Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thursby, Cumberland

Thursby 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
GRAHAM285.253345.75
BELL173.189516.97
HARRISON152.814312.68
WOOD132.43907.65
HUTTON132.439081.66
MILLER132.439013.63
BROWN122.25143.42
EDGAR112.0638133.98
HARTLEY112.063832.92
FENWICK112.0638157.59
STORY101.8762302.11
BEALE101.8762147.93
DIXON101.876217.13
ROBINSON91.68865.30
TODHUNTER91.68861,168.83
DAWSON81.500913.62
FORSTER81.500945.77
BAINBRIDGE71.313393.46
GIFFORD71.3133151.19
WATSON71.31335.66
SCOTT71.31335.19
TODD71.313325.81
DODD71.313332.29
WRIGHT61.12573.51
HEWSON61.1257137.93
IRVING61.125750.55
SKELTON61.125777.32
RITSON61.1257280.37
RONSON61.12571,132.08
NELSON50.938119.36
LIDDLE50.938179.62
KEAY50.9381220.26
LOWTHER50.9381153.37
SALKELD50.9381416.67
KEY50.938168.03
PALMER50.93817.96
GIBSON40.75056.18
HENDERSON40.75056.90
MATTINSON40.7505421.05
RICHARDSON40.75054.41
MURRAY40.75056.05
THOMPSON40.75052.51
FOSTER40.75055.61
BLACK40.750511.59
PARKINS40.7505139.37
ARMSTRONG30.56297.36
BIRD30.56297.37
TWEDDLE30.5629163.93
PARKER30.56292.96
FRIZZLE30.56292,307.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BARMES0.535333333.3333
FRIZZLE0.535332307.6923
TODHUNTER0.535331168.8312
BATTIE0.535331153.8462
RONSON0.535331132.0755
PERSON0.53533500.0000
CARTNER0.53533425.5319
MATTINSON0.53533421.0526
SALKELD0.53533416.6667
MEYERS0.53533408.1633
BRISCO0.53533322.5806
STORY0.53533302.1148
CORRY0.53533288.4615
RITSON0.53533280.3738
KEAY0.53533220.2643
FIDDLER0.53533173.9130
TWEDDLE0.53533163.9344
BOUCH0.53533158.7302
FENWICK0.53533157.5931
LOWTHER0.53533153.3742
GIFFORD0.53533151.1879
BEALE0.53533147.9290
BUSHBY0.53533143.5407
PARKINS0.53533139.3728
HEWSON0.53533137.9310
EDGAR0.53533133.9829
BLAYLOCK0.53533107.5269
TIFFIN0.53533105.2632
THOMLINSON0.53533103.0928
MATHEW0.53533100.0000
BAINBRIDGE0.5353393.4579
MELLON0.5353390.0901
HUTTON0.5353381.6583
LIDDLE0.5353379.6178
SKELTON0.5353377.3196
BEWLEY0.5353370.4225
KEY0.5353368.0272
STODDART0.5353367.4157
IRVING0.5353350.5476
OLIPHANT0.5353348.0769
FORSTER0.5353345.7666
GRAHAM0.5353345.7516
FORRESTER0.5353341.9580
BARTLEY0.5353339.0625
COLLIN0.5353335.9712
JEFFERSON0.5353334.5423
COWEN0.5353334.2466
MAUGHAN0.5353333.5570
HARTLEY0.5353332.9243
DODD0.5353332.2878

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 533 people called BARMES in Thursby 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 3333.3333 in Thursby means that 3333.3333% of the people in Thursby on census day were called BARMES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BARMES 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 BARMES 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 BARMES 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 BARMES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Thursby means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BARMES in Thursby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thursby in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (3)  ATKINSON (1)  BAINBRIDGE (7)  BARMES (1)  BARNES (3)  BARTLEY (1)  BATTIE (3)  BAXTER (3)  BEALE (10)  BELL (17)  BEWLEY (1)  BIRD (3)  BIRKET (2)  BLACK (4)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLAYLOCK (1)  BLENKINSHIP (2)  BRIGGS (1)  BRISCO (1)  BROWN (12)  BOUCH (1)  BUCKLE (1)  BULMER (1)  BUSHBY (3)  CARTNER (2)  MC CUE (1)  COLLIN (1)  CORRY (3)  COWEN (1)  CRENE (3)  CULLEN (1)  DACG (6)  DALTON (2)  DAWSON (8)  DENT (1)  DIXON (10)  DODD (7)  DOWTHWAITE (2)  EARL (1)  EDGAR (11)  FAULDER (12)  FEDDON (3)  FENWICK (11)  FERGUSON (1)  FIDDLER (2)  FISHER (1)  FULKNER (2)  FORSTER (8)  FORRESTER (3)  FOSTER (4)  FRIZZLE (3)  GIBSON (4)  GIEBORTION (1)  GIFFORD (7)  GLEANE (1)  GOLLING (4)  GRAHAM (28)  GREENHOW (3)  HARRISON (15)  HARTLEY (11)  HENDERSON (4)  HESLOP (1)  HEWITSON (2)  HEWITT (2)  HEWSON (6)  HILL (3)  HIND (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOPE (3)  HORNSBY (1)  HUNTLEY (1)  HUTINGTON (2)  HUTTON (13)  IRVING (6)  JEFFERSON (2)  JOHNSTON (3)  KEAY (5)  KEY (5)  LANGLEY (1)  LIDDLE (5)  LOMAS (1)  LOWTHER (5)  MARSHALL (2)  MATTINSON (4)  MATHEW (2)  MAUGHAN (1)  MC DOWELL (1)  MC MINN (1)  MELLON (1)  MILLER (13)  MOFFAT (1)  MONTGOMERY (1)  MULCASTER (1)  MUNRO (2)  MURRAY (4)  MEYERS (2)  NAWELL (2)  NELSON (5)  NEWTON (1)  OLIPHANT (1)  OSTEL (1)  PALMER (5)  PARK (1)  PARKER (3)  PARKINS (4)  PATTERSON (1)  PERSON (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PORTER (1)  RAWES (2)  REED (2)  RICHARDS (2)  RICHARDSON (4)  RITCHIE (1)  RITSON (6)  ROBINSON (9)  RONSON (6)  SALKELD (5)  SANDERSON (1)  SCOTT (7)  SKELTON (6)  SPOTSWOOD (1)  STANFORD (1)  STEEL (1)  STODDART (3)  STORY (10)  STRONG (1)  STUDHOLME (4)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (4)  THURNAUM (1)  TIFFIN (1)  TODD (7)  TODHUNTER (9)  THOMLINSON (1)  TWEDDLE (3)  TWENTYMAN (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLACE (1)  WALTON (1)  WATSON (7)  WOOD (13)  WRIGHT (6)  WRIGHTMAN (1)