Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bootle, Cumberland

Bootle 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
PARKER435.289127.81
HODGSON344.182060.35
TYSON242.9520226.42
SINGLETON232.8290143.12
HARRISON222.706012.19
SOUTHWARD212.58301,235.29
THOMPSON202.46008.21
TAYLOR182.21403.46
MYERS172.091080.15
HARTLEY161.968031.40
GRICE161.9680190.93
ROBINSON131.59905.02
WILSON131.59903.48
SMITH121.47601.05
BRADLEY111.353016.85
WELLS101.230014.78
WILKINSON101.23008.06
KIRKBY80.9840173.91
STEEL80.984024.14
WALKER80.98402.94
DIXON80.98408.98
BELL80.98405.24
SHACKLEY80.98401,632.65
WILLIAMSON70.86109.60
POSTLETHWAITE70.8610226.54
GRAHAM70.86107.50
WEEKS60.738034.48
DOBSON60.738016.73
JACKSON60.73802.64
LACE60.7380389.61
SLATER60.738012.19
JOHNSON60.73802.20
IRVING60.738033.13
BOWES60.738080.43
SIM50.615054.76
HUDSON50.61507.51
SPENCER50.61506.74
PARK50.615019.84
BRIGGS50.615011.32
JAMES50.61503.13
TOWLER50.6150137.74
HOLMES50.61505.05
STAMPER40.4920217.39
RUSSELL40.49204.03
FELL40.492035.03
ROACH40.492033.42
NEWBY40.492049.20
HERBERT40.492013.17
REDWOOD40.4920181.82
LAMB40.49209.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CREELEY0.818133333.3333
SORROW0.818132000.0000
SHACKLEY0.818131632.6531
SOUTHWARD0.818131235.2941
ABINGTON0.818131111.1111
PRITT0.81813588.2353
GAWITH0.81813454.5455
COSS0.81813454.5455
LACE0.81813389.6104
HELLING0.81813322.5806
MYRES0.81813270.2703
FALCON0.81813263.1579
POSTLETHWAITE0.81813226.5372
TYSON0.81813226.4151
STAMPER0.81813217.3913
GRICE0.81813190.9308
REDWOOD0.81813181.8182
KIRKBY0.81813173.9130
BIGGINS0.81813153.0612
METHERELL0.81813144.9275
SINGLETON0.81813143.1238
TOWLER0.81813137.7410
KITCHIN0.81813114.2857
LECK0.81813108.6957
DAGG0.81813101.0101
LANGHORN0.8181396.1538
SAWYERS0.8181391.7431
BOWES0.8181380.4290
MYERS0.8181380.1509
STARR0.8181375.0000
RIGGS0.8181373.8007
THOMLINSON0.8181368.0272
SMYTHE0.8181363.6943
CASSON0.8181362.1118
RITSON0.8181361.1621
HODGSON0.8181360.3479
CURREY0.8181359.8802
SIM0.8181354.7645
PARKE0.8181352.0833
NEWBY0.8181349.2005
CADDY0.8181343.1034
SHERLOCK0.8181336.4964
FELL0.8181335.0263
WEEKS0.8181334.4828
ROACH0.8181333.4169
ROTHERY0.8181333.3333
IRVING0.8181333.1309
BRAITHWAITE0.8181331.8134
HARTLEY0.8181331.3972
FURNESS0.8181330.8166

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 813 people called CREELEY in Bootle 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 3333.3333 in Bootle means that 3333.3333% of the people in Bootle on census day were called CREELEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CREELEY 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 CREELEY 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 CREELEY 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 CREELEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.81 in Bootle means that you are 0.81 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CREELEY in Bootle than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bootle in 1881

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

ABINGTON (1)  AINSWORTH (2)  ASHBURNER (1)  ASKEW (2)  ATKINSON (3)  BARKER (3)  BATEMAN (1)  BAXTER (1)  BELL (8)  BENN (1)  BERRYMAN (1)  BIGGINS (3)  BIRKETT (1)  BORROWDALE (2)  BOWES (6)  BOWNAS (1)  BEWSHER (1)  BRADLEY (11)  BRAITHWAITE (3)  BRIGGS (5)  BRIGGS ((IRVING)) (2)  BROCKBANK (1)  BROWN (3)  BUTCHER (3)  CADDY (1)  CALDWELL (1)  CASSON (3)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHINNEY (1)  CUBBIN (2)  COLE (1)  COLLINSON (1)  CONDY (1)  COOK (1)  COSS (1)  COWARD (1)  COWELL (1)  COUPERTHWAITE (1)  CRAGHILL (9)  CRAGHLL (4)  CREELEY (2)  CRELLING (7)  CURRAN (1)  CURRIE (1)  CURREY (1)  DAGG (1)  DALY (1)  DIAMOND (1)  DIXON (8)  DIXON (GELDART) (2)  DOBSON (6)  DOCKERAY (1)  EDMONDS (3)  EDMONDSON (1)  FALCON (1)  FARGHAR (1)  FARMER (1)  FELL (4)  FRANKLIN (3)  FURNESS (2)  GAINFORD (3)  GAITSKELL (19)  GAWITH (1)  GELDART (5)  GELDERD (6)  GRAHAM (7)  GREGORY (1)  GRICE (16)  GRINDALL (1)  HALL (1)  HARRISON (22)  HARTLEY (16)  HELLING (1)  HERBERT (4)  HIGH (1)  HODGSON (34)  HOLMES (5)  HOLME (1)  HONSBY (1)  HORNBY (1)  HOUSBY (1)  HUDDLESTONE (18)  HUDSON (5)  IRELAND (1)  IRVING (6)  JACKSON (6)  JAMES (5)  JOHNSON (6)  JOHNSTON (1)  KENDALL (1)  KIRKBY (8)  KITCHIN (2)  MC KNIGHT (4)  KNOWLES (3)  LECK (1)  LAMB (4)  LANGHORN (1)  LAW (1)  LEECE (1)  LACE (6)  LEWIS (3)  LINDSAY (1)  LONG (3)  MACKERETH (1)  MACLALLE (1)  MADDEN (1)  MC MAHON (5)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  METCALFE (4)  METHERELL (1)  MIDDLETON (2)  MITCHELL (1)  MOOR (1)  MORRIS (2)  MOREHAM (1)  MOSSOP (12)  MURPHY (1)  MYERS (17)  MYRES (2)  O NEAL (1)  NELSON (1)  NEWBY (4)  NEWMARCH (2)  NEWTON (2)  ORMANDY (9)  PAUMIER (1)  PARK (5)  PARKE (1)  PARKER (43)  WALKER ((PARKER)) (2)  PATTINSON (1)  PEARSON (1)  PENNINGTON (1)  PENRITH (5)  PICKTHALL (2)  PORTHOUSE (1)  POSTLETHWAITE (7)  PRITT (3)  REDWOOD (4)  RIGGS (2)  RIGG (1)  RITSON (2)  ROACH (4)  ROBINSON (13)  ROTHERY (1)  RUSSELL (4)  SADLER (2)  SAWYERS (1)  SEDGHWICK (1)  SEWELL (2)  SHACKLEY (8)  SHARPE (1)  SHAW (2)  SHEPHERD (2)  SHERLOCK (2)  SIM (5)  SINGLETON (23)  SLATER (6)  SMITH (12)  SMYTHE (1)  SORROW (1)  SOUTHWARD (21)  SPENCER (5)  STABLES (6)  STAMPER (4)  STARR (3)  STATTERS (1)  STEEL (8)  STEELE (1)  TAYLOR (18)  TEASDALE (1)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (20)  THOMLINSON (1)  TOWLER (5)  TOWNSON (1)  TURNER (1)  TYSON (24)  VEATY (2)  WALKER (8)  WARD (1)  WARREN (1)  WATSON (3)  WEEKS (6)  WELCH (1)  WELLS (10)  WHINNERAH (2)  WHITE (2)  WILKINSON (10)  WILLIAMSON (7)  WILSON (13)  WOODBURNE (1)