Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nether Denton, Cumberland

Nether Denton 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
BELL247.430339.54
GRAHAM123.715232.36
HADLEY113.4056250.00
ARMSTRONG113.405644.55
HUTTON103.0960103.63
RIDLEY103.0960160.26
SMITH92.78641.97
POTTS92.786483.49
ROBSON82.476837.63
FOSTER61.857613.89
CARRICK61.8576258.62
LITTLE61.857639.27
BROWN61.85762.82
WARWICK61.8576134.23
CHARLTON51.548054.05
MURRAY51.548012.48
BULMAN51.5480423.73
ROUTLEDGE51.5480181.82
HUTCHINSON51.548027.25
HESLOP51.5480180.51
HYSLOP41.2384215.05
ADAMSON41.238446.84
MUSGRAVE41.2384205.13
VICKERS41.238448.25
ATKINSON41.238412.71
TWEDDLE41.2384360.36
THOMSON41.23849.27
CARRUTHERS41.238493.68
WILLS41.238441.41
OLIVER30.928813.02
DODD30.928822.83
TEASDALE30.9288109.49
DIXON30.92888.48
DEVLIN30.9288113.64
MILBURN30.9288104.17
TELFORD20.619270.18
GRAVE20.6192434.78
WOOD20.61921.94
HODGSON20.61928.94
MOSES20.619260.61
HEAD20.619225.45
REAY20.619271.43
FERGUSON20.61928.73
WESTERN20.6192147.06
HETHERINGTON20.619249.14
LINTON20.619275.47
GIBSON20.61925.10
NICHOLSON20.61928.71
BLAKE20.619212.78
LAWSON10.30965.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DAIR0.323231666.6667
GRAVE0.32323434.7826
BULMAN0.32323423.7288
BOUSTEAD0.32323416.6667
TWEDDLE0.32323360.3604
TOPPIN0.32323344.8276
BORROW0.32323333.3333
CARRICK0.32323258.6207
HADLEY0.32323250.0000
HYSLOP0.32323215.0538
MUSGRAVE0.32323205.1282
ROUTLEDGE0.32323181.8182
HESLOP0.32323180.5054
HINDSON0.32323175.4386
RIDLEY0.32323160.2564
WESTERN0.32323147.0588
WARWICK0.32323134.2282
RUDDICK0.32323129.8701
DEVLIN0.32323113.6364
TEASDALE0.32323109.4891
MOUNSEY0.32323107.5269
ROWNTREE0.32323105.2632
MILBURN0.32323104.1667
HUTTON0.32323103.6269
CARRUTHERS0.3232393.6768
POTTS0.3232383.4879
BATEY0.3232379.3651
CREIGHTON0.3232378.7402
RITSON0.3232376.9231
LINTON0.3232375.4717
REAY0.3232371.4286
TELFORD0.3232370.1754
MOSES0.3232360.6061
COULTHARD0.3232355.5556
CHARLTON0.3232354.0541
HETHERINGTON0.3232349.1400
VICKERS0.3232348.2509
ADAMSON0.3232346.8384
ARMSTRONG0.3232344.5525
WILLS0.3232341.4079
BELL0.3232339.5387
LITTLE0.3232339.2670
ROBSON0.3232337.6294
GRAHAM0.3232332.3625
HUTCHINSON0.3232327.2480
HEWETT0.3232326.5957
HEAD0.3232325.4453
HIND0.3232324.5098
DODD0.3232322.8311
COWAN0.3232315.1745

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 323 people called DAIR in Nether Denton 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 1666.6667 in Nether Denton means that 1666.6667% of the people in Nether Denton on census day were called DAIR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DAIR 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 DAIR 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 DAIR 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 DAIR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Nether Denton means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DAIR in Nether Denton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Nether Denton in 1881

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

ADAMSON (4)  ARMSTRONG (11)  ATKINSON (4)  BARNFATHER (5)  BATEY (1)  BELL (24)  BLAKE (2)  BLACKBURN (1)  BOUSTEAD (1)  BROWN (6)  BULMAN (5)  BORROW (1)  CARRICK (6)  CARRUTHERS (4)  CHARLTON (5)  CLARKE (1)  CLEMITSON (1)  O'CONNER (3)  COULTHARD (1)  COWAN (1)  CREIGHTON (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DEVLIN (3)  DIXON (3)  DODD (3)  DAIR (1)  EDGER (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  FEATHERSTONEHOUGH (3)  FERGUSON (2)  FOSTER (6)  GARDHOUSE (3)  GIBSON (2)  GRAHAM (12)  GRAHAME (1)  GRAVE (2)  HADLEY (11)  HAIRSTONS (1)  HEAD (2)  HINDSON (1)  HYSLOP (4)  HESLOP (5)  HETHERINGTON (2)  HEWETT (1)  HIND (1)  HODGSON (2)  HUTCHINSON (5)  HUTTON (10)  JOHNSON (1)  JOHNSTONE (1)  LAWSON (1)  LEATHARD (4)  LEATHART (1)  LINTON (2)  LITTLE (6)  MC TITTERICK (3)  MENGINES (2)  MILBURN (3)  MITCHELL (1)  MOSSCROP (1)  MOSES (2)  MOUNSEY (1)  MURRAY (5)  MUSGRAVE (4)  NICHOLSON (2)  NIXON (1)  NOFFAT (1)  OLIVER (3)  POTTS (9)  REAY (2)  RIDLEY (10)  RITSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (8)  ROUTLEDGE (5)  ROWNTREE (1)  RUDDICK (1)  RUSHTON (1)  SMITH (9)  SURTEES (15)  TAYLOR (1)  TEASDALE (3)  TELFORD (2)  THOMSON (4)  TOPPIN (1)  TURNBULL (1)  TWEDDLE (4)  VICKERS (4)  WANNOP (1)  WARWICK (6)  WESTERN (2)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLS (4)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (2)  WRIGHT (1)