Top surnames from the 1881 census in Askerton, Cumberland

Askerton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cumberland

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
TWEDDLE3410.59193,063.06
LITTLE226.8536144.93
ARMSTRONG175.296069.27
POTTS144.3614130.72
GRAHAM134.049835.27
FORSTER123.7383113.96
KENNEDY123.738362.02
EWART113.4268607.73
THOMPSON103.115310.40
NIXON103.1153102.25
NICHOLSON82.492235.07
GORD82.492213,333.33
WAUGH82.4922182.65
GOODFELLOW82.4922281.69
SMITH82.49221.77
BATEY72.1807555.56
CALVERT72.1807106.87
BELL72.180711.60
FORRESTER61.8692139.21
FLEMING51.557637.48
CREIGHTON51.5576393.70
ROWNTREE51.5576526.32
PHILLIPS41.24616.97
BECKTON41.24612,857.14
NICHOL41.2461115.61
CARLYLE30.9346340.91
BEATY30.9346410.96
STOREY30.934636.76
IRVING30.934641.96
SNOWDEN20.623169.93
SHAW20.62313.39
ELLIOT20.623124.42
OLIVER20.62318.73
HOGG10.31158.62
DAVIDSON10.31153.71
ALLAN10.31154.96
COWAN10.311515.27
MATTHEWS10.31153.57
RICHARDSON10.31151.83
HUNTER10.31153.03
BACHUS10.31153,333.33
HETHERINGTON10.311524.69
CROFT10.311513.19
CARTNER10.3115344.83
MARTIN10.31151.26
RYCE10.31151,428.57
JACKSON10.31151.11
WINTHROP10.31151,250.00
FISHER10.31152.66
HOPE10.31159.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GORD0.3232113333.3333
BACHUS0.323213333.3333
TWEDDLE0.323213063.0631
BECKTON0.323212857.1429
RYCE0.323211428.5714
WINTHROP0.323211250.0000
EWART0.32321607.7348
BATEY0.32321555.5556
ROWNTREE0.32321526.3158
BEATY0.32321410.9589
CREIGHTON0.32321393.7008
CARTNER0.32321344.8276
CARLYLE0.32321340.9091
GOODFELLOW0.32321281.6901
WAUGH0.32321182.6484
LITTLE0.32321144.9275
FORRESTER0.32321139.2111
POTTS0.32321130.7190
NICHOL0.32321115.6069
FORSTER0.32321113.9601
FORESTER0.32321108.6957
CALVERT0.32321106.8702
NIXON0.32321102.2495
SNOWDEN0.3232169.9301
ARMSTRONG0.3232169.2747
KENNEDY0.3232162.0155
IRVING0.3232141.9580
FLEMING0.3232137.4813
STOREY0.3232136.7647
GRAHAM0.3232135.2686
NICHOLSON0.3232135.0723
HETHERINGTON0.3232124.6914
ELLIOT0.3232124.4200
CARRUTHERS0.3232123.5294
SKELTON0.3232121.4133
COWAN0.3232115.2672
CROFT0.3232113.1926
BELL0.3232111.6048
THOMPSON0.3232110.3993
HOPE0.323219.1575
OLIVER0.323218.7336
HOGG0.323218.6207
DODD0.323217.6628
PHILLIPS0.323216.9650
ALLAN0.323214.9628
DAVIDSON0.323213.7051
MATTHEWS0.323213.5714
SHAW0.323213.3921
HUNTER0.323213.0340
FISHER0.323212.6617

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 321 people called GORD in Askerton 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 13333.3333 in Askerton means that 13333.3333% of the people in Askerton on census day were called GORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GORD 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 GORD 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 GORD 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 GORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Askerton means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GORD in Askerton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Askerton in 1881

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

ALLAN (1)  ARMSTRONG (17)  BACHUS (1)  BALLENTYNE (1)  BATEY (7)  BECKTON (4)  BEATY (3)  BELL (7)  BOWERBANK (1)  CALVERT (7)  CARLYLE (3)  CARRUTHERS (1)  CARTNER (1)  COWAN (1)  CREIGHTON (5)  CROFT (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DODD (1)  ELLIOT (2)  EWART (11)  FISHER (1)  FLEMING (5)  FORSTER (12)  FORRESTER (6)  FORESTER (1)  FORRESTER (FORESTER) (6)  FOSTER (1)  GILLESBY (1)  GORD (8)  GOODFELLOW (8)  GRAHAM (13)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HEWITSON (1)  HOGG (1)  HOPE (1)  HUNTER (1)  IRVING (3)  JACKSON (1)  JOBLING (1)  KENNEDY (12)  LITTLE (22)  MARTIN (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MITCHELSON (7)  MITCHINSON (9)  MURRAY (1)  NICHOL (4)  NICHOLSON (8)  NIXON (10)  OLIVER (2)  PHILLIPS (4)  POTTS (14)  RYCE (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROWNTREE (5)  SHAW (2)  SKELTON (1)  SMITH (8)  SNOWDEN (2)  STOREY (3)  THOMPSON (10)  TWEDDLE (34)  WALKER (1)  WAUGH (8)  WILSON (1)  WINTHROP (1)