Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eaglesfield, Cumberland

Eaglesfield 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
FOX124.687550.48
NORMAN124.6875101.18
WATSON114.296918.52
ROBINSON103.906312.25
FEARON103.90631,562.50
CLAGUE93.5156989.01
BELL72.734414.55
JENKINSON72.7344156.25
ARMSTRONG72.734435.77
WALKER72.73448.17
GRAHAM72.734423.82
WALTERS62.343849.14
EARL62.3438179.10
NELSON62.343848.39
SHORTRIDGE62.34383,529.41
THOMPSON51.95316.52
HARRISON51.95318.80
FISHER51.953116.69
PARKIN41.562558.14
HAMILTON41.562520.83
SHANNON41.5625202.02
CASS41.5625220.99
GOLD41.5625273.97
ROTHER41.562520,000.00
FERGUSON31.171916.53
SIMPSON31.17196.70
DOUGLAS31.171924.19
BRAGG31.1719143.54
TIFFIN31.1719666.67
NICHOLSON31.171916.49
MOORE31.17195.86
COULTHARD20.7813139.86
HOLIDAY20.7813277.78
STEVENSON20.781311.14
HETHERINGTON20.781361.92
SHAW20.78134.25
KERNEY20.78131,428.57
GIBSON20.78136.44
HENDERSON10.39063.59
NEWTON10.39065.10
MARTIN10.39061.59
GOLDING10.390622.17
KAY10.39067.52
RAMSAY10.390615.17
BARTLE10.390666.23
GRAVE10.3906270.27
CLARK10.39061.30
LAWSON10.39066.63
JOHNSON10.39061.16
WALTON10.39065.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROTHER0.2625620000.0000
SHORTRIDGE0.262563529.4118
FEARON0.262561562.5000
KERNEY0.262561428.5714
CLAGUE0.26256989.0110
TIFFIN0.26256666.6667
HOLIDAY0.26256277.7778
GOLD0.26256273.9726
GRAVE0.26256270.2703
CASS0.26256220.9945
SHANNON0.26256202.0202
EARL0.26256179.1045
HARBER0.26256169.4915
JENKINSON0.26256156.2500
BRAGG0.26256143.5407
COULTHARD0.26256139.8601
NORMAN0.26256101.1804
BARTLE0.2625666.2252
HETHERINGTON0.2625661.9195
PARKIN0.2625658.1395
FOX0.2625650.4838
WALTERS0.2625649.1400
NELSON0.2625648.3871
ARMSTRONG0.2625635.7690
DOUGLAS0.2625624.1935
GRAHAM0.2625623.8176
GOLDING0.2625622.1729
HAMILTON0.2625620.8333
WATSON0.2625618.5248
FISHER0.2625616.6889
FERGUSON0.2625616.5289
NICHOLSON0.2625616.4926
ELLIOT0.2625615.3139
RAMSAY0.2625615.1745
BELL0.2625614.5500
ROBINSON0.2625612.2504
STEVENSON0.2625611.1359
HARRISON0.262568.7982
WALKER0.262568.1680
PRESTON0.262567.8186
BANKS0.262567.6161
KAY0.262567.5188
SIMPSON0.262566.6994
LAWSON0.262566.6269
THOMPSON0.262566.5198
GIBSON0.262566.4371
MOORE0.262565.8605
WALTON0.262565.5494
NEWTON0.262565.0968
SHAW0.262564.2535

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 256 people called ROTHER in Eaglesfield 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 20000.0000 in Eaglesfield means that 20000.0000% of the people in Eaglesfield on census day were called ROTHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROTHER 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 ROTHER 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 ROTHER 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 ROTHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Eaglesfield means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROTHER in Eaglesfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eaglesfield in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (7)  BANKS (1)  BARTLE (1)  BELL (7)  BRAGG (3)  BROCKBANK (1)  KERNEY (2)  CASS (4)  CLAGUE (9)  CLARK (1)  COULTHARD (2)  DAVIS (1)  DOCKERAY (11)  DOUGLAS (3)  EARL (6)  ELLIOT (1)  FEARON (10)  FERGUSON (3)  FISHER (5)  FOX (12)  GIBSON (2)  GOLDING (1)  GOLD (4)  GRAHAM (7)  GRAVE (1)  HOLIDAY (2)  HAMILTON (4)  HARRISON (5)  HENDERSON (1)  HARBER (1)  HETHERINGTON (2)  HUIDE (1)  JENKINSON (7)  JOHNSON (1)  KAY (1)  LACKLUISON (3)  LAWSON (1)  LEECE (1)  MC CANN (2)  MARTIN (1)  MC DOWELL (2)  MOORDAFF (1)  MOORE (3)  NELSON (6)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLSON (3)  NORMAN (12)  PARKIN (4)  PLESKETT (1)  PRESTON (1)  RAMSAY (1)  RETSON (3)  ROBINSON (10)  ROTHEY (1)  ROTHER (4)  SANDWITH (1)  SHANNON (4)  SHAW (2)  SHORTRIDGE (6)  SIMPSON (3)  SMITH (1)  STEVENSON (2)  THOMPSON (5)  THORNTHWAITE (3)  THWAITE (1)  TIFFIN (3)  TROHEAR (3)  TUINION (5)  WALKER (7)  WALTERS (6)  WALTON (1)  WATSON (11)  YOUNG (1)