Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kaber, Westmorland

Kaber 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
MORLAND147.00002,500.00
ALDERSON136.5000469.31
RICHARDSON126.000035.24
CLEASBY126.00005,454.55
PRATT105.000087.03
METCALFE94.5000196.94
WATSON84.000017.25
PICKERING84.0000110.80
DENT84.0000209.97
KIPLING84.00001,666.67
GUY84.0000182.65
LONGSTAFF84.0000567.38
ATKINSON73.500035.93
ALLISON73.5000123.24
HUTCHINSON52.500044.01
COWIN52.50001,250.00
NEWBOLD52.5000342.47
WAUGH52.5000183.15
WALTON42.000028.41
ION42.00004,000.00
WHITEHEAD31.500022.19
JOHNSON31.50004.46
HOLLIDAY31.5000114.50
BAINBRIDGE21.000071.17
DOWSON21.0000183.49
SILL21.0000833.33
COWARD21.000087.34
TINKLER10.5000114.94
LONGMIRE10.5000666.67
CHAPMAN10.50003.52
WHARTON10.500035.71
BINKS10.500084.75
DALTON10.500021.79
KERR10.50009.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CLEASBY5,454.55126.0000
ION4,000.0042.0000
MORLAND2,500.00147.0000
KIPLING1,666.6784.0000
COWIN1,250.0052.5000
SILL833.3321.0000
LONGMIRE666.6710.5000
LONGSTAFF567.3884.0000
ALDERSON469.31136.5000
NEWBOLD342.4752.5000
DENT209.9784.0000
METCALFE196.9494.5000
DOWSON183.4921.0000
WAUGH183.1552.5000
GUY182.6584.0000
ALLISON123.2473.5000
TINKLER114.9410.5000
HOLLIDAY114.5031.5000
PICKERING110.8084.0000
COWARD87.3421.0000
PRATT87.03105.0000
BINKS84.7510.5000
BAINBRIDGE71.1721.0000
HUTCHINSON44.0152.5000
ATKINSON35.9373.5000
WHARTON35.7110.5000
RICHARDSON35.24126.0000
WALTON28.4142.0000
WHITEHEAD22.1931.5000
DALTON21.7910.5000
WATSON17.2584.0000
KERR9.1710.5000
JOHNSON4.4631.5000
CHAPMAN3.5210.5000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 12 people called CLEASBY in Kaber 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 6.0000 in Kaber means that 6.0000% of the people in Kaber on census day were called CLEASBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CLEASBY 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 CLEASBY 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 CLEASBY 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 CLEASBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,454.55 in Kaber means that you are 5,454.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CLEASBY in Kaber than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kaber in 1881

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

ALDERSON (13)  ALLISON (7)  ATKINSON (7)  BAINBRIDGE (2)  BINKS (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLEASBY (12)  COWIN (5)  COWARD (2)  DALTON (1)  DENT (8)  DOWSON (2)  EWBANKE (4)  GUY (8)  HOLLIDAY (3)  HASTWELL (9)  HEWETSON (1)  HUTCHINSON (5)  ION (4)  JOHNSON (3)  KENELYSIDE (1)  KERR (1)  KIPLING (8)  LONGMIRE (1)  LONGSTAFF (8)  METCALFE (9)  MORLAND (14)  NEWBOLD (5)  PICKERING (8)  PRATT (10)  RICHARDSON (12)  SILL (2)  THWAITE (1)  TINKLER (1)  WALTON (4)  WATSON (8)  WAUGH (5)  WHARTON (1)  WHITEHEAD (3)