Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cumberland

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
GRAHAM3,9981.589513.84
BELL3,6251.44127.67
WILSON3,3321.32472.88
THOMPSON2,9351.16693.90
ARMSTRONG2,7861.107714.49
SMITH2,6131.03890.74
ROBINSON2,4650.98003.07
HODGSON2,3550.936313.51
JOHNSTON2,1910.871110.79
BROWN2,0540.81661.24
LITTLE2,0020.796016.83
JACKSON1,9510.77572.78
SCOTT1,9370.77013.04
DIXON1,8910.75186.86
IRVING1,8200.723632.48
WATSON1,7800.70773.05
NICHOLSON1,4660.58298.20
RICHARDSON1,4640.58213.42
ATKINSON1,3470.53555.50
HARRISON1,2560.49942.25
WALKER1,2540.49861.49
DAVIDSON1,1410.45365.40
HETHERINGTON1,0620.422233.50
TAYLOR1,0360.41190.64
CLARK1,0100.40161.34
CARRUTHERS9350.371728.11
PEARSON9320.37053.19
MURRAY9190.36542.95
PATTINSON9140.363440.61
MARTIN8820.35071.42
WILKINSON8800.34992.29
NIXON8520.338711.12
FISHER8470.33682.88
SIMPSON8470.33681.93
BURNS8110.32244.80
ROUTLEDGE7590.301835.47
GIBSON7490.29782.45
WOOD7430.29540.93
BARNES7180.28552.37
PARKER7050.28031.47
MOORE6980.27751.39
TYSON6650.264420.28
HOLLIDAY6620.263220.07
YOUNG6610.26281.22
WRIGHT6420.25520.80
FERGUSON6230.24773.49
STEPHENSON6130.24374.26
SEWELL6030.239711.34
JOHNSTONE5880.23385.17
WILLIAMSON5870.23342.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EILBECK83.181020.0406
LITT78.901100.0437
BOUSTEAD69.321310.0521
THRELKELD64.68630.0250
DENWOOD63.66850.0338
BLAYLOCK62.962760.1097
CARTNER59.981340.0533
TODHUNTER59.952180.0867
TREMBLE55.681370.0545
MCMULLEN55.12810.0322
ROBLEY55.08740.0294
BEATY52.052990.1189
FEARON49.153100.1233
SHACKLEY48.03730.0290
BECKTON47.82510.0203
GATE47.691610.0640
SOUTHWARD47.102480.0986
MILLICAN46.072190.0871
RUDDICK43.802630.1046
BOUCH43.391290.0513
SHADWICK42.84590.0235
LATTIMER42.181470.0584
MATTINSON41.411850.0736
KIRKBRIDE41.403070.1221
TOPPIN41.00940.0374
PATTINSON40.619140.3634
CROSTHWAITE40.591650.0656
VARTY38.951410.0561
THOMLINSON38.591760.0700
BRISCO37.22550.0219
PENRICE36.99820.0326
COULTHARD36.825170.2056
ISMAY36.76960.0382
ASHBURN35.97710.0282
GREENUP35.85560.0223
STAMPER35.772040.0811
BEWLEY35.662390.0950
MOUNSEY35.622570.1022
ROUTLEDGE35.477590.3018
GRAVE34.611250.0497
HETHERINGTON33.501,0620.4222
IRVING32.481,8200.7236
TWEDDLE32.342800.1113
MONKHOUSE31.781860.0740
DOCKRAY31.46930.0370
FARISH31.40960.0382
TIFFIN31.331400.0557
COWMAN31.31660.0262
BULMAN29.252680.1066
RELPH28.991220.0485

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 102 people called EILBECK in Cumberland 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 0.0406 in Cumberland means that 0.0406% of the people in Cumberland on census day were called EILBECK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EILBECK 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 EILBECK 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 EILBECK 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 EILBECK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 83.18 in Cumberland means that you are 83.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EILBECK in Cumberland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Cumberland comprises 218 registration districts

District Population Top Surname by Total Top Surname by Frequency
Above Derwent 934 HODGSON LESH
Aikton 793 BELL MANS
Ainstable 453 BOWMAN ELAND
Allhallows 740 WALKER SHANKLIN
Alston 4635 WALTON PARMLEY
Arlecdon 6689 WILSON SABLES
Arthuret 2623 GRAHAM CRISTO
Askerton 321 TWEDDLE GORD
Aspatria 2418 WILSON DAIL
Bassenthwaite 510 THOMPSON BIGGER
Beaumont 236 JOHNSTON BRAYTON
Beckermet St Bridget 662 DIXON MCCURDY
Beckermet St John 626 DIXON OSBY
Belbank 94 KENNEDY TWEDDLE
Berrier Murrah 104 BAINBRIDGE SANDER
Bewaldeth Snittlegarth 90 MATTINSON ACKLEY
Bewcastle 889 ARMSTRONG LENE
Birkby 103 JACKSON MCLAY
Birker Austhwaite 107 SOUTHWARD CHAMBERLAND
Blencarn 145 BELL BELLAS
Blencogo 190 BARNES COLGIN
Blennerhasset Kirkland 489 HODGSON SLIMAN
Blindbothel 81 ROBINSON SONG
Blindcrake Isel Redmain 325 GRAHAM MCINNES
Bootle 813 PARKER CREELEY
Borrowdale 449 WILSON PASKETT
Bothel Threapland 393 ARMSTRONG HANVEY
Bowness 973 HILL STILLEY
Bowness Drumburg 406 PATTINSON ASBRIDGE
Bowscale 32 YOUNG GRIGG
Brackenthwaite 116 HEAD GOLDER
Brampton 3448 ARMSTRONG FINLAND
Bridekirk 2009 LISTER TYRON
Briery Cottages 93 PHILIPSON BRISTO
Brigham 1188 STEPHENSON MARTI
Bromfield 379 FOSTER SHANKLIN
Burgh By Sands 813 WILSON STRING
Burtholme 322 ARMSTRONG BULKELEY
Buttermere 127 RIGG GRINDELL
Caldbeck 1178 SCOTT PRUETER
Caldewgate 13781 GRAHAM CADDLE
Camerton 354 STEEL MCPHEE
Carlatton 67 HODGSON ASHBURN
Castle Carrock 298 JOHNSTONE BECKTON
Castle Sowerby 558 ROBINSON STAMPER
Castlerigg St John 168 HARRISON FEARON
Cleator 10469 BURNS HARL
Cockermouth 5295 ROBINSON VARNER
Corney 233 THOMPSON PRITT
Croglin 251 SCOTT BECKTON
Crosby On Eden 393 JOHNSTON JARED
Crosscanonby 8318 THOMPSON SUITOR
Crosthwaite 310 ROBINSON CROSTHWAITE
Culgaith 347 TAYLOR BONSON
Cummersdale 858 JOHNSTONE MCLAUGHLIN
Cumrew 122 METCALF BECKTON
Cumwhitton 502 LEACH BECKTON
Dacre 970 THOMPSON HODGEN
Dalston 1944 WILSON MARRS
Dalston Buckabank 510 GRAHAM WINTHROP
Dean 825 NICHOLSON MCGLASSON
Dearham 3318 BROWN NEALY
Distington 1293 HODGSON NICHALSON
Dovenby 228 WOOD CORRE
Drigg Carleton 566 JACKSON LEAVENS
Dundraw Kelsick 272 GRAHAM MONCRIEF
Eaglesfield 256 FOX ROTHER
Eaglesfield Abbey 64 MATHEWS WARFIELD
Edenhall 270 DIXON PUGMIRE
Egremont 5997 WILSON DOILEY
Ellenborough Ewanrigg 1744 SMITH KENNON
Embleton 348 THOMPSON RENNICK
Ennerdale Kinniside 294 ROBINSON TODHUNTER
Eskdale Wasdale 535 TYSON TIM
Farlam 1583 RUDDICK RUDDICK
Flimby 2125 WILKINSON GORBY
Gamblesby 269 WATSON PELTER
Geltsdale Forest 11 HARDING HIND
Gilcrux 513 BARTON BRILEY
Gill 18 NICHOLSON TODD
Glassonby 165 TURNBULL BECKTON
Gosforth 1226 TYSON RISSELL
Graystoke 447 PICKERING BAWCOMBE
Great Clifton 974 WILSON NEALY
Great Salkeld 501 HODGSON SHADWICK
Greysouthen 692 STEPHENSON NEALY
Grinsdale 117 PEARSON MARTINDALE
Haile 293 BENN FAYLOR
Harrington 3036 WILLIAMSON RAID
Hayton 1426 GRAHAM CALWELL
Hayton Mealo 295 HOLLIDAY FORSYTHE
Hensingham 2055 BELL NULTY
Hesket In Forest 1963 GRAHAM MEALS
Hethersgill 592 GRAHAM LOSH
High Bolton 273 MATTINSON LENOX
High Ireby 109 HOLLIDAY FERRYMAN
Holme Abbey 940 JOHNSTON BECKTON
Holme East Waver 452 GATE GATE
Holme Low 693 GIBSON MADILL
Holme St Cuthbert 747 ROBINSON SCOW
Hunsonby Winskill 285 WATSON HARTNESS
Hutton In Forest 244 WILSON SATTERTHWAITE
Hutton John 47 HARTLEY SANDER
Hutton Roof 167 RICHARDSON LATTIN
Hutton Soil 384 ROBINSON KEE
Irthington 597 BELL CLUBBS
Irthington Newtown 259 IRVING KIPPLE
Irton With Santon 623 WILSON BIRKEY
Isel Old Park 67 ROBINSON BALEY
Keswick 3215 HODGSON BAUCH
King Moor 479 GRAHAM CORTNER
Kingwater 331 HARDING BOUSTEAD
Kinniside 240 HUNTER BOAK
Kirkandrews On Esk 853 GRAHAM BROACH
Kirkandrews Upon Eden 145 BEATTIE BRAYTON
Kirkbampton 420 HODGSON FRIZELL
Kirkbride 365 JOHNSTONE GATE
Kirkland Blencarn 30 EDWARDS SAWER
Kirklinton Middle 406 GRAHAM BEATY
Kirkoswald 592 WATSON MAVIS
Lamplugh 1262 CASSON MCREE
Langrigg Mealrigg 277 PEEL LITTLETON
Langwathby 341 HODGSON THRELKELD
Lazonby 650 LITTLE THRELKELD
Little Blencow 58 HENDERSON SANDER
Little Clifton 428 GRAHAM PRITT
Little Salkeld 126 ATKINSON NEVISON
Lorton 398 WISE WINTHROP
Low Bolton 640 LIGHTFOOT RAPE
Low Holme 1419 JOHNSTON FURNAS
Low Ireby 312 SMITHSON PEIL
Low Keekle 20 ELLIOT ELLIOT
Lowside Quarter 314 WATSON HAILE
Matterdale 346 MARTIN BIRTON
Melmerby 285 ELLWOOD BOMER
Middlesbrough W 146 DRUMMOND PENRICE
Midgeholme 144 MASON RITSON
Millom 7708 JACKSON MOURNING
Moresby 958 MILLER POWE
Mosedale 46 WILSON MONKHOUSE
Mosser 76 BEWLEY BEWLEY
Motherby 85 TODHUNTER TODHUNTER
Muncaster 535 CLARK QUAN
Mungrisdale 180 MARTIN DERRIG
Nether Denton 323 BELL DAIR
Nether Wasdale 191 TYSON COLEBANK
Newton Regny Catterlen 289 HODGSON TREMBLE
Nichol Forest 634 GRAHAM ROAM
Orton 454 IRVING RICHMON
Oughterside Allerby 502 JOHNSTON WANLASS
Oulton 371 STORY ISMAY
Ousby 244 VARTY TUER
Papcastle 701 WILLIAMSON FOLSON
Parton 1484 STOREY BRITSON
Penrith 9292 THOMPSON PELTER
Plumbland 650 HODGSON PRITT
Plumpton Wall 345 WATSON HALLIBURTON
Ponsonby 166 BATEMAN COLEBANK
Preston Quarter 7048 SMITH KAID
Renwick 258 LAWRANCE LATTIN
Rickergate 5322 GRAHAM TWEEDLE
Rockcliff 782 GRAHAM CLUBBS
Rottington 67 SOUTHWARD DOCKRAY
Salter Eskat 196 DOYLE TYNAN
Sandwith 371 ROBINSON HERBY
Scaleby 467 HOGG BENDLE
Seaton 2934 CLARK SAULTERS
Sebergham 556 BELL PUGMIRE
Setmurthy 173 BELL PAISLEY
Skelton 726 TURNER HARTNESS
Skirwith 276 JACKSON RONSON
Solport 249 FORSTER PIGG
Sowerby Castle 208 JOHNSTONE BUGBEE
St Bees 1163 SMITH SCHMID
St Cuthbert W O 12260 GRAHAM BOUSTEAD
St Cuthbert W O Brisco 286 BELL ROBLEY
St Cuthbert W O Carleton 692 BELL RITTIE
St Cuthbert W O Harraby 339 FINDLEY BOUSTEAD
St Cuthbert W O Upperby 689 GRAHAM PICKNELL
St Cuthbert Within 2914 BELL MCCAFFERTY
St Mary Within 3142 GRAHAM MCGEARY
Staffield 247 ELLIOT ROBLEY
Stainburn 227 IREDALE NEALY
Stainton 842 JOHNSTON CANTIN
Stanwix 2036 BELL TURNLEY
Stapleton 372 JOHNSTON STOBB
Sunderland 63 GIBSON MCGOWAN
Tallentire 217 ROBINSON TRIMBLE
Threlkeld 419 HODGSON WENDER
Thursby 533 GRAHAM BARMES
Torpenhow Whitrigg 278 SCOTT REYNOLDSON
Trough 126 DAVIDSON HEWARD
Uldale 255 HARRISON BERNS
Ulpha 294 TYSON SAWREY
Underskiddaw 537 ATKINSON KLETT
Upper Denton 152 ARMSTRONG HEPPEL
Waberthwaite 194 SOUTHWARD ALEXANDRIA
Walton 395 ARMSTRONG PELTER
Warwick 319 GRAHAM THOMLINSON
Waterhead 311 SMITH STROKER
Watermillock 463 THOMPSON HORMAN
Waverton 481 PARK MOFFET
Weddicar 69 CROSTHWAITE CARVEL
West Linton 441 GRAHAM ION
West Newton Allonby 876 BELL HESKETT
Westward 1050 GRAHAM HARDON
Wetheral 3331 ARMSTRONG MCGLASSON
Whicham 380 JACKSON TRIMBLE
Whinfell 116 BRAITHWAITE GRAVE
Whitbeck 186 WILSON SATTERTHWAITE
Whitehaven 13406 SMITH MAHONE
Wigton 3771 BELL PRAY
Winscales 104 LIGHTFOOT HAILES
Woodside Quarter 591 PEARSON FRIZZLE
Workington 14401 WILSON MOFFET
Wreay 184 IRVING LOSH
Wythburn 204 WALKER HARDESTY
Wythop 113 HAYTON BOWE