Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dean, Cumberland

Dean 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
NICHOLSON293.515249.47
FEARON202.4242966.18
GREEN182.18187.75
GRAYSON172.0606276.42
THOMPSON172.06066.88
WILLIAMSON161.939421.63
ARMSTRONG161.939425.37
BIRKETT161.9394201.01
POOLEY121.4545180.18
TURNER121.45455.23
COOK121.45457.32
JACKSON111.33334.77
DIXON111.333312.17
RAY111.333367.40
SANDERSON101.212129.34
BARNES101.212110.07
ROBINSON101.21213.80
GATES101.212178.25
HODGSON91.090915.74
LIMON91.09094,090.91
GILL91.090915.42
SMITH91.09090.77
SHIELDS91.090970.59
WOOD80.96973.04
TOWERS80.969783.68
CUTHBERTSON80.9697125.59
CLARK70.84852.82
WALKER70.84852.53
COATES70.848522.76
STEEL70.848520.81
RUMNEY70.8485542.64
FURNESS60.727391.05
FERGUSON60.727310.26
SALKELD60.7273322.58
WAITE60.727335.05
SOUTHWARD60.7273346.82
BEASON60.72731,395.35
BROADBENT60.727333.92
ALLISON60.727325.59
HAY60.727319.83
TAYLOR60.72731.14
BIBBY50.606156.12
BRISCO50.60611,041.67
MONCRIEF50.60612,000.00
RUSSELL50.60614.96
HARLEY50.606147.04
CARRUTHERS50.606145.83
HOGG50.606116.78
BRAITHWAITE50.606152.25
RUTHERFORD40.484819.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCGLASSON0.838255714.2857
LIMON0.838254090.9091
SAILS0.838253076.9231
MONCRIEF0.838252000.0000
BEASON0.838251395.3488
BRISCO0.838251041.6667
FEARON0.83825966.1836
NEALY0.83825588.2353
RUMNEY0.83825542.6357
SOUTHWARD0.83825346.8208
SALKELD0.83825322.5806
CROSTHWAITE0.83825300.7519
GRAYSON0.83825276.4228
TOYE0.83825227.2727
BIRKETT0.83825201.0050
POOLEY0.83825180.1802
CASTER0.83825161.2903
ASHBURN0.83825153.8462
CUTHBERTSON0.83825125.5887
PAPE0.83825120.9677
SLEE0.8382593.1677
SISSON0.8382592.1659
FURNESS0.8382591.0470
SHERWIN0.8382590.0901
TOWERS0.8382583.6820
BOWSER0.8382581.9672
GATES0.8382578.2473
MOFFATT0.8382575.3296
HILLARY0.8382573.5294
SHIELDS0.8382570.5882
RAY0.8382567.4020
BIBBY0.8382556.1167
STAMPER0.8382553.4759
BEATY0.8382553.1915
EWAN0.8382553.1915
BRAITHWAITE0.8382552.2466
NICHOLSON0.8382549.4712
HARLEY0.8382547.0367
CARRUTHERS0.8382545.8295
STODDART0.8382543.5414
GILBERTSON0.8382541.4938
GARNETT0.8382539.0244
ALSTON0.8382537.2439
WAITE0.8382535.0467
STORR0.8382534.9650
BROADBENT0.8382533.9175
RAWLING0.8382533.2226
ROTHERY0.8382532.8947
OLIPHANT0.8382531.1526
SANDERSON0.8382529.3427

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 825 people called MCGLASSON in Dean 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 5714.2857 in Dean means that 5714.2857% of the people in Dean on census day were called MCGLASSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MCGLASSON 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 MCGLASSON 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 MCGLASSON 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 MCGLASSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.83 in Dean means that you are 0.83 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MCGLASSON in Dean than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dean in 1881

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

ALDERSON (1)  ALLISON (6)  ALSTON (2)  ANDERSON (2)  APPETTON (1)  ARMSTRONG (16)  ASHBURN (1)  ATKINSON (4)  BAILEY (1)  BARNES (10)  BARTEN (1)  BAXTER (2)  BEATY (1)  BEEBY (4)  BEECHWICH (1)  BYERS (1)  BEASON (6)  BELL (3)  BENSON (1)  BETHWAITE (1)  BEUSHER (2)  BIBBY (5)  BIRKETT (16)  BOADLE (3)  BOWSER (1)  BRAITHWAITE (5)  BRANNAN (1)  BRANTHWAITE (1)  BRISCOE (1)  BRISCO (5)  BROADBENT (6)  BROWN (4)  BURNS (1)  BURTHFELTEM (1)  CARR (2)  KIRR (1)  CARRUTHERS (5)  CASTER (1)  CLARK (7)  CLARKE (1)  COATES (7)  COOK (12)  CROSBY (1)  CROSTHWAITE (4)  CRUDDAU (8)  CUTHBERTSON (8)  DAUD (4)  DICKINSON (2)  DITCHBURN (1)  DIXON (11)  DOBINSON (4)  DOCKERAY (1)  YEOWART (10)  EWAN (1)  FAGGARTY (1)  FEARON (20)  FERGUSON (6)  FISHER (2)  FRAZER (1)  FREARS (2)  FURNESS (6)  GALLOWAY (1)  GARNETT (4)  GATES (10)  GIBSON (4)  GILBERTSON (1)  GILL (9)  GRAHAM (4)  GREVESON (7)  GRAYSON (17)  GREEN (18)  GROASDELL (1)  GUNSON (5)  HALE (3)  HOLLIDAY (1)  HAMPTON (1)  HARLEY (5)  HARRISON (4)  HAY (6)  HAYSTON (1)  HEAD (2)  HECKLES (1)  HEWITSON (1)  HEWITT (4)  HIGH (1)  HILLARY (1)  HINDI (2)  HODGSON (9)  HOGG (5)  HOPE (4)  HOWARTH (3)  HOWE (1)  HUDDART (8)  JACKSON (11)  JAMES (3)  JOHNSTON (3)  JONES (1)  KAY (1)  KELLY (1)  KENDALL (4)  KING (1)  LACKLINSON (8)  LAWSON (3)  LEACH (2)  LEIXON (1)  LIMON (9)  LEWTHWAITE (15)  LISTER (2)  LITTLE (2)  MC DOUGALL (1)  MCGLASSON (4)  NEALY (1)  MC CLELLAN (6)  MC VITTIE (1)  METCALFE (1)  MINTS (1)  MIREHOUSE (11)  MOFFATT (4)  MONCRIEF (5)  MOSSOP (13)  MUNRO (1)  NELSON (3)  NICHOLSON (29)  OLIPHANT (1)  OSTLE (9)  PAPE (3)  PARKER (4)  PEARSON (4)  PICKERING (1)  PLASKET (1)  POOLEY (12)  POTTS (1)  RAY (11)  RAWLAUDS (4)  RENNIE (1)  RICHARDSON (4)  ROBINSON (10)  ROTHERY (1)  RAWLING (1)  RUMNEY (7)  RUSSELL (5)  RUTHERFORD (4)  SAILS (4)  SALKELD (6)  SANDERSON (10)  SANDS (1)  SCURR (1)  SHERWIN (4)  SHIELDS (9)  SISSON (2)  SHILTON (3)  SLEE (3)  SMALLHIECE (1)  SMITH (9)  SOUTHWARD (6)  STAMPER (1)  STEEL (7)  STEPHENSON (4)  STODDART (3)  STORR (1)  STRONG (1)  STUBBES (2)  SUMPTON (1)  TAYLOR (6)  TEOX (1)  THOMPSON (17)  THWAITES (1)  THWAITE (1)  TINNION (2)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOWERS (8)  TOYE (2)  TROUGHTON (7)  TURNER (12)  TWIDDLE (18)  WALKER (7)  WATSON (1)  WHEALLEANS (4)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WILLIAMSON (16)  WILSON (4)  WOOD (8)  WAITE (6)