Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westward, Cumberland

Westward 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
GRAHAM454.285737.33
BELL383.619019.26
JOHNSTON343.238140.13
HODGSON302.857141.23
RICHARDSON272.571415.11
DIXON252.381021.73
ARMSTRONG232.190528.66
MARTIN222.09528.51
BROWN201.90482.89
THOMPSON181.71435.72
JEFFERSON181.7143157.76
LITTLE141.333328.19
BAINBRIDGE131.238188.08
FISHER121.14299.76
TURNBULL121.142927.11
MURRAY121.14299.22
ROBINSON111.04763.29
CARRUTHERS111.047679.19
HARDON100.95242,941.18
MESSENGER100.9524123.46
CARR100.952413.20
TYSON100.952473.05
YEOMANS100.9524115.47
REED100.952413.05
REID90.85718.16
HILL90.85713.37
ROPER90.857141.17
WOOD90.85712.69
WILSON80.76191.66
BARNES80.76196.33
HARRISON80.76193.43
NICHOLSON80.761910.72
LANCASTER80.761930.65
FORSTER80.761923.24
STORY80.7619122.89
IRVING70.666729.93
HETHERINGTON70.666752.87
COATES70.666717.88
SHEPHERD70.66679.10
THOBURN70.66671,000.00
TODHUNTER70.6667460.53
PEARSON70.66675.74
BOWMAN70.666725.53
GATE60.5714425.53
SCOTT60.57142.26
EMMERSON60.571457.86
WARRICK60.5714372.67
HOLLIDAY60.571443.57
BEWLEY60.5714214.29
GOODFELLOW60.571464.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARDON1.051,0502941.1765
MAVIS1.051,0502307.6923
THOBURN1.051,0501000.0000
WALBY1.051,050526.3158
TODHUNTER1.051,050460.5263
GATE1.051,050425.5319
TREMBLE1.051,050388.3495
WARRICK1.051,050372.6708
PORTEUS1.051,050270.2703
MATTINSON1.051,050267.3797
BEWLEY1.051,050214.2857
LATTIMER1.051,050206.8966
PIGG1.051,050193.5484
RELPH1.051,050170.4545
JEFFERSON1.051,050157.7564
MESSENGER1.051,050123.4568
STORY1.051,050122.8879
CROSTHWAITE1.051,050117.6471
YEOMANS1.051,050115.4734
BLAIN1.051,050109.5890
BLAYLOCK1.051,050109.2896
TIFFIN1.051,050106.9519
COWEN1.051,050104.1667
MOUNSEY1.051,05099.6678
BAINBRIDGE1.051,05088.0759
THORBURN1.051,05082.5083
CARRUTHERS1.051,05079.1937
TYSON1.051,05073.0460
HOGARTH1.051,05072.1501
GOODFELLOW1.051,05064.6552
BRYSON1.051,05062.1118
JARDINE1.051,05061.2870
HAYTON1.051,05058.2524
EMMERSON1.051,05057.8592
HETHERINGTON1.051,05052.8701
ROOKE1.051,05051.6796
ROUTLEDGE1.051,05044.7928
REAY1.051,05043.8596
HOLLIDAY1.051,05043.5730
HODGSON1.051,05041.2258
ROPER1.051,05041.1711
LIDDLE1.051,05040.4204
JOHNSTON1.051,05040.1275
GRAHAM1.051,05037.3289
MUIRHEAD1.051,05037.0370
COULTHARD1.051,05034.1297
LANCASTER1.051,05030.6513
IRVING1.051,05029.9273
BIRKETT1.051,05029.6150
ARMSTRONG1.051,05028.6569

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,050 people called HARDON in Westward 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 2941.1765 in Westward means that 2941.1765% of the people in Westward on census day were called HARDON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARDON 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 HARDON 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 HARDON 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 HARDON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.05 in Westward means that you are 1.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARDON in Westward than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westward in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (23)  ASHBRIDGE (1)  ATKINSON (2)  BAINBRIDGE (13)  BARNES (8)  BARTOISE (2)  BEATTIE (1)  BEEBY (2)  BYERS (1)  BELL (38)  BENSON (1)  BEWLEY (6)  BIRKETT (3)  BLACKBURN (2)  BLACKLOCK (1)  BLAIN (4)  BLAIR (6)  BLAYLOCK (2)  BLENKING (1)  BLYTHE (1)  BOWMAN (7)  BRAGG (1)  BRIGGS (1)  BROUGH (1)  BROWN (20)  BRYSON (5)  BUCHANAN (1)  BIRREL (3)  BURROW (1)  MC CALL (2)  CALMER (1)  CARR (10)  CARRUTHERS (11)  CARSON (1)  CARTY (1)  CHANDLER (1)  CHISHOLM (1)  CLEMITSON (1)  COATES (7)  COATS (1)  MC COO (1)  COULTHARD (2)  COWAN (1)  COWEN (6)  CRAIGHILL (1)  CROSTHWAITE (2)  DAVIDSON (2)  DAVIS (2)  DICKINSON (2)  DINWOODIE (1)  DIXON (25)  DOBBIE (1)  DOUGHERTY (1)  DODD (2)  DOWTHWAITE (9)  EDGAR (1)  EGGLESTONE (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  ELLIOT (2)  EMMERSON (6)  FARRAR (2)  FEDDON (5)  FERGUSON (2)  FINLINSON (1)  FISHER (12)  FORSTER (8)  FOSTER (1)  FRISWELL (3)  FURNASS (2)  GARDHOUSE (1)  GATE (6)  GIVVERN (1)  GOODFELLOW (6)  JARDINE (6)  GRAHAM (45)  GRAVES (1)  GREENUP (1)  HOLLIDAY (6)  HALT (1)  HANLEY (1)  HARDON (10)  HARDEN (1)  HARKER (2)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (8)  HAYTON (3)  HEAD (1)  HERD (1)  HENDERSON (3)  HESKET (1)  HETHERINGTON (7)  HEWITT (1)  HILL (9)  HODGSON (30)  HOGARTH (5)  HOLMES (1)  HOPE (6)  HUGGINS (1)  HUNTINGDON (1)  IRVING (7)  JACKSON (2)  JAMES (1)  JEFFERSON (18)  JENNINGS (4)  JOPSON (3)  JOHNSTON (34)  JOHNSTONE (3)  KENNEDY (1)  KERR (1)  KEY (3)  KING (1)  LANCASTER (8)  LAING (5)  LONGCAKE (2)  LANGLEY (5)  LATTIMER (3)  LAWSON (3)  LAYCOCK (3)  LAYDON (6)  LIDDLE (5)  LITTLE (14)  LOWTHER (1)  MACKERETH (1)  MANN (1)  MARCHAL (1)  MARTIN (22)  MATTINSON (5)  MATTHEWS (1)  MAVIS (3)  DONALD (1)  MC GREGOR (1)  MC INNANEY (1)  MESSENGER (10)  METCALF (1)  MILLER (2)  MINNIKIN (1)  MITCHELL (2)  MITCHINSON (8)  MORLEY (1)  MORRISON (1)  MOUNSEY (3)  MUIRHEAD (3)  MUMMERSON (1)  MURRAY (12)  NEGERS (1)  NICHOLSON (8)  NIXON (4)  OSTLE (1)  PARKIN (3)  PARKIN (STUBBS) (2)  PATTERSON (2)  PATRICKSON (6)  PEARSON (7)  PEET (1)  PEEL (2)  PENNINGTON (1)  PERCIVAL (2)  PIGG (6)  PINGUEY (7)  PORTEUS (3)  PURDHAM (4)  PURDAM (8)  REAY (4)  WREAY (1)  RAFFLES (4)  RAILTON (5)  REID (9)  REED (10)  RICHARDSON (27)  ROBERT (1)  ROBINSON (11)  ROBSON (1)  RELPH (3)  ROOKE (4)  ROOK (1)  ROPER (9)  ROSS (4)  ROUTLEDGE (4)  RUTHERFORD (3)  SCOTT (6)  SHARP (2)  SHEPHERD (7)  SKELTON (3)  SMITH (1)  SOWERBY (1)  STEEL (1)  STEPHENSON (4)  STEWART (2)  STORY (8)  STORRON (6)  STUBBS (3)  STUDHOLME (6)  STYTH (4)  TELFORD (1)  TENNENT (1)  THOBURN (7)  THOMPSON (18)  THORBURN (5)  THWAITES (WHAITES) (10)  TIFFIN (2)  TINNION (1)  TODD (1)  TODHUNTER (7)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOPPIN (1)  TROPHFEER (1)  TREMBLE (4)  TURNBULL (12)  TURNER (2)  TWENTYMAN (1)  TYSON (10)  VARTY (1)  WALBY (5)  WANNOP (3)  WARRICK (6)  WEIGHTMAN (1)  WELSH (1)  WILLIS (5)  WILSON (8)  WOOD (9)  WRIGHT (4)  WHAITES (1)  WYLIE (1)  YEOMANS (10)  YOUNGHUSBAND (4)