Top surnames from the 1881 census in Renwick, Cumberland

Renwick 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
LAWRANCE176.58911,011.90
SIMPSON166.201635.45
DIXON155.814053.06
LATTIN155.814037,500.00
WATSON145.426423.39
ROBINSON124.651214.59
NICHOLSON114.263660.01
MARSHALL103.876023.11
WHITFIELD93.4884174.76
SEWELL93.4884165.14
THOMPSON83.100810.35
HEAD83.1008127.39
ARMSTRONG72.713235.50
PATTINSON72.7132303.03
WELLS72.713232.60
BELL51.938010.31
NIXON51.938063.61
STODDART41.5504186.05
SALKELD31.1628517.24
FAWCETT31.162860.12
SEDGWICK31.1628160.43
LAWERENCE31.16282,500.00
POLLARD31.162831.88
GIBSON31.16289.58
WATT20.775220.22
RICHARDSON20.77524.55
DRYDEN20.7752129.03
WREN10.387635.84
LOCKEY10.3876163.93
TODHUNTER10.3876270.27
PEARSON10.38763.34
HILTON10.387611.27
BIRD10.38765.07
RUDDICK10.3876161.29
KIDD10.387619.05
SHANNON10.387650.00
MONKHOUSE10.3876166.67
SAVAGE10.387610.09
LOWIS10.3876312.50
ROBSON10.38765.89
TWIGG10.387655.56
JAMES10.38761.97
MAXWELL10.387616.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LATTIN0.2625837500.0000
LAWERENCE0.262582500.0000
LAWRANCE0.262581011.9048
SALKELD0.26258517.2414
LOWIS0.26258312.5000
PATTINSON0.26258303.0303
TODHUNTER0.26258270.2703
STODDART0.26258186.0465
WHITFIELD0.26258174.7573
MONKHOUSE0.26258166.6667
SEWELL0.26258165.1376
LOCKEY0.26258163.9344
RUDDICK0.26258161.2903
SEDGWICK0.26258160.4278
DRYDEN0.26258129.0323
HEAD0.26258127.3885
NIXON0.2625863.6132
FAWCETT0.2625860.1202
NICHOLSON0.2625860.0109
TWIGG0.2625855.5556
DIXON0.2625853.0598
SHANNON0.2625850.0000
WREN0.2625835.8423
ARMSTRONG0.2625835.4970
SIMPSON0.2625835.4531
WELLS0.2625832.6036
POLLARD0.2625831.8810
WATSON0.2625823.3918
MARSHALL0.2625823.1107
WATT0.2625820.2224
KIDD0.2625819.0476
MAXWELL0.2625816.3132
ROBINSON0.2625814.5879
HILTON0.2625811.2740
THOMPSON0.2625810.3506
BELL0.2625810.3135
SAVAGE0.2625810.0908
GIBSON0.262589.5785
ROBSON0.262585.8893
BIRD0.262585.0736
RICHARDSON0.262584.5537
PEARSON0.262583.3367
JAMES0.262581.9732

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 258 people called LATTIN in Renwick 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 37500.0000 in Renwick means that 37500.0000% of the people in Renwick on census day were called LATTIN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Renwick in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (7)  BELL (5)  BIRD (1)  CHICKEN (3)  CRAGHILL (1)  DIXON (15)  DOWTHWAITE (1)  DRYDEN (2)  DUFTON (4)  FAWCETT (3)  GIBSON (3)  GREENHOW (1)  GREENOP (29)  HEAD (8)  HILTON (1)  JAMES (1)  KIDD (1)  LAWRANCE (17)  LAWERENCE (3)  LOWIS (1)  LATTIN (15)  LOCKEY (1)  MARSHALL (10)  MAXWELL (1)  MONKHOUSE (1)  NICHOLSON (11)  NIXON (5)  PATTINSON (7)  PEARSON (1)  POLLARD (3)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBINSON (12)  ROBSON (1)  RUDDICK (1)  SALKELD (3)  SAVAGE (1)  SEDGWICK (3)  SEWELL (9)  SHANNON (1)  SIMPSON (16)  STODDART (4)  THOMPSON (8)  TODHUNTER (1)  TWIGG (1)  WATSON (14)  WATT (2)  WELLS (7)  WHITFIELD (9)  WREN (1)