Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kings Meaburn, Westmorland

Kings Meaburn 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
DENT2312.6374662.82
WILSON105.494511.96
ATKINSON73.846239.48
WARWICK73.8462277.78
CARLTON63.2967645.16
CAMPBELL52.747316.23
MORLAND52.7473980.39
ROBINSON42.19786.89
FOSTER42.197816.44
ELLWOOD42.1978396.04
RICHARDSON42.197812.91
SEWELL31.648477.92
JACKSON31.64845.90
WALKER31.64844.92
DENNISON31.6484212.77
NICHOLSON21.098915.47
THOMPSON21.09893.67
DOBSON21.098924.91
TEASDALE21.0989129.87
SMITH21.09890.78
SAVAGE21.098928.61
GRAHAM21.09899.57
PATTINSON21.0989122.70
FAWCETT21.098956.82
HODGSON21.098915.86
JOHNSON10.54951.64
STALKER10.5495111.11
HEWITT10.549511.29
DAVIS10.54952.50
GREY10.549525.32
BYERS10.5495106.38
FORD10.54955.64
EGGLESTON10.5495232.56
HETHERINGTON10.549543.67
WINTER10.549515.50
BIRD10.54957.19
LAYCOCK10.549540.00
DONALDSON10.549519.27
STEPHENSON10.54959.61
SLACK10.549534.84
GUY10.549525.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MORLAND980.3952.7473
DENT662.822312.6374
CARLTON645.1663.2967
ELLWOOD396.0442.1978
WARWICK277.7873.8462
EGGLESTON232.5610.5495
DENNISON212.7731.6484
TEASDALE129.8721.0989
PATTINSON122.7021.0989
STALKER111.1110.5495
BYERS106.3810.5495
SEWELL77.9231.6484
FAWCETT56.8221.0989
HETHERINGTON43.6710.5495
LAYCOCK40.0010.5495
ATKINSON39.4873.8462
SLACK34.8410.5495
SAVAGE28.6121.0989
GREY25.3210.5495
GUY25.1310.5495
DOBSON24.9121.0989
DONALDSON19.2710.5495
FOSTER16.4442.1978
CAMPBELL16.2352.7473
HODGSON15.8621.0989
WINTER15.5010.5495
NICHOLSON15.4721.0989
RICHARDSON12.9142.1978
WILSON11.96105.4945
HEWITT11.2910.5495
STEPHENSON9.6110.5495
GRAHAM9.5721.0989
BIRD7.1910.5495
ROBINSON6.8942.1978
JACKSON5.9031.6484
FORD5.6410.5495
WALKER4.9231.6484
THOMPSON3.6721.0989
DAVIS2.5010.5495
JOHNSON1.6410.5495
SMITH0.7821.0989

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called MORLAND in Kings Meaburn 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 2.7473 in Kings Meaburn means that 2.7473% of the people in Kings Meaburn on census day were called MORLAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MORLAND 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 MORLAND 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 MORLAND 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 MORLAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 980.39 in Kings Meaburn means that you are 980.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MORLAND in Kings Meaburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kings Meaburn in 1881

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

OLDCORN (16)  ATKINSON (7)  BYERS (1)  BIRBECK (2)  BIRD (1)  BONSFIELD (1)  BOWERBANK (4)  BOWRAN (5)  CAMPBELL (5)  CARLTON (6)  DAVIS (1)  DENNISON (3)  DENT (23)  DOBSON (2)  DONALDSON (1)  EGGLESTON (1)  EGGLESTONE (EGGLESTON) (10)  ELLWOOD (4)  FAIRER (1)  FAWCETT (2)  FENGATE (1)  FORD (1)  FOSTER (4)  GRAHAM (2)  GREY (1)  GRISDALE (1)  GUY (1)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HEWITT (1)  HODGSON (2)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (1)  LAYCOCK (1)  MORLAND (5)  NICHOLSON (2)  PALLISTER (6)  PATTINSON (2)  PIGNEY (4)  RICHARDSON (4)  ROBINSON (4)  SAVAGE (2)  SEWELL (3)  SLACK (1)  SMITH (2)  STALKER (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  SWALL (1)  TEASDALE (2)  TENGATE (3)  THOMPSON (2)  WALKER (3)  WARWICK (7)  WILSON (10)  WINTER (1) 

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