Top surnames from the 1881 census in Crook, Westmorland

Crook 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
BRAITHWAITE155.3571461.54
JOHNSON155.357115.94
TAYLOR145.00007.82
THOMPSON134.642915.50
HUTCHINSON113.928669.14
LONGMIRE93.21434,285.71
BOLTON93.214374.63
HARTLEY82.857145.58
WRAY82.8571212.77
PENNINGTON82.8571192.77
FLEMING82.857168.79
CLARK72.50008.32
LATHAM62.1429105.26
DOBSON62.142948.58
ROWEN62.14292,068.97
HODGSON62.142930.93
LEVEN62.14295,000.00
CRIEGHTON51.785750,000.00
HARRISON51.78578.05
GILPIN51.7857609.76
WOOD51.78575.60
CLEMENT51.7857177.31
HANDLEY41.428684.57
GARDNER41.428621.04
PARK31.071434.56
HANSON31.071433.19
GIBSON20.71435.88
ELAM20.7143526.32
HUDSON20.71438.72
PHILIPSON20.7143256.41
NELSON20.714314.75
TURNBULL20.714316.95
CATON20.7143149.25
MASON20.71435.31
HEALD20.7143114.94
VARTY10.3571250.00
MARTINDALE10.357162.11
THORNBOROUGH10.3571714.29
BELL10.35711.90
SHEPHERD10.35714.87
WILKINSON10.35712.34
BOOTH10.35713.62
EDSON10.3571312.50
WHITWELL10.3571120.48
TUBMAN10.3571769.23
DURHAM10.357141.49
RHODES10.35717.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CRIEGHTON50,000.0051.7857
LEVEN5,000.0062.1429
LONGMIRE4,285.7193.2143
ROWEN2,068.9762.1429
TUBMAN769.2310.3571
THORNBOROUGH714.2910.3571
GILPIN609.7651.7857
ELAM526.3220.7143
BRAITHWAITE461.54155.3571
EDSON312.5010.3571
PHILIPSON256.4120.7143
VARTY250.0010.3571
WRAY212.7782.8571
PENNINGTON192.7782.8571
CLEMENT177.3151.7857
CATON149.2520.7143
WHITWELL120.4810.3571
HEALD114.9420.7143
LATHAM105.2662.1429
HANDLEY84.5741.4286
BOLTON74.6393.2143
HUTCHINSON69.14113.9286
FLEMING68.7982.8571
MARTINDALE62.1110.3571
DOBSON48.5862.1429
HARTLEY45.5882.8571
DURHAM41.4910.3571
PARK34.5631.0714
HANSON33.1931.0714
HODGSON30.9362.1429
GARDNER21.0441.4286
TURNBULL16.9520.7143
JOHNSON15.94155.3571
THOMPSON15.50134.6429
NELSON14.7520.7143
HUDSON8.7220.7143
CLARK8.3272.5000
HARRISON8.0551.7857
TAYLOR7.82145.0000
RHODES7.6910.3571
GIBSON5.8820.7143
WOOD5.6051.7857
MASON5.3120.7143
SHEPHERD4.8710.3571
BOOTH3.6210.3571
WILKINSON2.3410.3571
BELL1.9010.3571

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called CRIEGHTON in Crook 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 1.7857 in Crook means that 1.7857% of the people in Crook on census day were called CRIEGHTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CRIEGHTON 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 CRIEGHTON 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 CRIEGHTON 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 CRIEGHTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 50,000.00 in Crook means that you are 50,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CRIEGHTON in Crook than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Crook in 1881

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

BELL (1)  BLEYARD (7)  BOLTON (9)  BOOTH (1)  BOWNESS (8)  BRAITHWAITE (15)  BRASSINGTON (2)  BROCKBANK (2)  CARTMEL (2)  CATON (2)  CLARK (7)  CLEASLY (1)  CLEMENT (5)  COALBURN (1)  CRIEGHTON (5)  DOBSON (6)  DRUSLY (1)  DURHAM (1)  EDSON (1)  ELAM (2)  FLEMING (8)  GARDNER (4)  GIBSON (2)  GILPIN (5)  HANDLEY (4)  HANSON (3)  HARRISON (5)  HARTLEY (8)  HEALD (2)  HEWITSON (3)  HODGSON (6)  HOGGARTH (2)  HUD (2)  HUDSON (2)  HUTCHINSON (11)  JOHNSON (15)  LATHAM (6)  LEVEN (6)  LONGMIRE (9)  MACKERETH (1)  MUNCASTER (1)  MARTINDALE (1)  MASON (2)  NELSON (2)  OLLERTON (1)  PARK (3)  PENNINGTON (8)  PHILIPSON (2)  PHIZACKLEA (8)  WRAY (8)  RHODES (1)  ROWEN (6)  SEDGNICK (3)  SHEPHERD (1)  TAYLOR (14)  THEXTON (10)  THOMPSON (13)  THORNBOROUGH (1)  TROUGHTON (1)  TUBMAN (1)  TURNBULL (2)  VARTY (1)  WHITWELL (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WOOD (5)