Top surnames from the 1881 census in Langrigg Mealrigg, Cumberland

Langrigg Mealrigg 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
PEEL207.2202402.41
IRVING207.2202324.15
BELL145.054226.90
WARD124.332119.83
JEFFERSON103.6101332.23
ROOK93.2491476.19
MOFFAT93.2491179.28
LITTLETON93.24911,800.00
ELLIOTT93.249138.30
RAE82.8881126.78
MILLER72.527114.12
STODDART72.5271303.03
MILLICAN72.52711,346.15
PHILLIPS62.166112.11
HETHERINGTON62.1661171.92
GRAHAM62.166118.87
ATKINSON62.166122.24
RAYSON51.8051632.91
BARNES51.805115.00
PAPE51.8051602.41
FOSTER41.444010.80
PEARSON41.444012.43
STEEL41.444035.43
PENRICE41.44401,666.67
HIND41.4440114.29
BEATTIE41.444067.45
BAXTER31.083018.17
ARNOTT31.0830128.76
JOHNSTON31.083013.42
HODGSON31.083015.63
FLETCHER31.08309.49
REAY31.0830125.00
READ20.722011.20
SEWELL20.722034.13
BROUGH20.722059.00
LITTLE20.722015.27
STALKER20.7220147.06
BENN20.7220126.58
HARRISON20.72203.25
CARR10.36105.00
PARK10.361011.64
WINE10.36101,111.11
REED10.36104.95
TOWERS10.361031.15
HARRINGTON10.361019.01
SCOTT10.36101.43
CAMPBELL10.36102.13
PATTINSON10.361040.32
RICHARDSON10.36102.12
BRANDON10.361070.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LITTLETON0.282771800.0000
PENRICE0.282771666.6667
MILLICAN0.282771346.1538
WINE0.282771111.1111
RAYSON0.28277632.9114
PAPE0.28277602.4096
ROOK0.28277476.1905
PEEL0.28277402.4145
JEFFERSON0.28277332.2259
IRVING0.28277324.1491
STODDART0.28277303.0303
MOFFAT0.28277179.2829
HETHERINGTON0.28277171.9198
STALKER0.28277147.0588
ARNOTT0.28277128.7554
RAE0.28277126.7829
BENN0.28277126.5823
REAY0.28277125.0000
HIND0.28277114.2857
BRANDON0.2827770.9220
BYERS0.2827769.4444
BEATTIE0.2827767.4536
BROUGH0.2827758.9971
PATTINSON0.2827740.3226
ELLIOTT0.2827738.2979
STEEL0.2827735.4296
SEWELL0.2827734.1297
TOWERS0.2827731.1526
MOORHOUSE0.2827729.1545
BELL0.2827726.8972
ATKINSON0.2827722.2387
WARD0.2827719.8314
HARRINGTON0.2827719.0114
GRAHAM0.2827718.8679
BAXTER0.2827718.1708
HODGSON0.2827715.6250
LITTLE0.2827715.2672
BARNES0.2827714.9970
MILLER0.2827714.1243
JOHNSTON0.2827713.4228
PEARSON0.2827712.4301
PHILLIPS0.2827712.1065
PARK0.2827711.6414
READ0.2827711.1982
FOSTER0.2827710.7991
PATTERSON0.2827710.3520
FLETCHER0.282779.4877
SANDERSON0.282778.7413
HEWITT0.282777.4129
CARR0.282775.0025

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 277 people called LITTLETON in Langrigg Mealrigg 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 1800.0000 in Langrigg Mealrigg means that 1800.0000% of the people in Langrigg Mealrigg on census day were called LITTLETON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LITTLETON 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 LITTLETON 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 LITTLETON 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 LITTLETON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Langrigg Mealrigg means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LITTLETON in Langrigg Mealrigg than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Langrigg Mealrigg in 1881

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

ARNOTT (3)  ATKINSON (6)  BARNES (5)  BAXTER (3)  BEATTIE (4)  BYERS (1)  BELL (14)  BENN (2)  BOWNESS (7)  BRANDON (1)  BROUGH (2)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARR (1)  COCKTON (3)  ELLIOTT (9)  FLETCHER (3)  FOSTER (4)  GRAHAM (6)  HARRINGTON (1)  HARRISON (2)  HENDERSON (1)  HETHERINGTON (6)  HEWITT (1)  HIND (4)  HODGSON (3)  IRVING (20)  JEFFERSON (10)  JOHNSTON (3)  LAMONBY (1)  LITTLE (2)  LITTLETON (9)  MILLER (7)  MILLICAN (7)  MOFFAT (9)  MOORHOUSE (1)  MORDOCK (2)  PAPE (5)  PARK (1)  PARKSON (1)  PATTERSON (1)  PATTINSON (1)  PEARSON (4)  PEEL (20)  PENRICE (4)  PHILLIPS (6)  RAE (8)  REAY (3)  RAYSON (5)  REED (1)  READ (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROOK (9)  SANDERSON (1)  SCOTT (1)  SEWELL (2)  STALKER (2)  STEEL (4)  STOCKDAL (5)  STODDART (7)  THERR (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TIMPERTON (1)  TOWERS (1)  WARD (12)  WATSON (1)  WINE (1)