Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brackenthwaite, Cumberland

Brackenthwaite 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
HEAD97.7586319.15
PEARSON97.758666.82
RAWLING86.89661,904.76
HENLEY86.8966898.88
GOLDER86.89662,500.00
GASKELL76.0345588.24
BANKS54.310384.03
GIBSON54.310335.51
BOWE54.31031,923.08
GRAHAM54.310337.54
TEASDALE43.4483408.16
JACKSON43.448312.34
HOPE32.586275.95
SCOTT32.586210.22
WHITE21.72415.36
RUDD21.7241109.29
COWPER21.7241392.16
COWARD21.7241150.38
ROBINSON21.72415.41
PENNINGTON21.7241116.28
BUSHBY10.8621217.39
HODGSON10.862112.44
HUNTER10.86218.40
HETHERINGTON10.862168.49
ROTHERY10.8621232.56
PENRICE10.86211,000.00
BECK10.862136.90
DIXON10.86217.87
IRVING10.862138.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOLDER0.121162500.0000
BOWE0.121161923.0769
RAWLING0.121161904.7619
PENRICE0.121161000.0000
HENLEY0.12116898.8764
GASKELL0.12116588.2353
TEASDALE0.12116408.1633
COWPER0.12116392.1569
HEAD0.12116319.1489
ROTHERY0.12116232.5581
BUSHBY0.12116217.3913
COWARD0.12116150.3759
PENNINGTON0.12116116.2791
RUDD0.12116109.2896
BANKS0.1211684.0336
HOPE0.1211675.9494
HETHERINGTON0.1211668.4932
PEARSON0.1211666.8151
IRVING0.1211638.7597
GRAHAM0.1211637.5375
BECK0.1211636.9004
GIBSON0.1211635.5114
HODGSON0.1211612.4378
JACKSON0.1211612.3381
SCOTT0.1211610.2215
HUNTER0.121168.3963
DIXON0.121167.8678
ROBINSON0.121165.4069
WHITE0.121165.3634

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 116 people called GOLDER in Brackenthwaite 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 2500.0000 in Brackenthwaite means that 2500.0000% of the people in Brackenthwaite on census day were called GOLDER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOLDER 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 GOLDER 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 GOLDER 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 GOLDER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Brackenthwaite means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOLDER in Brackenthwaite than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brackenthwaite in 1881

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

BANKS (5)  BECK (1)  BOWE (5)  BRANTHWAITE (2)  BUSHBY (1)  CARTMEL (1)  COWPER (2)  COWARD (2)  CRAGHILL (3)  DIXON (1)  GASKELL (7)  GIBSON (5)  GOLDER (8)  GRAHAM (5)  HEAD (9)  HENLEY (8)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOPE (3)  HUDDART (1)  HUNTER (1)  IRVING (1)  JACKSON (4)  OUSBY (1)  PEARSON (9)  PENNINGTON (2)  PENRICE (1)  ROBINSON (2)  ROTHERY (1)  RAWLING (8)  RUDD (2)  SCOTT (3)  TEASDALE (4)  TWENTYMAN (4)  WHITE (2)