Top surnames from the 1881 census in Scaleby, Cumberland

Scaleby 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
HOGG265.5675154.12
GRAHAM224.710941.03
FERGUSON173.640351.36
REAY173.6403419.75
IRVING163.4261153.85
BELL163.426118.23
DALTON163.4261149.25
ARMSTRONG153.212042.02
JAMES142.997915.26
LITTLE142.997963.38
TAYLOR142.99794.69
JOHNSTONE122.569656.85
TWEDDLE112.3555683.23
GOODFELLOW102.1413242.13
HIND91.9272152.54
WINTER81.713148.31
MARSHALL81.713110.21
HETHERINGTON81.7131135.82
WILSON81.71313.73
ROBSON71.498922.78
BLAKE71.498930.95
ROBINSON71.49894.70
RIDLEY61.284866.45
SUTTON61.284820.18
FISHER61.284810.98
MURRAY61.284810.36
METCALF61.284863.42
CARRUTHERS61.284897.09
BENDLE61.28481,200.00
WOOD61.28484.03
FORESTER51.0707370.37
ALLISON51.070737.68
PALMER51.07079.08
BARNES40.85657.12
CALVERT40.856542.02
PATTINSON40.856595.69
HESLOP40.8565100.00
HOLLIDAY30.642449.02
JEFFERSON30.642459.17
DIXON30.64245.86
STAGG30.642496.46
HOPE30.642418.88
DOBBIN30.6424410.96
MATTHEW20.428356.66
PIGG20.4283144.93
MILLICAN20.4283227.27
WATSON20.42831.85
RICHARDSON20.42832.52
EMMERSON20.428343.38
SCOTT20.42831.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BENDLE0.474671200.0000
TWEDDLE0.47467683.2298
REAY0.47467419.7531
DOBBIN0.47467410.9589
FORESTER0.47467370.3704
GOODFELLOW0.47467242.1308
MILLICAN0.47467227.2727
GIBBENS0.47467158.7302
HOGG0.47467154.1197
IRVING0.47467153.8462
HIND0.47467152.5424
DALTON0.47467149.2537
PIGG0.47467144.9275
PAGAN0.47467136.9863
HETHERINGTON0.47467135.8234
THOMLINSON0.47467117.6471
HESLOP0.47467100.0000
CARRUTHERS0.4746797.0874
STAGG0.4746796.4630
PATTINSON0.4746795.6938
BEATY0.4746793.4579
MONKHOUSE0.4746791.7431
RUDDICK0.4746790.0901
RIDLEY0.4746766.4452
METCALF0.4746763.4249
LITTLE0.4746763.3771
JEFFERSON0.4746759.1716
BULMAN0.4746758.8235
SNOWDON0.4746757.4713
JOHNSTONE0.4746756.8451
MATTHEW0.4746756.6572
FERGUSON0.4746751.3595
HOLLIDAY0.4746749.0196
WINTER0.4746748.3092
EMMERSON0.4746743.3839
ARMSTRONG0.4746742.0168
CALVERT0.4746742.0168
GRAHAM0.4746741.0295
ALLISON0.4746737.6790
DEANS0.4746731.5457
BURROW0.4746731.2500
BLAKE0.4746730.9461
IRWIN0.4746725.4453
ROBSON0.4746722.7790
HIGHAM0.4746721.0084
SUTTON0.4746720.1816
HOPE0.4746718.8798
BRAITHWAITE0.4746718.4502
BELL0.4746718.2336
FORRESTER0.4746715.9490

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 467 people called BENDLE in Scaleby 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 1200.0000 in Scaleby means that 1200.0000% of the people in Scaleby on census day were called BENDLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BENDLE 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 BENDLE 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 BENDLE 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 BENDLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Scaleby means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BENDLE in Scaleby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Scaleby in 1881

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

ALLISON (5)  ARMSTRONG (15)  ASHBRIDGE (1)  ATKINSON (1)  BARNES (4)  BEATY (1)  BELL (16)  BENDLE (6)  BLAKE (7)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BRIGGS (2)  BROWN (1)  BULMAN (1)  BURROW (1)  BYRES (4)  MC CALL (3)  CALVERT (4)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARRUTHERS (6)  CHAMBERS (1)  DALTON (16)  DEANS (1)  DIXON (3)  DOBBIN (3)  EDGAR (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIOT (1)  EMMERSON (2)  FAWCETT (1)  FERGUSON (17)  FISHER (6)  FORESTER (5)  FORRESTER (1)  GIBBENS (1)  GIBSON (1)  GOLDSMITH (1)  GOODFELLOW (10)  GRAHAM (22)  HALL (1)  HOLLIDAY (3)  HARDY (1)  HESLOP (4)  HETHERINGTON (8)  HIGHAM (1)  HIND (9)  HOGG (26)  HOPE (3)  IRWIN (1)  IRVING (16)  IVISON (8)  JAMES (14)  JEFFERSON (3)  JOHNSTONE (12)  M'C KINTOSH MC KIE (3)  LAIDLOR (1)  LAW (1)  LAWSON (1)  LITTLE (14)  MARSHALL (8)  MATTHEW (2)  MC COURT (5)  MC KENZIE (1)  METCALF (6)  MILLICAN (2)  MONKHOUSE (1)  MOSCROSS (4)  MURRAY (6)  MOSCROFT (2)  NORUAL (1)  PAGAN (1)  PALMER (5)  PATTINSON (4)  PIGG (2)  REAY (17)  RICHARDSON (2)  RIDLEY (6)  ROBINSON (7)  ROBSON (7)  RUDDICK (1)  SCOTT (2)  SEWELL (1)  SNOWDON (2)  STAGG (3)  SUTTON (6)  TAYLOR (14)  THOMLINSON (1)  TWEDDLE (11)  WALLACE (1)  WANNOP (7)  WATSON (2)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (8)  WINTER (8)  WOOD (6)