Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dufton, Westmorland

Dufton 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
LIDDLE153.6232307.38
RUDD153.6232229.71
DALTON112.6570115.79
GRAHAM112.657023.14
TOPPING112.6570385.96
THRELKELD102.41556,250.00
HOPE102.415570.97
RUTHERFORD92.173989.11
PARKIN92.173980.86
COATES81.932451.85
TODD81.932437.97
WILSON81.93244.21
ION81.93244,000.00
NIXON71.690855.51
CLARKSON71.690863.75
FLEMING71.690840.70
SALKELD61.4493645.16
ALLAN61.449323.09
ROBSON61.449322.02
WALTON61.449320.59
BEADLE61.4493206.19
ELLISON61.449368.65
MOSS61.449323.51
WILKINSON61.44939.50
HOLMES51.20779.92
DEIGHTON51.2077241.55
WITHERS51.207773.64
HUTCHINSON51.207721.26
RICHARDSON51.20777.09
ELWOOD51.2077649.35
HINDSON51.2077684.93
COOPER51.20774.96
HIND40.966276.48
EWIN40.96621,739.13
SEED40.9662133.78
STEPHENSON40.966216.89
PRATT40.966216.82
CHAMBERS40.966216.99
BELL40.96625.14
TATTERS30.72461,578.95
FOSTER30.72465.42
PERCIVAL30.724646.23
SMITH30.72460.51
SISSON30.7246275.23
LAWSON30.724612.29
THORNBORROW20.4831952.38
IRVING20.483121.69
SLATER20.48317.98
NELSON20.48319.98
BAINES20.483125.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THRELKELD6,250.00102.4155
ION4,000.0081.9324
EWIN1,739.1340.9662
TATTERS1,578.9530.7246
THORNBORROW952.3820.4831
HINDSON684.9351.2077
ELWOOD649.3551.2077
SALKELD645.1661.4493
BAYLIFF400.0010.2415
TOPPING385.96112.6570
LOWIS384.6220.4831
LIDDLE307.38153.6232
SISSON275.2330.7246
DEIGHTON241.5551.2077
GARNET232.5610.2415
RUDD229.71153.6232
BEADLE206.1961.4493
SEED133.7840.9662
LISHMAN117.6510.2415
DALTON115.79112.6570
RUTHERFORD89.1192.1739
PARKIN80.8692.1739
POWLEY78.1310.2415
HIND76.4840.9662
WITHERS73.6451.2077
HOPE70.97102.4155
ELLISON68.6561.4493
CLARKSON63.7571.6908
SLEE61.7310.2415
NIXON55.5171.6908
COATES51.8581.9324
DODGSON49.7510.2415
SAUL47.1710.2415
PERCIVAL46.2330.7246
ELLWOOD43.6710.2415
FLEMING40.7071.6908
TODD37.9781.9324
FARRER36.5010.2415
MALLINSON29.2410.2415
TEASDALE28.4910.2415
BAINES25.2220.4831
MOSS23.5161.4493
GRAHAM23.14112.6570
ALLAN23.0961.4493
ROBSON22.0261.4493
IRVING21.6920.4831
HUTCHINSON21.2651.2077
POOL20.8310.2415
WALTON20.5961.4493
TYSON18.5210.2415

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called THRELKELD in Dufton 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 2.4155 in Dufton means that 2.4155% of the people in Dufton on census day were called THRELKELD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THRELKELD 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 THRELKELD 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 THRELKELD 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 THRELKELD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,250.00 in Dufton means that you are 6,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THRELKELD in Dufton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dufton in 1881

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

AKRIGG (3)  ALLAN (6)  ATKINSON (1)  BAYLIFF (1)  BAINES (2)  BARNETT (1)  BIRTLE (1)  BEADLE (6)  BELL (4)  BIRD (2)  BLENKAM (8)  BUTTERWORTH (1)  CHAMBERS (4)  CLARKSON (7)  COATES (8)  COOPER (5)  CURRAH (15)  CURWEN (4)  DALTON (11)  DARGUE (14)  DEIGHTON (5)  DODGSON (1)  DOUTHWAITE (7)  ELLISON (6)  ELWOOD (5)  ELLWOOD (1)  EWINS (3)  EWIN (4)  FARRAS (2)  FARRER (1)  FLEMING (7)  FOSTER (3)  GARNET (1)  GRAHAM (11)  HINDSON (5)  HIND (4)  HODGSON (2)  HOLMES (5)  HOPE (10)  HUTCHINSON (5)  ION (8)  IRELAND (1)  IRVING (2)  LONGRIGG (5)  LAWSON (3)  LISHMAN (1)  LOWIS (2)  LIDDLE (15)  LIDDEL (1)  MALLISON (6)  MALLINSON (1)  MC GUINESS (1)  MILLER (1)  MOSS (6)  NELSON (2)  NIXON (7)  PARKIN (9)  PERCIVAL (3)  PICKERING (1)  POOL (1)  POWLEY (1)  PRATT (4)  ROWLANDSON (2)  RICHARDSON (5)  ROBSON (6)  RUDD (15)  RUTHERFORD (9)  SALKELD (6)  SAUL (1)  SEED (4)  SHAW (1)  SILE (3)  SISSON (3)  SLATER (2)  SLEE (1)  SMITH (3)  SPENCE (1)  STEEL (1)  STEPHENSON (4)  TARN (10)  TATTERS (3)  TEASDALE (1)  THISTLEMAN (2)  THOMPSON (1)  THORNBORROW (2)  THRELKELD (10)  TODD (8)  TOPPING (11)  TYSON (1)  WALTON (6)  WILKINSON (6)  WILSON (8)  WITHERS (5)