Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lambrigg, Westmorland

Lambrigg 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
THOMPSON158.928629.80
SHARP148.3333100.00
TODD105.9524116.96
BRACKEN95.35713,214.29
TAYLOR84.76197.45
DIXON63.571432.59
FIDLER63.5714560.75
HUTCHINSON63.571462.89
WITHERS52.9762181.82
BAINES52.9762155.28
JACKSON52.976210.65
FARRER52.9762450.45
WOODS52.976247.21
BLAND52.9762143.68
RIGG42.3810283.69
ALLAN42.381037.91
GRIGG42.3810363.64
PARK42.381076.78
SEDGWICK42.3810327.87
CHAPMAN42.381016.76
HOLMES31.785714.66
TEBAY31.78572,727.27
FISHER21.190510.17
CLEGHORN21.1905434.78
WILSON21.19052.59
BATEMAN10.595223.04
MAN10.5952322.58
LAMBERT10.595210.91
BROWN10.59520.90
BIRD10.59527.79
LONGMIRE10.5952769.23
HAYES10.59529.57
BELL10.59523.17
GASS10.5952370.37
ALLEN10.59523.15
NEWSHAM10.5952188.68
LANCASTER10.595223.92
HALLIDAY10.595228.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRACKEN3,214.2995.3571
TEBAY2,727.2731.7857
LONGMIRE769.2310.5952
FIDLER560.7563.5714
FARRER450.4552.9762
CLEGHORN434.7821.1905
GASS370.3710.5952
GRIGG363.6442.3810
SEDGWICK327.8742.3810
MAN322.5810.5952
RIGG283.6942.3810
NEWSHAM188.6810.5952
WITHERS181.8252.9762
BAINES155.2852.9762
BLAND143.6852.9762
TODD116.96105.9524
SHARP100.00148.3333
PARK76.7842.3810
HUTCHINSON62.8963.5714
WOODS47.2152.9762
ALLAN37.9142.3810
DIXON32.5963.5714
THOMPSON29.80158.9286
HALLIDAY28.8210.5952
LANCASTER23.9210.5952
BATEMAN23.0410.5952
CHAPMAN16.7642.3810
HOLMES14.6631.7857
LAMBERT10.9110.5952
JACKSON10.6552.9762
FISHER10.1721.1905
HAYES9.5710.5952
BIRD7.7910.5952
TAYLOR7.4584.7619
BELL3.1710.5952
ALLEN3.1510.5952
WILSON2.5921.1905
BROWN0.9010.5952

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called BRACKEN in Lambrigg 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 5.3571 in Lambrigg means that 5.3571% of the people in Lambrigg on census day were called BRACKEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRACKEN 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 BRACKEN 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 BRACKEN 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 BRACKEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,214.29 in Lambrigg means that you are 3,214.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRACKEN in Lambrigg than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lambrigg in 1881

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

AIREY (2)  ALLAN (4)  ALLEN (1)  BAINES (5)  BATEMAN (1)  BELL (1)  BIRD (1)  BLAND (5)  BRACKEN (9)  BRINNAND (4)  BROWN (1)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLEGHORN (2)  DIXON (6)  FARRER (5)  FIDLER (6)  FISHER (2)  FURSTMUER (1)  GASS (1)  GRIGG (4)  HALLIDAY (1)  HAYES (1)  HOLMES (3)  HUTCHINSON (6)  JACKSON (5)  KITH (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LANCASTER (1)  LONGMIRE (1)  MAN (1)  NEWSHAM (1)  PARK (4)  ROWLANDSON (6)  RIGG (4)  SEDGWICK (4)  SHARP (14)  TAYLOR (8)  TEBAY (3)  THOMPSON (15)  TODD (10)  TARVET (1)  WILSON (2)  WITHERS (5)  WOODS (5) 

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