Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bowness, Cumberland

Bowness 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
HILL303.083212.11
FELL262.6721190.20
WOOD262.67218.39
LITTLE242.466652.15
PATTINSON202.0555229.62
GRAHAM191.952717.01
STORY181.8499298.51
WILSON181.84994.03
WARD171.74728.00
TOPPING171.7472253.73
SMITH151.54161.09
LAWSON151.541626.15
WILLS151.541651.56
HOLMES141.438811.82
THOMPSON141.43884.80
HODGSON121.233317.80
ROBINSON111.13053.55
GREENWOOD111.130514.56
ROME111.1305572.92
ARMSTRONG101.027713.44
GORDON101.027716.31
SHARP101.027712.33
BRYSON101.0277134.05
STRONG101.027768.87
JOHNSTON101.027712.74
BROWN101.02771.56
WIGHTMAN90.9250140.63
DONALD80.822240.84
JEFFERSON80.822275.69
DAVIS80.82223.74
WILLIAMSON80.82229.17
REED80.822211.26
HARRISON80.82223.70
SKELTON80.822256.50
IRVING80.822236.90
PERCIVAL80.822252.49
HARRINGTON80.822243.31
PARK70.719423.21
CARLYLE70.7194261.19
TOPPIN70.7194786.52
HANDLY70.7194744.68
ELLIOTT70.71948.48
LEE70.71944.40
STILLEY70.719423,333.33
NICHOLSON70.719410.12
HETHERINGTON70.719457.10
EDGAR60.616640.05
BENNET60.616644.68
RICHARDSON60.61663.62
BATEMAN60.616623.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STILLEY0.9797323333.3333
HYER0.979732000.0000
TOPPIN0.97973786.5169
MARCHELL0.97973769.2308
HANDLY0.97973744.6809
ROME0.97973572.9167
MARRS0.97973408.1633
KEN0.97973344.8276
HALLAN0.97973322.5806
GATE0.97973305.3435
STORY0.97973298.5075
CARLYLE0.97973261.1940
TOPPING0.97973253.7313
PATTINSON0.97973229.6211
FELL0.97973190.1975
WITHERINGTON0.97973185.1852
CARRIE0.97973181.8182
BROW0.97973175.4386
SYERS0.97973172.4138
SPROAT0.97973157.0681
WIGHTMAN0.97973140.6250
BRYSON0.97973134.0483
CARTNER0.97973116.2791
OXBORROW0.97973111.1111
RITSON0.97973102.3018
ISMAY0.9797399.0099
NEWSHAM0.9797398.6842
CORRIE0.9797390.4977
JEFFERSON0.9797375.6859
COULTHARD0.9797373.6648
MOUNSEY0.9797371.6846
TODHUNTER0.9797370.9220
STRONG0.9797368.8705
BLAIN0.9797359.1716
HETHERINGTON0.9797357.0962
SKELTON0.9797356.4972
COWEN0.9797356.1798
PERCIVAL0.9797352.4934
LIDDLE0.9797352.3560
LITTLE0.9797352.1512
WILLS0.9797351.5641
LINTON0.9797350.0626
MORELAND0.9797346.5116
STAMPER0.9797345.2489
BENNET0.9797344.6761
HARRINGTON0.9797343.3135
STALKER0.9797341.7537
DONALD0.9797340.8372
EDGAR0.9797340.0534
WIGHT0.9797339.9202

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 973 people called STILLEY in Bowness 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 23333.3333 in Bowness means that 23333.3333% of the people in Bowness on census day were called STILLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STILLEY 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 STILLEY 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 STILLEY 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 STILLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.97 in Bowness means that you are 0.97 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STILLEY in Bowness than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bowness in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (3)  ALLARDICE (2)  ANDERSON (4)  ARMSTRONG (10)  ARNSON (4)  AITCHISON (1)  ATKINSON (4)  BACKHOUSE (7)  BAILEY (1)  BARNES (1)  BARRETT (1)  BATEMAN (6)  BEATTIE (6)  BELL (6)  BENNET (6)  BIMSON (2)  BIRKET (2)  BLACKLOCK (1)  BLAIN (2)  BOUSTED (3)  BRADSHAW (1)  BROUGH (2)  BROW (1)  BROWN (10)  BROWNBRIDGE (1)  BRYSON (10)  BULMAN (1)  BURROW (2)  CAMMERON (1)  CARRIE (3)  CARLISLE (2)  CARLYLE (7)  CARR (3)  CARRUTHERS (4)  CARTNAR (2)  CARTNER (1)  COLLINS (6)  CORRIE (2)  COULTHARD (4)  COWEN (3)  CRAIGIE (1)  CORRIN (1)  CURWEN (1)  DALTON (2)  DAVIDSON (3)  DAVIS (8)  DEVINE (1)  DIXON (3)  DONSKEY (1)  DOUGLAS (5)  DOWNS (4)  EDGAR (6)  ELLIOTT (7)  ELLIOT (2)  ELLIS (1)  EWART (1)  EWING (3)  FARETT (1)  FARLOM (1)  FAULDER (7)  FEAMSTER (1)  FELL (26)  FERGNSON (1)  FERGUISON (1)  FOPPING (4)  FOSTER (2)  GATE (4)  GADDES (1)  GILL (1)  GLAISTER (2)  GORDON (10)  GRAHAM (19)  GREENWOOD (11)  GUNSON (4)  HALL (5)  HALLAN (1)  HOLLIDAY (5)  HANDLY (7)  HYER (1)  HARRINGTON (8)  HARRINSON (3)  HARRISON (8)  HAYSTON (2)  HENDERSON (3)  HYSLOP (1)  HETHERINGTON (7)  HILL (30)  HIND (3)  HEBSON (1)  HODGSON (12)  HOLMES (14)  HEWART (1)  HUNTER (6)  IRVING (8)  ISMAY (1)  JACKSON (4)  JAMES (3)  JEFFERSON (8)  JOHNSTON (10)  KELLY (3)  KEN (1)  KNUBLEY (1)  LONGCAKE (1)  LAWSON (15)  LEE (7)  LIDDLE (6)  LIDDELL (2)  LINTON (4)  LITTLE (24)  LOGON (2)  LOGAN (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MARCHELL (1)  MARTIN (1)  MATTHUOS (1)  MC COMERSCUGH (4)  DONALD (8)  MC KINZIE (6)  MC VILLIE (1)  MEDLICOTT (1)  MILLBURN (2)  MILLER (2)  MITCHINSON (12)  MOFFAT (5)  MORELAND (1)  MORTON (4)  MOUNCEY (2)  MOUNSEY (2)  MULLINDER (1)  MURPHY (3)  MURRAY (1)  MARRS (4)  NEWMAN (6)  NEWSHAM (3)  NICHOLSON (7)  NIXON (1)  NORRIS (2)  OXBORROW (1)  PARK (7)  PARKER (1)  PATTINSON (20)  PEARSON (1)  PERCIVAL (8)  POOLE (5)  POOL (4)  PORTER (1)  REAY (1)  RADCLIFFE (3)  REED (8)  RICHARDSON (6)  RITSON (4)  RICHINSON (2)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBINSON (11)  ROBSON (1)  ROME (11)  ROUTLEDGE (2)  SYERS (1)  SCOTT (5)  SHARP (10)  SIBSON (4)  SIMPSON (4)  SKELTON (8)  SMITH (15)  SPROAT (3)  STAFFORD (4)  STALKER (2)  STAMPER (1)  STILLEY (7)  STORY (18)  STRONG (10)  STUDHOLME (15)  SULLIVAN (3)  TATE (2)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMLSON (3)  THOMPSON (14)  TINNION (1)  TODHUNTER (1)  TOPPIN (7)  TOPPING (17)  UNDERWOOD (6)  VINERS (2)  VITIE (1)  WALLAS (19)  WALLACE (2)  WARD (17)  WATSON (3)  WIGHT (2)  WIGHTMAN (9)  MC WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (8)  WILLS (15)  WILSON (18)  WITHERINGTON (2)  WOOD (26)  WRIGHT (1)