Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bowness Drumburg, Cumberland

Bowness Drumburg 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
PATTINSON204.9261550.96
WILSON204.926110.73
AINSWORTH133.2020161.69
WATSON133.202013.80
THOMPSON112.70949.04
REAY112.7094312.50
ROBINSON112.70948.50
LITTLE102.463152.08
MARTIN102.463110.00
LIDDLE92.2167188.28
IRVING92.216799.45
SHARP81.970423.65
SKELTON81.9704135.36
SANDERSON71.724141.74
LIGHTFOOT71.7241123.89
CAMPBELL71.724110.19
BELL71.72419.18
FOSTER71.724112.90
WOOD71.72415.41
WAITE61.477871.17
WINTER61.477841.67
FAGAN61.4778310.88
SMITH61.47781.05
SAUL61.4778289.86
WILLIAMSON61.477816.48
HICKSON51.2315178.57
ROUTLEDGE51.2315144.93
STAGG51.2315185.19
DIXON51.231511.24
BARNES51.231510.23
MILBURN40.9852110.50
WARD40.98524.51
MOORE40.98524.93
CARDWELL30.7389153.85
BAINBRIDGE30.738952.54
NIXON30.738924.25
JEFFERSON30.738968.03
MITCHELL30.73893.64
PRINCE30.738932.68
HILL20.49261.93
HARRISON20.49262.22
LAMB20.49269.34
FERGUSON20.49266.95
CARRUTHERS20.492637.24
ASBRIDGE20.49261,333.33
LAWSON20.49268.36
COULTHARD20.492688.11
HODGSON20.49267.11
PEAT20.492661.73
CLARK20.49261.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ASBRIDGE0.414061333.3333
CARLAN0.41406666.6667
PATTINSON0.41406550.9642
MOFFIT0.41406454.5455
REAY0.41406312.5000
FAGAN0.41406310.8808
SAUL0.41406289.8551
ISMAY0.41406238.0952
LIDDLE0.41406188.2845
STAGG0.41406185.1852
SINTON0.41406185.1852
HICKSON0.41406178.5714
AINSWORTH0.41406161.6915
CARDWELL0.41406153.8462
RELPH0.41406147.0588
ROUTLEDGE0.41406144.9275
TIFFIN0.41406138.8889
SKELTON0.41406135.3638
LIGHTFOOT0.41406123.8938
MILBURN0.41406110.4972
IRVING0.4140699.4475
BEWLEY0.4140692.5926
COULTHARD0.4140688.1057
NEWSHAM0.4140678.7402
WAITE0.4140671.1744
JEFFERSON0.4140668.0272
BULMAN0.4140667.5676
PEAT0.4140661.7284
BAINBRIDGE0.4140652.5394
LITTLE0.4140652.0833
BYERS0.4140647.3934
SOWERBY0.4140645.6621
SANDERSON0.4140641.7412
WINTER0.4140641.6667
CARRUTHERS0.4140637.2439
PRINCE0.4140632.6797
BRAGG0.4140630.1205
IRWIN0.4140629.3255
NIXON0.4140624.2522
SHARP0.4140623.6477
NICHOL0.4140622.8833
WILLIAMSON0.4140616.4835
OATES0.4140615.7978
PERCIVAL0.4140615.7233
LESLIE0.4140614.8810
ORR0.4140614.6199
WATSON0.4140613.8034
PEEL0.4140613.7174
FOSTER0.4140612.8961
WHITFIELD0.4140612.3305

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 406 people called ASBRIDGE in Bowness Drumburg 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 1333.3333 in Bowness Drumburg means that 1333.3333% of the people in Bowness Drumburg on census day were called ASBRIDGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ASBRIDGE 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 ASBRIDGE 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 ASBRIDGE 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 ASBRIDGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Bowness Drumburg means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ASBRIDGE in Bowness Drumburg than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bowness Drumburg in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (13)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ASBRIDGE (2)  ATKINSON (1)  BAILEY (1)  BAINBRIDGE (3)  BARNES (5)  BYERS (1)  BELL (7)  BENSON (1)  BEWLEY (1)  BLENKINSOPP (1)  BORRADAILE (12)  BRAGG (1)  BULMAN (1)  CAMPBELL (7)  CARDWELL (3)  CARLAN (1)  CARRUTHERS (2)  MC CLEARY (1)  CLARK (2)  COLTART (3)  COULTHARD (2)  DAVIDSON (1)  DIXON (5)  FAGAN (6)  FERGUSON (2)  FOSTER (7)  GARNER (1)  GLENDINNING (1)  GUNSTON (3)  HARRISON (2)  HARTLEY (1)  HICKSON (5)  HILL (2)  HODGSON (2)  HUNTER (1)  IRVING (9)  IRWIN (1)  ISMAY (1)  JACKSON (1)  JEFFERSON (3)  KIRKBRIDGE (1)  LAMB (2)  LAW (1)  LAWSON (2)  LESLIE (1)  LAYDON (1)  LIDDLE (9)  LIDLE (1)  LIGHTFOOT (7)  LITTLE (10)  LITTLEDALE (4)  LONSDAIL (1)  MARTIN (10)  MC KINSEY (1)  MILBURN (4)  MILLER (1)  MITCHELL (3)  MOFFIT (1)  MOORE (4)  MUMBERSON (1)  NEWSHAM (1)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOL (1)  NIXON (3)  NORACE (1)  OATES (1)  ORR (1)  PAILLEDGE (4)  PATTINSON (20)  PEAT (2)  PEEL (1)  PERCIVAL (1)  PRINCE (3)  PURDHAM (1)  REAY (11)  ROBINSON (11)  ROKSON (8)  RELPH (1)  ROUTLEDGE (5)  SANDERSON (7)  SAUL (6)  SAVALY (3)  SCOTT (1)  SHARP (8)  SHAW (1)  SIBSON (3)  SINTON (1)  SKELTON (8)  SMITH (6)  SOWERBY (1)  STAGG (5)  STOGDALE (8)  STOREY (1)  THOMPSON (11)  THORPE (1)  TIFFIN (1)  WALLACE (1)  WANNOP (1)  WARD (4)  WATSON (13)  WHITE (1)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WILSON (20)  WINTER (6)  WOOD (7)  WAITE (6)