Top surnames from the 1881 census in Low Bolton, Cumberland

Low Bolton 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
LIGHTFOOT253.9063280.90
JOHNSTONE203.125069.13
GRAHAM192.968825.86
REAY192.9688341.73
BARNES162.500020.77
BELL152.343812.47
COWEN132.0313370.37
THOMPSON121.87506.26
WILLIAMSON111.718819.17
WALKER111.71885.13
STALKER101.5625317.46
TURNER101.56255.61
SMITH91.40631.00
BROWN91.40632.13
WILKINSON91.40639.21
SIMPSON91.40638.04
BLACKLOCK91.4063330.88
WATSON91.40636.06
LAWMAN91.40631,428.57
RICHARDSON81.25007.34
NEWBOLD81.2500171.31
MORTON71.093820.46
JACKSON71.09383.91
ATKINSON71.093811.23
PAISLEY71.0938492.96
YEOMANS71.0938132.58
HOLLIDAY71.093883.43
KEENAN71.0938129.15
ARMSTRONG60.937512.26
HODGSON60.937513.53
ACKERLEY60.9375645.16
PENN60.9375103.81
HARRISON60.93754.22
PARKIN60.937534.86
CARRUTHERS60.937570.92
STEELE60.937535.03
ROGERSON60.937576.14
POOLEY60.9375116.05
GATE50.7813581.40
LEE50.78134.78
ROUTLEDGE50.781391.74
GALE50.781326.07
TEMPLE50.781359.52
WILSON50.78131.70
MATHEWS50.781321.15
LITTLE50.781316.52
RAPE40.62502,500.00
FLEMING40.625015.04
COULTHARD40.6250112.04
HAYTON40.6250127.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RAPE0.646402500.0000
LAWMAN0.646401428.5714
MCGUFFIE0.646401428.5714
ACKERLEY0.64640645.1613
GATE0.64640581.3953
PAISLEY0.64640492.9577
ASHBURN0.64640400.0000
COWEN0.64640370.3704
REAY0.64640341.7266
BLACKLOCK0.64640330.8824
STALKER0.64640317.4603
LITT0.64640285.7143
LIGHTFOOT0.64640280.8989
MAINS0.64640190.4762
NEWBOLD0.64640171.3062
CRONE0.64640170.9402
KENDAL0.64640160.0000
YEOMANS0.64640132.5758
BOUCH0.64640131.5789
KEENAN0.64640129.1513
HAYTON0.64640127.3885
POOLEY0.64640116.0542
COULTHARD0.64640112.0448
GRAVE0.64640108.6957
WHITSON0.64640108.6957
SAYLES0.64640105.2632
BEATTY0.64640105.2632
PENN0.64640103.8062
HANNAN0.6464098.5222
ROUTLEDGE0.6464091.7431
HOLLIDAY0.6464083.4327
DOCKER0.6464079.3651
CASSON0.6464078.9474
ROGERSON0.6464076.1421
CARRUTHERS0.6464070.9220
PATTINSON0.6464069.8080
JOHNSTONE0.6464069.1324
CARTY0.6464066.6667
TEMPLE0.6464059.5238
BULMAN0.6464042.9185
RITSON0.6464038.9105
GOODFELLOW0.6464035.3357
STEELE0.6464035.0263
PARKIN0.6464034.8635
PEEL0.6464034.8129
HUMBLE0.6464033.0033
LOWES0.6464026.8817
GALE0.6464026.0688
GRAHAM0.6464025.8574
RUSSEL0.6464022.6244

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 640 people called RAPE in Low Bolton 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 2500.0000 in Low Bolton means that 2500.0000% of the people in Low Bolton on census day were called RAPE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RAPE 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 RAPE 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 RAPE 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 RAPE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.64 in Low Bolton means that you are 0.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RAPE in Low Bolton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Low Bolton in 1881

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

ACKERLEY (6)  ADDISON (1)  ALLISON (2)  ARMSTRONG (6)  ASHBURN (2)  ATKINSON (7)  BARNES (16)  BEATTIE (2)  BEATTY (1)  BELL (15)  BLACKLOCK (9)  JOHNSTONE ((BLACKLOCK)) (2)  BLAHIRE (4)  BORRODALE (6)  BRADSHAW (2)  BROWN (9)  BOUCH (1)  BULMAN (1)  CALVERT (2)  CARRUTHERS (6)  CARTY (1)  CASSON (3)  COULTHARD (4)  COWEN (13)  CRONE (2)  CUBBY (5)  DOCKER (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  EDGER (6)  EDGAR (2)  EGGLESTONE (9)  FALLOWFIELD (1)  FLEMING (4)  FOSTER (4)  GALE (5)  GATE (5)  GEORGE (2)  GIBSON (1)  GLOAG (5)  GOODFELLOW (2)  JARDINE (1)  GRAHAM (19)  GRAVE (1)  HOLLIDAY (7)  HANNAN (2)  HARDING (4)  HARRISON (6)  HARTLEY (1)  HAUGHAN (6)  HAYTON (4)  HEWETSON (14)  HODGSDON (1)  HODGSON (6)  HOPE (1)  HUMBLE (1)  IRVING (3)  JACKSON (7)  JAMES (4)  JOHNSTONE (20)  KEENAN (7)  KENDAL (4)  MC KENNA (2)  KESWICK (2)  LANCASTER (1)  LOWRE (6)  LAWMAN (9)  LEACH (1)  LEE (5)  LIGHTFOOT (25)  LITT (1)  LITTLE (5)  LOWES (1)  MACQUE (1)  MAINS (2)  MASHITER (9)  MATHEWS (5)  MCGUFFIE (1)  MC WHIMEY (3)  MESSENGER (1)  MILLER (4)  MITCHELE (4)  MOORE (3)  MORTON (7)  MOSCROP (1)  MUMMERSON (1)  NATTRSS (1)  NEWBOLD (8)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLSON (3)  NIXON (1)  OSTLE (2)  PAISLEY (7)  PALMER (2)  PARKER (4)  PARKIN (6)  PATTINSON (4)  PEEL (4)  PENN (6)  POOLEY (6)  POTTS (1)  PURDHAM (1)  REAY (19)  RAPE (4)  RICHARDSON (8)  RITSON (1)  ROGERSON (6)  ROUTLEDGE (5)  RUSSEL (1)  RISSEL (7)  SAYLES (1)  SCARFE (5)  SCOON (1)  SCOTT (2)  SHIELDS (1)  SIMPSON (9)  SMITH (9)  STALKER (10)  STEELE (6)  TAYLOR (3)  TEMPLE (5)  THOMPSON (12)  TORDIFF (1)  TURNER (10)  WALKER (11)  WALTON (1)  WARD (1)  WATSON (9)  WELSH (2)  WHITSON (1)  WILKINSON (9)  WILLIAMSON (11)  WILSON (5)  WISE (3)  WOOD (2)  YEOMANS (7)