL (11)  HARRISON (5)  HAYTON (3)  HELME (3)  HEWITT (7)  HOBSON (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOGGARTH (5)  HOLMES (12)  HOLME (7)  HOPE (1)  HOWE (1)  HOWSON (1)  HUNTER (3)  HUTTON (3)  ABBOTSON (4)  INMAN (1)  JACKSON (14)  JARMAN (1)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (1)  KING (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LANCASTER (4)  LANGLEY (1)  LAYFIELD (1)  LIVICK (1)  LEWIS (1)  LINDSAY (3)  LUND (1)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MACHELL (2)  DOWELL (1)  MC LEAN (4)  MOREHOUSE (1)  MORLAND (8)  MORRISON (1)  MORTEN (2)  MOSS (6)  NATION (1)  NELSON (5)  NICKLESON (1)  NICHOLSON (7)  NIXON (8)  NORTH (1)  NUTTER (5)  OGDEN (1)  OTWAY (5)  PARKINSON (6)  PATTINSON (2)  PATRICKSON (1)  PELTON (1)  PENNELL (6)  POSTLETHWAITE (1)  POWELL (1)  PRESTON (1)  PROCTER (2)  RAILTON (4)  ROWLANDSON (5)  RICHARDSON (5)  RIDLEY (1)  RIGG (9)  ROBINSON (18)  ROOKS (1)  ROWBOTHAM (1)  SANDHAM (8)  SEWART (4)  SHARP (2)  SHUTTLEWORTH (4)  SKILLICORN (1)  SKIRROW (6)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (8)  STAGG (4)  STORKES (2)  STOCKWELL (3)  SUTCLIFFE (4)  SWINGLEHURST (1)  TATE (1)  TALBOT (6)  TAUBMAN (1)  TAYLOR (4)  TEMPLETON (5)  THOMPSON (3)  THORNBORROW (2)  THORNTON (2)  TITTERINGTON (9)  TOWNSON (1)  TURNER (2)  VAREY (3)  WADESON (7)  WATSON (4)  WELSH (2)  WALLING (6)  WHIPP (2)  WHITWORTH (1)  WILKINSON (24)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLAN (1)  WILSON (28)  WINDER (1) 

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