Top surnames from the 1881 census in Grayrigg, Westmorland

Grayrigg 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
TAYLOR156.578910.29
PARK156.5789212.16
FRITH125.2632528.63
WOOD114.824615.14
SEDGWICK104.3860602.41
DOBSON104.386099.40
WINN93.9474407.24
GARNET83.50883,333.33
SHARP83.508842.11
WARD73.070214.05
BENSON62.631697.09
LUND52.1930202.43
HAYES52.193035.26
CROFT52.193092.76
SHEPPERD52.1930505.05
GASS52.19301,388.89
FISHER41.754414.99
WALKER31.31583.93
HOGARTH31.3158200.00
BRAITHWAITE20.877275.47
TEBAY20.87721,250.00
PARKIN20.877232.63
LANGHORNE20.87721,538.46
WILSON20.87721.91
REED10.43866.01
ATKINSON10.43864.50
DWYER10.438678.13
STOCKDALE10.438656.50
CUMMINGS10.438628.49
SHUTTLEWORTH10.438637.04
WHITEHEAD10.43866.49
BUNTING10.438639.37
TOPHAM10.438659.88
PEARSON10.43863.78
STAMPER10.4386192.31
HODGSON10.43866.33
BROWNRIGG10.4386344.83
ROBERTS10.43861.17
TIFFIN10.4386243.90
BAINES10.438622.88
PARRINGTON10.4386333.33
STOREY10.438617.27
MASON10.43863.26
DAY10.43864.66
SIMPSON10.43862.51
LANCASTER10.438617.64
BURTON10.43865.15
HAYHURST10.4386100.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GARNET3,333.3383.5088
LANGHORNE1,538.4620.8772
GASS1,388.8952.1930
TEBAY1,250.0020.8772
SEDGWICK602.41104.3860
FRITH528.63125.2632
SHEPPERD505.0552.1930
WINN407.2493.9474
BROWNRIGG344.8310.4386
PARRINGTON333.3310.4386
TIFFIN243.9010.4386
PARK212.16156.5789
LUND202.4352.1930
HOGARTH200.0031.3158
STAMPER192.3110.4386
HAYHURST100.0010.4386
DOBSON99.40104.3860
BENSON97.0962.6316
CROFT92.7652.1930
DWYER78.1310.4386
BRAITHWAITE75.4720.8772
TOPHAM59.8810.4386
STOCKDALE56.5010.4386
SHARP42.1183.5088
BUNTING39.3710.4386
SHUTTLEWORTH37.0410.4386
HAYES35.2652.1930
PARKIN32.6320.8772
CUMMINGS28.4910.4386
BAINES22.8810.4386
LANCASTER17.6410.4386
STOREY17.2710.4386
WOOD15.14114.8246
FISHER14.9941.7544
WARD14.0573.0702
TAYLOR10.29156.5789
WHITEHEAD6.4910.4386
HODGSON6.3310.4386
REED6.0110.4386
BURTON5.1510.4386
DAY4.6610.4386
ATKINSON4.5010.4386
WALKER3.9331.3158
PEARSON3.7810.4386
MASON3.2610.4386
SIMPSON2.5110.4386
WILSON1.9120.8772
ROBERTS1.1710.4386

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called GARNET in Grayrigg 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 3.5088 in Grayrigg means that 3.5088% of the people in Grayrigg on census day were called GARNET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GARNET 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 GARNET 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 GARNET 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 GARNET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Grayrigg means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GARNET in Grayrigg than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Grayrigg in 1881

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

ATKINSON (1)  BAINES (1)  BENSON (6)  BRAITHWAITE (2)  BROWNRIGG (1)  BUNTING (1)  BURTON (1)  CROFT (5)  CUMMINGS (1)  DAY (1)  DOBSON (10)  DWYER (1)  FALLOWFIELD (3)  FISHER (4)  FRITH (12)  GARNET (8)  GASS (5)  HAYES (5)  HAYHURST (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOGARTH (3)  LANCASTER (1)  LANGHORNE (2)  LUND (5)  MASON (1)  MATINSON (9)  MACHELL (7)  MORPHET (4)  MOSCROP (3)  PARK (15)  PARKIN (2)  PARRINGTON (1)  PATINSON (1)  PEARSON (1)  POSELTHWAITE (8)  RAWLANDSON (4)  ROWLANDSON (3)  REED (1)  ROBERTS (1)  SARGINSON (1)  SEDGWICK (10)  SHARP (8)  SHEPPERD (5)  SHUTTLEWORTH (1)  SIMPSON (1)  STAMPER (1)  STOCKDALE (1)  STOPARD (1)  STOREY (1)  TAYLOR (15)  TEBAY (2)  TIFFIN (1)  TOPHAM (1)  TROUGHTON (2)  WALKER (3)  WARD (7)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILLAN (2)  WILSON (2)  WINN (9)  WOOD (11)