Top surnames from the 1881 census in Buttermere, Cumberland

Buttermere 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
RIGG118.66141,028.04
GRINDELL107.874014,285.71
DAVIDSON75.511865.54
WALKER75.511816.47
BROWN75.51188.36
DIXON64.724443.13
EDMONDSON53.9370340.14
RUDD53.9370250.00
NELSON53.937081.30
GRAHAM53.937034.29
CARTER43.149618.76
SMITH43.14962.23
MOFFAT32.3622130.43
WILLIAMS32.36223.29
REED21.574821.58
WATSON21.57486.79
ROBINSON21.57484.94
PERRY21.574821.41
CLARK21.57485.24
LANCASTER21.574863.29
SCOTT21.57486.22
BANKS10.787415.36
ROOK10.7874114.94
WOODFORD10.7874113.64
ABBOT10.7874166.67
COWARD10.787468.49
HARDISTY10.7874270.27
BORTHWICK10.7874140.85
SALE10.7874119.05
ARMSTRONG10.787410.30
WISE10.787437.74
COOPER10.78743.24
MARTIN10.78743.20
CAMERON10.787410.13
SEWELL10.787437.31
BENSON10.787429.07
EDGAR10.787451.02
YOUNG10.78743.67
ABLE10.7874416.67
COWMAN10.7874909.09
TIMPSON10.7874454.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRINDELL0.1312714285.7143
RIGG0.131271028.0374
COWMAN0.13127909.0909
TIMPSON0.13127454.5455
ABLE0.13127416.6667
EDMONDSON0.13127340.1361
HARDISTY0.13127270.2703
RUDD0.13127250.0000
ABBOT0.13127166.6667
BORTHWICK0.13127140.8451
MOFFAT0.13127130.4348
SALE0.13127119.0476
ROOK0.13127114.9425
WOODFORD0.13127113.6364
NELSON0.1312781.3008
COWARD0.1312768.4932
DAVIDSON0.1312765.5431
LANCASTER0.1312763.2911
EDGAR0.1312751.0204
DIXON0.1312743.1344
WISE0.1312737.7358
SEWELL0.1312737.3134
GRAHAM0.1312734.2936
BENSON0.1312729.0698
REED0.1312721.5750
PERRY0.1312721.4133
CARTER0.1312718.7617
WALKER0.1312716.4667
BANKS0.1312715.3610
ARMSTRONG0.1312710.2987
CAMERON0.1312710.1317
BROWN0.131278.3612
WATSON0.131276.7889
SCOTT0.131276.2247
CLARK0.131275.2397
ROBINSON0.131274.9395
YOUNG0.131273.6657
WILLIAMS0.131273.2884
COOPER0.131273.2373
MARTIN0.131273.1959
SMITH0.131272.2306

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 127 people called GRINDELL in Buttermere 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 14285.7143 in Buttermere means that 14285.7143% of the people in Buttermere on census day were called GRINDELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRINDELL 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 GRINDELL 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 GRINDELL 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 GRINDELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Buttermere means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRINDELL in Buttermere than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Buttermere in 1881

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

ABBOT (1)  ABLE (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BANKS (1)  BENSON (1)  BLAYLOOK (1)  BORTHWICK (1)  BROWN (7)  CAMERON (1)  CARTER (4)  CLARK (2)  COOPER (1)  COWARD (1)  COWMAN (1)  DAVIDSON (7)  DIXON (6)  EDGAR (1)  EDMONDSON (5)  FAWCET (1)  GRAHAM (5)  GRINDELL (10)  HARDISTY (1)  LANCASTER (2)  MARTIN (1)  MC FARLIN (1)  MOFFAT (3)  NELSON (5)  PERRY (2)  PLASKET (1)  REED (2)  RIGG (11)  ROBINSON (2)  ROOK (1)  RUDD (5)  SALE (1)  SCOTT (2)  SEWELL (1)  SMITH (4)  THWAITE (7)  TIMPSON (1)  WALKER (7)  WATSON (2)  WILLIAMS (3)  WISE (1)  WOODFORD (1)  YOUNG (1)