Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cummersdale, Cumberland

Cummersdale 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
JOHNSTONE242.797261.89
LITTLE232.680756.68
CLARKE212.447612.08
WATSON182.09799.04
BROWN182.09793.18
HARKNESS171.9814353.43
HARRISON171.98148.93
DALTON161.864881.26
MURRAY161.864815.04
BOWMAN161.864871.40
SCOTT161.86487.37
IRWIN141.6317193.91
PALMER131.515212.85
MORLEY121.398634.99
OLIPHANT111.2821329.34
FOSTER101.16558.72
ATKINSON101.165511.97
GRAHAM101.165510.15
IRVING101.165552.30
RUDDICK101.1655487.80
DAVIDSON91.049012.48
NEWELL91.049066.37
POTTS91.049031.42
COLLINS91.04907.31
ROGERSON91.049085.23
ROBINSON91.04903.29
HURST80.932426.11
BELL80.93244.96
PARK80.932430.09
SMITH80.93240.66
TAYLOR80.93241.46
VEITCH80.9324141.34
FULTON80.932473.87
JACKSON80.93243.34
ROUTLEDGE80.9324109.59
MCLAUGHLIN80.93241,159.42
KNIGHT80.93247.56
STOREY70.815932.11
KENDAL70.8159208.96
PEARSON70.81597.02
JORDAN70.815918.46
HAWKINS70.815911.27
WILSON70.81591.78
BARNES70.81596.78
TALBOT60.699328.09
NIXON60.699322.95
BURGESS60.699310.07
AITCHISON60.699399.83
HAMMOND60.699312.28
CARTNER60.6993789.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCLAUGHLIN0.868581159.4203
BIRNEY0.86858937.5000
CARTNER0.86858789.4737
SHORTRIDGE0.86858714.2857
RUDDICK0.86858487.8049
FORSYTHE0.86858481.9277
RONSON0.86858470.5882
BANN0.86858408.1633
HARKNESS0.86858353.4304
OLIPHANT0.86858329.3413
BADEN0.86858327.8689
WESTMORLAND0.86858277.7778
TWEEDY0.86858227.2727
KENDAL0.86858208.9552
MCCALL0.86858208.3333
LINN0.86858204.0816
IRWIN0.86858193.9058
DANDY0.86858188.6792
HALBERT0.86858180.1802
MCCONNELL0.86858178.5714
HAYHURST0.86858160.0000
MCHUGH0.86858142.8571
VEITCH0.86858141.3428
ROUTLEDGE0.86858109.5890
BIRNIE0.86858109.5890
SCAIFE0.86858105.2632
AITCHISON0.8685899.8336
MCKAY0.8685897.5610
ROGERSON0.8685885.2273
MCGUIRE0.8685882.6446
DALTON0.8685881.2595
ACKERLEY0.8685880.0000
STORY0.8685875.1880
FULTON0.8685873.8689
PEAT0.8685873.0994
MCMAHON0.8685871.4286
RAGAN0.8685871.4286
BOWMAN0.8685871.3967
NEWELL0.8685866.3717
JOHNSTONE0.8685861.8876
BUSHBY0.8685859.3472
LITTLE0.8685856.6782
IRVING0.8685852.3013
CHANCE0.8685850.3778
ERRINGTON0.8685841.8410
MOFFATT0.8685836.2319
MORLEY0.8685834.9854
NICHOL0.8685832.4675
STOREY0.8685832.1101
CARSON0.8685831.7460

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 858 people called MCLAUGHLIN in Cummersdale 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 1159.4203 in Cummersdale means that 1159.4203% of the people in Cummersdale on census day were called MCLAUGHLIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MCLAUGHLIN 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 MCLAUGHLIN 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 MCLAUGHLIN 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 MCLAUGHLIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.86 in Cummersdale means that you are 0.86 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MCLAUGHLIN in Cummersdale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cummersdale in 1881

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

ACKERLEY (1)  ARMSTRONG (5)  AITCHISON (6)  ATKINSON (10)  BADEN (2)  BANN (4)  BARNES (7)  BARSTEAD (1)  BARTLETT (2)  BARTON (1)  BAXBY (1)  BEALE (1)  BEATTIE (1)  BELL (8)  BLACKBURN (1)  BORLADE (1)  BOWMAN (16)  BRAGG (1)  BRILMAN (1)  BROWN (18)  BURGON (1)  BURGESS (6)  BUSHBY (2)  BIRNEY (3)  BIRNIE (4)  O'BEIRNE (6)  CALVERT (1)  CARSON (3)  CARTER (1)  CARTNER (6)  CHANCE (2)  CLARKE (21)  CLARK (1)  COLLINS (9)  O'CONNER (4)  O'CONNOR (1)  COOPE (1)  COOPER (1)  CORDINGLY (1)  COWAN (MC KAY) (6)  CROSBY (1)  CRUNALD (1)  DALTON (16)  DANDY (3)  DANIELS (1)  DAVIDSON (9)  DOBINSON (7)  DOUGLAS (3)  DOUGLAS ((MILLS)) (4)  DUNKELD (1)  EDMONDSON (1)  ERRINGTON (2)  FARAGE (4)  FELL (1)  FERGUSON (2)  FISHER (1)  FORSYTHE (4)  FORSYTH (4)  FOSTER (10)  FULTON (8)  GALE (4)  GARDNER (2)  GIBSON (4)  GOLLING (2)  JORDAN (7)  GRAHAM (10)  GREAT (1)  HALBERT (2)  HALL (3)  HOLLIDAY (1)  HALPS (2)  HAMILTON (1)  HAMMOND (6)  HARDING (3)  HARKNESS (17)  HARRISON (17)  HARROP (1)  HART (1)  HAWKINS (7)  HAYES (1)  HAYHURST (6)  HEWIT (1)  HICKS (1)  HODGSON (5)  MC HUGH (8)  MCHUGH (1)  HUGHES (1)  HURST (8)  HUTCHINSON (5)  IRVING (10)  IRWIN (14)  IVISON (5)  JACKSON (8)  JOHNSTONE (24)  JONES (1)  KENDAL (7)  KNIGHT (8)  LAING (5)  LAWSON (4)  LEE (1)  LITTLE (23)  LUCAS (1)  LINN (4)  MCGUIRE (1)  MCMAHON (1)  MARTIN (1)  MAXWELL (2)  MCCALL (1)  MCCONNELL (1)  MCKAY (2)  MCLAUGHLIN (8)  MILLER (1)  MILRAY (1)  MOFFATT (2)  MORLEY (12)  MORRISON (1)  MURRAY (16)  NEMSON (4)  NEWELL (9)  NICHOL (3)  NICHOLSON (3)  NIXON (6)  OLIPHANT (11)  OSTLE (1)  PALMER (13)  PAILTON (6)  PARK (8)  PARKER (2)  PEARSON (7)  PEAT (5)  PHILLIPS (1)  POTS (1)  POTTS (9)  ROCKHAM (1)  REDMAYNE (7)  RAGAN (1)  REID (3)  REED (1)  RICHARDS (4)  RICHARDSON (5)  RIDLEY (1)  ROBINSON (9)  ROGERSON (9)  RONSON (4)  ROUTLEDGE (8)  RUDDICK (10)  SAMSON (1)  SAMUEL (1)  SCAIFE (4)  SCOTT (16)  SEWELL (1)  SHNELL (4)  SHORTRIDGE (4)  SIMPSON (6)  SKELTON (2)  SMITH (8)  SPROUGHT (1)  STAINTON (1)  STEEL (4)  STEPHENSON (4)  STORY (4)  STOREY (7)  STUBBS (1)  TALBOT (6)  TANDY (1)  TARNDALE (4)  TAYLOR (8)  THOMPSON (4)  THORNBURN (4)  TIMNEY (1)  TIPLADY (1)  TODD (1)  TOMLINSON (1)  TONGCIKE (1)  TURNBULL (5)  TURTON (3)  TWEEDALE (1)  TWEEDY (4)  UNDERWOOD (1)  VEITCH (8)  WOFF (2)  WALLACE (1)  WATSON (18)  WESTMORLAND (3)  WHEATLEY (1)  WILSON (7)  WRIGHT (1)  WROTE (1)  WATE (4)  YOUNG (1)