Top surnames from the 1881 census in New Hutton, Westmorland

New Hutton 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
ROBINSON1512.500039.21
ALLAN97.5000119.52
BRACKEN86.66674,000.00
EWAN75.83332,592.59
MEDCALF75.83331,489.36
BOOTH65.000050.68
ALDERSON65.0000361.45
FLEMING65.0000120.24
HOLMES43.333327.38
RICHARDSON43.333319.58
GOSS43.3333380.95
CANNON43.3333184.33
SHARP21.666720.00
BYRAM21.66672,222.22
ARMER21.66671,333.33
SCHOFIELD21.666730.72
GLOVER21.666739.06
LAMBERT10.833315.27
WARING10.833366.23
LAMB10.833315.80
WHITEHEAD10.833312.33
WALLACE10.833312.17
KNOWLES10.833315.60
WEBSTER10.83339.58
SIMPSON10.83334.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRACKEN4,000.0086.6667
EWAN2,592.5975.8333
BYRAM2,222.2221.6667
MEDCALF1,489.3675.8333
ARMER1,333.3321.6667
GOSS380.9543.3333
ALDERSON361.4565.0000
CANNON184.3343.3333
FLEMING120.2465.0000
ALLAN119.5297.5000
WARING66.2310.8333
BOOTH50.6865.0000
ROBINSON39.211512.5000
GLOVER39.0621.6667
SCHOFIELD30.7221.6667
HOLMES27.3843.3333
SHARP20.0021.6667
RICHARDSON19.5843.3333
LAMB15.8010.8333
KNOWLES15.6010.8333
LAMBERT15.2710.8333
WHITEHEAD12.3310.8333
WALLACE12.1710.8333
WEBSTER9.5810.8333
SIMPSON4.7610.8333

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called BRACKEN in New Hutton 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 6.6667 in New Hutton means that 6.6667% of the people in New Hutton on census day were called BRACKEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRACKEN 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 BRACKEN 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 BRACKEN 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 BRACKEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,000.00 in New Hutton means that you are 4,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRACKEN in New Hutton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in New Hutton in 1881

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

AIREY (1)  ALDERSON (6)  ALLAN (9)  ALLONBY (10)  ARMITSTEAD (6)  ARMER (2)  BOOTH (6)  BRACKEN (8)  BYRAM (2)  CANNON (4)  DOUTHWAITE (2)  EWAN (7)  FLEMING (6)  GLOVER (2)  GOSS (4)  HOLMES (4)  KNOWLES (1)  LAMB (1)  LAMBERT (1)  MEDCALF (7)  RICHARDSON (4)  ROBINSON (15)  SCHOFIELD (2)  SHARP (2)  SIMPSON (1)  THEXTON (2)  TROUGHTON (1)  WALLACE (1)  WARING (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)