Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weddicar, Cumberland

Weddicar 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
CROSTHWAITE1217.391310,909.09
FISHER913.0435111.39
CARVEL68.695720,000.00
REAY57.2464833.33
MILLS57.246455.87
PALMER57.246461.50
CHRISTIAN45.7971588.24
DIXON45.797152.91
CONNER22.8986377.36
CORLETT11.4493256.41
MUSGRAVE11.4493238.10
MALLON11.4493909.09
WATSON11.44936.25
PICKERING11.449340.16
COWEN11.4493263.16
ROONEY11.4493161.29
MILLER11.44938.10
WILLS11.449348.54

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CARVEL0.076920000.0000
CROSTHWAITE0.076910909.0909
MALLON0.0769909.0909
REAY0.0769833.3333
CHRISTIAN0.0769588.2353
CONNER0.0769377.3585
COWEN0.0769263.1579
CORLETT0.0769256.4103
MUSGRAVE0.0769238.0952
ROONEY0.0769161.2903
FISHER0.0769111.3861
PALMER0.076961.5006
MILLS0.076955.8659
DIXON0.076952.9101
WILLS0.076948.5437
PICKERING0.076940.1606
MILLER0.07698.0972
WATSON0.07696.2461

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 69 people called CARVEL in Weddicar 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 20000.0000 in Weddicar means that 20000.0000% of the people in Weddicar on census day were called CARVEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CARVEL 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 CARVEL 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 CARVEL 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 CARVEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Weddicar means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CARVEL in Weddicar than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weddicar in 1881

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

CARVEL (6)  CHRISTIAN (4)  CONNER (2)  CORLETT (1)  COWEN (1)  CROSTHWAITE (12)  DIXON (4)  DUNFARAH (1)  FISHER (9)  MALLON (1)  MILLER (1)  MILLS (5)  MUSGRAVE (1)  PALMER (5)  PICKERING (1)  REAY (5)  ROONEY (1)  SCAMBLER (7)  WATSON (1)  WILLS (1)