Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brough Sowerby, Westmorland

Brough Sowerby is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Westmorland

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
ABRAM128.95522,500.00
HUTCHINSON107.4627131.41
HARRISON107.462733.62
BINKS107.46271,265.82
RICHARDSON107.462743.84
PATTERSON85.9701171.31
SIMPSON75.223929.86
HORN75.2239230.26
NIXON64.4776147.06
SAYER64.4776340.91
BAINBRIDGE53.7313265.96
PERCIVAL42.9851190.48
BARNES32.238818.60
SAWER32.23883,000.00
TAYLOR32.23883.50
MORLAND32.2388789.47
WALLER21.492559.17
DENT21.492578.43
NICHOLSON21.492521.01
DICKINSON21.492534.97
NELSON10.746315.41
STANLEY10.746319.42
HESLOP10.746386.96
HOWE10.746319.01
RUDD10.746347.39
PEARSON10.74636.42
WILKINSON10.74634.89
ATKINSON10.74637.66
STEEL10.746318.32
LIDDLE10.746363.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAWER3,000.0032.2388
ABRAM2,500.00128.9552
BINKS1,265.82107.4627
MORLAND789.4732.2388
SAYER340.9164.4776
BAINBRIDGE265.9653.7313
HORN230.2675.2239
PERCIVAL190.4842.9851
PATTERSON171.3185.9701
NIXON147.0664.4776
HUTCHINSON131.41107.4627
HESLOP86.9610.7463
DENT78.4321.4925
LIDDLE63.2910.7463
WALLER59.1721.4925
RUDD47.3910.7463
RICHARDSON43.84107.4627
DICKINSON34.9721.4925
HARRISON33.62107.4627
SIMPSON29.8675.2239
NICHOLSON21.0121.4925
STANLEY19.4210.7463
HOWE19.0110.7463
BARNES18.6032.2388
STEEL18.3210.7463
NELSON15.4110.7463
ATKINSON7.6610.7463
PEARSON6.4210.7463
WILKINSON4.8910.7463
TAYLOR3.5032.2388

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called SAWER in Brough Sowerby 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 2.2388 in Brough Sowerby means that 2.2388% of the people in Brough Sowerby on census day were called SAWER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAWER 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 SAWER 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 SAWER 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 SAWER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,000.00 in Brough Sowerby means that you are 3,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAWER in Brough Sowerby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brough Sowerby in 1881

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

ABRAM (12)  ATKINSON (1)  BAINBRIDGE (5)  BARNES (3)  BINKS (10)  BOUSFIELD (5)  DAVIS (TAYLOR) (2)  DENT (2)  DICKINSON (2)  FAINT (1)  HARRISON (10)  HESLOP (1)  HORN (7)  HOWE (1)  HUTCHINSON (10)  LIDDLE (1)  MORLAND (3)  NELSON (1)  NICHOLSON (2)  NIXON (6)  PATTERSON (8)  PEARSON (1)  PERCIVAL (4)  RICHARDSON (10)  RUDD (1)  SAWER (3)  SAYER (6)  SIMPSON (7)  STANLEY (1)  STEEL (1)  TAYLOR (3)  WALLER (2)  WHELPDALE (1)  WILKINSON (1)