Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newbiggin, Westmorland

Newbiggin 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
SWAIN96.4748335.82
EDMONDSON85.7554496.89
ATKINSON85.755459.08
COCKFIELD75.036010,000.00
BONSON75.036010,000.00
SOWERBY64.3165800.00
MARSHALL53.597121.45
IRVING53.5971161.29
ROBINSON42.87779.03
PEARSON42.877724.77
BROWN42.87774.37
ADDISON32.1583156.25
SINCLAIR32.158341.84
ELLWOOD21.4388259.74
DOBSON21.438832.63
RIDLEY21.438874.35
SANDERSON21.438834.84
FORSYTH21.438867.34
WATT21.438837.52
LANGLEY21.438865.57
HOWARD21.438814.66
BLACKBURN10.719419.08
YOUNG10.71943.35
WATSON10.71943.10
JAMES10.71943.66
BRAITHWAITE10.719462.11
SEWALL10.71945,000.00
HOLMES10.71945.91
BALMER10.7194188.68
WOOLSEY10.7194588.24
PARRINGTON10.7194555.56
COWIN10.7194357.14
LITTLE10.719415.22
CARRUTHERS10.719454.35
SNOWDON10.719496.15
RAWLINSON10.719460.24
DODD10.719417.70
MASON10.71945.35
COOMBES10.719467.11
STEEL10.719417.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COCKFIELD10,000.0075.0360
BONSON10,000.0075.0360
SEWALL5,000.0010.7194
SOWERBY800.0064.3165
WOOLSEY588.2410.7194
PARRINGTON555.5610.7194
EDMONDSON496.8985.7554
COWIN357.1410.7194
SWAIN335.8296.4748
ELLWOOD259.7421.4388
BALMER188.6810.7194
IRVING161.2953.5971
ADDISON156.2532.1583
SNOWDON96.1510.7194
RIDLEY74.3521.4388
FORSYTH67.3421.4388
COOMBES67.1110.7194
LANGLEY65.5721.4388
BRAITHWAITE62.1110.7194
RAWLINSON60.2410.7194
ATKINSON59.0885.7554
CARRUTHERS54.3510.7194
SINCLAIR41.8432.1583
WATT37.5221.4388
SANDERSON34.8421.4388
DOBSON32.6321.4388
PEARSON24.7742.8777
MARSHALL21.4553.5971
BLACKBURN19.0810.7194
DODD17.7010.7194
STEEL17.6410.7194
LITTLE15.2210.7194
HOWARD14.6621.4388
ROBINSON9.0342.8777
HOLMES5.9110.7194
MASON5.3510.7194
BROWN4.3742.8777
JAMES3.6610.7194
YOUNG3.3510.7194
WATSON3.1010.7194

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called COCKFIELD in Newbiggin 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 5.0360 in Newbiggin means that 5.0360% of the people in Newbiggin on census day were called COCKFIELD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COCKFIELD 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 COCKFIELD 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 COCKFIELD 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 COCKFIELD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10,000.00 in Newbiggin means that you are 10,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COCKFIELD in Newbiggin than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newbiggin in 1881

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

ADDISON (3)  ARNISON (5)  ATKINSON (8)  BALMER (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BONSON (7)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BROWN (4)  BURNE (12)  CARRUTHERS (1)  COCKFIELD (7)  COOMBES (1)  COWIN (1)  CRACKENTHORPE (1)  DOBSON (2)  DODD (1)  EDMONDSON (8)  ELLWOOD (2)  EWBANKE (1)  FORSYTH (2)  GOWLING (3)  HEWITSON (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOWARD (2)  IRVING (5)  JAMES (1)  LANGLEY (2)  LITTLE (1)  MARSHALL (5)  MASKETT (2)  MASON (1)  NEWBIGGIN (1)  PARRINGTON (1)  PEARSON (4)  RAWLINSON (1)  RIDLEY (2)  ROBINSON (4)  SANDERSON (2)  SEWALL (1)  SINCLAIR (3)  SNOWDON (1)  SOWERBY (6)  SPOTTISWOOD (5)  STEEL (1)  SWAIN (9)  WATSON (1)  WATT (2)  WOOLSEY (1)  YOUNG (1) 

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